Reviews

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  ℜ𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔢𝔪

  Nov 3, 2021

  Don't try it if you are trying to quit smoking.
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  The Rhythm Thief

  May 20, 2022

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  HantalGazi

  Apr 30, 2022

  naah
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  Chris P

  Jul 19, 2022

  good game but the level designs on some of the areas makes me want to pray in 13 different religions.
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  ppupucaca

  Jul 22, 2022

  Really enjoy the way the game opens up as you go. Tight combat, interesting boss fights too
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  Gojo

  Jul 27, 2022

  Incredibly well done. The graphics and the art style are on point, all the characters are really nailed and i love that there is real history background. My favorite feature was the use of the spirits, very creative. Tons of contents, should definitly get if you want a twist to the soul meta.
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  Asian Smurf

  Sep 4, 2022

  I love souls i love bloodborne i love sekiro i love elden ring and I LOVE NIOH
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  rEvOpT!C-@LiZaT!oN

  Sep 12, 2022

  Pros -souls like -leveling -a good gear dropping system unlike other souls where theres not really gear like this -no pvp Cons -second chance thing only really works out like 10% of the time
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  CH\/RCH

  Sep 13, 2022

  If you haven't played Nioh 2, this game is pretty darn good. If you have played Nioh 2, then you already know. It's unfair to give this a bad review because the sequel is better, so I'll say this: This game does some things extremely well, but it falters in a lot of ways that are greatly improved by its sequel. If I had nothing to compare it to, I probably wouldn't be as frustrated with it as I am. I got 100% on Nioh 2, and wanted to 100% this one in preparation for Wu Long but damn I just can't bring myself to slog through it. I strongly recommend playing this title before touching Nioh 2, as once you finish this one, Nioh 2 will feel like a breath of fresh air.
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  HeroponXC

  Sep 19, 2022

  this game makes me want to kill myself 10/10
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  gigglepuppy

  Sep 19, 2022

  good
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  aryan.flv77

  Sep 19, 2022

  its a good game if you enjoy dying once per minute
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  Meruemon

  Sep 20, 2022

  I love Samurai. This game is about beeing a Samurai. I like it.
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  Woargh

  Sep 21, 2022

  Why play Nioh? ... Kodamas ♡
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  Lav

  Sep 25, 2022

  I like this type of game. Good movements, fights etc. Graphics is good. However, I hate that controls are all shown for controller and not Keyboard+Mouse. That's why I don't play it, but I will keep this game, in case there be update of that...
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  AssassinX

  Sep 27, 2022

  I love this game
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  frozeneku

  Sep 27, 2022

  Most people would tell you It's a Souls-like mixed with a looter game. And im inclined to agree with them. It has some of the best combat if you prefer a more fast paced style of game. Loot and terminology can get confusing, just look up a guide on Youtube or something here on the community guides. Great game.
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  George Costanza

  Sep 28, 2022

  To me it feels like Dark Souls mixed with Diablo mixed with Ninja Gaiden. The combat is reminiscent of Ninja Gaiden. The "difficulty", level layout, and XP mechanics feel like Dark Souls. And the loot/progression feels like Diablo (the game starts after your first playthrough). You kill the things to get gear with bigger numbers to make it easier and more satisfying to kill bigger things. And it's satisfying and fun to keep doing that loop.
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  Kick Box Banana

  Oct 6, 2022

  Fast paced, thrilling and very entertaining action rpg with a lot of replayability value
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  Darkwell

  Oct 22, 2022

  Nioh is a huge mass of surface complexity that obscures the weak game underneath. Nioh's basic gameplay is 3rd person "souls-like" combat, although anyone who thinks this is actually like Dark Souls is fooling themselves. Souls-like combat is a delicate dance of attacking and avoidance where health is a limited commodity and screw-ups are punished until the player learns every individual enemy's rhythm. Nioh's combat is attack > attack > press stamina refill button > repeat, and health refill items drop like candy. The souls-like dance isn't worse in Nioh; it's absent. Combat is brainless and boring, despite all the complexity layered on top of it. And that complexity is immense. You have: player stats, guardian spirit stats, a bewildering array of weapon and equipment stats, item familiarity, item crafting, item deconstructing, item sacrificing, item trait transfer, item level transfer, unlisted item set bonuses, a huge number of unnecessary consumable items, many (mostly identical) skill trees, a prestige system, a hidden object/passive bonus system, a combat stance system, and a worthless combo system. In a normal review I would outline how these systems work, but there is no point for Nioh. They're all way too complex for zero return. Not one of these systems adds to fun in any way, and on top of that they also aren't intellectually interesting. You'll end up powering the player stat that suits the weapon you like best, and then you'll simply either sell or deconstruct everything you find in the game. There's never a need to bother with a long, complex combo, since the game is fully beatable with a 1-2-rest pattern from start to finish. Not that I finished. Along with uninspired gameplay, Nioh also boasts a story that is simultaneously utterly crazy and so completely boring I didn't care to play to the end. It is historical fiction set in the 1600s. England, Spain, and Japan (and presumably every other nation) seek out a substance called Amrita for its ability to resurrect the dead. The protagonist has a spirit that allows him to track Amrita, but it's stolen from him and taken to Japan. He follows it there and instantly becomes a world-class samurai,

  somehow

  . Don't ask questions. And I hope you're ready to once more travel through the most overused period of Japanese history, because you start to meet all the names you're familiar with: Nobunaga, Tokugawa, Masamune, Hanzo; the same characters you've seen dozens of times. From there you're sent from place to place, usually for no apparent reason. You'll kill some guys, meet another overused historical figure, then move on to the next area with no explanation or story connectivity. Everything is presented as individual missions, rather than an unbroken story, so there's no sense of world building. You're just checking boxes, and frequently revisiting the same area multiple times to repeat what you've already done. Only this time you check-off a different objective box on the mission screen. Thrilling. Nioh is also clearly console based and, although you can use mouse and keyboard, intends for you to use a controller. If you choose not to, you can look forward to the usual problems with Japanese console ports: absolutely insane control schemes, terrible menuing, and icons not updating for your chosen inputs, leading to the always fun problem of forgetting which buttons you've bound to an action and having the game suggest you press a button on your controller. "But I'm using a keyboard!" you say to Nioh. Nioh doesn't care. Press the bumper; press the left stick; press the Y button. You want to bind an action to a mouse button? Nope, not allowed. Better use an autohotkey script because Nioh is having none of it. Multiplayer is also deeply annoying. You can join a friend on a mission from the start, but the second you connect to them a timer is started to begin the mission. Need to craft new gear or sell something? You better hurry up! There's a meaningless timer counting down to auto-starting a mission. Quite often - after a large haul of equipment - I would break my connection from my friend in order to have time to sort, sell, and craft (before I learned to simply disassemble everything) before reconnecting in order to proceed. What a stupid system. Multiplayer also disables the shrine (bonfire/checkpoint) system. This means that, if you and your friend both die, you have to do the

  entire

  level again from the start. No checkpoints. This is presumably to "balance" the added ease that having a second player brings to the game, but usually was just frustrating. Why bother fully-clearing an entire level, checking all the corners for secrets, if a boss you've never seen before will kill both of you immediately and make you lose all your progress? I usually ended up just running past everything when I was with a friend, rushing the boss at the end of the level rather than engaging. Great design. And, sadly, that's all there is to Nioh. A meaningless story, no characters to speak of, massive system complexity, no gameplay innovation whatsoever, boring combat, frustrating controls, and awful multiplayer. Every single person who refered to this as a souls-like should be ashamed.