How is Souls Era feeling Nioh 2? I never got in the groove with the first one. How does this compare? Having a blast?
It's awesome so far, but then again I adore Nioh1.
It's similar enough to the first one that I can't see anyone who didn't like Nioh 1 enjoying it.
Having finally gotten the Platinum in Sekiro and Bloodborne+Old Hunters I was thinking about jumping into Nioh 1 (Complete Edition).
How does Nioh compare to the Souls series? I hear its Diablo mixed with Ninja Gaiden? I know I cant go in expecting a Soulsborne game exactly, but with Nioh 2 coming out it has my interest.
It clearly shares a lot of its DNA with Dark Souls: Stamina management, animation priority on moves, enemies that respawn when you use the 'bonfire' (shrines in Nioh's case), losing the resource you use to level up when you die, and of course the punishing difficulty. Nioh's combat has a lot of depth; much more than Souls or Bloodborne. There are several weapon types, and there are three stances, so each weapon behaves differently depending on the stance. And each weapon has a pretty deep Skill tree filled with combos, parries and other advanced techniques. It can be overwhelming, but it's also in a class of its own. It's kinda like Dark Souls mixed with a fighting game.
If those are the things you like about Souls, then you'll probably like Nioh.
The biggest difference is the way loot and builds work. Nioh has diablo-like color coded, randomized loot. Not at all like Souls / Bloodborne where most loot is uniquely crafted and deliberately scattered / seeded throughout the game. Plus, the only difference between weapons of the same type is their stats (and their appearance, but even that can be modified) . All axes are the same; all katanas are the same; all spears are the same, etc.
So there's a lot of loot management, a lot of trash loot that must be sold or disassembled, tons of stats and buffs and perks. If you enjoy that, then you'll like Nioh even more. If that doesn't sound appetizing then the game might not be for you.
Also Nioh, unlike Souls, is composed of discrete mission-structured levels, which you pick from a region map, instead of the large, interconnected immersive world of Dark Souls , Bloodborne or Sekiro.
You can do that in Nioh...! Kinda.
Specially now that they added the Switch Glaive, which is kinda like a Bloodborne weapon.
