88
Great, fast gameplay, good story, nice cinematics, a wide variety of characters, and much more. The game is good at every level. [JPN Import]
90
The story itself is pretty good and is even more fantasy based than before (the first three Onimusha games actually had more historical basis to them), though it does suffer a little bit from lack of clarity every now and then. [JPN Import]
90
A great samurai action-adventure. It is fast, stylish, entertaining and has a good story to boot. What more could you ask? The camera is far from perfect, though. [Feb 2006]
8
Replayed this game after almost 20 years and after onimusha 3. Dawn of Dream is a god game, the gameplay, graphics, characters, bosses, system of update of characters and weapons etc. all improve in comparison with oni3. But the history is so poor. Blue sounds like a American Soldier and the final is so bad.
8
un bellissimo onimusha con diversi **** giocabili,bella la storia e bello il sistema di combattimento
10
The best onimusha, in my opinion.
I played the whole saga and if it gets far from the trilogy and I was hesitant to start it because it was quite long, but when I did it I didn't, but until I completed it in 33 hours, good story, great ending, good combat and good characters, the only bad thing is that I found several bugs, but the game is so good that it doesn't matter.I recommend it to everyone I thought it was a minor title but the story of Soki and his friends is great.
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
PlayStation 2
Released On:
Mar 7, 2006
Metascore
Generally Favorable
81
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Generally Favorable
8.5
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96
It's a welcome change and breathes new life into the Onimusha franchise. [JPN Import]
90
Even with these few select caveats, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams is a stellar addition to the series and a new beginning for Capcom's fourth largest franchise. One has to wonder with all the multiplayer RPG aspects, will there be an online Onimusha title on the horizon.
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Jun 12, 2025
10
The best onimusha, in my opinion.
I played the whole saga and if it gets far from the trilogy and I was hesitant to start it because it was quite long, but when I did it I didn't, but until I completed it in 33 hours, good story, great ending, good combat and good characters, the only bad thing is that I found several bugs, but the game is so good that it doesn't matter.I recommend it to everyone I thought it was a minor title but the story of Soki and his friends is great.
Oct 14, 2024
10
A child hood game that I have continued to come back to. The combat and level up systems still hold up today. Story and music are top tier.
88
Great, fast gameplay, good story, nice cinematics, a wide variety of characters, and much more. The game is good at every level. [JPN Import]
80
Series heritage aside, this is a pleasingly lengthy adventure spread across two DVDs that's most definitely worth a look.
80
The progression of nearly every story element is handled with almost mathematical precision. The results are gaming-by-numbers, but the whole is a hell of a lot of fun.
70
Dawn of Dreams is a solid action game with a lot more play in it than its predecessors. More importantly, it's a title that shows that Capcom isn't afraid to mess with the formula.
60
For a reinvention, it has an almost parodical lack of surprises: You’ve seen every abandoned village, sacked castle and anachronistic laboratory before, with the more striking imagery suggested by the game’s plague of tainted cherry blossoms all but ignored until the final stage. [Apr 2006, p.80]
Jul 19, 2023
10
The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game and the overall experience.
Jun 2, 2016
10
this game has a great story and F . ur self if you don not like it i love the frames and everything in this game so this game is a ps2 game but still batter than (ps3) and (ps4)
Dec 20, 2014
10
Onimusha Best Series I think, with 2 Disc with great story, cool 3rd person action and long **** Awesome, i hope Capcom will bring this ODOD in PS4, PS3 and PSVita or in **** bring new onimusha series.
Mar 26, 2014
6
Capcom clearly went for mass market appeal here; characters straight out of a Final Fantasy game, complete with sub-par, "annoying anime" voice-overs. The survival horror tone from the previous games has given way to hack & slash and hack & slash action. Puzzles remain, but they're pathetically easy; in their place we have irritating time trials (ie: perform 5X finisher moves in 4 minutes). Enemies feel cheap and ****, especially later on, and have nasty habits like ganging up on you and spamming knockdown attacks. Dawn of Dreams also has a really crappy habit of giving you a big boss monster to fight RIGHT AFTER you've just fought a (smaller) boss, and used up all your health, potions, etc. For the most part, these are time consuming, annoying, frustrating and require little skill, much like the rest of the game, it's Mash X to win (square, if you're being picky)... An OK game, but not recommended.
Feb 11, 2023
3
0NlMUSHA 4: Dawn 0f The Goofballs was a goofy af anime interactive movie game which literally killed its own franchise shortly after it was released. KUD0S to CRAPC0M for that spectacular achievement with 0NlMUSHA 4: Dawn 0f The Goofballs.
SummaryOnimusha: Dawn of Dreams begins approximately 15 years following the annihilation of the infamous Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga at Honno Temple. Another dark shadow now looms over Japan as Nobunaga's successor, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, has decided to align himself with the evil Genma forces. Assume the role of Soki, a young warrior who posses... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
