Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (2004) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

Onimusha 3 is the third game of the Onimusha series. The game retains elements from previous games in the franchise including the use of multiple special weapons in order to fight enemies and absorb their…

82 26 February 2004

What Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 2 and released in 2004. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story focuses on the returning hero, swordsman Hidemitsu Samanosuke Akechi, who is in his quest to defeat his nemesis, Nobunaga Oda, who wishes to conquer Japan with his army of demons known as Genma. However, Samanosuke changes places with a French officer from the future named Jacques Blanc, and both have to adapt to their new worlds to get rid of Nobunaga and the Genma.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Onimusha series

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is the first of 10 entries we hold in the Onimusha series. The next entry was Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams in 2006. Its critic score of 82 is almost exactly the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars at 87.

See all 10 Onimusha games in release order →

How it was received

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 81 votes.

What it launched against

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege launched on 26 February 2004, within three weeks of Metroid: Zero Mission, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Katamari Damacy. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Metroid: Zero Mission, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004, Katamari Damacy.

Cheats and codes

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