/vr/ - Retro Games

Soul of the Samurai is a forgotten Konami-developed game that predates Onimusha's combination of survival horror gameplay and feudal Japanese setting. You can play as either a samurai or a female ninja and move through fixed-camera 3D environments while fighting mooks. Though it's not nearly as reliant on item conservation or stealth tactics as a Resident Evil game, like Onimusha, the deliberate design choices prevent you from being an all-out killing machine, and instead encourage you to employ strategy and fight enemies with caution. It has has a lot of puzzles to break up the fighting, and like many survival horror games, features two scenarios with minor difference depending on which character you choose to play as. It was localized and released in NA, so fret not.