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Samanosuke has other ideas, naturally, and the game kicks off with the manic sword wielding action hero transported to modern day Paris, with Jacques busy gunning it out against a posse of undead samurai scum. Call him Nobby for short, that'll really wind him upĬhief villain Nobunaga and his faithful sidekicks Ranmaru, Gildenstern and company have worked out a way to mess around with Time Folds, which effectively allows them to spew forth their demonic Genma hordes wherever and whenever they choose. In the third episode in the all-action series Capcom has taken the innovative step of enlisting the services of French movie star Jean Reno (Leon, Subway, Ronin, Mission: Impossible) to co-star as modern day cop Jacques Blanc alongside series stalwart Takeshi Kaneshiro as the ubiquitous Samanosuke Akechi - in a time-travelling battle against the evil man's evil man, Nobunaga and his seemingly endless collection of loyal minions.Įssentially the premise of Onimusha 3 (lets call it O3, shall we?) is the usual good versus evil romp - but with that old gaming fallback Time Travel allowing Capcom to bring it bang up to date while simultaneously keeping the series faithful to its 16th Century roots.

No wonder time travel seems so appealing to the nefarious types in Capcom's latest attempt to bring feudal-era Japanese hackandslash to the masses - they're fed up with constantly being told how old they are, and want to nip back to their early 20s to recapture their glory years. In fact, it seems scarcely credible that it's nearly three years ago since Onimusha: Warlords bestrode the summit of the UK's game chart.

When your parents come out with gems like 'the years go by so quick when you're old' it's not just because they're turning into senile doddering old cretins that rarely know what day it is anymore.