Guides for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Capcom’s samurai action revival. Learn the parry, deflect, and Issen systems, soul farming, difficulty unlocks, and everything Musashi needs to survive Kyoto.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword runs about 20 hours for the main story, 25 hours for an average playthrough, roughly 33 hours for completionists, and 60+ hours for everything including the Carnage difficulty clear. The campaign spans 22 chapters with a clearly-marked point of no return. Here’s the full time budget. The Numbers Main story: … Read more
Every enemy in Onimusha: Way of the Sword dissolves into colored souls, and Musashi’s Oni Gauntlet drinks them all, but the four colors do completely different things. Understanding them, and knowing where your first Red Souls should go, sets up your entire playthrough. Here’s the system, and the early purchases that pay off most. What … Read more
Onimusha: Way of the Sword runs 22 main story chapters, and the point of no return is the late chapter “The Clash at Rendaino”. The game warns you clearly before you cross it, and, in genuinely good news for completionists, nothing in the game is permanently missable. Here’s how the ending, the post-game, and New … Read more
Onimusha: Way of the Sword gives Musashi four defensive tools: guard, Parry, Deflect, and dodge, plus the legendary Issen counter on top. Players coming from single-button parry games find the split confusing at first, so here’s what each tool actually does, and when to use which. The Four Defensive Options Guard (hold the block button): … Read more
Healing in Onimusha: Way of the Sword starts out scarce, and the game doesn’t rush to explain that your main renewable heal, the Hozuki Pouch, is locked behind a story quest. Here’s every healing option, when each unlocks, and how to heal without eating a sword to the face. The Hozuki Pouch: Your Main Heal … Read more
Looking for the difficulty option in Onimusha: Way of the Sword‘s settings menu? It isn’t there, and that trips up a lot of players. Difficulty is changed at Spirit Mirrors, the game’s checkpoint hubs: interact with any Spirit Mirror and select Change Difficulty Level. Here’s how the three modes work, and the one switch you … Read more