What Are The Best Weapons In Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams?

Yeah, taking a look back at the gameplay for Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams really brings back a lot of memories. This title, and many others within the Onimusha series, have a great selection of an arsenal of amazing and unique weapon designs. The variety and concept behind each of the Onimusha series weapons really brings out the action-packed side of the game.

Of course, one of the weapons I love the most is Tetsuzan. It’s fast for its power, making it effective against a lot of different creatures. Even though the damage isn’t excessively high, a fast hit-and-run style of attacking is very effective, in order to build up combos for the massive amounts of damage that it holds. The design is just wonderful, with clean lines and a beautiful example of samurai style. Using the sword feels nice and fluid, which is great for those chain attacks that you’d use constantly when you have a powerful attack at your disposal.

The dual sword style is also very unique and looks cool. I personally enjoyed how I could unlock this style for the two swords I have equipped. The sword fighting animations are beautiful and blending both styles of sword fighting creates a dynamic and exciting style of combat that is very fun to use. There is nothing that compares to this.

Also worth noting are the many elemental weapons available. I found that the fire, ice, and thunder swords, for example, can be quite useful in taking down demons that are weak against certain types of attack. I often experiment with switching to a different type of sword in the heat of battle, with results that can be greatly favorable. Not only can such a change in strategy dramatically alter the course of a battle, but each of the different elemental blades looks unique and has their own animations for attacks.

In the end, the best weapon for any player is the one that suits their personal play style, but generally a combination of power and speed will yield the most results for action-adventure style games such as this. Dawn of Dreams is a very fun game that can be equally as enjoyable just tearing through hordes of bad guys, as it is having a well-rounded, strategic duel with another player. I just really enjoy going back to this classic video game every now and then for another adventuress-filled play through, utilizing many of the available armaments, mixing and matching a variety to my liking.

The hidden gems of this character are his underdog weapons. Most people go for the final upgrade of their preferred weapon but the mid-level ones have so much unique fun to offer. The mid-game axe of Roberto for example has a huge sweeping heavy attack that the end-version loses in favor of a more precise attack.

You can have a lot of fun experimenting with the whole tree of all the guns and finding out that something in a mid-tier gun just “clicks” with you more than the more powerful end-game versions of guns. Many of the community discussions about which guns are the “best” often boil down to end-game stats, but there are many very good and varied tools to use along the way.

The cosmetic value of a weapon is not nothing. Even in a game this single-player focused, I would prefer a weapon to look good with the relevant costume. The Onimusha Blade is a glowing, fancy sword. Ohatsu’s Enma Pistol looks fairly cool, somewhat steampunk-like compared to her normal bows.

Staring at your equipped weapon for dozens of hours means it has to look good. I may opt for a suboptimal weapon to fit a certain set of costumes for a character in single-player, because looking cool while saving the world is a very valid way to measure how good of a weapon something is.