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Otogi: Myth of Demons

Otogi: Myth of Demons
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Developer(s) FromSoftware
Publisher(s) Sega
  • JP: FromSoftware
Director(s) Rintaro Yamada
Producer(s) Masanori Takeuchi
Designer(s) Daisuke Satake
Programmer(s) Takeshi Suzuki
Platform(s) Xbox
Release date(s)
  • JP: December 12, 2002
  • NA: August 27, 2003
  • EU: September 5, 2003
Genre(s) Hack and slash
Mode(s) Single-player
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic 80/100
Review scores
Publication Score
EGM 8.33/10
Eurogamer 6/10
Famitsu 31/40
Game Informer 6.75/10
GamePro 3.5/5 stars
Game Revolution B
GameSpot 8.4/10
GameSpy 4/5 stars
GameZone 9.4/10
IGN 8.3/10
OXM (US) 9/10

Otogi: Myth of Demons, known in Japan as simply Otogi (御伽?), is a hack and slash action video game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sega for the Xbox. The game was followed by a sequel, titled Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors, in 2003.

The game's protagonist Raikoh Minamoto (based on Minamoto no Yorimitsu) was born into a clan of executioners under the emperor's command. Raikoh was given the order to kill his own father. He couldn't bring himself to do it, so he stole Soul Shrine, his clan's ancestral sword, and fled the capital city of Kyoto. Upon his departure, the seal separating the demon and human worlds was broken. Kyoto was all but leveled and a wave of demons appeared. Raikoh was almost killed by the flood of darkness, but a princess banished to the netherworld saved him and held him in a state between life and death. The princess gave him a new body in exchange for his services. She would allow him to repent for his sins as an assassin by saving the world from the demons unleashed upon it. Raikoh begins his quest to restore the seal and stop the one responsible for its collapse.

Otogi boasted a number of notable features including destructible environments (for which the game awards the player) and an unusually high level count for a 3D action game (29 stages).

The gave received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40.


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