Oni

by Bungie

Product Features

• Set in the year 2032, Oni is a third person 3D action adventure with weapons and hand-to-hand combat featuring Konoko, a highly skilled agent. It is available for Mac, PC and PlayStation2.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004WLQV
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 29, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,491 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Although it's somewhat rough around the edges, Oni is an innovative third-person action-adventure title that won't disappoint hard-core gamers. Set in the cyberpunk future of 2032, the Japanese anime-influenced Oni casts players as Konoko, a spunky government agent on a mission to bust up a criminal organization known as the Syndicate.

While the game's free-roaming 3-D environments may not be much to look at--they're understated to the point of seeming bland or unfinished--Oni's real beauty is in its mix of hand-to-hand and weapons-based combat. The game's characters have their own distinct fighting moves and can disarm their opponents, making the arsenal of available weapons fair game. Admittedly, the controls (which utilize everything but the L3 button) are quite a handful and take a lot of getting used to, but the payoff is quite a kick.

Those who are easily frustrated should be warned that the action in Oni is fast and furious, and it's easy to get killed again and again at times--with each death followed by an annoyingly slow reload time. This is especially true when fighting multiple opponents who have the advantage of not being distracted by disorienting camera angles. --Joe Hon

Pros:

• Fast-and-furious mix of hand-to-hand and weapons-based combat
• Silky smooth character animations; stylized, effective onscreen displays
• New special moves are "learned" as the game progresses
• Japanese anime-influenced cyberpunk story line

Cons:

• Understated 3-D environments
• Not for those easily frustrated by complex controls

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Concept and Non-Stop Action, February 5, 2001

By 

Maxime Bombardier - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oni (Video Game)

All the 7/10 reviews that I've seen made me more surprised with this game. I would give more like a 9/10 for the PS2 edition. It brings an interesting concept with many new features, merging Tomb Raider with a fighting game while keeping the anime style. Graphics are nice, not overwhelming, but appropriate. The game serves it's purpose, it's fun!

Imagine being able to do some kick-... kickboxing while desarming your opponent, taking his gun, and using it to finish the rest. She even have a few insults in bank for them! You learn moves as you go further in the game, as well as obviously finding new guns.

Ah, the so called weird controls... Yes, it's definitely different since they even found a good use for BOTH analog stick (pretty uncommon). Then again, you don't have a keyboard with ALT and CTRL either so they had to find something. All in all, I do not find that an issue but rather a challenge that can be overcomed quickly by practicing.

The difficulty of the game (easy, medium, hard) is well-balanced and should appease everybody.

This game is definitely something worth looking into on the PS2 at the moment.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only fun if you cheat, December 21, 2006

By 

Kearney J. Taaffe (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Oni (Video Game)

OK. This game is very difficult if you try to use the PS2 controller. I bought this game new, and after hating it for the first 6 hours, tried to sell back to a gamestop. They offered me 50 cents! So, I kept it. On a shelf collecting dust. This was back in 2005.

Fast Forward to Oct 2006. While searching online for a joystick for my PS2, I found the MaxShooter keyboard adapter for the PS2. You plug a keyboard and mouse into this little box, and it [the box] emulates the PS2 controller. So, I bought this little device ($20). You have to program it, but that takes all of about 2 minutes. Anyways, I'm getting a little off subject. The point is I bought a MaxShooter mouse and keyboard adapter for the PS2, and programmed it to play ONI.

OH WOW! It this game ever fun now! HOLY COW, The graphics are awsome, Konoko's moves are mind blowing. The fluidity of her moves are so amazing. This has to the best game ever! The story is unparalled to anything I've ever watched. There are entire cities that you can walk around in!!!

I MEAN, THIS GAME ROCKS...so long as you don't use the PS2 controller.

So, if you have this game and hate it, invest the $20 in the maxShooter mouse and keyboard adapter for your PS2, and I guarantee that this game will knock your socks off.

PROS: Huge levels, lots of puzzels (you have to lure your enemies otherwise they overwhelm you), great use of weapons. Konoko's fighting style is totally awsome. You have an advantage in that you can see around corners which makes sneaking up on enemies so much easier. Riveting story. With friggin' awsome cutscenes. AND, some people have been giving this game smack about being so realistic...well, now the realism is the best thing about it. I especially like how you can side step enemies, swirl around behind them, and beat the living snot out of them. OH, AND SPOILER. YOU LEARN A TORNADO KICK THAT IS SO COOL

CONS: There is one level where you are at an airport, the poor PS2 can barely handle that level. Everything moves more or less in slow-mo because the PS2 is having to render the airplanes. its just too much for the PS2 to handle. Sometimes the screen gets really dark. I mean, I have to turn off all my lights just to see what's on the screen. But that only happened twice

BIGGEST CON: the game is udderly impossible with a regular PS2 controller. You have to buy this MaxShooter adapter

So, with that being said. I hope more people try this game (with this Max Shooter). If you have trouble programming the device, I can email you the instructions on what I did. You can try it out and if you like it fine, else, also fine. So, here's my email. [e-mail]

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun and adventurous game, May 10, 2002

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Cat Woman (the bat cave, gotham city) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oni (Video Game)

When I first played this game, I was like, "whoa." I think the graphics are good but sometimes slow down making it difficult to fight during combat. Each level has an objective to keep you motivated. while playing you can press X and Konoko will shout a phrase such as "You're going to get beat by a girl!" at the opponent. She occasionaly has a wardrobe change. The game has many plot twists. A major disappointment to me was the lack of music. During a dramatic part, some music will play, my favorite being these wild sounding violins playing. It sounds really cool. The anime look contributes to the game's overall look. The 3-D characters look a little strange. The only thing that really bugs me is the painfully long time during loading and when the dialogue gets to be a very long conversation. I really enjoy the game. Sometimes, the second time around something special may happen, like a boss may change to something irregular. That's a cool factor that'll keep you coming back for more!