Onimusha: Way of the Sword has been confirmed to have no prior connections to previous games, as well as not being open-world ...

And it won't be open world, but instead divided into stages to beat instead, more like the classic Onimusha adventures.

When Akira saves Satoru from a battle where all is lost in the opening moments of Another Angle’s Shadow of the Road, the two lose their honor and become ronin, seeking a path forward in a world ...