Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches in the most packed September of recent memory , but fans of the series can get their first taste of the next entry with a playable demo now available on all platforms. And while the initial PlayStation 5 Pro support (which now includes PSSR 2 ) disappoints , early tests highlight how the massive performance issues seen in Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon's Dogma 2 caused by the RE Engine are evidently a thing of the past.
A new comparison video put together by ElAnalistaDeBits puts the game r unning on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro side-by-side in the two display settings: Quality and Performance Modes . In terms of image quality, the differences between the display modes on both systems are minimal and very difficult to spot. In terms of performance, however, the PlayStation 5 Pro clearly has an edge, pushing Quality Mode into the 50 FPS range and the high 40s with ray tracing , which is not available on the base system. As such, the initial support for the more powerful console disappoints, but there's a good chance things will be improved for the final release.
Where Onimusha: Way of the Sword doesn't disappoint is in optimization, as the demo runs quite well on PC even at native 4K resolution on a high-end system. A new early analysis from MxBenchmarkPC shows how an RTX 5080 runs the game at 4K resolution with NVIDIA DLSS in the 70 FPS range , which is a rarity for many modern titles.
With DLSS set to Quality mode and ray tracing enabled , the game runs in the 80 FPS range, which can be further boosted with Frame Generation. This, alongside the solid performance of both PRAGMATA and Resident Evil Requiem , proves once again how excellent the RE Engine is for linear games .
The newly released Onimusha: Way of the Sword demo is the exact same slice of the game I experienced during Gamescom 2025 , which I enjoyed quite a bit despite some initial roughness . The intervening months have done wonders for polish, and I enjoyed my short time with Musashi even more this time around, leaving me even more excited .
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