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[Phloxy]

Gonna be playing at https://www.twitch.tv/namtox
I haven't seen any of the videos of any major channels or any of the openings.

Going in blind, keeping the chatter to a minimum outside of answering some questions, feel free to ask me anything you wanna know!

Just going to be doing the first hour or two for tonight though.

 

[bigmac996]

Played a couple hours and I'm well into the first village area that was in the alpha last year. Since I dabbled in the first alpha, I have a pretty good direct comparison of the two and the final is waaaay easier. I remember having trouble getting past the first few guys, and now I'm rarely dying. In the first few seconds after getting off the boat I killed a revenant and got an overpowered axe that I feel trivialized a lot of the first part.

Still getting trampled by those ogres though! Also, I've gotten so much varied armor right off the bat. Does anyone know if they mix it up more? It'd be a shame to see most of what the game has to offer armor-wise at the beginning of the game.

At any rate, I'm really enjoying it so far. Love the combat system, and how you can read enemy stamina as well and react accordingly. Had a few laughs, particularly one moment where I spawned a revenant right next to a patch of fire and he just stood in the flames and died within a few seconds. The positive reception totally feels justified so far.

 

[Alastor3]

Are the digital pre-order item will be for sales later or is it a one time item? I really want Yukimura Sanada armor.

 

[GravityInsanity]

@pkollar

LMAO this is in exactly 7 days what the fuck am i doing

Being generous, i would say 10 to 15 hours of that was idling in the game while I did other work. STILL, A LOT OF FUCKIN GAME.

 

[The perfect Dark]

okay, game installed. Let's go!

edit: crashed during the first intro. good first impression....

 

[Grassy]

Are the digital pre-order item will be for sales later or is it a one time item? I really want Yukimura Sanada armor.

Unfortunately it doesn't appear the Nioh and Crimson Master armour will be attainable at launch unless you preorder(Crimson Master might be available in DLC), from a post in the last Nioh thread -

Leaving this here as I don't really consider this a spoiler but might be a common question.

https://twitter.com/bk2128/status/826738078626689025

 

[comshoplesce]

so people got retail already?

 

[IvorB]

(source: NioH PlayStation 4 Review – Ein Onimusha Revival mit Dark Souls Flair)

Which is cuter? Kodama, Raiken, or Cat-clock?

Uh... can I vote for Wirriam? The cats are cute too though...

 

[The perfect Dark]

This game is already great. Woah, feels like a souls game with a new setting (similar to Bloodborne).

 

[Ducktail]

That's it, I've come up with the decision to buy this game. Fuck the Last Guardian.

 

[Kudo]

That's it, I've come up with the decision to buy this game. Fuck the Last Guardian.

You made the right choice.

I'm so jealous of everyone already playing..

 

[Acquiescence]

(source: NioH PlayStation 4 Review – Ein Onimusha Revival mit Dark Souls Flair)

Which is cuter? Kodama, Raiken, or Cat-clock?

I was bought when I entered the thread and I'm twice as bought now.

That's it, I've come up with the decision to buy this game. Fuck the Last Guardian.

TLG is a classic. You're missing out.

 

[Zaventem]

so people got retail already?

yeah, including bosses uploading to youtube etc, don't go looking for anything unless you want to be spoiled.

 

[IvorB]

You made the right choice.

I'm so jealous of everyone already playing..

I know. I'm really jealous also. I even went to check the My Orders page to see if any movement but, of course, Amazon is going to ship on time :-(.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

That's it, I've come up with the decision to buy this game. Fuck the Last Guardian.

TLG is about 10% as good a video game so good choice

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

So does the final product look less awful visually and are the areas and enemy encounters less repetitive? While some of the enemy designs were great, boy did the beta look drab and the Yokhai effects look busy.

Considering TLG is quite fantastic, Nioh must be the single greatest game of all time then. Good to hear they finally nailed it.

Of course, the back of the box would read:

"10/10 - Even Jim Sterling likes it."

 

[Ducktail]

I didn't want to stir up a discussion of TLG vs Nioh. I'm sure both are great games, I just can't afford both right now

 

[kpaadet]

Of course, the back of the box would read:

"It's about as good as Deadly Premonition -Jim Sterling"

FIFY.

 

[Sayad]

I didn't want to stir up a discussion of TLG vs Nioh. I'm sure both are great games, I just can't afford both right now

Not your fault really, I blame the downfall of gamefaq.

 

[silva1991]

Of course, the back of the box would read:

"10/10 - Even Jim Sterling likes it."

Eww no. I actually want to buy this one physically.

Considering TLG is quite fantastic, Nioh must be the single greatest game of all time then. Good to hear they finally nailed it.

I doubt this will leave remotely as much impression on me as TLG.

 

[The perfect Dark]

Goddamn this game is awesome. I'm playing 1080p/30 FPS btw. I need my souls framerate.

 

[Ducktail]

Not your fault really, I blame the downfall of gamefaq.

No more board discussion there? Wow.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Goddamn this game is awesome. I'm playing 1080p/30 FPS btw. I need my souls framerate.

Yeah i played at 1080p30 for a significant amount of time and it was pretty interesting. I actually think it performs better at that FPS than Souls on console

 

[The perfect Dark]

Yeah i played at 1080p30 for a significant amount of time and it was pretty interesting. I actually think it performs better at that FPS than Souls on console

Yeah I agree.

Damn, this game has awesome shortcuts, too? wow, it's so good so far.

 

[Vilix]

Is there a demo available? I looked on the PlayStation store. But all it had was the actual game.

 

[viHuGi]

That's it, I've come up with the decision to buy this game. Fuck the Last Guardian.

Buy both.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Is there a demo available? I looked on the PlayStation store. But all it had was the actual game.

there was 1 alpha, 1 beta and a last chance trial in January. No demo, yet anyway

 

[LProtag]

Damn, I think I'm going to need to get this.

 

[The perfect Dark]

Someone in this thread said playing this game is like playing Demon's Souls for the first time.

I can confirm this. I can't describe it but this game is special.

 

[Philippo]

I wonder how many more locations are there other than the ones shown in the alphas and betas, for such a long game i hope there's many.

 

[Leezard]

I just preordered the digital edition. I didn't get the deluxe edition since I won't get any season pass blindly.

Can't wait for Tuesday!

 

[BigEmil]

Someone in this thread said playing this game is like playing Demon's Souls for the first time.

I can confirm this. I can't describe it but this game is special.

Ahh can't wait any longer D:
Damn Amazon UK taking their sweet time.....sigh

 

[Rozart]

Someone in this thread said playing this game is like playing Demon's Souls for the first time.

I can confirm this. I can't describe it but this game is special.

That's some really high praise. You guys are killing me with hype.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Yeah i played at 1080p30 for a significant amount of time and it was pretty interesting. I actually think it performs better at that FPS than Souls on console

Well, it doesn't suffer frame pacing issues like Bloodborne or Dark Souls 3. So yes, it's feels way better at 30fps. But 1080p 60fps on Pro for me.

 

[Tajaz2426]

I have pre-ordered this, although lately I have been pre-ordering many games. I like to order collectors edition of games, as I enjoy when they come with figures. GameStop owns a store now and I can't remember the store name, but she got me these collectible Ghostbusters action figures for Christmas, to hang on my wall in my man-land (now teenager hang out for our other PSVR).

Back on topic, I wish this had a CE, I think it would provide some great collectible figures.

 

[Demption]

So is this more comparable to Bloodborne or Dark Souls?

 

[TRUE ORDER]

I'll play it eventually, it's great to see good reactions and a score above 85!

 

[Plum]

Does the PS4's pre-loading feature have that unpacking crap that Steam does (that just makes downloading after release quicker in most cases)? If not then I think I might get this digitally, everything I've seen about this so far shows me that it's going to be like Bloodborne in that I won't want to sell it.

 

[Kudo]

Does the PS4's pre-loading feature have that unpacking crap that Steam does (that just makes downloading after release quicker in most cases)? If not then I think I might get this digitally, everything I've seen about this so far shows me that it's going to be like Bloodborne in that I won't want to sell it.

No, moment the clock hits 00:00 you can start playing.

 

[Plum]

No, moment the clock hits 00:00 you can start playing.

Great, looks like I'm getting this digitally then. Might even fork out the cash for the digital deluxe version but I'll decide that in the next couple of days.

 

[The perfect Dark]

The first real boss is no joke imo. I've no idea how to beat him, lol.

 

[Inuhanyou]

The first real boss is no joke imo. I've no idea how to beat him, lol.

Hit him with your perferred piece of metal very hard until he dies :V

 

[Shengar]

this is creepy looking cat tbh lol

Cats are evil and it'll be no different in Nioh's Japan.

 

[Imp the Dimp]

The first real boss is no joke imo. I've no idea how to beat him, lol.

Try beating him with your flame sword O + triangle

 

[The perfect Dark]

Hit him with your perferred piece of metal very hard until he dies :V

Wait, what?

Try beating him with your flame sword O + triangle

I tried it but it didn't do much damage. Maybe my level is too low? I'm level 14.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Wait, what?

THe other preferred way of dealing with Yokai is of course to turn into Karas :V

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Wait, what?



I tried it but it didn't do much damage. Maybe my level is too low? I'm level 14.

I beat him at 12 I think with that. Git gud, sry.

 

[Baalzebup]

THe other preferred way of dealing with Yokai is of course to turn into Karas :V

Otoha OP, plz nerf.

 

[The perfect Dark]

I did it!! That was cool....man, I'm sweating, lol.

 

[xuchu]

I did it!! That was cool....man, I'm sweating, lol.

Nice. Ki pulse all day, every day.