Nioh 2 - Review After 100%
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Talking about my experiences with the unique soulslike meets diablo title that is Nioh 2!
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Hours Played
02:50 Overview
03:47 Technical State
04:54 Story Set Up & Thoughts
08:38 Character Creation & Tutorial
11:12 Difficulty & NG+
14:48 Progression Systems
20:56 Gameplay & World
25:30 Bosses
28:24 Combat
39:59 DLC
42:32 Underworld
44:31 Steam Deck
45:54 Positives/Negatives
48:32 Conclusion
50:10 Wrap Up
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Pin this god damn comment to the top.
Yeah, I suppose you asked for this review enough lol
@@MortismalGaming
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...
One of my favorite games ever. It's freakin dream come true. Skill based combat with gorgeous visuals, pretty good lvl design combined with TONS of loot and massive endgame.
Fantastic game
Eh, I'd say that the level design is closer to mediocre, but still Nioh 2 is a great game that gave me hundreds of hours of fun. I just didn't have any fun exploring most of it.
the levels sucked lets be real but the combat slaps
@@shadysorkin9214I thought they did a great job with the levels. They all feel unique and keep action around every corner, but are easy to speed run if you need to. This game isn’t really made for exploration.
It's not a patch on sekiro and has overly complicated combat which is why some even some die hard fans of even the hardest games gave up... Not everyone has days on end to play games some people work and have responsibilities instead having to dedicate 6 hours a day to a game...
@@hasan1980hb nioh 2 isn't that "hard" either, if we talking about hard to beat, skill floor is probably similar to sekiro, it's the skill ceiling what skyrockets above the clouds with the combat complexity
There is sorts of a loot filter in the game. You can tell the game to not display pick up prompts for certain rarity tier.
By the endgame you're pretty much only displaying Ethereals and Divines.
Thank you so much for this, I dropped my pt because of the constant loot management (and repetitive areas)
@@DietersYT Godlike if improved when compared to what, exactly?
Does Borderlands have a loot filter? Does Path of Exile have a loot filter? Grim dawn has one, does it compare to this one?
The answer to all of these is no, therefore it is godlike in the sense that it is one of the best loot filters in gaming.
Maybe the intent of the sentence got lost in translation for you, but the meaning seemed pretty obvious to me.
My fellow gamers....no need to go at it. I respect both your posts and both have merit. Happy gaming !
@@FennelRPG path of exile does have a loot filter
@@DietersYT Stranger of Paradise (a later game from them) has a way better loot filter where you can specify a LOT of conditions to display prompts. That, you could try to consider "Godlike".
Nioh 2 is so rich with content.. i made it to the way of nioh with 250+ hours. And there's still secret arts to find and new weapons to try.
I got there in 90h (got 100% as well), I tried redownloading it to get some of the secret arts for Katana and Switchglaive but got bored. Idk, something about the Niohs doesn't compel me to keep grinding. Amazing first playthru experience, but getting to endgame grind doesn't do it for me
Haha I have 750 account from years ago restarted early lastt year from scratch and again 2 weeks ago. And I'm just know finding out that the 2nd dlc lady's drops a skill I never knew existed and I've beat her over 100 times 😂😂😂😂
amazing game. played it twice all the way to underwolrd 30. The most satisfying combat imo, and i only played with like half the weapons in the game, just the ones i liked . I easily have 500 hours in it , and i bet i could add another 500 if i wanted to master all the weapons and ingame sets.
dawg aint no way they made shit secret and hidden so you have to explore every nook and craney
AND THEN MADE IT A MASSIVE PUNISHMENT TO EXPLORE. LIKE BRO, NOTHING IS DROPPING ELIXIR AND I AINT GETTIN SOUL CORES, I HAVE NO HEALING AND THERE ISN'T A SHRINE WITHIN 5 MILES OF ME.
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.
Nioh is one of my favorite co-op game series. Glad to see you finally went through them.
Now for Final Fantasy Origins: Stranger of Paradise. Nioh with a Final Fantasy skin.
I loved nioh but couldn’t get into SOP as much. It just had worse combat flow and looked blurry to me.
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
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!
Great review mate, always good to hear from you ❤
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'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.
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!! 💪🏻🔥👍😎
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 was one of the people asking for this... I'm happy this review is here 😊
I LOVED Nioh 2. It's my favorite souls-like.
If we ever get a Nioh 3, I'd be filled to the brim with girlish glee!
It's on the wayyyy
I like your channel concept. Subbed.
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
I`ll watch it tomorrow ! Great video for me on Monday ;)😊
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I have 1500+ hours in nioh 2, my most played game ever. I hope we see nioh 3 one day
Thank you for another great video
great timing for humble bundle drop today
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.
ooooooh, awesome, was just looking for this a week ago
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 😄
i loved this game so much.
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.
It's also way easier to get specific stats on gear with the reforge (i believe that is the name), in the first game you had to really grind for some effects.
There is also a effect that make enemies drop the same gear you are using that which helps a lot in not making your build obsolete while you level up.
Thanks, seeing this made me download it for ps5 , convert my save n play more on the harder difficulties.
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
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.
Phantom can block effectively all even if it can't actually do the counter on a good chunk, Feral tho 100% can dodge all attacks even if aoes, bolt spam and high tracking attacks will sometimes fully ignore the afterimage.
You can run pure of any of the 3, but why ever give up a option of extra dodge and combo extenders for a block unless you like the Phantom form look (which i cant blame anyone for, it is very cool) or want to do a challenge run (no consumable use, no damage taken or no core+no weapon parry runs for example).
Confusion?
@@FelisImpurrator Applying 2 debuffs (if possible Purity and Corruption) on a enemy causes them to be Confused, makes you deal 1.5 damage to them and fucks up their Ki.
@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.
@@oninomiru Oh, that kind of elemental bullshit. Sounds like slag meta in old BL2, but slightly more fun.
This game also has amazing soundtrack. Enenra, Magara Naotaka, Azai Nagamasa, Dream, Shadow, William, Otakemaru - all are among my favorites.
I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 nioh games but couldn't get into Wo Long. Great review of the game!
“ 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.
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.
Dream of the Nioh boss health is a fraction of the boss health in the underworld depths. Now those fights are absolutely ridiculous.
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
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
Nioh 2 content in 2024. Thank you
Big axe daddy for days in both Nioh games. Wonderful series
Bought it as a warm up for Elden Ring back then but ended up loving it while getting bored of ER and never finishing 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"
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 CZcams 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 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.
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.
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.
I highly recommend playing this game full co-op with a friend, one of the most fun/agonizing co-op experiences out there.
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
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
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.
My man, there is just yet one more task for the one and only - the symphony of war!!!
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
My guy finally played my favorite souls-like?
I love this game
Best part about this game is the in depth dojo/ training segments that allow you to practice whatever you want
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.
Absolutely loved nioh 2 got all the trophies twice
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
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
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
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.
This game is on the humble choice bundle this month. I bet this video is about to get a few new views.
Good show sir
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.
absolutely phenomenal game and i wish we’ll have more demon mode mechanic in more souls games to come
jesus this seems like such a grind
I've been waiting for this review for a long time as I've wanted to buy both Niohs
Do it man, the second game has the best combat of all time
Do it! Nioh 2 is a top 5 game for me.
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!
Nioh 2 is a game which I often return to only to drop it again after few hours. My major problem is the lack of sense of progression. Still getting killed to the same enemies after 25 hrs got frustrating. Need to get some free time to actually analyse the builds and combat system to finally completed it.
Agree re: “lack of sense of progression”.
Once I got over the initial learning curve, the difficulty hasn’t been noticeable (steamrolling early/mid game right now). Re: gear, not much of an incentive to keep tempering/leveling the same weapon… When you get increased level gear with each mission. However, I did grind the obsidian armor set and will probably run that for a while.
Another common issue is sticking with old gear for too long, most of your damage comes from the level of your gear and very little comes from your stats. So if you are feeling weak and squishy then perhaps looking at switching your gear to gear dropped in the current mission will give you the boost you were expecting.
Also a fairly common mistake from souls players is thinking armor to be mostly cosmetic, the damage reduction from light to heavy armor is very noticeable. Even if the "defense" number is the same the "vs physical" is different. If you have a light piece that gives 100 def and 1.0 vs physical and a heavy piece that is 100 def and 4.0 vs physical then the heavy piece will still mitigate more damage than the light piece.
@@RicochetForce"getting killed by same enemies" was more in the sense that the mobs that I killed in say 3 axe swings, still took 3 axe swings to kill. I have no problem the game being difficult (sekiro is my all time fav) but it felt like the player vs enemy curve was just constant throughout.
Also I like complex combat systems, but not a fan of the other convulated systems (which I believe isn't important for first playthrough, but I can't help but get confused in them)
But I def plan to revisit it before er dlc.
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.
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.
I like this one a bit more than Wo Long. Very excited for Ronin.
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.
Love the Nioh games. They do a great job of being their own soulslike.
Funny you mention a George Washington alternate timeline because I recall a George Washington vampire hunter movie😂
Think you are thinking of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
@@burythebellhopI was! Thanks
Lol that Abe Lincoln Vampire thing is exactly what I was thinking of when talking about it
My favorite SoulsLike, love the game.
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.
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 .
ohh look one of may favorite games ever!🤟
This is an impressive 100% well done bro
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.
How the hell did you find the motivation and willpower to go through several new game+ cycles? Kudos.
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.
thanks
I love Nioh 2, enjoyed every moment of it and I only wish it had PvP in it :D
Curious, what mouse do you use?
Razer Naga
Man I loved this game. Super hard, but had lots of fun.
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.
Totally agree with the story. William was a way cooler guy. Really liked the different soul powers though, which reminded me of Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.
So between Nioh 2 and Wo Long which is better in your opinion?
I adore nioh2. I have just over 2000 hours and was quite devastated when Wo long came out or parry spam simulator 9000.
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.
@@CidGuerreiro1234they never will. It’s a part of FromSofts core design, and you will hear Miyazaki talk about it over and over. He won’t compromise, and it’s why they are successful. There are tons of multiplayer games, go play those and leave the souls games alone😂
The multiplayer in the souls games was meant to be a last resort to clear a boss, and the invader was meant to punish you for summoning help.
@@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..
you made me want to play wo long again
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.
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 :)
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
yo have you played any of the metal gear games, I know you're a PC and RPG gamer but theyre some of the best stealth games if youre interested in that
Here and there yeah