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Nioh Review Thread
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Oh, well Witcher 3 dominated everywhere else. Most GOTY picks in history and all that.
Peroroncino
Member
This is not even a drop in the bucket compared to the critical acclaim of TW3.
CollectedDust
Member
This game was not even on my radar. Looks like we have the good Team Ninja again... I can't wait to dive in!
And that arguably wasn't even one of the top 5 games (including AAA) of that year
Fightincowboy
EmilioLargo
Member
And they didn't even update IGN's score.
Its been at 88 since yesterday. We have to wait until Opencritic and meta actually add the reviews that have come out like to see a difference
Opencritic still has IGN's in progress score of 90, and meta has not even tallied IGN's score as counted yet.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
Wow! Did not expect to bump it up that high
Yes and yes. Green items unlocked after beating the game, they also work as sets.
Oh sweet, thanks!
Kenzodielocke
Banned
There is:
Common = White
Uncommon = Yellow
Rare = Turquoise
One of a Kind = Purple
Divine = Green (which is only accessible after beating the last boss)
Edit: beaten.
Abstrusity
Member
Yes. There are Uniques, of differing rarities. Raiken, for instance, may be found as a Yellow, Blue, or Purple. Purple Raiken are superior, of course, with more randomly generated stats, higher propensity for damage (with more Familiarity breakpoints).
There are certainly some uniques, and you know them by stats that aren't changeable, if the beta is anything to go by.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I mean, they're like half way through the Blizzard color coding, might as well finish the job.
Jeff Green.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Green like stamina green which is Ki which is actually blue.
Divine green makes perfect sense.
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Envy
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Wrong. I have a pretty good idea of where most regular's interests lie including the person I quoted.
It's Metacritic we are waiting on.
Reforging/Soul Matching is very useful and insanely expensive in some cases.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
Member
Tomorrow can't get here soon enough. I'm so stoked for this game.
Has this one been shared yet?
SegmentNext - 9.5/10
http://segmentnext.com/2017/02/04/nioh-review-our-first-game-of-the-year-contender/
SegmentNext - 9.5/10
http://segmentnext.com/2017/02/04/nioh-review-our-first-game-of-the-year-contender/
I've heard nitpicks about enemy variety being smaller than a souls game. But considering it hasn't turned into a big issue many people have focused on as a huge negative, we can assume its not enough of an issue to harm the full game even if its there.
Apparently the variety of the bosses(over 30 apparently) stops things from getting stale regardless
I've said it before, while i have no context, my guess is that the story can get pretty crazy and insane , where certain people not used to that style will have the 'turn your brain off' mentality about it.
As for the lore, yeah, the lore by default is going to be weaker than Souls games because this is based on the real world. So sengoku era Japan with mystical stuff happening, and the set up for the story is really all there is to go on.
While i enjoyed the snippets of lore in the Last Chance demo on how the yokai slowly encroached on the village and took it over and the Ogress being born from the depression of a noble woman who lost her son to war, if your looking for more dark souls ish world building, its probably impossible due to how the Souls games are not actually based on real world places or fiction, so are kind of fully built on being able to release info as they please to keep the player guessing
slosherbomb
Member
neogaf hasn't hated on this enough yet. I'll wait. lol.
I'm a sad xbox owner.
a very sad xbox owner
I'm a sad xbox owner.
a very sad xbox owner
Bloodporne
Member
I've been meaning to write up a proper impressions/review post after spending about 10 hours total in it over the weekend, but man, the game had me absolutely glued to it to the point I actively considered how writing a post about it would take time away from playing it and said nah.
To any prospective buyer who feels discouraged by Polygon's article/review (for whatever reason but anyway), there's no diplomatic way of saying it but they're full of shit and whoever is playing it for them is refusing to learn the very transparently-explained systems. I don't know if they just refuse to acknowledge that this isn't Souls and just learn the damn ACTUAL game at hand or what? This game literally revels in giving you information, teaching you shit in its Dojo training missions, explaining its systems and rewarding you for all of it with a giant pat on the head each time.
I already said it but it really feels like Team Ninja packed absolutely every.fucking.thing, every great idea, every spec of fun they could come up with into this game.
It certainly IS tough-as-nails and it'll make you bend to its rules but if you're spending an exorbitant amount of time on an enemy or boss, switch up your strategy and read through the myriad of available moves, tools, spells etc. to see if any of it can benefit you. For example, I've seen people get really frustrated by the
boss's paralysis move. There's a type of Onmyou spell basically available whenever you please (it's cheap) that lets you ready 3 pills that completely negate her paralysis for a decent amount of time. Put it on a hot button and pop them throughout the fight. There are items and strategies to deal with basically any situation for what seems to be pretty much any play style.
Back to actually playing the game now.
To any prospective buyer who feels discouraged by Polygon's article/review (for whatever reason but anyway), there's no diplomatic way of saying it but they're full of shit and whoever is playing it for them is refusing to learn the very transparently-explained systems. I don't know if they just refuse to acknowledge that this isn't Souls and just learn the damn ACTUAL game at hand or what? This game literally revels in giving you information, teaching you shit in its Dojo training missions, explaining its systems and rewarding you for all of it with a giant pat on the head each time.
I already said it but it really feels like Team Ninja packed absolutely every.fucking.thing, every great idea, every spec of fun they could come up with into this game.
It certainly IS tough-as-nails and it'll make you bend to its rules but if you're spending an exorbitant amount of time on an enemy or boss, switch up your strategy and read through the myriad of available moves, tools, spells etc. to see if any of it can benefit you. For example, I've seen people get really frustrated by the
Nino-Enma
Back to actually playing the game now.
Not to mention it's a basic git gud move. Incredibly well telegraphed and you can just use a single sidestep while rotating to side to avoid every hit. Basic Souls stuff.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Nioh - "Even IGN got good at it."
Eolz
Member
Bloodporne
Member
I agree it can quite easily be side-stepped but just thought it was a good example especially if you're nervous and want to be sure. I originally was baffled that 'she can get away with that' in the Beta haha...I mean the paralysis part. I sifted through the skill trees and realized all the tools you could ever need for status effects are right there and fairly cheap.
My overall point was simply that I think the devs packed so many teaching devices and helpful tools into this game in a very intelligent fashion that I believe anyone bashing their head against a boss wall or whatever can solve their problem by digging around in skill trees, Dojo training missions and so on and find something to benefit them. I get the feeling that they're really into making sure you check out all the cool shit they came up with if that makes sense.
Cheers - didnt have time with the second demo and the third was over so quickly that I didnt have a real chance to look into it. Just looking forward to making some unique weapons with perfect feature sets...
ps3ud0 8)
It's mostly Polygon and sometimes Gamespot being bad at games nowadays
No way for Gamestop, those guys are a seriously good website.
Exactly. I equipped the ninja pills too but on the try I killer her I didn't even have to use them because I'd gotten used to movement.
Acquiescence
Member
Gaf is literally the only site where I see anyone put any stock into OpenCritic. Is it run by a gaffer or something? That would explain it lol.
Probably because the big outlets aren't weighted to count more toward the tally rather than how Metacritic does it.
my issue with the last chance trial bosses was that some of their moves required knowledge of their weird hitboxes that only came with practice. Dodging the Ogress' claw flurry attack required dodging forward INTO her which is illogical. Likewise with Muneshige's running draw attack, the only way to avoid it is to dodge straight forward into it. I'm hoping this isn't a running problem with Nioh bosses, it's something you can work around but it's also something that's more annoying when you're trying to progress in a long game than it is when all you have is 3 levels in a beta demo.