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• gamedeal user

  Nov 25, 2021

  BEST GAME YOU SUCK AT 2021
• gamedeal user

  Dec 27, 2021

  When I played the original Nioh, I played it very similarly to a Dark Souls game. I.e. I played it in a very slow paced manner where I would block/doge the enemy's attack, attack once myself, and then repeat. After all, I picked a fairly slow weapon (Odachi) to use. In Nioh 2, I decided to try a faster weapon: the fists. I enjoyed using this weapon WAY more, and there was a point where I thought Nioh 2 was a 10/10 game as far as gameplay is concerned. It felt like the game combined the challenging bosses of Dark Souls and the fast gameplay of Devil May Cry beautifully. However, as I kept playing the game, I realized that combining both Dark Souls and Devil May Cry had introduced cons as well as pros. In my opinion, there's two extremes of Hack and Slash type combat: Dark Souls and Devil May Cry. Dark Souls type combat is where the enemies can do a lot of cool shit and are very difficult, but you as the player can't do all that much. Devil May Cry type combat is where you as the player can do a lot of cool shit, but the enemies can't do all that much (or at the very least don't get much opportunity to because you'll destroy them in seconds). I've always thought that the perfect game would involve merging both Dark Souls and Devil May Cry combat. For a while, it seemed like Nioh 2 was this perfect game. Fundamentally, Nioh 2 has Dark Souls type combat where you can block, dodge, run, parry, and attack. Everything costs stamina so you have to be careful in balancing being offensive and defensive (i.e. if you use too much stamina attacking, you won't have enough stamina to dodge/block). At the same time, pretty much every enemy can kill you in like 2-3 hits (sometimes 1 hit). All of this causes combat to be very methodical, as you have to find the best way to kill enemies while trying to make sure you take as little damage as possible. This causes the gameplay to feel very rewarding, as you can totally feel yourself mastering the enemies you face as you beat them without being hit once. What sets Nioh 2 apart from Dark Souls and other typical souls-like games is that in addition to your quick and strong attacks, you have access to a variety of attack skills, similar to Devil May Cry. To be clear, you're not exactly going to be doing infinite combos on enemies, since you have a limited amount of stamina and you'll invariably run out after a few attacks. However, having access to different types of attacks gives you different ways to approach/deal with enemies. For example, you might want to use an attack that closes a large distance between you and the enemy. Or you might want to use an attack that does a lot of ki damage. You even have the option of parrying almost any attack! (certain weapons only). This means that the skill ceiling on the offense side of Nioh 2 is a lot higher than something like Dark Souls. I think I was using around 10 different skills while playing Nioh 2, which was absolutely fantastic. There are also multiple improvements that Nioh 2 makes from its predecessors. Not only does the skill tree in Nioh 2 simply look better, but it also introduces passives that you can equip onto active skills to change their behavior. For example, you can have certain skills do more damage or cost less ki. You can also augment them to do elemental damage like poison or lightning! This system is very cool and I spent a good amount of time thinking how best I should augment all of my skills. Another major improvement is the loot system. In Nioh, the problem with the loot system was that while there was a lot of QUANTITY of loot, there was very little quality. You pretty much didn't care about "exotic" gear (the highest level of rarity up till beating the game) because there were so many trash special effects, it was very unlikely you would ever get a worthwhile exotic. It almost always made more sense to simply equip a higher level weapon since that way you did more damage. In regards to the armor, you didn't care about the rarity but the set bonus. Once you got the set pieces you wanted, you pretty much didn't care about the armor you would get. So basically, you wouldn't REALLY get into the loot system until you finished the game, which is a huge problem. Nioh 2 improves upon this a lot by allowing you to re-roll special effects since the very beginning of the game. This means that you do in fact care about the rarity of gear since higher rarity gear can have a higher number of special effects. It's OK if the special effects are mediocre since you can re-roll and craft a piece of gear to your liking. Within 10-20 hours into the game, I was very regularly re-rolling my weapons and armor in order to get the special effects I wanted. In addition to improving upon the loot system that existed in Nioh 1, Nioh 2 also introduces an entire new type of equipment: Yokai Souls. Taking inspiration from Castlevania, each Yokai enemy can drop souls which your character can equip up to 3 of. Each soul provides passive benefits AND allows you to use a unique attack. These unique attacks often do a lot of damage and can cover a wide area, provide unique effects, etc… As a consequence, these abilities cost "Anima", another introduction to the Nioh series. Anima is basically mana, which increases by attacking enemies. So the game essentially encourages you to both be involved in melee combat AND use these new yokai abilities, which is great. For a long time I was looking forward to getting a new soul, finding out what it does, and thinking of the best way to use them against enemies. While at one point I thought this was a 10/10 game, it seems like this was only the honeymoon phase as my enjoyment from the game eventually started dropping. Fundamentally, this is because the "Devil May Cry" aspect of the game simply started taking away too much of the difficulty. At a point, you figure out how best to deal with enemies and you barely ever get scared of dying. I was even facing new enemies and not even caring that I didn't know their moveset. I almost always beat the new enemies on my first try. Hell, I even faced BOSSES and could kill them on the 1st or 2nd try. The main reason for this is that all enemies, including bosses, have a type of stamina (ki) bar. Once you deplete it, they will stop what they're doing and be vulnerable to major damage. In Nioh 1, enemies and bosses also had stamina bars. However, apart from a select few instances, it was very difficult to get this stamina bar down to 0. Sure it was possible and a way to approach to dealing with certain enemies, but by no means did this always happen during a boss fight. In Nioh 2, it almost always does. This is because your yokai skills can do some major ki damage, and they don't cost stamina (they cost anima). Therefore, you can chain together regular hits and then use a yokai skill at the end to deplete like 30-50% of a boss's ki gauge. I was regularly facing bosses and they would only get out like 2-3 attacks before their ki gauge was depleted. This meant that I was almost stun-locking bosses, which is insane. I guess this is the risk of what can happen when you mix Dark Souls with Devil May Cry. At some point, the Devil May Cry can take over and sap too much of the difficulty out of the game. Hell, I can also imagine the reverse happening where the Dark Souls makes it so difficult that you can no longer do cool combos. To be fair, Nioh 2 kept a great balance going for 20-30 hours of the game. That's the length of most games! Overall, Nioh 2 is a fantastic game. It's not just samurai Dark Souls. This game has a lot of depth thanks to its stances, different attacks, magic skills, ninjutsu skills, yokai abilities, etc… The list goes on and on. You could spend weeks playing this game and still not have mastered it.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 23, 2022

  Here after Elden Ring too? It's worth it.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 9, 2022

  Got severely obliterated as advertised, not disappointed in that field. What I didn't expect was the 100+ hour campaign, with about 80 bosses and a billion ways to defeat them. With the amount of variety and depth you can dive into, and for how brutally challenging it all is, I'm surprised Nioh 2 doesn't have more attention nowadays. Let me put it this way: Nioh 2 is like endurance training at the gym. It only gets heavier and more unbearable as it goes on, testing your resolve and will to go the extra mile. At any point, you could stop. You could give up, say "I did enough, that's my limit", and move on. Or, you could climb that metaphorical mountain, taking all the weight you can, working your way to the third expansion, and the final boss. And if you beat that final boss, the absolute bringer of nightmares that has awaited you for the entire game, it'll feel like the weight of a planet has been lifted off your shoulders. And that's the fun of Nioh 2; the journey, the uphill battle, and that payoff. Now, is the story and world-building that amazing? Objectively, no, but I didn't mind it though. Felt like a Sengoku period Johnny Mnemonic or something, and as someone who actually likes that film for some reason, the story had it's own janky charm. tl;dr: Good, buy it if you want. IF YOU DARE
• gamedeal user

  Apr 12, 2022

  Nioh 2 is a fun game that's, in a way, too complex for its own good. It takes the basic gameplay loop of the soulsborne genre, and layers technical action game combat and loot showers on top of all of that. All of this together both makes the game great and overwhelming at the same time. The more technical combat on top of the Souls formula creates a barrier to entry even to veterans of the genre. On top of light and heavy attacks, you've got a bunch of special offensive and defensive moves that you'll want to make good use of to succeed. There's also the youkai abilities you have as a shiftling (half-human, half-youkai). These are a pretty simple matter of having an "anima" (basically mana) bar that you build by hitting enemies. Then you just press a simple button combination to throw out an ability. So far so good. Then we get into the fact that there's three different stances for each weapon, which basically are a matter of how fast or powerful you want your swings to be. Each of these not only have different attack animations, but also have their own set of special attacks, so you need to remember different sets of attacks for each of them. You also carry around two weapons, so you've pretty much got 6 different sets of attacks to keep track of, plus your aforementioned youkai abilities. To make things more complicated, a lot of heavy unblockable attacks are stopped with the "burst counter" mechanic, where you momentarily shift into youkai form and do one of three different type of defenses (parry, dodge, strike) to counter and stagger the enemy. This is based on which guardian spirit you have active, and you can carry around two spirits, which may have different counters, so you need to be mindful of that to know how to use the counter correctly in the moment. Furthermore, burst counter is used with a button combination involving the youkai ability button (which is fine), but doesn't involve the defend button, which is used in normal counterattacks that you can unlock for your weapon styles. Your ki (stamina) also notably regens pretty slowly (even with a relatively light weight class), and to get it back rapidly you'll have to make use of the "ki pulse" mechanic (where you tap a button to recover a much faster regenerating bar). Honestly, I don't know that this really adds much to the game, other than adding some mental overhead. Though, sometimes you might want to forgo the pulse, or use it at a time where you won't get full recovery because you need to stay on the move, so it does add something. I just don't know that it really adds all that much, and there's already a lot of things to keep track of in this game. There's honestly just too much stuff going on, and it makes the difficulty curve of the game incredibly steep in the beginning, as you try to hammer in all the button combinations and controls into your head. I died a lot in the beginning to the fact that I kept pressing the wrong button combination to try to get burst counter out, since I intuitively thought it involved the defend button, which it does not. Overall, I died slightly over 300 times in my first play through of the main storyline, which took some 80 to 90 hours. Well over 200 of those deaths are from the first 50 hours. By the last two main story chapters of the game, I was sight reading the bosses more often than not. On top of all this is managing your stats, which you're used to in a soulsborne game, and also your loot that you're constantly showered in. You'll be sifting through pieces of armor to balance your toughness (poise) and agility (weight class that impacts ki use and regen), among other bonus stats, then selling/dismantling literally dozens of pieces of equipment between missions. The gear curve also seems like it's a little rough in the first play. Unless you know how to build already (which you probably won't if you're a newcomer), bosses will hit super hard and be super hard to hurt. They seem much more difficult than they are later in the game. This may be because I figured out a build by later in the game (and you have more tools at that point), but I'm also pretty sure it's because the gear you get ramps up rapidly toward the end of the storyline. The last main storyline level is recommended for level 114 characters. By that time I had gear that was over level 130, and I didn't do any farming of any kind for it. Thus, I'm pretty sure I was overgeared without even trying to intentionally get gear above the level of the levels I was playing. I'm fairly certain this contributed heavily to my ability to sight read many of the later storyline bosses. Nioh 2 is overwhelming. It was honestly too much for me. I actually burned out 50-60 hours in, and only picked up the game again recently (a year later), picking up where I left off. It's not that the game was too hard, I was beating a level or two every night after work, but it was just too much. One night I just didn't fire up the game to keep going, because I felt I wanted to relax, and this game doesn't fit that bill. That was the end of my run up until recently. There's a lot of things to keep track of in Nioh 2, and it all can make the enemies and levels kind of become pains in the ass. Still, it's all this stuff that also makes Nioh 2 incredibly rewarding. All the tools and options you have at your disposal allows you to come up with a huge number of ways to build you character and approach each situation. Enemies that smashed your face in over and over and over will be common fodder to you later, and you'll face them more and more the further you get (which also contributes to them being a pain, if I'm being honest). Nioh 2 is a hard game. It's not for everyone; not even for all fans of the soulsborne genre. It's incredibly well-crafted and beautiful. It's a lot of fun. Just don't go in thinking this just another soulsborne, because it's not. It's much more than that, and that will be absolutely fantastic for some people, overwhelming for others, or if you're like me, both fantastic and overwhelming at the same time. Also the character creation is great.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 7, 2022

  TL;DR

  <*>Three player co-op, main story and most side missions can be played with other players <*>Custom character creation (male or female) <*>Challenging but rewarding combat <*>Good music overall, sound effects are spot on <*>Story is a fantasy retelling of real events in 16th century Japan <*>Recommend playing with controller

  General Overview

  Take two scoops of Devil May Cry, a scoop of Ninja Gaiden, and a handful of Dark Souls and blend it up. You'll get something close to, but not quite like, a Nioh 2 smoothie. If, like me, you're coming from other souls-like games into Nioh you'll learn quickly the combat is faster but fluid. Unlike Dark Souls / Elden Ring or other games like them there is less emphasis on dodging - in fact, dodging is often not your best option. Instead there is a focus on carefully timed blocking and counter attacking. Fights against strong enemies and bosses are only partly solved by learning the pattern and when you can punish them. You also need to see what you can interrupt to create your own openings for flowing combo and chain attacks.

  Good

  Three player co-op - easy to setup and jump straight into missions without any weird systems restricting your play. Some duel side missions are solo only but the main story and most side missions can be played with up to two other players. Graphics are solid, although some environments can feel overly busy. The character creator is superb and you can create a male or female character, which should be standard by now, but is welcome here. You will have a hard time making a character who isn't handsome / pretty, as Team Ninja is behind this one. The cut-scenes are in-engine so your custom character and the gear you have on are reflected in the cut-scenes which is awesome. The armor and weapon designs range from realistic to leaning deep into fantasy. All are well modeled with beautiful textures. Music is great, some of the tracks are so epic they'll keep your blood pumping fast as you feel the pressure to move, attack, counter, and destroy. Sound effects have plenty of clanging metal, weapon into armor crunch, and solid hit effects. Controls are tight and belie their fighting-game roots at times. Learning the ki pulse, stance switching, and counter system - with slight variations for each weapon type - will take time but is incredibly rewarding once you get into the groove. Speaking of weapon types, there is a nice variety of weapons on offer for different play styles. As you unlock the ability and skill tree for each one they develop their own character and feel. Once the trees are about half unlocked or more the weapons will feel very different. The story takes place in 16th century Japan with some hefty liberties taken with real events to fit in the fantasy elements and your character's role in the alternate history presented. Keeping track of all the characters can be difficult but fortunately there is a character guide in-game you can consult to keep up with the story as it plays out. The game can be modded.

  Neutral

  The game is difficult and makes no apologies for it. Some of the duel side-missions are harder than anything the main story will throw at you but the main missions are no slouch, either. The flip side of the difficulty is the satisfaction you will get as your skills improve and you conquer a challenging enemy or boss. Be warned, however, the difficulty is no joke and there is no easy option. The game plays best on a controller, keyboard and mouse not so much.

  Bad

  This is a well polished game and most of "the bad" would resolve to nit picks. With that said, the game wastes no time throwing complex systems at you with barely a tutorial. It took me some time to wrap my head around the controls as this game will utilize every button on a controller and then some. The twilight missions use a red filter / lighting system that hides the beauty of the levels they take place in. I wish you could tone down the effect as they are SO RED. Some of the music is short repeating loops that can grate after awhile, even though for the most part the music is great. The aforementioned twilight missions are also the only content that gets level synced, so if you are teaming up with a low level friend on a high level character you will eliminate a huge chunk of the challenge for them and stomp the lower level missions. With all of the special effects in combat your screen can get cluttered in flashes, sparkles, hit indicators, and more at times. There are mods to tone this down but the default game can be overwhelming visually at times.

  Conclusion

  Nioh 2 is a solid game. Expertly designed combat takes some getting used to but is very satisfying once you begin to learn and eventually master it. Three player co-op with custom characters is fantastic. Even at full price this game is a worthwhile purchase but it sometimes goes on sale and I enthusiastically recommend snagging it at a good price.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 25, 2022

  This is not so much a "souls-like", beyond the very surface. It's closer to a Ninja Gaiden game, combined with Diablo's loot systems, with brutally punishing difficulty, even compared to From Soft games. Nioh 2 has more systems and subsystems and loot mechanics than almost any other RPG out there, so unlike Dark Souls, you're actually going to have to put in some work with comparing your equipment, and developing a build that's somewhat unique to you. Play this game if you want more mechanical complexity than From Soft's games are giving you, and more compelling combat than Path of Exile or Diablo are giving you.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 17, 2022

  I played it a bit and I think it's cool.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 8, 2022

  If you are put off the amount of loot, remember the following: 1.) You can mark all weapons / armors at once. 2.) On first playthrough, offer up all gear at shrine for more Amrita (xp) 3.) The stat requirement on armor is only for the bonuses, the armor value will always be provided. So just wear the best armor and stay under 70% weight. The bonuses are to small to make a difference on first playthrough. 4.) Use consumables and ranged weapons !! 5.) Summon help. It's in the game for a reason. 6.) Have fun !
• Imperial

  Nov 3, 2022

  Finally i've beat the first boss. Best combat mechanics ever