The combat is where Nioh is similar to Bloodborne: fast-paced and you have to watch your stamina (Ki) or you’ll find yourself staggered and unable to move. However, it is its own game and is more like Team Ninja’s Ninja Gaiden series with a bit of Bloodborne thrown in for good measure! You can tell Nioh is heavily inspired by From Software’s various games, from Demon’s Souls right through to Bloodborne. It is an interesting read and worth checking out the inspiration for the game.

At the time, he was a Westerner who became a Shogun and owned land in Japan with his wife and children. Nioh uses historical person William Adams as the main character in the game, loosely based on his life during feudal Japan during the early 1600s. I think I was a bit tapped out from Dark Souls III & Bloodborne at the time, however.

I guess I should have played a bit longer and got used to the game’s numerous systems. It was filled with demons (Yokai) and I got sick of getting killed and having to redo everything (I didn’t even find the shrine and shortcut to the boss). I gave up after a few hours play, once I got to the second level where you have to venture into a cave. Literally, the game was announced and then came out around 6 weeks later!įor those not in the know, Nioh is a Dark Souls-like game – hard difficulty level with huge demonic bosses that can occasionally one-hit-kill you if your guard is down! I proceeded to buy it on PS4, shortly after release, but in all honesty, I didn’t really play it too much as I was struggling with all the systems and the tough bosses. Nioh: Complete Edition is out now for the PC and I was genuinely surprised when I saw that the once-PS4-exclusive title, released in February this year, had been announced for the PC.

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