In a grim and fictional Edo-era Kyoto, I stride through the ravaged land of Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The corpses of civilians litter the ground, decorated by blood that I naturally take as a warning of deadly foes ahead. I'm too late to save one innocent as they're hacked down from behind, so I draw my blade and set about administering a fitting revenge against the hideous humanoid before me.
They go down in an instant, which isn't too surprising given this is early in my hands-on preview session at Gamescom 2025, but after a few more enemies fall without fuss to my steel, I realize the Sekiro comparisons I've heard may be relevant to setting and aesthetic, but the combat is worlds apart. This isn't a soulslike, and that's ok.
