Demon Souls started the modern Souls genre, nothing else. If you think because Ninja Gaiden Sigma for instance, uses the "same" 3rd person view you haven't grasped what make a Soulsgame a Soulgame imho.
I've put in well over 300hrs in BB and over 150 in Nioh. There are certain aspects that help differentiate the two in combat mechanics. Nioh has the deeper and more complex system (stances) whereas BB has the trick weapons and the better evading mechanic + the weapon reposte is a thing of dreams.
That said Nioh's stance system is a bit too much at times forcing players to.stick to one of the three for the majority of the game
My personal GotY, or the game I had the best time playing. It mixed my love of rpg, Souls and mmo-ish endgame content almost perfectly.
Yeah, it can be improved upon, and Id love to see a sequel add in more mp content, but it is one of 2017's best. And great for Souls fans who are bored.
I have to agree. It's absolutely phenomenal. Too bad some gamers will never experience Nioh or Bloodborne. They are the best action RPGs this generation along with Demons and Dark Souls.
Loving Nioh! It’s tough indeed, but it’s origins are way older than Souls or Bloodborne. Straight out of the PS2 Onimusha handbook. This is a good thing.
You may like elex for its rpg elements but combat wise its a joke compared to Nioh. This year I enjoyed Horizons combat the most, but that is a very different game.
Just started playing it, combat is definitely satisfying and the different stances are a really nice feature. Nier:Automata also had great combat, with very stylish combos.. Hard to decide which of the two I like better.
Nioh's combat is much deeper than Nier in my opinion. I love Nier, however, you can mash through that game if you choose too, Nioh requires so much more precision and skill in comparison.
Having played both, I feel Nier is a better game overall, but in terms of combat Nioh has it beat. I feel Nier combat mechanics is actually a little simpler than other Platinum games offering however, the story and the bosses is where Nier shines.
It's still on my backlog. I was hoping it would hit the winter sale on Steam but guess I will just pick up when I'm done with ALL the other games I have.
agree on the ads. this site keeps giving me pop ups telling me my phone has a virus, and i cant exit out of them and get back to what i was reading without reloading the entire site
We should organize a boycott on this site for several days until they get this advertising and pop up thing under control. I battled two of them while writing this comment.
Play Nioh as soon as you can, seriously, its incredible!.
Regarding the pop up ads, its enough to make me switch off, in fact I have been doing just that. I use a tablet and the 'x' in the corner refuses to register my click to close the ad.
I thoroughly enjoyed Nioh, there were so many different builds you could branch out from Ninjutsu to Magic. However I enjoyed Nier and Persona combat more
I just got this in the PlayStation store sale. Enjoying it so far, also just got dark souls 2, bloodborne and the surge.... I must be a gaming masochist!
Nioh had fantastic combat, really underrated. It may have not had that overall "spark" that Bloodborne had, but the combat itself was deeper, smoother, and more polished IMO.
It’s combination of Bloodborne and Ninja Gaiden which I love. It is my favorite game on PS4. More importantly, the game exceeded my expectations.
Dilly dilly!
ELEX wants to say hi. (Seriously, though, I liked elex but it’s not in the same league as Nioh combat-wise)
Nioh is a fantastic game overall! Certainly in my top 10 this year!