@@HeartbrokenHeartshooteryeah along with a bundle of crap haha you can get a key from a third party for a bit cheaper than that bundle, i just found it for 8 bucks or 13 for the complete edition which the bundle doesn't come with
@@BigBADSTUFF69the bundle does indeed come with the ultimate edition. Idk where you missed that but for 14$ the bundle is super worth it. This game alone on steam is 50-60$ before tax.
@@RicochetForce Sigh that would be third time. I'm at Dream of the Demon and there are quite few newgames I want to play so... Plus I really struggle with boses even at Demon...
I tried but i just couldn't because i've done everything and played with any build that you could possibly make, i have 1500+ hours in it so it's not surprising that i can't bring myself to replay lol, there's nothing like it
i only made it to dream of the demon....i loved the constant gear upgrades and sets. made for fun ass combat. and THAT is why it is endlessly fun....because when master your ki pulse or whatever it's called the quick flow of battle never gets old for me. i constantly respec and try different builds though and get a lot of satisfaction just learning a weapon
Grinding to finish Dream of the Demon was where i stopped. I got all of the other trophies though, and completed the dlc. The rest would have taken too long...
Honestly I adore the Nioh series so much, 2 really improved on a lot of things even though the gameplay might feel overly complicated with the gear system and yokai ability feature. Would love a fully fleshed Nioh 3 someday.
@@WizzlyBearW0rms nioh 2 is more about learning how and when to attack , how to extend your combos with your yokai powers once you go out of ki and how not to let your enemy breathe once you start attacking . Then again , nioh's dmg is more about the gear you use than your skill as a player. Also ki pulses.
@@WizzlyBearW0rmsit's not that bad. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. For the snake lady all you gotta do is take down all the snake totems, total of 3, and just beat those snake hands off like your life depends on it
My issue rn with nioh 2 is it feels alot faster but only for everything else. So I feel SLOWER than in nioh 1. And thats just not fun to me. I see everything else being faster than in nioh 1, but im... the same speed. And im trying to use fist weapons, and if its dogshit WHY DO YOU GIVE ME THEM? Also whats up with high stance being useless for fists? literally everything is bottom stance. And why did ki get set to a health level of being in the thousands instead of hundreds? Why did they overcomplicate the math and shit for this game dude. Its makin me so annoyed. AM I SUPPOSED TO CO-OP IN A GAME THAT HAD A PREVIOUS TITLE THAT DISCOURAGED CO-OP?
@@chasegaetze4507 the issue is that I already did nioh 1 and it plays so differently to the point of which it feels so little like a sequel. It feels like dark souls 2, and there was a reason people disliked it. And nioh 2 didn't even have an extremely troubled development right? Nioh 1 had a bad development, so it gets a pass on alot.
If you pre switch to low stance on splitstaff during animation and hit the ki pulse after animation ends u can do the jump move from any stance. When u figure out how to do the cancels, the weapon switch ieai charge, custom combos, its so satisfying making break throughs with your combat skill in this game
It’s been 4 years and I am still playing this game trying to master more weapons and get all the achievements. Depth of Underworld is so much fun with other players. This game has probably the nicest, most collaborative multiplayer dynamics.
Appreciate the work as always. I realize it’s an unpopular opinion but I think the story is leagues better than the first but is told in a more confusing and fragmented way. It might be because I’m very into that period of history so I know a good 80% of the characters already but seeing how the mosaic all fit together by the end of the final DLC, and seeing what comprised the legend of ‘Hideyoshi’ in this universe was actually quite moving for me. Fortunately it’s entirely vestigial to the main draws of the game!
There are several armor sets in Nioh 2 exclusive to the late floors of the underworld. You start fighting bosses in pairs or 3 in a roll later on. More reused Nioh 1 boss, which I didn't mind because I didn't play Nioh 1. I really enjoyed the Underworld in Nioh 2 overall. I felt challenged by it in ways previous difficulties couldn't and basically ended up mastering the game with my preferred weapon, the Splitstaff. What I did not like was the loot frequency. Even if you use the filter to only pick up Orange rarity weapons, you still get like 100 per floor. With a 600 inventory limit, it fills up fast and takes you away from the action to soul match, store weapons, etc. I had a particular bad personality for dealing with this so I was always agonizing over what to keep
I feel kinda dirty calling this a souls like, it's so much it's own thing, it has such an identity compared to other soulslikes where you can tell they are almost blatant copies. But whatever the case may be, 10/10 one of the best games of the generation and I could say the same about Nioh 1. Easoly the most underrated new IP of the gen.
3:30 It does have a loot filter tho, maybe doesn't allow you to filter an specific stats/mods but it allows to set on the rarity of items you want to be able to grab.
On Demon+ difficulty game expects you to use confusion mechanic actually. Hence the hp scaling. As for yokai forms, Brute counter can counter all attacks, but need to trade with some. Phantom/Feral can't counter some attacks at all. Generally you need to run Feral/Phantom+Brute, because game expects you to switch between the two on the fly during combat to counter.
@mpurratorapply 2 elements on the enemy. Bonus points if you can apply water (20% defence reduction) and then add for example purity, which creates confusion (50% defence reduction, for total 70% if you applied water too). Demons won't enter dark realm if confusion is applied right before you deplete their ki too for the full duration and will be unable to regenerate ki, humans regenerate ki very slowly. Can keep adding 1 element to refresh duration. Keep in mind corruption and purity negate each other, so they don't cause confusion, although you can apply purity and let's say fire to start confusion and then add corruption to refresh confusion (purity status will go away tho). So you can easily go Purity+ Water > (confusion) > Fire > Lightning > Corruption.
Phenomenal review. I just started Nioh 2 recently, and I’m currently around level 80 (early/mid game, I suppose). Having a lot of fun… I really enjoy the visceral/impactful combat & initial challenge. However, I will admit that missions do seem to become rather repetitive (even at my point in the game), making me wonder whether or not I would really want to sink “hundreds” of hours into it. Interesting that it seems that the game doesn’t even truly start until NG+ and on. I’ve played/completed every souls game & love this genre. I still look forward to picking it up and playing at for 1-2 hours at a time. Thx for the review!! 💪🏻🔥👍😎
@@christophersanders7877 Its a lot different from souls games. FS games are slow it's like playing Nioh only using High stance with axe. (Although the enemies are slow as well) but it clunky af. The very first Monkey shows the difference 😂😂😂😂
@@jordancave3089 Man, even at lv 750 with best builds those bosses in the depth of underworld lv20-30 can still one shot you. Especially, when you play co-op 3p I dare to say those bosses are much harder than many bosses of soul games. Personally, I think this game is so good at co-op mode. After Nioh2, I completed Bloodborne+dlc+killing Pthumerian Queen within 3 days while working daytime.
Pretty faithful review, I think you covered a lot of things, I'd just say to anyone who hasn't played it and thinking on getting it, how engaging the combat is, is based on your decisions. If you stick in one stance and use the same string or move constantly it's on you if the game starts to feel stale. They give you many many tools to play around with and turn into the perfect ninja gaiden blender we were in Ninja garden 2. I don't think I saw him ki pulse once in the video. Not knocking his play style to each their own, he even stated he brute forced it, but don't sell yourself short on experimenting with what you are good with or get good with. I'm sure this guy's brain woulda came up with some crazy plays if he gave himself the opportunity to.
One thing to mention about how the game feels on PC vs PS4. The game(s) have a certain release cadence that plays into both how they ARE designed and how they WERE played. Often there were months in between releases, with each release bringing in a new difficulty level in addition to the new missions. The hope with these games is that you'll spend time in each difficulty creating, changing, or refining your build. If this is done the health bloat is much less noticeable (no boss will take more than 3-5 minutes for someone who does this with one of the many 'endgame' builds). When this is not done, everything feels like a slog, and the bloat can be overwhelming. Nioh2 released with all DLC available on PC so there wasn't a built-in wait between each difficulty. Additionally, this game also takes the 'pick one move and make it awesome' idea from ARPGs in addition to the loot explosions. Mortismal's gameplay does not show them using the high damage moves often. With the axe, this would have the player seeing high damage hits more often and in multiples (11k for single and 3-5k for combos on dotw). Nioh 2 (compared to the first game) is much less forgiving to those who don't adapt to this style of combat, and it would behoove new players to find a build they like from guides online (Or identify a fun move and find gear to support). This does mean if you're someone who likes to find their own way through games that you will probably have a worse time than someone who found a build they enjoyed online. Finally, while ninjutsu was incredibly broken in the first game, it is much more reigned in for this iteration, while Onmyo has gone from mediocre to amazing in its stead. All of the good builds online use some aspects of both to buff themselves or debuff the enemy, so expect to have your specialized weapon backed up by a general support package from Ninjutsu/Onmyo. Great review nonetheless.
Coming from souls background, rage quit nioh 2 after 2 hours😆, then finished wo long and came back to nioh 2 after getting used to all the extra mechanics these game offer. 150 hrs in,having finished all end game content. Cannot wait for nioh 3 if it ever comes out
Honestly, up until 2months ago, I had never played it and somehow missed the huge fandom for it. I bought it on special after finishing RoTR, and after rage quitting a million times in the first week, somehow I now have over 100 hours, I am completely addicted and literally no other game is coming close. Its not a perfect game, but I cant remember the last time I have felt this level of passion for a game.
I really enjoyed Tokichiro when I played Nioh 2. Mainly because of his overall outlook on the world. He doesn't want to fight and kill, he hates that shit. You are first introduced to him by him showing up and saving you from a demon rage, and quelling your anger. Then you see his main motivation is profit, but he's not evil about it. He just wants to be wealthy, and would like to do it without anyone dying. And this is reinforced in a later mission, when you are trying to get wood to build a fortress for your lord. It didn't really hit me until that scene, when you fight the forest spirit and beat it, and then Toki rushes up and purges the corruption from the spirit. The look of satisfaction and joy on his face as he sees the spirit going back to it's normal state, without the evil corruption, genuinely touched me. Especially when the other main character shows up next to him and asks "What is this then?" And he proudly proclaims "Victory! The Tokichiro way! Where nobody has to die!" And i dunno, just something about that just made me love him. I'm always a fan of non-violent, pacifist characters and games that allow for that option. I know it's not how Nioh works as a game overall, but for Tokichiro, it IS how he tries to operate. And then at the end of the game, when a particular fight is going on, and he's helping you, it was just done so well that I thought it was an awesome way to portray the character.
I agree, Tokichiro's one of my favorite characters from games I've played in the last couple of years. Your evolving relationship with him over the course of the story, culminating in that fight you mentioned, is one of my fondest memories of Nioh 2 and something that greatly elevated the game for me over Nioh 1.
I finally played and finished the main part of the game and wanted to remember to come back to this video, amazing review as always & I can't believe there's so much more content I haven't seen, but I think right now I'll chill for a bit and then come back for at least the DLCs and then we'll see xd
3 of friends completed the underworld. Its insanely hard especially when you get to fight 3 bosses after each other at the same time. We used to gather st my friends house and completed together as a team. It was so much fun cause you had to adjust your builds and items every time for every unique situation. It was so complex and rewarding when you finish it.
Nioh 2 is all about the Tonfa. For real though, Nioh 2 is the best "soulslike" I have ever played. I only dumped about 180 hours into it but it is very very legit. I place it up there with Control under "semi-souls games that did their own thing and were amazing"
@@deviantarsenal absolutely. It isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, even those that enjoy soulslikes. But it and Nioh2 are the 2 examples of “great” soulslikes that held my attention long enough to dump a hundo hours in. The story is great and only requires some paying attention, but there’s a deep lore and videos on UA-cam that dive into the lore (similar to how VV does for fromsoft games). Worth checking out a few videos to help provided some more context. Otherwise, the game is super cheap often. I think it’s on game pass? I think it was a freebie on epic at some point.
@@jaritsu I'll definitely give it a shot then. It is on Game Pass right now so this is the perfect time to try it since I just finished Dragons Dogma 2. Appreciate the info!
i never understood why some people think Wo Long was an evolution from Nioh 2. Despite all the flaws it had Nioh 2 was PEAK Team Ninja, if anything Wo Long added unnecessary mechanics that makes it full with flaws.
The difficulties and additional tiers of loot felt much better if you were playing the game as game and then the DLC were coming out. Getting them all at once, I can see how it's just a bit overwhelming or rather how the middle ones kind of feel pointless. Plus with less time on each, you're less geared for the next set, etc.
@@Maidiac where did you get stuck at? if you want maybe i can give some tips on clearing it easier. as a general rule if you are struggling alot with a certain boss you can consider using throwables as they are very strong. you should also try to use your arm more as well, i personally think puppet string and shield are the best 2
@@seb24789 never played the demo. And the game isn’t perfect but for me at least, it’s the standard I’ll hold all souls likes to from here on out. Plus if you want a spiritual successor to Bloodborne, Lies of P is it
Great video, as someone who's just started this game, you gave me a good idea on what the game really is, what to expect and how some of the systems work. Feel a tad overwhelmed but im sure it'll all just click eventually
The Best Summoning System I've Seen Was In Nioh▪︎2 ~I Didn't Know Was They Real Players Or Just A.i. NPC's But They Helped A▪︎lot On My First Run Through
No, seems to happen a lot though, plus the nice thing about these reviews is they do very well long term. Like 60% of my views on any given month or from my previously made videos
It takes a lot of dedication to 100% every game you review, especially more difficult games like Nioh 2. I know that I can come to your channel and get a comprehensive review of the game every time. I respect the effort you put into these games.
Thank you for taking the time to play through this absolutely massive game, sadly I'm not very hopeful there will be a Nioh 3, I'm glad you liked the fists, again thank you for giving this beautiful work of art the time it deserves
“ But if you made a game about George Washington and introduced a bunch of dark fantasy elements and introduced me to all of his lieutenants…” Mortismal just sold me on a game I didn’t know I needed.
Then now we are gonna have "Rise of The Ronin" that seems to be a culmination of everything that they have been making fro the last decade or so, even more added with open world style. It would be very interesting what they could come up with endgame & NG+ contents for that game 'cause I am sure many of their fans would prefer harder difficulties, more so than mainstream format.
Nioh 2 > Strangers of Paradise > Wo long. Nioh 2 only flaw was the build grinding. SOP fixed that with the option transfer effects piece to piece made jobs the set. but it suffered with the lack of maps and things to kill. Wo long had more enemies but besides the first boss and Lu bu the game was easy plus the sets weren't that useful bcs at first graces were barely dropping. ( The most dumbest idea was making dodge and parry being the same button. ) ROTR scares me because there's is no demon pokemon or magic skills, along with them trying to compete with FS making it open world. Nioh 3 and strangers 2 will be received better if they ever make them.
@@plaernotree yeah we'll have to wait and see when it comes out and after all the dlc is out. Nioh 2 is the only game I enjoy going back to throughout the years.
Absolutely one of the best games I've ever played! I'm on Dream of The Wise just about to finished it up and enter Dream of the Nioh. When I first tried the game I rage quit because I could not even beat the first yokai but once I beat Sekiro I told myself it'd be ridiculous if I could beat that and not even pass the first level in Nioh 2! So I learned the skills from PooferLlama online and now it's tied for my favourite soulslike (likely favourite games period) with Sekiro. If you're struggling check out Poofer's videos and keep persistent. Learning to master this game is one of the cleanest flow states I've ever jived with
I would've liked the ability to have all three guardian spirits types available to actively use in combat at some point in the game. To be able to switch between brute feral and phantom similar to the weapon stances but used to counter specific enemy and or boss moves would've been fun but maybe a bit of a mental stack.
Rather than knowing singular historical figures, to follow Nioh 1's story unaided you basically need a solid grip on like 30 years of the Sengoku period. To use the American Revolution as a comparison point, you'd probably need to be able to describe all the significant battles in order, name most of the generals and big names involved + their most important character traits too... So like, when Benedict Arnold would come back as vengeful lich under feared necromancer Burgoyne, to understand why you'd have to know his full career and not just him being known as a traitor.
should do a build video, its pretty daunting going there the last few dreams knowing you can't really farm certain inheritables anymore as they were player drops
ma brotha... you are amazing, you are not just 100% you are inspiring me to buy those games, nioh 2 included ofc :3 50min well spent, I am spending more time on your channel more then I want to admit ^_^ p.s one day I'm gonna paint you like one of my french girls :D
I have about 500hrs between the PS4/5 version and Steam. I honestly think it’s the best soulslike game made by anyone outside of maybe Ska Studio’s Salt & Sanctuary. *edit: for those wondering if you can make the coop easier/more fun, use expositions. It lets you play 90% of the game with up to 2 friends.
Thanks for the video. The first Saints Row was just a GTA clone. In sequel, Saints Row 2, the devs had fully embraced the over the top nature, and that really gave the series its definition. Part of me wonders if Nioh 2 is that as well. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.
Anyone who finds these games intimidating like I did should start with Rise of the Ronin(you can change difficulty) then play Wo Long and then come to Nioh 2. I just started Nioh 2 and it is very challenging but rewarding. The first two games got me used to the complex combat
Hands down still some of the best combat in a game the way it felt when you burst countered or when you learned to pull of some combos oh man still play this game to date and I’ve been playing since launch
I'd also like to see a Nioh 3, although I'd prefer a slightly more lean & focused approach. There's just so much bulk and repeated content (levels, enemies etc) I can take before loosing interest and wonder "do I really need all this, all these systems stacked & repeated?" Not the biggest complaint though as the baseline game is great.
To full enjoy this game you need to go into it with a more ARPG mindset, in that gear is very important and forming a build around that gear and one main weapon skill will be the concept for most viable builds. Doing this and following some build guides drastically improved my enjoyment of playing this game.
Great to see this game getting a fair review. Cannot recommend this game enough. Wo Long is the next evolution of the Nioh formula and addresses a lot of your valid criticisms and introduces a deflection mechanic that I found much easier to use than Sekiro's style. They seem to have ironed out a lot of the techinical issues so I would definitely recommend a Wo Long review as well. Great work, man.
To me, Wo Long felt sort of... *too streamlined?* Beautiful game, but getting into the flow of things, I felt like I was just reacting to the enemy's moves without any decision-making, to the point of barely remembering anything. The RPG systems, too, felt shallow. I could not afflict anyone with anything until I visited the blacksmith and put +Stone on all my gear, and then every enemy I faced got Stoned. I quit after a playthrough, it was okay.
The thing I like about nioh2 is that they combine the RPG style progression with the ability for skill progression in the action combat, it feels like a mix of end game path of exile mixed with ninja gaiden, all wrapped up in a souls like world to explore. U wanna min max and skill tree go ahead, u want to practice frame perfect devil may cry combos go ahead .
Best game I played in 2023 and also one of the best game I ever played. Gameplay, music, visuals, story, everything is just perfect. Where I was disappointed at Baldur's gate, in Nioh I was hooked right to the end of the last DLC and right now I'm playing on ng++ and it's still so much fun.
The bosses are incredibly easy? You no hit Otakemaru on your first playthrough? Huh??? How? You're probably the only person ive heard complain about the bosses being to easy.
I know you said you are quite busy with new releases at the moment but recently Inkulinati came out of early access. It seems to be a turn based RPG with really unique style, so I thought you could find it interesting.
Shout out Shuten doji, tate eboshi, mezuki, enenra, snake boss, dual axe boss that kinda looks like radahn, magara naotaka that ninja toad boss, benkei and probably some others i forgot (srry its been a while) for being cool bosses that I actually really enjoy fighting :)
Dude nioh 2 multiplayer is some of the most fun ive had on a game. Playing it with the homies was awesome. I wish souls games had multiplayer like that instead of having to summon and not being able to tackle the entire game together.
@TinMan445 brother ive beaten every souls games multiple times. Elden ring i beat 4 times. Souls games are not difficult at all. I also know true co op will ever happen in souls game all i said was that it would be really fun to have it so i can play w my friends.
Nioh 2 (and 1) is as good as DS clones can get (except for Remnant 1-2 which are better imo, but since those are mostly shooters, I wouldn't draw a direct comparison). In my opinion where everything Soulsborne (except maybe for DS2 and Sekiro, which I didn't play at all) is 10, Nioh 2 is 8.5. Let's face it: much of these games are about combat, and Nioh does that incredibly well, arguably even better than DS (from certain pov).
Do you know if there's a boss behind a door in Nioh2? That was a problem in 1 where you just run into a boss and can miss a lot of things around. In souls games there's a fog that lets you know.
I just started playing in coop it for the first time and I haven't played Nioh 1. I was really expecting a souls-like but it didn't take long to realize it's nothing like it, at least not to me. It's really more of an action RPG. I have to adjust my expectations now, as I finished replaying Elden Ring and wanted to give Nioh 2 thinking it might be similar in a way.
Great review, I would say that I really liked the story and found it more compelling than Nioh 1 personally. Also, I am a firm believer that reusing assets is fine as long as they keep adding to the roster. I think that's how Fromsoft did it and I think it should be industry standard going forward for titles in the same camera style. Keep up the great work, I know 100% this game took a while o7.
I had issues with the soul cores. I could upscale (upgrade?) them but would get confused with knowing which one to slot in my loadout in order to use the prefered ability.
I loved both Nioh and Nioh 2 but the weirdest thing to me is how neither game gives you a basic combo in the beginning (eg. light -> light -> heavy), which makes the initial intro level absurdly difficult when you're brand new. Not only does this make it much harder to break monsters, it also straight up removes basic functionality from certain weapons - even if it's briefly. It always struck me as very strange, since it trains you to button-mash instead of purposefully draining the enemy ki bar.
My favorite yokai form has always been the brute too. The burst counter is very easy for me to pick up because it's really just a smack attack and all you have to do is bop the enemy while they glow red (as opposed to waiting to be attacked). And the kusarigama is hilarious. I didn't even know about it until I played this game (I think it was in Nioh 1, but I've never played that one). Most of the time, you're trying to pull the enemy (human ones, anyway) towards you with the ball-and-chain and then hit them with combos from the scythe. The concept of actually trying to tie somebody up with that in a live battle is just absurd, so I had to go look up live demonstrations with the real thing. Sure enough, all anybody is trying to do when their opponent is actually fighting back is to bash them with the the weighted ball. There are some pretty ridiculous theoretical demonstrations out there where they do yank away somebody's sword with it, but the guy holding the sword is in on it just as much as the guy with the kusarigama.
just fyi, for people who are (like me) unintersted in ng+, loot grinding and "engdames", Nioh 2 is also a great experience to just be played through once - while you'll obviously not gonna get everything out of its incredibly complex combat system, it is still fun and rewarding Now, I also wanted to comment on difficulty - Mortim mentiones that bosses in the sequel were way too easy and I think I can guess why. This game is just much, much easier with heavy weapons, like axes or odachis. I played Nioh 1 using those and it was a breeze, but I chose an opposite build in Nioh 2, with mainly dual swords and spears and it was significantly more difficult. Without an ability to easily break you opponents' ki by just spamming attacks, the game become so much more challenging - tbh spears kinda saved me with their range, I don't think I'd even be able to beat the game with dual swords only. I also went with light armor, which made me super squishy and bad at blocking, which did not help either.
I disagree that Nioh 2 has a worse story; in fact, I was pleasantly surprised about it. Nioh 1 was about William trying to get back his spirit waifu and all the pseudo-historical Japanese drama was kinda just... there... and if you're like me who knows very little Japanese history, you were as confused as William looked. William was just kinda there, for the story. In Nioh 2 though, you play as "Hide", one half of Hideyoshi. It makes sense for you to stay with the one guy who can calm you down from your frenzy, and then as you build relationships and loyalties from following him around, it in turn makes sense that you leave because you don't approve of who he's become. And I personally adore that you can have different outcomes for certain side missions. Sorry, I'm just that one weird guy who plays Nioh for the story and am very passionate about it 🤣
I wonder if your style of play is what made you feel like the bosses were so easy because I'm pretty good at these games like I had already beaten neon multiple times and I did not find the bosses to be walks in the park like I got through them and they did get easier towards the end of the game as my power level grew but I'm kind of impressed that you were able to just breeze through them all I wonder if the big ax is helpful for that.
hey morti, i want to ask, would you consider expeditions viking? given how good rome was and given taht the developer is...well, basically gone, id love to see you cover it
Dragons Dogma 2 comes out soon, Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen was a fantastic Action RPG as well. Dragons Dogma and Nioh gotta be two of my top ARPGs of all times.
This game has to be my all time favorite game of all time. The combat is so freaking amazing. Don't get me wrong once you get to the depths the game is beyond punishing. Depths are the one thing that was no longer fun. But all 108 floors of the underworld were great. Most people hate the loot system but if you actually understand the loot system it's actually super easy to navigate. First playthrough if it has a high lvl than what youre wearing switch to it. Once you beat first playthrough, go farm a set, go into 3rd playthrough go farm your set and then literally just steam roll the entire game 200 lvls below recommended.
Best part of Nioh compared to lots of Souls games is that you can fight most bosses again and again without starting a new playthrough every fxxking time😅
Just in time cause the game is available on humble bundle for this month. Only for $12 while the game on steam, though discounted, is priced twice of that.
Pin this god damn comment to the top.
Yeah, I suppose you asked for this review enough lol
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Lol you did him a favor. Nioh 2 just got announced as marches humble bundle game
@@HeartbrokenHeartshooteryeah along with a bundle of crap haha you can get a key from a third party for a bit cheaper than that bundle, i just found it for 8 bucks or 13 for the complete edition which the bundle doesn't come with
@@BigBADSTUFF69the bundle does indeed come with the ultimate edition. Idk where you missed that but for 14$ the bundle is super worth it. This game alone on steam is 50-60$ before tax.
This dude’s gonna mess around and have me redownload Nioh 2.
Haha I was just sitting here thinking the same thing 😅
@@RicochetForce Sigh that would be third time. I'm at Dream of the Demon and there are quite few newgames I want to play so... Plus I really struggle with boses even at Demon...
Me too, then I remember that I have hundreds of hours in it with multiple fully min maxed builds and have nothing much to do in the game anymore lol.
I'm 141 hours in and i didn't even finished everything i want to do, i'm glad i took this over sekiro
I tried but i just couldn't because i've done everything and played with any build that you could possibly make, i have 1500+ hours in it so it's not surprising that i can't bring myself to replay lol, there's nothing like it
Respect for blasting through Nioh 2 100%. Thats a lot of content
I'm impressed with mortem. He is a trooper
So. Much. Content.
i only made it to dream of the demon....i loved the constant gear upgrades and sets. made for fun ass combat.
and THAT is why it is endlessly fun....because when master your ki pulse or whatever it's called the quick flow of battle never gets old for me. i constantly respec and try different builds though and get a lot of satisfaction just learning a weapon
The grind is too much for me. I finished the underworld but still missing some skill art and weapon diagram from boss
Grinding to finish Dream of the Demon was where i stopped. I got all of the other trophies though, and completed the dlc. The rest would have taken too long...
Honestly I adore the Nioh series so much, 2 really improved on a lot of things even though the gameplay might feel overly complicated with the gear system and yokai ability feature. Would love a fully fleshed Nioh 3 someday.
@@WizzlyBearW0rms nioh 2 is more about learning how and when to attack , how to extend your combos with your yokai powers once you go out of ki and how not to let your enemy breathe once you start attacking . Then again , nioh's dmg is more about the gear you use than your skill as a player. Also ki pulses.
@@WizzlyBearW0rmsit's not that bad. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. For the snake lady all you gotta do is take down all the snake totems, total of 3, and just beat those snake hands off like your life depends on it
My issue rn with nioh 2 is it feels alot faster but only for everything else. So I feel SLOWER than in nioh 1. And thats just not fun to me. I see everything else being faster than in nioh 1, but im... the same speed. And im trying to use fist weapons, and if its dogshit WHY DO YOU GIVE ME THEM? Also whats up with high stance being useless for fists? literally everything is bottom stance. And why did ki get set to a health level of being in the thousands instead of hundreds? Why did they overcomplicate the math and shit for this game dude. Its makin me so annoyed.
AM I SUPPOSED TO CO-OP IN A GAME THAT HAD A PREVIOUS TITLE THAT DISCOURAGED CO-OP?
@@duckyduckington9736 there's just a ton of mechanics. The game honestly didn't click for me until like 1000 hrs
@@chasegaetze4507 the issue is that I already did nioh 1 and it plays so differently to the point of which it feels so little like a sequel. It feels like dark souls 2, and there was a reason people disliked it. And nioh 2 didn't even have an extremely troubled development right? Nioh 1 had a bad development, so it gets a pass on alot.
I'm really glad you checked this one out! I had a ton of fun with it. And it had one of the most robust character editing systems for the time.
If you pre switch to low stance on splitstaff during animation and hit the ki pulse after animation ends u can do the jump move from any stance. When u figure out how to do the cancels, the weapon switch ieai charge, custom combos, its so satisfying making break throughs with your combat skill in this game
It’s been 4 years and I am still playing this game trying to master more weapons and get all the achievements. Depth of Underworld is so much fun with other players. This game has probably the nicest, most collaborative multiplayer dynamics.
Appreciate the work as always. I realize it’s an unpopular opinion but I think the story is leagues better than the first but is told in a more confusing and fragmented way. It might be because I’m very into that period of history so I know a good 80% of the characters already but seeing how the mosaic all fit together by the end of the final DLC, and seeing what comprised the legend of ‘Hideyoshi’ in this universe was actually quite moving for me. Fortunately it’s entirely vestigial to the main draws of the game!
There are several armor sets in Nioh 2 exclusive to the late floors of the underworld.
You start fighting bosses in pairs or 3 in a roll later on. More reused Nioh 1 boss, which I didn't mind because I didn't play Nioh 1.
I really enjoyed the Underworld in Nioh 2 overall. I felt challenged by it in ways previous difficulties couldn't and basically ended up mastering the game with my preferred weapon, the Splitstaff.
What I did not like was the loot frequency. Even if you use the filter to only pick up Orange rarity weapons, you still get like 100 per floor. With a 600 inventory limit, it fills up fast and takes you away from the action to soul match, store weapons, etc. I had a particular bad personality for dealing with this so I was always agonizing over what to keep
I have 1500+ hours in nioh 2, my most played game ever. I hope we see nioh 3 one day
I feel kinda dirty calling this a souls like, it's so much it's own thing, it has such an identity compared to other soulslikes where you can tell they are almost blatant copies. But whatever the case may be, 10/10 one of the best games of the generation and I could say the same about Nioh 1. Easoly the most underrated new IP of the gen.
3:30 It does have a loot filter tho, maybe doesn't allow you to filter an specific stats/mods but it allows to set on the rarity of items you want to be able to grab.
Excited for this review, Nioh 2 is my favourite souls like
One of the greatest games of all time
SAME!!!
Easily
its the best soulslike there is
On Demon+ difficulty game expects you to use confusion mechanic actually. Hence the hp scaling. As for yokai forms, Brute counter can counter all attacks, but need to trade with some. Phantom/Feral can't counter some attacks at all. Generally you need to run Feral/Phantom+Brute, because game expects you to switch between the two on the fly during combat to counter.
@mpurratorapply 2 elements on the enemy. Bonus points if you can apply water (20% defence reduction) and then add for example purity, which creates confusion (50% defence reduction, for total 70% if you applied water too). Demons won't enter dark realm if confusion is applied right before you deplete their ki too for the full duration and will be unable to regenerate ki, humans regenerate ki very slowly. Can keep adding 1 element to refresh duration. Keep in mind corruption and purity negate each other, so they don't cause confusion, although you can apply purity and let's say fire to start confusion and then add corruption to refresh confusion (purity status will go away tho). So you can easily go Purity+ Water > (confusion) > Fire > Lightning > Corruption.
Great review mate, always good to hear from you ❤
Phenomenal review. I just started Nioh 2 recently, and I’m currently around level 80 (early/mid game, I suppose). Having a lot of fun… I really enjoy the visceral/impactful combat & initial challenge. However, I will admit that missions do seem to become rather repetitive (even at my point in the game), making me wonder whether or not I would really want to sink “hundreds” of hours into it. Interesting that it seems that the game doesn’t even truly start until NG+ and on. I’ve played/completed every souls game & love this genre. I still look forward to picking it up and playing at for 1-2 hours at a time. Thx for the review!! 💪🏻🔥👍😎
Nioh 2 does allow you to increase the difficulty with the Stone of Penance.
@@WizzlyBearW0rms Because Nioh is not a "souls" game lol. Its a challenging 3rd person diablo-like with tons of endgame content/systems.
@@christophersanders7877 Its a lot different from souls games. FS games are slow it's like playing Nioh only using High stance with axe. (Although the enemies are slow as well) but it clunky af. The very first Monkey shows the difference 😂😂😂😂
@@Frost72p I agree, people who lump Nioh with other From soft games are doing a HUGE disservice to what Nioh actually is.
@@WizzlyBearW0rmslol really? Nioh makes it really easy to be super over leveled…which can take the challenge right out of it…
@@jordancave3089 Man, even at lv 750 with best builds those bosses in the depth of underworld lv20-30 can still one shot you. Especially, when you play co-op 3p I dare to say those bosses are much harder than many bosses of soul games. Personally, I think this game is so good at co-op mode. After Nioh2, I completed Bloodborne+dlc+killing Pthumerian Queen within 3 days while working daytime.
Pretty faithful review, I think you covered a lot of things, I'd just say to anyone who hasn't played it and thinking on getting it, how engaging the combat is, is based on your decisions. If you stick in one stance and use the same string or move constantly it's on you if the game starts to feel stale. They give you many many tools to play around with and turn into the perfect ninja gaiden blender we were in Ninja garden 2. I don't think I saw him ki pulse once in the video. Not knocking his play style to each their own, he even stated he brute forced it, but don't sell yourself short on experimenting with what you are good with or get good with. I'm sure this guy's brain woulda came up with some crazy plays if he gave himself the opportunity to.
One thing to mention about how the game feels on PC vs PS4. The game(s) have a certain release cadence that plays into both how they ARE designed and how they WERE played. Often there were months in between releases, with each release bringing in a new difficulty level in addition to the new missions. The hope with these games is that you'll spend time in each difficulty creating, changing, or refining your build. If this is done the health bloat is much less noticeable (no boss will take more than 3-5 minutes for someone who does this with one of the many 'endgame' builds). When this is not done, everything feels like a slog, and the bloat can be overwhelming. Nioh2 released with all DLC available on PC so there wasn't a built-in wait between each difficulty. Additionally, this game also takes the 'pick one move and make it awesome' idea from ARPGs in addition to the loot explosions. Mortismal's gameplay does not show them using the high damage moves often. With the axe, this would have the player seeing high damage hits more often and in multiples (11k for single and 3-5k for combos on dotw). Nioh 2 (compared to the first game) is much less forgiving to those who don't adapt to this style of combat, and it would behoove new players to find a build they like from guides online (Or identify a fun move and find gear to support). This does mean if you're someone who likes to find their own way through games that you will probably have a worse time than someone who found a build they enjoyed online. Finally, while ninjutsu was incredibly broken in the first game, it is much more reigned in for this iteration, while Onmyo has gone from mediocre to amazing in its stead. All of the good builds online use some aspects of both to buff themselves or debuff the enemy, so expect to have your specialized weapon backed up by a general support package from Ninjutsu/Onmyo. Great review nonetheless.
I was one of the people asking for this... I'm happy this review is here 😊
Coming from souls background, rage quit nioh 2 after 2 hours😆, then finished wo long and came back to nioh 2 after getting used to all the extra mechanics these game offer. 150 hrs in,having finished all end game content. Cannot wait for nioh 3 if it ever comes out
Honestly, up until 2months ago, I had never played it and somehow missed the huge fandom for it. I bought it on special after finishing RoTR, and after rage quitting a million times in the first week, somehow I now have over 100 hours, I am completely addicted and literally no other game is coming close. Its not a perfect game, but I cant remember the last time I have felt this level of passion for a game.
I really enjoyed Tokichiro when I played Nioh 2. Mainly because of his overall outlook on the world. He doesn't want to fight and kill, he hates that shit. You are first introduced to him by him showing up and saving you from a demon rage, and quelling your anger. Then you see his main motivation is profit, but he's not evil about it. He just wants to be wealthy, and would like to do it without anyone dying. And this is reinforced in a later mission, when you are trying to get wood to build a fortress for your lord. It didn't really hit me until that scene, when you fight the forest spirit and beat it, and then Toki rushes up and purges the corruption from the spirit. The look of satisfaction and joy on his face as he sees the spirit going back to it's normal state, without the evil corruption, genuinely touched me. Especially when the other main character shows up next to him and asks "What is this then?" And he proudly proclaims "Victory! The Tokichiro way! Where nobody has to die!" And i dunno, just something about that just made me love him. I'm always a fan of non-violent, pacifist characters and games that allow for that option. I know it's not how Nioh works as a game overall, but for Tokichiro, it IS how he tries to operate. And then at the end of the game, when a particular fight is going on, and he's helping you, it was just done so well that I thought it was an awesome way to portray the character.
I agree, Tokichiro's one of my favorite characters from games I've played in the last couple of years. Your evolving relationship with him over the course of the story, culminating in that fight you mentioned, is one of my fondest memories of Nioh 2 and something that greatly elevated the game for me over Nioh 1.
I like your channel concept. Subbed.
It's a masterpiece that I keep finding myself stumbling back into
I finally played and finished the main part of the game and wanted to remember to come back to this video, amazing review as always & I can't believe there's so much more content I haven't seen, but I think right now I'll chill for a bit and then come back for at least the DLCs and then we'll see xd
i loved this game so much.
3 of friends completed the underworld. Its insanely hard especially when you get to fight 3 bosses after each other at the same time. We used to gather st my friends house and completed together as a team. It was so much fun cause you had to adjust your builds and items every time for every unique situation. It was so complex and rewarding when you finish it.
great timing for humble bundle drop today
Dream of the Nioh boss health is a fraction of the boss health in the underworld depths. Now those fights are absolutely ridiculous.
Great vid. I'm glad to see the inputs are finally changed to key binds. I remember when this first came to PC, they only had controller buttons.
Nioh 2 is all about the Tonfa.
For real though, Nioh 2 is the best "soulslike" I have ever played. I only dumped about 180 hours into it but it is very very legit. I place it up there with Control under "semi-souls games that did their own thing and were amazing"
Tonfas are great, but once the fists were released I was hooked and never went back to other weapons
Is Control worth checking out? I never gave it a chance because I thought it was just some weird third person shooter.
@@deviantarsenal absolutely. It isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, even those that enjoy soulslikes. But it and Nioh2 are the 2 examples of “great” soulslikes that held my attention long enough to dump a hundo hours in.
The story is great and only requires some paying attention, but there’s a deep lore and videos on UA-cam that dive into the lore (similar to how VV does for fromsoft games). Worth checking out a few videos to help provided some more context.
Otherwise, the game is super cheap often. I think it’s on game pass? I think it was a freebie on epic at some point.
@@jaritsu I'll definitely give it a shot then. It is on Game Pass right now so this is the perfect time to try it since I just finished Dragons Dogma 2. Appreciate the info!
i never understood why some people think Wo Long was an evolution from Nioh 2. Despite all the flaws it had Nioh 2 was PEAK Team Ninja, if anything Wo Long added unnecessary mechanics that makes it full with flaws.
The difficulties and additional tiers of loot felt much better if you were playing the game as game and then the DLC were coming out. Getting them all at once, I can see how it's just a bit overwhelming or rather how the middle ones kind of feel pointless. Plus with less time on each, you're less geared for the next set, etc.
Nioh 2! My second favorite souls like behind Lies of P! Thanks for the review
Man I was so into Lies but about halfway through I got stuck and wound up giving up. 😢
@@Maidiac where did you get stuck at? if you want maybe i can give some tips on clearing it easier. as a general rule if you are struggling alot with a certain boss you can consider using throwables as they are very strong. you should also try to use your arm more as well, i personally think puppet string and shield are the best 2
@@Maidiac understandable. Some of those bosses lol
Did P get better? I've played the pre release demo and it was rough.
@@seb24789 never played the demo. And the game isn’t perfect but for me at least, it’s the standard I’ll hold all souls likes to from here on out. Plus if you want a spiritual successor to Bloodborne, Lies of P is it
Great video, as someone who's just started this game, you gave me a good idea on what the game really is, what to expect and how some of the systems work. Feel a tad overwhelmed but im sure it'll all just click eventually
Recently got the steelbook a couple weeks ago, just cleaning up tales of arise before I jump back into both Nioh games and platinum them 😄
there is a setting were you can make it were you cant pick up gear below divine gear?
I believe you can filter by rarity, yes.
There is, and its a decent start but doesnt go nearly far enough imo
I`ll watch it tomorrow ! Great video for me on Monday ;)😊
This game also has amazing soundtrack. Enenra, Magara Naotaka, Azai Nagamasa, Dream, Shadow, William, Otakemaru - all are among my favorites.
I highly recommend playing this game full co-op with a friend, one of the most fun/agonizing co-op experiences out there.
The Best Summoning System I've Seen Was In Nioh▪︎2 ~I Didn't Know Was They Real Players Or Just A.i. NPC's But They Helped A▪︎lot On My First Run Through
did you know this was coming for this months humble bundle? Crazy you put this out right before a large group of people got access.
No, seems to happen a lot though, plus the nice thing about these reviews is they do very well long term. Like 60% of my views on any given month or from my previously made videos
It takes a lot of dedication to 100% every game you review, especially more difficult games like Nioh 2. I know that I can come to your channel and get a comprehensive review of the game every time. I respect the effort you put into these games.
Nioh 2 content in 2024. Thank you
Thank you for taking the time to play through this absolutely massive game, sadly I'm not very hopeful there will be a Nioh 3, I'm glad you liked the fists, again thank you for giving this beautiful work of art the time it deserves
“ But if you made a game about George Washington and introduced a bunch of dark fantasy elements and introduced me to all of his lieutenants…”
Mortismal just sold me on a game I didn’t know I needed.
Then now we are gonna have "Rise of The Ronin" that seems to be a culmination of everything that they have been making fro the last decade or so, even more added with open world style. It would be very interesting what they could come up with endgame & NG+ contents for that game 'cause I am sure many of their fans would prefer harder difficulties, more so than mainstream format.
Just a bit disappointed about the lack of fantasy elements I liked the yokai in nioh, different designs and moveset to fight
Nioh 2 > Strangers of Paradise > Wo long. Nioh 2 only flaw was the build grinding. SOP fixed that with the option transfer effects piece to piece made jobs the set. but it suffered with the lack of maps and things to kill. Wo long had more enemies but besides the first boss and Lu bu the game was easy plus the sets weren't that useful bcs at first graces were barely dropping. ( The most dumbest idea was making dodge and parry being the same button. ) ROTR scares me because there's is no demon pokemon or magic skills, along with them trying to compete with FS making it open world. Nioh 3 and strangers 2 will be received better if they ever make them.
I'd rather have nioh 2 open world 😊
@@plaernotree yeah we'll have to wait and see when it comes out and after all the dlc is out. Nioh 2 is the only game I enjoy going back to throughout the years.
Thought Nioh 2 was an improvement over the original. I thought the summoning was a great new feature. This game starts in NG+. Loved the review!
Thank you for another great video
Absolutely one of the best games I've ever played! I'm on Dream of The Wise just about to finished it up and enter Dream of the Nioh. When I first tried the game I rage quit because I could not even beat the first yokai but once I beat Sekiro I told myself it'd be ridiculous if I could beat that and not even pass the first level in Nioh 2! So I learned the skills from PooferLlama online and now it's tied for my favourite soulslike (likely favourite games period) with Sekiro. If you're struggling check out Poofer's videos and keep persistent. Learning to master this game is one of the cleanest flow states I've ever jived with
I would've liked the ability to have all three guardian spirits types available to actively use in combat at some point in the game. To be able to switch between brute feral and phantom similar to the weapon stances but used to counter specific enemy and or boss moves would've been fun but maybe a bit of a mental stack.
The only thing that similar between dark soul and nioh is the shrine/bonfire system, other than that, nothing else are
Absolutely loved nioh 2 got all the trophies twice
Rather than knowing singular historical figures, to follow Nioh 1's story unaided you basically need a solid grip on like 30 years of the Sengoku period.
To use the American Revolution as a comparison point, you'd probably need to be able to describe all the significant battles in order, name most of the generals and big names involved + their most important character traits too... So like, when Benedict Arnold would come back as vengeful lich under feared necromancer Burgoyne, to understand why you'd have to know his full career and not just him being known as a traitor.
should do a build video, its pretty daunting going there the last few dreams knowing you can't really farm certain inheritables anymore as they were player drops
ma brotha... you are amazing, you are not just 100% you are inspiring me to buy those games, nioh 2 included ofc :3
50min well spent, I am spending more time on your channel more then I want to admit ^_^
p.s one day I'm gonna paint you like one of my french girls :D
I have about 500hrs between the PS4/5 version and Steam. I honestly think it’s the best soulslike game made by anyone outside of maybe Ska Studio’s Salt & Sanctuary.
*edit: for those wondering if you can make the coop easier/more fun, use expositions. It lets you play 90% of the game with up to 2 friends.
Thanks for the video. The first Saints Row was just a GTA clone. In sequel, Saints Row 2, the devs had fully embraced the over the top nature, and that really gave the series its definition. Part of me wonders if Nioh 2 is that as well. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.
Anyone who finds these games intimidating like I did should start with Rise of the Ronin(you can change difficulty) then play Wo Long and then come to Nioh 2. I just started Nioh 2 and it is very challenging but rewarding. The first two games got me used to the complex combat
Hands down still some of the best combat in a game the way it felt when you burst countered or when you learned to pull of some combos oh man still play this game to date and I’ve been playing since launch
Best part about this game is the in depth dojo/ training segments that allow you to practice whatever you want
I'd also like to see a Nioh 3, although I'd prefer a slightly more lean & focused approach. There's just so much bulk and repeated content (levels, enemies etc) I can take before loosing interest and wonder "do I really need all this, all these systems stacked & repeated?" Not the biggest complaint though as the baseline game is great.
ooooooh, awesome, was just looking for this a week ago
Really enjoyed the first one but havent gotten my hands on the second one yet. Loved the combat, but the armor drops were so frequent in nioh lmao
To full enjoy this game you need to go into it with a more ARPG mindset, in that gear is very important and forming a build around that gear and one main weapon skill will be the concept for most viable builds. Doing this and following some build guides drastically improved my enjoyment of playing this game.
Great to see this game getting a fair review. Cannot recommend this game enough. Wo Long is the next evolution of the Nioh formula and addresses a lot of your valid criticisms and introduces a deflection mechanic that I found much easier to use than Sekiro's style. They seem to have ironed out a lot of the techinical issues so I would definitely recommend a Wo Long review as well. Great work, man.
I really enjoyed Wo Long! For some reason, it came a lot easier to me than Nioh did. It just clicked with me and I was able to blast through the game.
To me, Wo Long felt sort of... *too streamlined?* Beautiful game, but getting into the flow of things, I felt like I was just reacting to the enemy's moves without any decision-making, to the point of barely remembering anything.
The RPG systems, too, felt shallow. I could not afflict anyone with anything until I visited the blacksmith and put +Stone on all my gear, and then every enemy I faced got Stoned. I quit after a playthrough, it was okay.
The thing I like about nioh2 is that they combine the RPG style progression with the ability for skill progression in the action combat, it feels like a mix of end game path of exile mixed with ninja gaiden, all wrapped up in a souls like world to explore. U wanna min max and skill tree go ahead, u want to practice frame perfect devil may cry combos go ahead .
This game is on the humble choice bundle this month. I bet this video is about to get a few new views.
I’ve played it on laptop with a 2080ti and only had some stutters in dlc and now I have a desktop with a 4080 super and I’m starting a new run
Best game I played in 2023 and also one of the best game I ever played. Gameplay, music, visuals, story, everything is just perfect. Where I was disappointed at Baldur's gate, in Nioh I was hooked right to the end of the last DLC and right now I'm playing on ng++ and it's still so much fun.
The bosses are incredibly easy? You no hit Otakemaru on your first playthrough? Huh??? How? You're probably the only person ive heard complain about the bosses being to easy.
I’m curious about that too.
Either just really good or bullshitting.
absolutely phenomenal game and i wish we’ll have more demon mode mechanic in more souls games to come
I know you said you are quite busy with new releases at the moment but recently Inkulinati came out of early access. It seems to be a turn based RPG with really unique style, so I thought you could find it interesting.
Yes, I was so happy that Nioh 2 had full keyboard and mouse support. It's all I use.
So between Nioh 2 and Wo Long which is better in your opinion?
Shout out Shuten doji, tate eboshi, mezuki, enenra, snake boss, dual axe boss that kinda looks like radahn, magara naotaka that ninja toad boss, benkei and probably some others i forgot (srry its been a while) for being cool bosses that I actually really enjoy fighting :)
Dude nioh 2 multiplayer is some of the most fun ive had on a game. Playing it with the homies was awesome. I wish souls games had multiplayer like that instead of having to summon and not being able to tackle the entire game together.
Same, bro... Elden Ring was great but it made me extremely burn out of the old Souls coop formula. From Software needs to let go of that bone already.
@@CidGuerreiro1234 i 100 percent agree. Imagine playing elden ring w real coop w the homies.
@@TinMan445 found the dude w no homies
@@TinMan445 i wouldn't say the lack of enjoyable co-op made elden ring successful..
@TinMan445 brother ive beaten every souls games multiple times. Elden ring i beat 4 times. Souls games are not difficult at all. I also know true co op will ever happen in souls game all i said was that it would be really fun to have it so i can play w my friends.
Nioh 2 (and 1) is as good as DS clones can get (except for Remnant 1-2 which are better imo, but since those are mostly shooters, I wouldn't draw a direct comparison). In my opinion where everything Soulsborne (except maybe for DS2 and Sekiro, which I didn't play at all) is 10, Nioh 2 is 8.5. Let's face it: much of these games are about combat, and Nioh does that incredibly well, arguably even better than DS (from certain pov).
With a proper build, you can melt bosses on Demon and Nioh, but they do require a lot of farming.
Yeah like I said in the video, I know its possible to get over that hill, its just an awful slog at that point to me
Do you know if there's a boss behind a door in Nioh2? That was a problem in 1 where you just run into a boss and can miss a lot of things around. In souls games there's a fog that lets you know.
I just started playing in coop it for the first time and I haven't played Nioh 1. I was really expecting a souls-like but it didn't take long to realize it's nothing like it, at least not to me. It's really more of an action RPG. I have to adjust my expectations now, as I finished replaying Elden Ring and wanted to give Nioh 2 thinking it might be similar in a way.
Souls games are action RPGs lol
This game is an action RPG but leans heavier into the hack and slash.
Great review, I would say that I really liked the story and found it more compelling than Nioh 1 personally. Also, I am a firm believer that reusing assets is fine as long as they keep adding to the roster. I think that's how Fromsoft did it and I think it should be industry standard going forward for titles in the same camera style. Keep up the great work, I know 100% this game took a while o7.
Didn't they add that woman from DoA to this game? Nyotengu or something. I swear I saw a boss fight with her years ago when the game came out.
They did, she's in quite hidden sidemission in one of DLCs
I had issues with the soul cores. I could upscale (upgrade?) them but would get confused with knowing which one to slot in my loadout in order to use the prefered ability.
I genuinely think Nioh 2 is peak action RPG. Period. I've put around 500 hours into the game and enjoyed every second of it. So much build variety.
I loved both Nioh and Nioh 2 but the weirdest thing to me is how neither game gives you a basic combo in the beginning (eg. light -> light -> heavy), which makes the initial intro level absurdly difficult when you're brand new. Not only does this make it much harder to break monsters, it also straight up removes basic functionality from certain weapons - even if it's briefly. It always struck me as very strange, since it trains you to button-mash instead of purposefully draining the enemy ki bar.
My favorite yokai form has always been the brute too. The burst counter is very easy for me to pick up because it's really just a smack attack and all you have to do is bop the enemy while they glow red (as opposed to waiting to be attacked).
And the kusarigama is hilarious. I didn't even know about it until I played this game (I think it was in Nioh 1, but I've never played that one). Most of the time, you're trying to pull the enemy (human ones, anyway) towards you with the ball-and-chain and then hit them with combos from the scythe. The concept of actually trying to tie somebody up with that in a live battle is just absurd, so I had to go look up live demonstrations with the real thing. Sure enough, all anybody is trying to do when their opponent is actually fighting back is to bash them with the the weighted ball. There are some pretty ridiculous theoretical demonstrations out there where they do yank away somebody's sword with it, but the guy holding the sword is in on it just as much as the guy with the kusarigama.
Nioh series is generational and put a new standards in compact aspect for other games.
Many didn’t realize that .
just fyi, for people who are (like me) unintersted in ng+, loot grinding and "engdames", Nioh 2 is also a great experience to just be played through once - while you'll obviously not gonna get everything out of its incredibly complex combat system, it is still fun and rewarding
Now, I also wanted to comment on difficulty - Mortim mentiones that bosses in the sequel were way too easy and I think I can guess why. This game is just much, much easier with heavy weapons, like axes or odachis. I played Nioh 1 using those and it was a breeze, but I chose an opposite build in Nioh 2, with mainly dual swords and spears and it was significantly more difficult.
Without an ability to easily break you opponents' ki by just spamming attacks, the game become so much more challenging - tbh spears kinda saved me with their range, I don't think I'd even be able to beat the game with dual swords only. I also went with light armor, which made me super squishy and bad at blocking, which did not help either.
I disagree that Nioh 2 has a worse story; in fact, I was pleasantly surprised about it. Nioh 1 was about William trying to get back his spirit waifu and all the pseudo-historical Japanese drama was kinda just... there... and if you're like me who knows very little Japanese history, you were as confused as William looked. William was just kinda there, for the story.
In Nioh 2 though, you play as "Hide", one half of Hideyoshi. It makes sense for you to stay with the one guy who can calm you down from your frenzy, and then as you build relationships and loyalties from following him around, it in turn makes sense that you leave because you don't approve of who he's become. And I personally adore that you can have different outcomes for certain side missions.
Sorry, I'm just that one weird guy who plays Nioh for the story and am very passionate about it 🤣
One the best games ever made. Absurdly underated and attended.
I wonder if your style of play is what made you feel like the bosses were so easy because I'm pretty good at these games like I had already beaten neon multiple times and I did not find the bosses to be walks in the park like I got through them and they did get easier towards the end of the game as my power level grew but I'm kind of impressed that you were able to just breeze through them all I wonder if the big ax is helpful for that.
hey morti, i want to ask, would you consider expeditions viking? given how good rome was and given taht the developer is...well, basically gone, id love to see you cover it
I like this one a bit more than Wo Long. Very excited for Ronin.
Dragons Dogma 2 comes out soon, Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen was a fantastic Action RPG as well. Dragons Dogma and Nioh gotta be two of my top ARPGs of all times.
This game has to be my all time favorite game of all time. The combat is so freaking amazing. Don't get me wrong once you get to the depths the game is beyond punishing. Depths are the one thing that was no longer fun. But all 108 floors of the underworld were great. Most people hate the loot system but if you actually understand the loot system it's actually super easy to navigate. First playthrough if it has a high lvl than what youre wearing switch to it. Once you beat first playthrough, go farm a set, go into 3rd playthrough go farm your set and then literally just steam roll the entire game 200 lvls below recommended.
Best part of Nioh compared to lots of Souls games is that you can fight most bosses again and again without starting a new playthrough every fxxking time😅
Curious, what mouse do you use?
Razer Naga
How the hell did you find the motivation and willpower to go through several new game+ cycles? Kudos.
Just in time cause the game is available on humble bundle for this month. Only for $12 while the game on steam, though discounted, is priced twice of that.