Nioh 2 in coop is like spending vacation with Uncle Piccolo. First word in the morning you hear is DODGE!, which immediately becomes motto of the day. And when you finally lay your bones to rest after tiring day, you hear the sweet lullaby of Why didnt you DOODGE!!
“Do not choose the bird!” I would argue the Bird is the best choice. You get the other two Yokai forms pretty quick and early anyway. The Ki Recovery passive on it is great early on and the Feral Burst counter is the most forgiving and acts as a free dodge if you ever get stunned in a Ki exhausted state.
Can we change Guardian Spirits? I feel I need the bird to beat Gozuki but I dunno if I wanna keep it forever. I'm still unsure of how they effect your character. I'm gonna go mostly strength as I do in every Soulslike.
Another tip: In any menu, you can get detailed information on any of the *copious* and often vague buffs and attributes that your gear gives you by pressing the OPTIONS/HELP button.
Im two years late but just in case anyone new to the series is still watching, its very important to point that that your health and ki DO INCREASE even when not levelling their respective stats. The gains are a lot smaller, but you get health and ki every level or 2 regardless of what stat you're levelling, so you only have to increase them if you feel like you are lacking in those categories. I still suggest putting levels into these stats, but not nearly as much as you usually would in a soulslike.
*Pro Tip: there's an option in the gameplay settings to automatically use the braid for a skill point upon pick up so you don't need to search for them mercilessly in your inventory.
As soon as you argued that choosing the bird spirit was bad because "you already get a free Feral form", I started to wonder if you were getting lazy on this. Having 2 Feral forms does not matter if you get the most out the starting Spirit's stats and don't care about the monkey spirit at all .
I tried to pick this up when it came out, but I was still on my dark souls kick, so my muscle memory was basically giving me the finger, and now, a year later with minimal dark souls and I'm enjoying it much more, my hand still intuitively presses circle when I want to dodge occasionally, but it's definitely better than playing dark souls all day then trying to remember to ki pulse
Ame-No-Mitori gives movement speed buff though, which is really useful. Its attack is also pretty good. I have completed the entire game with this spirit
13: Until you have a good ki pool, stay away from big weapons and focus on the Katana and Spear on low stances which allow for quick hits and faster reaction times for dodging. That will help you avoid those situations when you're locked in a long attack animation and get hit for half your health.
Yeah.. no dont listen to this dude. Theres lots of reasons to not do this such as low stance not doing good damage, you're missing out on how to use the weapon you will switch to later through this method, you're also missing out of skill points for the weapons you're not using, etc etc
I’m curious if our character can become OP like the first one, grinding all the gear so we could destroy bosses. That was my favorite part of the first game
On the map screen just move the cursor around until you see a red spot and press x to get some free items the more missions the more items to find also goes towards a trophy
Fun fact you can find items outside of gameplay in the world map just look scroll around your map until your cursor is red than press a button and you’ll get a item.
Upgrading Purple Gear is cost-prohibitive, except for Weapons, Yokai Weapons can be upgraded using Soul Cores (last tab to the left), so use them They are significantly cheaper to upgrade with, have no rarity (beyond level), and will allow you to maintain the best weapon(s) possible throughout the game
Just bought the deluxe edition for ridiculous amount of money in PSStore when converted to our nation's currency. I hope it was worth it. I loved Nioh 1 so I hope it did not changed to much :)
Better way to trigger Ki Pulse almost every time - Hit R1 when that "White" Ki bar fills to the top right after you've attacked or dodged. Timing this is about 10 times easier than looking at the little white sprinkles !!
Took me three years to get into Nioh (I am completely terrified of Ninja Gaiden, tho I have played and finished Tenchu, another game in the same style) and now I cannot get enough of this game. Got Nioh 1&2 during ps plus months, now I’m playing both in parallel (bought the ps5 upgrade for both including all the DLC’s) Gonna dive into Wolong soon after I’m done with them (got 90hrs in Nioh2 already)
why not use the bird summon? it's a very flexible burst counter, you can dodge around even if the enemies are not using the red aura attack and it also functions as an emergency dodge when you have 0 ki..
Corrupted weapons can also be soul matched with Soul Cores for significantly less than being soul matched with weapons of the same level. I took a seething dragon from 20 to 40 with a soul core for 12k vs using another level 40 switchblade which would have set me back 130k. If the soul core has a transfer skill it will move to the weapon too.
@@alekesam It is only available for weapons that have the Imbue Corruption attribute. When you are selecting the material to combine, Soul Cores is an option at the very end of the Category list. Its not quite as useful end game since the soul cores cannot affect the + value, only the base level of the weapon, but its very good early game just because of the massive price reduction in leveling weapons up.
Go to settings and on the bottom of the first page of basic game settings there's an option to automatically use hair locks. So if you turn that on you don't have to worry about forgetting or missing it
Guardian spirit choice: TLDR; Take the wolf The bird(feral) Teleports you a short distance for a quick parry. The wolf(brute) counter is on-demand and can interrupt any point of the attack's windup. The shark/whale(phantom) operated like a typical parry mechanic in which you activate it just before getting hit. The bird is also the most difficult to use for its intended purpose, burst countering. The reason being is that you have to teleport into the attack, so not only do you need to time it, but you also have to position accordingly. LATER in the game it's great for animation cancelling and you can always switch to a feral type spirit later.
I bounced off of the first Nioh pretty hard, but I've been having a way better time with Nioh 2. This one gives you more tools to play with and even the odds a bit. The burst counter alone is incredible once you get it down. So if you found the first one too hard, I'd definitely still give 2 a shot.
Agreed, I enjoyed the first one a lot but never beat it and for some reason it didn't stick with me. Idk if they made Nioh 2 more accessible or what they did but I am hooked. Have an awesome build already and really enjoying the game
Can't wait to upload more Nioh 2 no damage runs. The wait is killing me... Hype is real ^0^ Will playing this game for a long, long time. Thanks for sharing, Gamespot!
@@selviotrikinos8455 I got a PC a few months ago. You know what I havent done since then? Go around shitting on console players 'cause im not a douche.
You're correct. However, I would only recommend sacred water in the beginning of the game. Once you get some progression in the Onmyo tree, I recommend getting barrier talisman asap, and using it through the entire game. They're better than sacred water in most cases, and they automatically dispel yokai pools on touch... combine with a trident vajra helmet, to increase attack on purification, excellent synergy
Question. how do you send Stuff to the Storehouse? I have tried everything I can think of and right now i am so over encumbrance I am at 92.7 % out of 37.7%.
I got a question, does Torii gate work exactly like in 1st game? so you can play entire game in coop with shared progress for both players exept some side missions (duels)?
Never played these souls like games. Nioh 2 is my first crack & the bull in the first mission has me paranoid for the rest of the game. I’m on the 2nd shrine & lvl 11. I’m not moving forward to complete the mission & face him till I’m like lvl 22. I’m just upgrading all my stats strategically & getting familiar with the Hatchets, Spear, Odachi, Axe& Glaiver. Does it sound like I’m on the right path lol? Let me know
His statement @2:23 is FALSE. You will want to be investing in ALL of the weapon skill tress because you can assign abilities to different weapons from different skills trees. This encourages experimentation with every weapon and methodical tree/skill building
Not really in 2. All of the passives are now available in every weapon's skill tree(being exclusive to that weapon, so you lose them when you switch weapons if you didn't also pick them up on the weapon you're switching to). As for the new active skill modifiers, they're all in either the Samurai tree or the Shifting tree, which are both global anyway, with you getting more samurai skill points at certain levels and shifting skill points by purifying soul cores.
Took a minute for me to learn how to burst mainly because I ran away (didn’t think it was important) but I used that to my advantage and can time it perfectly
For the "DO NOT CHOOSE THE BIRD GUARDIAN SPIRIT". Well, I picked the Bird, and it was the best decision I've ever made. It matched my playstyle from Nioh 1, the Spear and Onmyo build. Completed the entire game with Ame-no-Mitori as my primary guardian spirit + Azai Clan for the ultimate Ki Recovery benefit. Also, Ame-no-Mitori can boost your movement speed, making you agile, and a boost for divine rice drop, which was a big help in the early stages of the game since you'll be stuck with limited Elixirs. I completely disagree with that being part of the list, sorry. I would rather say, Pick the right Guardian Spirit that suits your playstyle rather than saying "DO NOT CHOOSE" the guardian spirit.
I wont lie to you this my first time playing this game cause its free for psp but man its kinda tough i literally uninstalled it cause i got so mad the first day but after getting it back and playing a little more patient i can honestly say its a fun challenge
I'm a beast at Nioh, relatively speaking, but so far in the first few hours of this game I've been getting my ass handed to me. I'm not mad (except when I am haha). I'm loving this game so far! I just wonder if new players will be off put by it. It's such a high hurdle, but, like any souls-like game, once you get over that first mountain things their is nothing more enjoyable.
@@weaver3636 Well, now that I've had a chance to get to the build I was aiming for with Sword with the right armor set and buffs, the game is a lot easier, but still way harder than the first Nioh and probably on par or possibly harder than Bloodborne. It's hard to compare honestly, because I think a lot of the difficulty is in figuring out the game's systems, and I'm still trying to figure this one out (not to mention I haven't finished the game yet). I think the challenge here is learning to use Yokai shift and Yokai Abilities, and all the new enemy movesets. Some of the old enemy movesets have been added on to or changed and so all the old habits from Nioh are working against me a bit. Plus some of the system mechanics have changed like how defense works (it's a lot better now). I think if you're struggling, just have an NPC buddy come with you. I'm not a fan of online helpers, unless it's a friend, because some people are OP and beat the game for you and I don't like that. I still want a challenge even if it's my first play through. The NPC's are helpful (they're basically just tank fodder for you) but are in no way able to beat the boss. They still make the game challenging. It's basically like having necromancer abilities honestly and I like that. You're just raising dead spirits instead of skeletons. Plus I can take my time and pause when I want. I normally wouldn't get any help in soul's games but I don't feel like I'm cheating too much with NPC's, at least for my first playthough. Next playthough I'll probably be a lot better and want to challenge myself more.
It wasn't a mistake for me to choose bird ferral in the beginning. I rely heavily on dodge since my timing can be bad. I tried other two types later but they weren't my style.
Playing Nioh in English dub? Asking me to summon? Telling me stuff I already know? And telling me not to choose my bird? (Even though it is undoubtedly the best one) You have got some nerve my friend.
The bird is a free dodge and a bloodborne parry 10/10 brute is next cause its mindless easy parry and great attack damage 9/10 the sharks one takes more patience with its parry something thats very hard in combat and a specific build thats more ranged 6/10
@SheCanDoMe I agree with you. I was also blinded by jealousy I completely forgot that gaming channels and some streamers get it early. BS if you ask me
You invest your points according to your weapon of choice not because you are scrubbing and can’t manage your stamina. Don’t waste your levels on stats that you don’t need trust me this is not darksouls and nothing alike.
If you are tempering your armor and you run out of umbricite for the lowest ranking skills, the game won’t tell you. Instead, it will use the next highest one you DO have as a cost for the tempering I basically threw away all my umbracite this way and didn’t notice until I had only 11 divine umbracite left Still kicking myself over that
Yeah, same, though I beat the game years ago so I've been flying through it. I was surprised at how good I've been as I really struggled in my first playthrough. Played a bit of Nioh 2 though and I'm getting my ass handed to me again.
banshou tenin same here man 🙄😭 but in time it will only make us better. For me its getting easier i can say though yet still difficult. Im learning to just be patient and not rush into a fight its working somewhat for me right now lol
What are you talking about "spend the skill points on the skill trees of your choice." You're talking like a point can be spent in any tree when that isn't the case at all. You earn a skill in a specific tree by your playstyle, and they can not be used on other trees. You really could confuse new players wording things that way.
for number 9 I thought you gained all 3 once the tutorial is over? you just need to use a shrine to swap out. Unless that's been changed. I just hope there's a 4th form and for a unlimited yokai form build to return.
Ok.. so I literally have been beating my head against the brick wall called gozuki for 3 days now. Just now, literally 5 min ago I finally beat him. Need a break so I'm watching some videos, see this one. Only to find out that I should have beaten him with a different spirit, seeing as how I chose the feral/bird one. The video I watched a few days ago was saying that new players should go with the feral... WTF?!
I'd like to give Nioh 2 a go but the amount of information to take in is overwhelming. I can see myself struggling with how to put all that knowledge into practice.
Nioh 2 in coop is like spending vacation with Uncle Piccolo. First word in the morning you hear is DODGE!, which immediately becomes motto of the day. And when you finally lay your bones to rest after tiring day, you hear the sweet lullaby of Why didnt you DOODGE!!
EVERYONE OF GOHAN'S RACE CAN TURN INTO A GIANT MONKEY
That literally made me LOL at the end
That's super hilarious 😂😂😂
“Do not choose the bird!”
I would argue the Bird is the best choice. You get the other two Yokai forms pretty quick and early anyway. The Ki Recovery passive on it is great early on and the Feral Burst counter is the most forgiving and acts as a free dodge if you ever get stunned in a Ki exhausted state.
It is the best
Also you get abundance of Divine Rice so you allways have plenty of ammo and summons.
Yea I thought that was a pretty weird thing to warn about
It really is the best for Burst Counters early on. Its stats are most suited for light armor builds.
Can we change Guardian Spirits? I feel I need the bird to beat Gozuki but I dunno if I wanna keep it forever. I'm still unsure of how they effect your character. I'm gonna go mostly strength as I do in every Soulslike.
additional tip for the hair locks that you can turn on auto consume hair locks in the option so you will never forget to eat them
eating tons of hairs is not good for health ya know ?
Another tip: In any menu, you can get detailed information on any of the *copious* and often vague buffs and attributes that your gear gives you by pressing the OPTIONS/HELP button.
“Twelve things I wish I knew before starting Nioh 2”
“May contain spoilers”
WAT
Im two years late but just in case anyone new to the series is still watching, its very important to point that that your health and ki DO INCREASE even when not levelling their respective stats. The gains are a lot smaller, but you get health and ki every level or 2 regardless of what stat you're levelling, so you only have to increase them if you feel like you are lacking in those categories. I still suggest putting levels into these stats, but not nearly as much as you usually would in a soulslike.
Thanks lol
*Pro Tip: there's an option in the gameplay settings to automatically use the braid for a skill point upon pick up so you don't need to search for them mercilessly in your inventory.
You tell us not to choose the Bird guardian spirit when you haven't even mention one of its special effects....which is INCREASED KI RECOVERY SPEEED.
Having played the first one and the beta for the second, I’m surprised the courage stat flew under the radar.
Thank you, I hadn’t even noticed.
As soon as you argued that choosing the bird spirit was bad because "you already get a free Feral form", I started to wonder if you were getting lazy on this. Having 2 Feral forms does not matter if you get the most out the starting Spirit's stats and don't care about the monkey spirit at all .
Ikr, the bird has the best stat buffs. It also has a huge buff to movement speed, which is rare.
Fire>lightning
I tried to pick this up when it came out, but I was still on my dark souls kick, so my muscle memory was basically giving me the finger, and now, a year later with minimal dark souls and I'm enjoying it much more, my hand still intuitively presses circle when I want to dodge occasionally, but it's definitely better than playing dark souls all day then trying to remember to ki pulse
Ame-No-Mitori gives movement speed buff though, which is really useful. Its attack is also pretty good. I have completed the entire game with this spirit
"Do not pick the bird"
Me: pick the bird, no question
"Call for benevolent grace"
Me: Never, solo it is and will be
*bathing in proud*
Bird is the most op since it allows you to dodge even mid attack or even when stunned. And that OP dodge costs only 1 anima.
13: Until you have a good ki pool, stay away from big weapons and focus on the Katana and Spear on low stances which allow for quick hits and faster reaction times for dodging. That will help you avoid those situations when you're locked in a long attack animation and get hit for half your health.
Good tip.
Or be a man and use a greataxe from the beginning!
Bullshit
Nope, low stance tickles enemies.
Yeah.. no dont listen to this dude. Theres lots of reasons to not do this such as low stance not doing good damage, you're missing out on how to use the weapon you will switch to later through this method, you're also missing out of skill points for the weapons you're not using, etc etc
Brute types are alot easier to counter with making it great for destroying a Yokai's stamina bar.
I’m curious if our character can become OP like the first one, grinding all the gear so we could destroy bosses. That was my favorite part of the first game
I've seen bosses melt in half a second so yeah they can get pretty OP
We cant do this today?
On the map screen just move the cursor around until you see a red spot and press x to get some free items the more missions the more items to find also goes towards a trophy
Fun fact you can find items outside of gameplay in the world map just look scroll around your map until your cursor is red than press a button and you’ll get a item.
Upgrading Purple Gear is cost-prohibitive, except for Weapons, Yokai Weapons can be upgraded using Soul Cores (last tab to the left), so use them
They are significantly cheaper to upgrade with, have no rarity (beyond level), and will allow you to maintain the best weapon(s) possible throughout the game
Just bought the deluxe edition for ridiculous amount of money in PSStore when converted to our nation's currency. I hope it was worth it. I loved Nioh 1 so I hope it did not changed to much :)
It was $30 2 days ago 😂😂😂😂
Better way to trigger Ki Pulse almost every time - Hit R1 when that "White" Ki bar fills to the top right after you've attacked or dodged. Timing this is about 10 times easier than looking at the little white sprinkles !!
Took me three years to get into Nioh (I am completely terrified of Ninja Gaiden, tho I have played and finished Tenchu, another game in the same style) and now I cannot get enough of this game. Got Nioh 1&2 during ps plus months, now I’m playing both in parallel (bought the ps5 upgrade for both including all the DLC’s) Gonna dive into Wolong soon after I’m done with them (got 90hrs in Nioh2 already)
why not use the bird summon? it's a very flexible burst counter, you can dodge around even if the enemies are not using the red aura attack and it also functions as an emergency dodge when you have 0 ki..
Exactly, the bird is ectually way more useful then the others
Corrupted weapons can also be soul matched with Soul Cores for significantly less than being soul matched with weapons of the same level. I took a seething dragon from 20 to 40 with a soul core for 12k vs using another level 40 switchblade which would have set me back 130k. If the soul core has a transfer skill it will move to the weapon too.
Wait, what? How do you match soul cores to weapons? That's killer!
@@alekesam It is only available for weapons that have the Imbue Corruption attribute. When you are selecting the material to combine, Soul Cores is an option at the very end of the Category list. Its not quite as useful end game since the soul cores cannot affect the + value, only the base level of the weapon, but its very good early game just because of the massive price reduction in leveling weapons up.
@@MiddywolfR
That's pretty cool. I had no idea you could do that. The customization and depth to the game is crazy
@@MiddywolfR It's useful even at the end because corrupted weapons can inherit soul cores abilities (with inherit or transfer).
I won't go into basic mechanics = Explain basic mechanics for most of video.
Go to settings and on the bottom of the first page of basic game settings there's an option to automatically use hair locks. So if you turn that on you don't have to worry about forgetting or missing it
A lot of these tips were learned in the first hour of playing and the rest were bad opinions, picking the bird is a great first choice.
Nah, do pick the bird spirit at the beginning. +1 to the health stat is better than the others.
Guardian spirit choice: TLDR; Take the wolf
The bird(feral) Teleports you a short distance for a quick parry.
The wolf(brute) counter is on-demand and can interrupt any point of the attack's windup.
The shark/whale(phantom) operated like a typical parry mechanic in which you activate it just before getting hit.
The bird is also the most difficult to use for its intended purpose, burst countering. The reason being is that you have to teleport into the attack, so not only do you need to time it, but you also have to position accordingly. LATER in the game it's great for animation cancelling and you can always switch to a feral type spirit later.
Bird is the only counter that lets you help a friend as you can move towards the attack not being aimed at you. Huge plus for coop.
I wouldn't be Shocked if there's a 4th Yokai form you unlock at the end of the game.
Or DLC.
DLC and it will be the best form
You turn into Hidetaka Miyazaki and all enemies on the level dies to gravity.
@@gargmann then you show a teaser trailer for a new game and not give any new info for a year so people go insane
Narrator : Use the ki pulse!
Editor : Make sure to not include gameplay of our tester using the ki pulse.
He did a little
You probably mean the dodge ki puls, that one weirdly wasnt done successfully while explaining it..
I bounced off of the first Nioh pretty hard, but I've been having a way better time with Nioh 2. This one gives you more tools to play with and even the odds a bit. The burst counter alone is incredible once you get it down. So if you found the first one too hard, I'd definitely still give 2 a shot.
Agreed, I enjoyed the first one a lot but never beat it and for some reason it didn't stick with me. Idk if they made Nioh 2 more accessible or what they did but I am hooked. Have an awesome build already and really enjoying the game
I finally got around to finishing Nioh 1 and it was great.
If you're having problem with ki regeneration I suggest use barrier/kekkai spell it's a gives ki boost and auto Purge the yokai miasma
13. If you beat the game the first time congrats you finished the tutorial.
Can't wait to upload more Nioh 2 no damage runs. The wait is killing me...
Hype is real ^0^ Will playing this game for a long, long time.
Thanks for sharing, Gamespot!
I bought this game two days ago the ps5 remastered version never played it I love this game and the guide here is a big help!
Good to know, I'll sure to use these tips in November when developer finally feeds us starving pc gamers.
Daniel Magger will you be back to brag about how much better PC is than console after?
@@YaBoiShining no just begging to play this game on Pc so I don't have to buy ps4 or something. Ain't nobody got money for that.
Cry more
@@YaBoiShining PC is better than console. Can still use controller confirmed. Sorry, you signed up for that.
@@selviotrikinos8455 I got a PC a few months ago. You know what I havent done since then? Go around shitting on console players 'cause im not a douche.
i like how koei tecmo uses samurai warrior asset, gonna buy this game
0:14 shuten douji
If the level is too hard it doesn't hurt to go back to the level that you already completed to earn more
5:42 a little advice for the yokai counter press R2 ahead of time then O to get ahead of you have a hard time perfectly timing a counter.
Use sacred water in the dark realm and your ki will regenerate much faster
You're correct. However, I would only recommend sacred water in the beginning of the game. Once you get some progression in the Onmyo tree, I recommend getting barrier talisman asap, and using it through the entire game. They're better than sacred water in most cases, and they automatically dispel yokai pools on touch... combine with a trident vajra helmet, to increase attack on purification, excellent synergy
Which armor prevents you from dying when you fall in two feet of water?! I need that!
Question. how do you send Stuff to the Storehouse? I have tried everything I can think of and right now i am so over encumbrance I am at 92.7 % out of 37.7%.
Press L3
That's due to the weight of your armor you're wearing, not the items you have
@@ikewagner yep I was a Derp. I thought i had on my light armor and I ended up with heavy armor.
It took my all day to finish the Prologue lol
TGK2 K took me 2 days:(
@@jimylalane1810 lol
Lol just got the game and it took me a day.
Thank god it’s just me lmao hardest prologue area in any souls like ever
Brooks Alexander I have gotten better but still getting my ass kicked.
I got a question, does Torii gate work exactly like in 1st game? so you can play entire game in coop with shared progress for both players exept some side missions (duels)?
You can
The progress is for both know
thank you i cant get past mission 2 and i struggled and cheesed mission 1 so this is making it easier
Never played these souls like games. Nioh 2 is my first crack & the bull in the first mission has me paranoid for the rest of the game. I’m on the 2nd shrine & lvl 11. I’m not moving forward to complete the mission & face him till I’m like lvl 22. I’m just upgrading all my stats strategically & getting familiar with the Hatchets, Spear, Odachi, Axe& Glaiver. Does it sound like I’m on the right path lol? Let me know
I bought it last night and I still haven't been able to beat the first mission man so I'm sure you're doing great in comparison
His statement @2:23 is FALSE. You will want to be investing in ALL of the weapon skill tress because you can assign abilities to different weapons from different skills trees. This encourages experimentation with every weapon and methodical tree/skill building
Not really in 2. All of the passives are now available in every weapon's skill tree(being exclusive to that weapon, so you lose them when you switch weapons if you didn't also pick them up on the weapon you're switching to). As for the new active skill modifiers, they're all in either the Samurai tree or the Shifting tree, which are both global anyway, with you getting more samurai skill points at certain levels and shifting skill points by purifying soul cores.
this game... is amazing... cant believe i waited over a year to play this game
This was truly helpful and informative, thank you very much!
i disagree the bird is one of the best choices you can make early on, the ki recovery it grants is so op early on
I learned all of this myself finally when I got
to chapter 7..... the game does not explain much lol
Took a minute for me to learn how to burst mainly because I ran away (didn’t think it was important) but I used that to my advantage and can time it perfectly
For the "DO NOT CHOOSE THE BIRD GUARDIAN SPIRIT". Well, I picked the Bird, and it was the best decision I've ever made. It matched my playstyle from Nioh 1, the Spear and Onmyo build. Completed the entire game with Ame-no-Mitori as my primary guardian spirit + Azai Clan for the ultimate Ki Recovery benefit. Also, Ame-no-Mitori can boost your movement speed, making you agile, and a boost for divine rice drop, which was a big help in the early stages of the game since you'll be stuck with limited Elixirs.
I completely disagree with that being part of the list, sorry. I would rather say, Pick the right Guardian Spirit that suits your playstyle rather than saying "DO NOT CHOOSE" the guardian spirit.
Thank you because I just bought the PS5 version of this and wanted to know more about the game before I got on
Yoki burst for brute is the worst one cause u will still take the damage from the hit unlike the others.
try using it as soon as the red thingy appears rather than trying to time it with the enemy's hit ;)
I wont lie to you this my first time playing this game cause its free for psp but man its kinda tough i literally uninstalled it cause i got so mad the first day but after getting it back and playing a little more patient i can honestly say its a fun challenge
Yo Gamespot, I just rented this today and watched this video twice, I'll use what you just told me. Thanks mate
This game looks insanely hard as nails.
I'm a beast at Nioh, relatively speaking, but so far in the first few hours of this game I've been getting my ass handed to me. I'm not mad (except when I am haha). I'm loving this game so far! I just wonder if new players will be off put by it. It's such a high hurdle, but, like any souls-like game, once you get over that first mountain things their is nothing more enjoyable.
Im struggling but loving the game.
@@ggg21201 If we were to compare it to Bloodborne, how would Nioh 2 fare in terms of difficulty?
Its hard but fair. And as you play you get better which is more fun
@@weaver3636 Well, now that I've had a chance to get to the build I was aiming for with Sword with the right armor set and buffs, the game is a lot easier, but still way harder than the first Nioh and probably on par or possibly harder than Bloodborne. It's hard to compare honestly, because I think a lot of the difficulty is in figuring out the game's systems, and I'm still trying to figure this one out (not to mention I haven't finished the game yet). I think the challenge here is learning to use Yokai shift and Yokai Abilities, and all the new enemy movesets. Some of the old enemy movesets have been added on to or changed and so all the old habits from Nioh are working against me a bit. Plus some of the system mechanics have changed like how defense works (it's a lot better now). I think if you're struggling, just have an NPC buddy come with you. I'm not a fan of online helpers, unless it's a friend, because some people are OP and beat the game for you and I don't like that. I still want a challenge even if it's my first play through. The NPC's are helpful (they're basically just tank fodder for you) but are in no way able to beat the boss. They still make the game challenging. It's basically like having necromancer abilities honestly and I like that. You're just raising dead spirits instead of skeletons. Plus I can take my time and pause when I want. I normally wouldn't get any help in soul's games but I don't feel like I'm cheating too much with NPC's, at least for my first playthough. Next playthough I'll probably be a lot better and want to challenge myself more.
It wasn't a mistake for me to choose bird ferral in the beginning. I rely heavily on dodge since my timing can be bad. I tried other two types later but they weren't my style.
GOD I'm so excited for this game!!
Honestly I'm really pissed about this coming out and the FFVII soon after. I still have a life and a job. WHAT DO THE GAMING GODS WANT FROM US!?
@@Postulio71 An empty wallet 🤪🤪
Playing Nioh in English dub?
Asking me to summon?
Telling me stuff I already know?
And telling me not to choose my bird? (Even though it is undoubtedly the best one)
You have got some nerve my friend.
Quick question can you only use or buy the book of reincarnation once
Nope, it just gets more expensive with each purchase 😁
The ki pulse is a tip? The tutorial tells you that... Ugh. These videos from "well known" website about tips are so lazy all the time.
Can you dodge and ki pulse at same time cos in Nioh 1 that trait had to be unlocked, very janky without that.
He literally said there is a skill for that
How does he have water dmg on the odachi as base dmg without a item?
The bird is a free dodge and a bloodborne parry 10/10 brute is next cause its mindless easy parry and great attack damage 9/10 the sharks one takes more patience with its parry something thats very hard in combat and a specific build thats more ranged 6/10
Does he not realize each feral is different?
Cant wait for Nioh 2, will have it on my channel, Nice tips!
This tutorial helped me so much!
Just like nioh 1 roll when you are on fire the amount of players that don’t know this is unbelievable
How are people already playing this game? I thought it comes out on the 13th of March
I would also like to know
Thinking the same damn thing
Early review copies ya dumbs
Strip Dancer of the Frigid Valley yah know I was so blinded by jealousy I forgot that was a thing lol
@SheCanDoMe I agree with you. I was also blinded by jealousy I completely forgot that gaming channels and some streamers get it early. BS if you ask me
You invest your points according to your weapon of choice not because you are scrubbing and can’t manage your stamina. Don’t waste your levels on stats that you don’t need trust me this is not darksouls and nothing alike.
Yea I got one, make sure to get all the Scampusses. Just do it. No further explanation needed.
If you are tempering your armor and you run out of umbricite for the lowest ranking skills, the game won’t tell you. Instead, it will use the next highest one you DO have as a cost for the tempering
I basically threw away all my umbracite this way and didn’t notice until I had only 11 divine umbracite left
Still kicking myself over that
So fuckin hyped I’m happy with all the forms but do kinda hope there’s an additional Yokai form or 2
Brilliant video guys. Extremely well narrated and edited. Huge props.
great and useful tips! very well explained. Thank you for sharing! :)
a weapon upgrade tutorial video would be nice
I’m still playing Way of the Strong for the first one 😂
Will Ibo Same here brother waiting for a discount in Nioh 2 cause I’ll be buying Doom Eternal day 1 lol
Yeah, same, though I beat the game years ago so I've been flying through it. I was surprised at how good I've been as I really struggled in my first playthrough. Played a bit of Nioh 2 though and I'm getting my ass handed to me again.
All that interests me is the PC release date...my body is thoroughly ready!
Nioh2 released on Friday? Don't get how non review copies owners will knew any of this ...
I mean Nioh 2 Beta was pretty fun.
Dude i cant pass the first level
banshou tenin same here man 🙄😭 but in time it will only make us better. For me its getting easier i can say though yet still difficult. Im learning to just be patient and not rush into a fight its working somewhat for me right now lol
Do not choose the bird ,,,,, Why? It the best choice for new player. All spirit is good ,Feral pantom brust 3style ???
Kinda wish you didn't add boss footage
What are you talking about "spend the skill points on the skill trees of your choice." You're talking like a point can be spent in any tree when that isn't the case at all. You earn a skill in a specific tree by your playstyle, and they can not be used on other trees. You really could confuse new players wording things that way.
Can I finish the whole game together with a friend in coop?
i was able to use thru the yokai gate in the beta so yeah
Yes with tori gate and the progress is for both
I love the game, its just so big. I understand Like 0.8% of it but i cant wait untill im a pro in it
for number 9 I thought you gained all 3 once the tutorial is over? you just need to use a shrine to swap out. Unless that's been changed. I just hope there's a 4th form and for a unlimited yokai form build to return.
That's what I want to know 😗
So is Anjin no longer in the game?
He is
Ok.. so I literally have been beating my head against the brick wall called gozuki for 3 days now. Just now, literally 5 min ago I finally beat him. Need a break so I'm watching some videos, see this one. Only to find out that I should have beaten him with a different spirit, seeing as how I chose the feral/bird one. The video I watched a few days ago was saying that new players should go with the feral... WTF?!
How can you transform into a yokai? I mean do the full shift?
Wish this could be on xbox, I love souls like/difficult games
Lol never
Great Game, it's tough as nails ultimately hard & challenging.
I'd like to give Nioh 2 a go but the amount of information to take in is overwhelming. I can see myself struggling with how to put all that knowledge into practice.
What's happening to gamespot. I watched a video about a game and I actually enjoyed it. Are we seeing a change? :v
The bird spirit is the best spirit to choose.
10 000 is so few compare to what we quickly get in the game so don't be that afraid of spending that money honestly in my opinion.
Wow this is it, One of Difficult Game in this Year beside Sekiro & Ghost of Tsushima!!! 😨😨😨
Sekiro was last year
You are in every Nioh video, Caroline 😅😅😅☺️☺️☺️
Ori and will of whisps
@@tuantani8480 Sekiro 2 is Nightmare!!! 😨😨😨
@@SlowLearner-z3h I Hope So!!! This is Nightmare 😲😲😲
Use benevolent graves, they are in the game for a reason. Yeah, to help people who can't git gud.