Nioh 2 (PS4)

Firstly, 2 things to mention to point you in the right direction: If you love Dark Souls, you'll probably love Nioh. If you played the first Nioh, you'll probably love Nioh 2 because it's just more of the same. I loved the first game of this series. It was like an awesome blend of many of my favourite titles, and being a 'souls like' game it gave you the challenges, and indeed rewards that Dark Souls does. This game is very good at making the hours very quickly disappear. With most of the country currently in isolation this game couldn't have come at a better time! The best way I can describe this game in a nutshell is imagine Dark Souls but the combat is more arcade like, with a focus on combos and all out aggression generally being the best approach. Use caution like in Dark Souls and it'll probably cost you. Bloodborne's combat is a good comparison. Your stamina (ki) meter is your best friend, and needs to be closely monitored at all times. If you haven't played Dark Souls, expect a very challenging experience, but be aware that persevering will really pay off. Finally beating that boss you've been stuck on or gaining enough experience to level up your character is really very rewarding. Unlike Dark Souls, Nioh's story is based around missions that the main story ties into. There's no linked together stages spread across one massive world like in Souls. There's an overhead map with missions and sub missions, you can complete these as many times as you like and it adds to the arcade feel of the game. It reminds me a bit of the main story mode from the older Soul Calibur games. Level design is good. Again, very Dark Souls. Plenty of locked doors and doors that open from the other side and paths which eventually lead you back for a well earned rest at a shrine (Nioh's version of bonfires). Experience comes in the form of Amrita, which you can spend to level up. If you die, you lose your Amrita and will have to go back and retrieve it. This gives that same feeling of stress and tension that you get from the Souls series. If you're into properly building up a character and investing time into their skills, you'll love this game. There's a wide choice of weapons, and fairly clear guidance on which stats you'll want to improve to get the best out of the one you most prefer. There's plenty of loot, and the menus are laid out in a very clear and logical way, with filters and sorting options to make sifting through all your goods easy. As another reviewer mentioned on here, it's generally best to pick one weapon and stick with it, as you'll be levelling up your character based around this selection. I think the option to re-allocate stats is available later in the game. If you're stuck there's a great online mode, you can summon other players to help you or you can summon NPCs based on other players. You can also summon hostile NPCs. You can happily play this game as alone or as accompanied as you like. I can't comment on the strength of the story as I haven't yet completed it. As said above, if you're a Souls fan or a fan of the previous game, you'll definitely love Nioh 2. I've read a few negative reviews on here from people saying the game is way too difficult. It is a difficult game yes, but that's no reason to give it a bad review. It's a game that takes practice and patience. If this isn't your thing then fair enough. I had just played through Dark Souls 2 again before playing this and the biggest issue I've had is pressing the wrong buttons in the heat of combat and paying for it. Difficulty wise it's probably similar. This game is great.

A refined Nioh 1, lots more content and mechanics. Decent performance; fps wise. Not too difficult (so far) I'm in the third area, I haven't a clue what all the other reviews complaining about the difficulty are on about. If you use the burst counter system, you almost completely nullify most bosses; however I will state, the burst counters don't always feel consistent, with certain attacks having larger or small hit boxes and collisions. Lots of gear, to the extent that most feels redundant, however this all works in the games favor, due to the system of recycling all items for materials or Amrita (The leveling currency). Many more micro-mechanics that you won't for the most part notice, unless you come across them by happenstance, or you're specifically looking for them. Such as a stat page, that shows literally every stat increase and bonus that you currently have. If you're just starting out, here's some info you must know. I strongly recommend you pick the feral form at the beginning, this gives lots of mobility. Look out for set bonus armour and weapons, these give you a special effect when you have multiple of the same type on. Try and make a build for your character, pick one or two weapon types and focus on them, this allows you to have some level of character focus, as the weapons can take a while to learn, due to the sheer amount of nuances between them all. You level skills up via usage, if you want magic, use spell items until you get level one, then spend that point on the items to keep leveling it from the skill tree, this goes for the ninja tree too; this also applies to weapon trees. Most bosses in coop are a complete cakewalk, I recommend you solo the bosses, as they can be too easily trivialized, this can ruin some of the levels. The game can be completely completed online. The Torii Gate, allows you to join randoms, I assume to help someone on a mission, that you've already completed yourself. You can host missions that you have yet to complete and join others; if you complete a mission this way, it will count as completed for both the host, and the players; this effectively allows you to complete the whole game in coop (I believe), if that's what you desire. So far it's been enjoyable, there's been a few moments where it feels cheap (Think Super Meat Boy world 4 boss), however they're few and far between. I'll update this review once I've completed the game.

This is fast becoming one of my most memorable gaming experiences. As a soulsbourne veteran, and having played the first Nioh, I knew what to expect. On your first play through, it can, at times, feel excruciatingly difficult- especially when you're doing minute amounts of damage against a boss who can then wipe you out with one or two hits. However, it really is a case of learning their attack patterns and knowing when the opportune moment is to attack. As expected, better weapons, armour and abilities (soul cores) are your reward for beating a boss, and naturally make you more powerful as the game progresses. Now, the real magic begins once you've completed your first play through of the game and get access to various builds and 'divine' weapons. Unlike other games in the genre, you can replay the game on the same difficulty settings, and you'll see how godlike you've become - being able to almost one-shot that boss that took you days to beat previously (I'm looking at you Yatsu-no-kami, Tatarimokke, Magara Naotaka, Ryomen Sukuna, Shibata Katsuie, Lady Osakabe and Kashin Koji!). This is a liberating feeling and is the point at which the game really comes into its own - you can now focus on upgrading gear, soul cores, and finding all those pesky, but loveable, Kodama that seemed impossible to find on the first play through. At this point, I felt brave (and strong) enough to give the co-op a go. Wow! I've never had so much fun helping other players to get through a level that I know from experience is difficult (and for those of you complaining about how hard the game is - summon someone and let them do the work for you!). The level of customisation in being able to choose where and how you're summoned is probably the best I've seen. I've made friends across the globe just by helping them through a few difficult areas. All in all, this game takes time to appreciate. I started playing this in lockdown when I had a lot of free time on my hands, but I'm still playing it now, six months later. I completely understand that some people don't have a lot of time due to other commitments and just want to blast through a game to complete it; if so, this game probably isn't for you. However, if you persevere and put the time and effort into it (and I'd recommend doing it solo on your first play through), then you'll be surprised at how deep and rewarding an experience this game is. Having said all that, I'm now back to square one with the difficulty on 'Dream of the Demon'....

Loved Nioh and it was hard but they have ramped this sequel to 11 in the difficulty. Not for the impatient but looks great and in Action graphics mode is steady 60 frames a second. Just announced that it will receive a PS5 free update so win win.

Brilliant sequel although not as main character driven. The use of real historical figures in absurd Japanese mythology is excellent.

I’ve put nearly 200 hours into this game so far and i enjoy it a lot. The amount of choice you have on how you want to deal with combat is fantastic. There are multiple weapon types, such as the long reach weapons like spears and odachi’s, and you’ve got more up close and personal weapons like the katana’s and tonfa’s, all with their own sets of attacks and combos. You can also use onmyo (magic such as healing, defence buffs, elemental magic attacks, and more), and also ninjutsu (shurikens, kunai, move silently, add poison to weapons, and their own elemental attacks, etc), which just adds to the already brilliant weapon combat. It isn’t as complex as it sounds, as each weapon follows a certain format, ie high, mid, low attacks, each stance having their own combo ends, button hold attacks, block attacks etc, and the button prompts for these attacks are mostly the same, so you do get into the flow of a new weapon quickly. I stuck with a katana and switch glaive at the start, but as i went to master each one for the platinum trophy, i found myself loving a lot of the weapons, as it wasn’t too difficult to get into the swing with them, but they do still feel distinctive from eachother. I really enjoy teaming up with people and doing the missions coopertatively. Having extra people there with you and shaking up how you’d normally deal with a battle solo is fun. I did most of the game cooperatively, but once i started clearing off the last of my trophies i played solo, as people do like to rush to the end sometimes. Not a problem when i just want to destroy enemies and get loot, but if you’re a competionist then i would advise getting a group together online so you all work to get the collectibles and hidden locations, or just do it solo. Even though i’ve completed the game, i still enjoy jumping on and feeling like a bad ass samurai! I highly recommend if you like your combat a little more punishing, but highly rewarding at the same time, and especially for people who enjoy their coop games!

great game

Too hard to get into, literally. I mean I couldn’t get past the first area after 3 hours and that to me isn’t entertainment - or time well spent. Theres a lot to remember controls wise and although there is a good tutorial it doesn’t really tell you how and when you can do certain stuff. Also some fighting mechanics seem very hit and miss as to whether they will actually work - not so much timing as chance. I enjoyed the first one (finished that) and that was a decent game just happened to get ‘harder’ as you progressed. This is hard for hards sake if I can put it that way. Why this is desirable I have no idea. People playing your game and admiring your work would seem to me to be more desirable but maybe that’s just me. Anyway it looks good, no glitches, and great character customisation. I spent longer on this than I did playing the game! It’s a shame that my character didn’t actually matter in the grand scheme of things. Complete bad ass I’d made as well. Shame. You’d go a long way to see hair like that anywhere put it that way. While I’m on I have to mention the inventory/equipment menus. I have been playing games for a long time and never thought I’d ever see every trope added together to give you the messiest most unintelligible menu system of all time - well, now I have. Is 0.1 of this better that 0.3 of that and whoa, is that a different colour - or is my eyes Etc. Etc. Dear me. Awful. Way too complex to even bother with. To be honest with you after my 3 hours I could have spent another hour trawling through this but life’s too short. One plus though. Good size font, I could actually read this mess. Top marks. I won’t mention the skill tree(s). One look was enough for me to know that I couldn’t even be bothered to work out what was going on there! It’s a shame that full price games such as this are going so niche and that a lot of people won’t get to experience the full game. What sort of business model is this really? They won’t sell the units they think. As the old joke goes, it’s been educational - taught me a lesson. I won’t be tempted by another one of this ilk from them. If you are into this sort of stuff then that’s fine and I’m sure some will love it but for me (and I suspect many others) it’s fast becoming a genre that I am being excluded from. Why can’t we go back to starts off easy, teaches you techniques and then the difficult ramps up but you have the experience to at least have a chance? Is this hard to implement or are developers so far up themselves that they have to have the ‘hardest’ game. Not universally played mind, just the hardest. Baffles me. I have limited gaming hours and I’m not spending them doing the same thing again and again and again. That ship has sailed. I’ll enjoy run the run throughs on You Tube (fast becoming better than actually buying the games themselves) as someone will likely blast through it. Won’t look as good as ‘Split Endz’ doing it but there you go. Anyway Cex have it now. I’m annoyed a bit as I was really looking forward to this but in the grand scheme of things I’ll get over it. For me it’s a 2/5. I can see the merits in it but wasted on me. JSK

Le vendeur n'a pas précisé que la boite du jeux est espagnol...je ne pourrai pas revendre le jeux en france...déception

Lieferung war schnell Mein Freund hat es geliebt :) Actionreich, abwechslungsreich Spielart: Equipfarmen und Skillpunkte setzen Zwischen 3 verschiedenen Dämonenkräfte auswählbar Im Großen und Ganzen echt gutes Spiel.

Es un soulslike y me gusta por ello. No obstante, tengo el platino en el primer juego y aún así me cuesta bastante avanzar. Después de las primeras horas de juego, puedo afirmar que es exasperante...pero hay que echarle valor y seguir.

Ottimo gioco, avevo già finito il primo. Nei primi livelli la difficoltà è un po elevata, sia per la tecnica ancora acerba del videogiocatore sia per lo scarso livellamento del personaggio, è consigliabile fermare un po se si è bloccato. Per il resto bel gioco può non piacere tutti il livello di sfida è alto

Llegó en perfecto estado, es un diablo con combate souls y graficos a la altura de 2020.