Every August 2019 Video Game - Ranked By Anticipation

16. Oninaki

Oninaki game
Square Enix

Release Date: August 22nd

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch

Tokyo RPG Factory has a solid track record of paying heavy homage to the JRPG's of the past whilst streamlining the genre with slicker mechanics and involving stories. They proved this with I Am Setsuna then Lost Sphear, and now we have their next...

Centred around a ghostly figure who acts as a guide to lost spirits looking to pass onto their next life, the gamer wonders an ethereal environment filled with monsters, vengeful ghost and demons.

The murmurs have it feature a surprisingly moving plot with plenty of satisfying action. This could be three-for-three for the studio then...

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