You'll control your partner with a series of commands on the dpad, with the choice to make them wait and guard, follow, follow and attack, or a special activity different for each partner. Each of these characters is a playable partner with different weapons, that you can bring into combat and puzzle instances with you, and you can switch back and forth between the two at any time during the action. This game has a total of 5 playable characters: Soki, Jubei, Tenkai, Roberto, and Ohatsu. However, the English dubs don't match the lip animations and this leaves you with a bit of a classic Kung Fu movie style lip sync atrocity. The voice acting is well done in both English and Japanese, In fact, I usually prefer Japanese voice and English subs, but this game is an exception.

Also, the soundtrack and art design really is something to remember. The way they interact creates a perfect balance of great cinematography and gameplay. The characters in this game are very well developed, and each have their own unique traits. From here, the plot goes in a few different directions once you come in contact with your companions. This attracts the attention of many powerful warriors, bad and good. Known as as the Black Oni, he ravages the lands of Genma and creates a huge disturbance in the evil lord's plans. In a dying infected world, a hero emerges and that is Soki, our main character. His plan is to spread the seeds of demonic, insectoid-looking Genma trees and infect all of Japan's people, bend their will, and create a huge Genma army under his command. His successor Hideyoshi Toyotomi is the new ruler of Japan and unites with the Genma, a powerful race of monstrosities, to unite Japan under his own terms.

To get the gist of the story, this game takes place in a fantasized feudal Japan 15 years after the death of the warlord Oda Nobunaga. As a child, one of the most memorable games I've ever played on the PS2 was Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams.

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