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Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is the sixth installment of Capcom's Onimusha series and the fourth game in the canonical main series. While the game retains the action elements from previous Onimusha titles, it…

70 26 January 2006

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 2, released 26 January 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 2 and released in 2006. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The plot is set in ancient Japan decades after the events of Onimusha 3: Demon Siege and focuses on Soki, a warrior who possesses Oni powers. Soki is on a quest to stop Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who has unified Japan in league with his demonic army of Genma, and he also joins forces with several allies who share the same goal.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Onimusha series

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is the second of 10 entries we hold in the Onimusha series. It arrived 2 years after Onimusha 3: Demon Siege. The next entry was Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes in 2008. Its critic score of 70 is 11 points below 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: Dawn of Dreams holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams launched on 26 January 2006, within three weeks of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition, 25 To Life and Star Wars: Empire at War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition, 25 To Life, Star Wars: Empire at War.

Cheats and codes

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When did Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams come out?
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams was released on 26 January 2006 for PlayStation 2.

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