Oni-likes and engine ports: Difference between revisions

These games resemble Oni in various ways. Because Oni fans are often thinking about different aspects of the game when they ask for "Oni-likes", we've attempted to characterize what aspect of each game is Oni-like. The "Deep melee" column will report "Yes" for any game that has more than basic punches/kicks, e.g. combos and throws. The "Gunplay" column reports "Yes" for games that have ranged weapons, including bows, in regular use, but not if there are only occasionally-used weapons like thrown knives (Urban Chaos) or guns that are picked up and quickly discarded (Yakuza). '''All of the below games are third-person.''' The last column totals the number of "hits" in the previous 5 columns.

These games, and thus their sequels, directly took inspiration from Oni's combat system during development, though in Lugaru's case the inspiration was somewhat contrary because the developer, David Rosen, did not like Oni's free, non-contextual combat and sought to make a game that would be fully contextual (in other words, the main character will not launch an attack if the enemy is not in reach, and the attack used is based on the physical relation of the player-character to the enemy rather than on the specific input of the player). Info on the released games in this list is found in the above table.