I'm dedicating these blogs to games that, had they been released in North America, might have done fairly well considering their specific audiences. Usually they'll be games that would have been good or merely games that I want for my own personal reasons. Typically, it'll boil down to whatever I feel it fits.

In this edition, I'll be covering the finer points of a game that blended two parts Dynasty Warriors with equal parts Onimusha. That game is...





Demon Chaos





Brought to the world by the wonderful people at Genki (responsible for the Jade Cocoongames as well as the Kengo series), this game was published by Konami and released in Japan in late 2005 under the title Ikusagami. Demon Chaos was the title created for it's EU release earlier this year.

Now, if anyone reading this does recognize the name, it more than likely because they heard of the incredible feat that the developer was able to accomplish with nothing less than technology considered "last-gen". That feat was placing 65,535 enemies on one battlefield. Don't believe me? Here's some YouTube to prove it.





I know that it gets a little messy once the action starts to get heavy, but now you know that I'm not lying. As you saw, the battle system is very reminiscent of the DW games. Just your typical hack, slash, rinse and repeat sort of game. Of course, the plot doesn't seem too heavy either.

Taken from Konami's UK website:

[q]Demon Chaos is set against the backdrop of feudal Japan, in the year 1543. While the civil war rages, legions of demons suddenly emerge from Lake Suwa and all of mankind finds itself under threat. The gods decide to send a hero to lead the reunited human forces, and the player becomes this immortal warrior.[/q]

Details regardless, I have to admit that I wanted this game. Badly. And yet... it never came. Perhaps Konami didn't think that it would have sold well enough. I certainly think it would have. At the time, there were no large releases looming over the calendar (to my knowledge). Maybe they just didn't think too much of bringing it to the West.


That about does it for the first round of Why Not Us. Leave some comments or suggestions for future games and please please please let me know what you thought. Thanks.