An otherwise awesome action RPG marred by some of the worst level design I've seen yet.

User Rating: 7.8 | Oni PC
In terms of gameplay, Oni is one of the funnest games out there. There are lots of interesting martial arts, weapons and enemies to fight and the storyline itself is great. The character design is fabulous. Konoko looks awesome and so do the other characters. The dialog is somwhat believable. Overall kicking the crap out of the bad dudes in 1000 different ways and unlocking even better moves as you progress is something you never quite get sick of.

The level design nearly killed an otherwise great game. Environments are waaay to big for their own good, and so bland and tasteless that it almost hurts the eyes. The textures are terribly pixelated and squarish. They might as well throw you into an airplane hangar the size of a football field with nothing but gray walls and a gray ceiling, point you to a panel hidden somewhere, which opens a poorly designed door to yet another bland room the size of a football field. Come on! Bungie could have put more effort in designing. The sheer size of these tasteless levels also calls for A LOT of running. More often that not, you scram to one side of a level, kicking the crap out of anyone in your way only to find a locked door, which means you have to run alllllll the way to the other side of the level, find a stupid panel to unlock that stupid door and run allllll the way back. More action, less running please!

Oni is a great game in it's own right, despite a few flaws here and there. if you don't mind a few hick-ups here and there, you will have a blast playing it.