![]() Set before the first game's events, it casts you as Hide, a custom-created adventurer with yokai blood - a trait that allows you to wield the abilities of slain demons and briefly assume yokai form yourself. Branding it Nioh 1.5 is too much, but this is definitely a case of ornamenting the grip rather than changing the blade (forgery nerds, feel free to chime in here with a more apposite comparison). If Nioh 2 is full of such surprises, it is not a surprising sequel. These are the reversals that really set Soulslikes apart, the moments when no amount of levelling, gear bonuses, abject pleading or apoplectic rage can stop you dying at the hands of the very first enemy type you killed, 40 hours before. You skitter out of reach, and whoops, it turns out one of those hags was lurking in a closet behind you. It's that when you knock one flat, another may pounce on and devour it, tripling in size. It's not just that they spew paralysing fluid when you punch them too hard, or that they sometimes accompany larger threats - bouncing stones off your skull like unruly children as you duck under blows that will kill you instantly. It's not just that they're fond of playing dead near treasure. Worst of all, though, are the pot-bellied Gollum equivalents who infest the game's Sengoku Japan setting, a world of cherry-blossom villages, spoiling castles and torchlit carrion fields. Elsewhere you'll encounter bandits who are easy prey till they're about to die, whereupon they'll Hulk out and wrestle you to the floor, and deceptively polished samurai who are host to demons that spit fire and poison. But sometimes, it ends with her bowling a knife at your head. Often, it ends with the hag tumbling over in a heap. It's easily evaded and rather silly, more senior moment than special move. Publisher: Koei Tecmo/Sony Interactive Entertainmentįor instance: you'll meet a demon hag whose abilities include a sort of arthritic spin attack, cackling and flailing around as though trying to free herself from a net.It's about the dirty little bastards in the undergrowth, the rank-and-file grunts with tricks up their sleeves. ![]() But this terrific, if conservative and overloaded follow-up to 2017's blend of Ninja Gaiden and Dark Souls isn't really about the giants. My standouts include a massive owl demon who periodically turns off the lights, forcing you to track the creature by its glaring red eyes. Nioh 2 offers plenty of bosses, most plucked from the grottier tracts of Japanese folklore and all endowed with the ability to shift the proceedings into the "yokai" or spirit realm, where their attacks are more ferocious - a nifty variation on the idea of boss phases. ![]() Marquee adversaries like Ornstein and Smough might command the lion's share of Youtube uploads, but they aren't, or shouldn't be, the things you truly dread. The measure of a good Soulslike isn't the might of its (Nameless) kings, but the deviousness of its pawns. That is pretty much everything we have seen and heard about the next week patch / DLC.An absorbing, tense and well-wrought samurai adventure let down by a little too much recycling and some muddled new systems. The items and skills from the single player mode will mostly be usable in PvP, though they will have adjusted properties in PvP or balance (so no Sloth Magic spam!.we hope) The PVP mode will also have multiple stages with some stages featuring special gimmicks. In 2vs2 battles, teammates can revive each other which adds to the mode’s challenge. PvP will feature 2 modes from the information that we know which are the followingġvs1 will feature both a straightforward 1vs1 mode, where the first player to win two rounds wins the match.Ģvs2 battles. The PvP mode will be a free update for all Nioh owners and there is some extra information out for it Hope you all are done grinding those juicy loots and ready for some new juicy loots! Great.One Eyed Oni back with a cold vengeance. William with his new best buddy in this cold region He used to be a butcher, but that didn't pay enough really There will be new yokai, new guardian spirits (see below for both) and a new weapon type the Odachi, though there is not a lot of information on which stats this weapon uses, new armor sets and new skills will be able to be unlocked for you. With a new DLC comes a new region which will the Oshu region. William will be going after Lord Masamune Date, the ruler of Sendai feudal domain in the Keicho Ero (circa. Our western samurai William will continue after his last main mission in the main game. Nioh's (first) DLC Dragon of the North will be out next week on May 2. ![]() Nioh Dragon of the North Releases Next Week
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