Capcom Responds to Concern the Onimusha: Way of the Sword Demo Feels "Too Easy"

In the aftermath of feedback regarding the precocious released demo for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Capcom has issued a little effect to players acrophobic that the demo does not consciousness challenging capable for them.

“Thank you truthful overmuch for playing the demo for Onimusha: Way of the Sword,” said shaper Akihito Kadowaki successful the video published via Onimusha’s authoritative societal channel. “We’ve heard the feedback that the demo felt excessively casual for immoderate people.”

“First, the demo is conscionable a portion of the aboriginal portion of the story. Also, we truly wanted you to bask a assortment of Musashi’s actions, truthful we intentionally equipped him with immoderate late-game skills. Because of that, immoderate players mightiness person felt a deficiency of challenge.

“Rest assured, successful the last game, the bosses and the regular Genma volition enactment up a tougher fight. Please look guardant to the situation successful the afloat game.”

The demo for Onimusha: Way of the Sword is disposable to play present connected PC and console. According to Capcom the demo has reached 1 cardinal downloads.

The crippled itself is owed to get connected September 25, 2026 – wedged betwixt Silent Hill: Townfall and Ace Combat 8. There’s precious small wiggle country successful September, which has been turned into an all-in brawl arsenic publishers evacuate the last months of 2026 (and the gravitational propulsion of Grand Theft Auto 6).

Onimusha: Way of the Sword was archetypal announced astatine The Game Awards 2024. It is the archetypal due sequel successful the bid since the PlayStation 2 era.

A Nintendo Switch 2 mentation of Onimusha: Way of the Sword was confirmed earlier contiguous during the latest Nintendo Direct.

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