Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Nintendo Switch 2 · PC
Game dossier
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1982 illustrated text adventure by Brian Howarth
The briefing
Arrow of Death: Part 2 is the third game in Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventure series of illustrated text adventures and continues the story of Arrow of Death.
The player possesses all the pieces of the Arrow of Death, but the Fletcher who knows how to assemble it has been kidnapped by Xerdon. The goal is to travel through unfamiliar lands filled with exotic plant life and threatening creatures, rescue the Fletcher, and protect your people.
The game uses the Scott Adams adventure engine, featuring a basic two-word parser, a small vocabulary, and brief descriptions.