Onimusha Tactics, Part 5: Let's Fighting Love.

 

Our heroes take on Hideyoshi's giant laser-cannon and and his legion of robo-demons, as we continue the game that Ubisoft calls "a stunningly accurate re-creation of Japanese history"

Onimusha Tactics, Part 4: Onimaru is 100% Pure Rudo.

 

However, Nobunaga Oda is the very definition of efficient.

Onimusha Tactics, Part 3: I Have Vowed To Kill 1000 Monsters.

 

Trying to stop Nobunaga and Hideyoshi? Humiliation.

Much like in 2003, this game is a nice respite from all the struggles and bullshit going on in the real world.

Onimusha Tactics, Part 2: Himeji Striptease.

 

Time for the Game Boy Advance to get Rated M for Mature.

Onimusha Tactics (Game Boy Advance, 2003)

 

This is a tactics game from Capcom that uses characters from the Nobunaga era. A concept that's pretty much impossible to go wrong with, and they didn't. This is one of the more underrated games of the GBA era. Never heard much of anything about it, but it exists and it was pretty cool.

Funny thing is, I played it in 2003-2004 instead of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance because I wanted to save FFTA for later/better times, and this was kinda just its stand-in as "something to do". Then it proceeded to exceed expectations. Meanwhile, when I eventually got to FFTA in 2009 or so, it was a letdown that I never want to play again, and I have way fonder memories of this one in comparison.

Regardless, since I played this in 2003-2004, it's time to take us back. Back...20 years! To a time when I was even less mature! Doodoodoo! Doodoodoo!

Journey to Silius (NES, 1990)

 

Whoa, it's good to play a game that doesn't make me feel like drinking. So this legendarily started out as a Terminator game. Sunsoft lost the license midway through development and quickly converted it into...well, a non-Terminator game. They changed a bunch of sprites to avoid a lawsuit, but you can clearly see the Terminator influence regardless. You can also pretty much see the moment where it steers away from a Terminator game in the development process.

This game can be found easily enough on Switch Online, and made it onto IGN's "top 100 games of all time" list. So I've got some hope for this one.