<s>
Oni	B-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Bungie	O
West	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Bungie	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
planned	O
just	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
,	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
port	O
was	O
concurrently	O
developed	O
by	O
Rockstar	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
events	O
of	O
Oni	B-Application
take	O
place	O
in	O
or	O
after	O
the	O
year	O
2032	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
,	O
code-named	O
Konoko	B-Application
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
Amanda	O
Winn-Lee	O
)	O
,	O
full	O
name	O
later	O
given	O
as	O
Mai	O
Hasegawa	O
,	O
begins	O
the	O
game	O
working	O
for	O
the	O
TCTF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
climax	O
,	O
Konoko	B-Application
discovers	O
a	O
Syndicate	O
plan	O
to	O
cause	O
the	O
Atmospheric	O
Conversion	O
Centers	O
,	O
air-treatment	O
plants	O
necessary	O
to	O
keep	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
population	O
alive	O
,	O
to	O
catastrophically	O
malfunction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oni	B-Application
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
focused	O
on	O
melee	O
combat	O
mixed	O
with	O
some	O
gunplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
ten	O
different	O
guns	O
in	O
Oni	B-Application
,	O
including	O
handguns	O
,	O
rifles	O
,	O
rocket	O
launchers	O
,	O
and	O
energy	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Bungie	O
's	O
earlier	O
Marathon	B-Application
titles	O
,	O
tiers	O
are	O
color-coded	O
,	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
by	O
green	O
(	O
weakest	O
)	O
,	O
blue	O
,	O
and	O
red	O
(	O
strongest	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oni	B-Application
does	O
not	O
confine	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
fighting	O
small	O
groups	O
of	O
enemies	O
in	O
small	O
arenas	O
;	O
each	O
area	O
is	O
fully	O
open	O
to	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Oni	B-Application
engine	O
implements	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
interpolation	O
that	O
tweens	O
key	O
frames	O
,	O
smoothing	O
out	O
the	O
animation	O
of	O
complex	O
martial-arts	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
plan	O
was	O
for	O
Konoko	B-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
cyborg	O
like	O
Ghost	O
in	O
the	O
Shells	O
Motoko	O
Kusanagi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oni	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertising	O
was	O
targeted	O
towards	O
that	O
shipping	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
won	O
E3	O
's	O
Game	O
Critics	O
Awards	O
for	O
Best	O
Action/Adventure	O
Game	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Bungie	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2000	O
then	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
the	O
Oni	B-Application
IP	O
to	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
(	O
which	O
owned	O
20%	O
of	O
the	O
studio	O
prior	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
acquisition	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Bungie	O
's	O
employees	O
were	O
moving	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
office	O
location	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
headquarters	O
or	O
leaving	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
work	O
on	O
Oni	B-Application
had	O
to	O
be	O
completed	O
as	O
quickly	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
absence	O
of	O
LAN-based	O
multiplayer	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
demoed	O
at	O
hands-on	O
booths	O
at	O
Macworld	O
Expos	O
during	O
Onis	B-Application
development	O
,	O
but	O
removed	O
before	O
release	O
due	O
to	O
stated	O
concerns	O
over	O
latency	O
issues	O
,	O
contributed	O
to	O
some	O
lower	O
scores	O
from	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
positive	O
side	O
,	O
Oni	B-Application
received	O
the	O
most	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
smooth	O
character	O
animation	O
and	O
large	O
array	O
of	O
fighting	O
moves	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
how	O
it	O
blended	O
gunplay	O
and	O
melee	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
reviewers	O
gave	O
Oni	B-Application
mostly	O
average-to-good	O
scores	O
in	O
recognition	O
of	O
the	O
enjoyment	O
factor	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Lundgren	O
of	O
Next	O
Generation	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
coming	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
worth	O
the	O
wait	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
important	O
ways	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Bouncer	I-Application
should	O
have	O
been.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Oni	B-Application
sold	O
50,000	O
copies	O
by	O
October	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
"	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
fans	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
years	O
of	O
research	O
,	O
and	O
enhances	O
the	O
retail	O
copy	O
of	O
Oni	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
edition	O
was	O
made	O
seven	O
years	O
after	O
Onis	B-Application
release	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
original	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
"	O
Seventh	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
