75
Oninaki is my favorite Tokyo RPG Factory game to date, with its gorgeous art style and melodic music and its more appealing storyline. It may be far from perfect, but it is certainly worth a look if you fancy a slightly different take on a well-established genre.
65
Oninaki has an unbalanced battle system and lacks any guidance through its appealing story. Yet the unique setting and world should be interesting enough for most players to want to see it through.
50
While Oninaki had its fair share of ideas that could have potentially made it a gem, it is ultimately undone by weak storytelling that doesn’t do its heavy subject matter justice and combat that is enjoyable at times yet held back by design flaws that hinder the experience. It never quite executes its best ideas in a wholly satisfactory way, resulting in a game that I tried my best to open my heart to, but the game refused to open its own.
1
This game is so boring to the point where if I was told that this was the product of an effort to create the most boring game imaginable I would had believed it without a second thought. Is beyond description to an extend where if somebody doesn't play this game for a good amount of time,it's hard to comprehend just how boring it is.
5
Its ok, I checked out after the first half of the story. it kept goin on and on until I was finally able to finish it in the end
6
Oninaki is an "ok" game, that doesn't offer a lot in terms of gameplay and progress. The story is what makes this game an adventure to live if you are willing to ignore many and many things that just don't work well (you'll notice them soon). Square Enix should work more on offering quality games, which is possible even with a limited budget, because there were good ideas that were just put together without doing a quality control of the product.
Oninaki
Released On:
Aug 22, 2019
Metascore
Mixed or Average
69
User score
Mixed or Average
5.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
69
33% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
62% Mixed
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
4% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Aug 21, 2019
90
Oninaki tackles the theme of death brilliantly thanks to some poignant scenes and a willingness to go where most games won’t. That thorough exploration of death ties into every aspect of the game from its hack and slash gameplay to the ending choice that will leave players reflecting upon the journey they just went on. It isn’t often that a game truly succeeds as art, but every part of Oninaki goes back into its core motif and that’s why it is an essential action RPG.
Aug 21, 2019
80
Oninaki takes dark themes and a child-like visual style and combines them with the potent themes of life and death wonderfully. Combat can be a little restrictive and the presentation takes a hit in cutscenes, but its successes make it more than worth your while. The game flows with darkness and hope, and Oninaki shines because of it.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.7
41% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
25% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
34% Negative
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
May 9, 2021
10
Giving this a 10/10 because it definitely doesn't deserve an overall 5.5/10. It has a really good story once you get to the end of it. I just finished it myself and got all the endings. The gameplay is fun although clunky, and the switch between both worlds makes this mechanic a more interesting take on this indie jrpg. It's a small studio within SE and sadly their last RPG, and the concept of death told in this story is intriguing. The final boss is somewhat disappointing. I'd maybe give this a 7 or 8 out of 10. But as I said 5.5 is way too low for user score and I feel like people only tried a little bit of this game and gave up on it so easily before giving it a fair score.
Aug 22, 2019
10
So yes this game isn’t perfect, they have to fix a few things like dodge mechanics and the combat feels a little sluggish. I must say that I love the premise and look of the game. I would give the game a 8/10 but im giving it a 10 because of the biased reviews that don’t make sense.
Sep 3, 2019
74
Oninaki could have been Tokyo RPG Factory's best work to date, but ends up to be "just" a solid hack'n'slash rpg with a good combat system due to repetitiveness and a lack of depth.
Aug 21, 2019
70
Oninaki is a flawed but overall an enjoyable experience. Instead of joylessly emulating turn-based RPGs of the old days, Tokyo RPG Factory took a step in the right direction and created a fantastic and refreshing action combat system. Apart from that, the game offers nothing special when compared to many similar RPGs. Still, Oninaki is the best game by Tokyo RPG Factory so far.
Aug 26, 2019
65
A correct video game with an interesting combat system, which however lacks a remarkable game design. No soul in the last JRPG by Tokyo RPG Factory.
Aug 21, 2019
60
Tokyo RPG Factory appears to have one goal: remind us of the Golden Years of RPGs. Unfortunately, Oninaki captures that era of gaming and does nothing remarkable with it.
Aug 21, 2019
40
Oninaki has a solid and fun combat system, and an interesting setting, but the story is poorly told and the level design is so dull you'll be looking for something better to do pretty soon.
Aug 23, 2019
9
I believe this game is an introduction to a new format of RPG that keeps the classic and nostalgic tones of the RPGs from the 80~90 while introducing new features to couple with the new generation games. The story have a good core and I can really see me playing this for a while. The fighting mechanics perhaps is a bit slow (if you want to compare it to RPGs that were doing it that way for a while), but personally I still think is an interesting approach. A lot of people may say that I am Setsuna was better, but I suggest not to compare it and you will be able to enjoy it very much.
Feb 4, 2024
6
Oninaki is an "ok" game, that doesn't offer a lot in terms of gameplay and progress. The story is what makes this game an adventure to live if you are willing to ignore many and many things that just don't work well (you'll notice them soon). Square Enix should work more on offering quality games, which is possible even with a limited budget, because there were good ideas that were just put together without doing a quality control of the product.
Aug 29, 2019
6
Was looking for something similar to Nier Automata but it is not even close, combat is somewhat fun but overal is a quite mediocre game, no cinematic scenes is like playing a Ps1 game.
Jun 20, 2020
4
Malísimo jugablemente. Su combate es lento y aburrido y sus mazmorras no valen nada. Simples pasillos planos y tediosos con repetición de jefes a cual más coñazo debido a su lentitud jugable. Sólo destacable el artwork que sí lo tiene muy bueno. El resto es pésimo. Si quieres un Action JRPG elige antes un Ys que eso sí es calidad y no gastes tu dinero en este bodrio. Tokyo RPG Factory tiene mucho que aprender de Falcom con el género.
Mar 31, 2023
3
Bad gameplay and bad plot. The only good thing it is the graphics, that is quite unique.
SummaryPlayers assume the role of a Watcher named Kagachi, doing battle by “manifesting” the souls of Daemons, which act as the classes found in traditional roleplaying games. Each Daemon has its own unique weapons and skills, and players can shift between them in real time to gain the upper hand in battle. Moving between the Living World and t... Read More
Rated Tfor Teen
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
- PC
- Xbox One
Initial Release Date:Aug 22, 2019
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