Onimusha: Way of the Sword was the best thing I saw at Summer Game Fest

I spent three days at Summer Game Fest blasting my eyes with an endless stream of videogames, and the one I'm still thinking about is Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Tragically, I didn't play it: Capcom shuffled press into a room to watch theater demos for both Onimusha and Resident Evil Requiem, the latter of which was pre-recorded, but Onimusha was played live.

That's an important distinction, because it would've been less impressive to watch a playback of perfectly coordinated fights. Instead...