Nioh
Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Feb 07, 2017
A historical action game loosely based on the story of English samurai William Adams, as he helps slay the yokai that infest Sengoku-era Japan while hunting down a malicious alchemist.
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5 (1) 4 (1) 3 (1) 2 (0) 1 (1) 3.3 starsAverage score of 4 user reviews
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Nioh makes an important leap forward for the Souls genre but misses the perfection it could have been 0
Nioh has been in development for over 12 years at Team Ninja, starting in 2004. Supposedly, the direction the game should take was constantly in question. Eventually, Nioh was able to settle on a variety of genre's, taking very direct inspiration from notable games. At its gameplay core, it is a Souls game. Deliberate animations, stamina management and a combat system designed for focusing on one target at a time. As such, your approach to combat in Nioh will benefit greatly from Souls experienc...
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Cheap Dark Souls rip off 0
Got this game for 49$, complete waste of money if you ask me. It's just a cheap Dark Souls rip off, dull and repetitive, where bosses are like 10x stronger and most of the time will one-shot kill you, making fights completely unbalanced. Wish I could get my money back :(...
1 out of 5 found this review helpful. -
Dances with Yokai 0
Let's get one thing out of the way: Nioh is a Dark Souls clone. Like many first-person shooters were DOOM clones in the 90's. That doesn't mean Nioh is a lesser game for it. This was clearly a very thought-out choice and the final product is very strong because of it.Nioh is a third-person action RPG where melee combat is the cornerstone of everything you do or encounter. Set in Japan, during the well-documented Sengoku period, you role-play William Adams, an Irish who sailed across half of the ...
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A more technical Dark Souls 0
Nioh is absolutely carried by its combat. A variety of different weapons and tons of different moves for each give you ample tools to tackle every fight, and the stance system will make it hard to go back to Dark Souls combat. Its a shame that the game is brought down by a nonsensical story and overly punishing difficulty, with no option to turn it down.For my full thoughts, click here for the video review....
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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