The trick is to not be a casual and move the camera yourself without locking on, in some cases this will even help you against bosses. It's easy as shit to do in DS1 through 3, although in Nioh 2 it may be harder due to the stance system and all that other jazz.
@Paul, hard disagree. It's a big part of why Dark Souls 1 was so great, and it's hardly long at all. The time you spend traversing to another level lets you wind down from in between intense fights, lets you take in the scenery, and discovering secret passageways and shortcuts can feel rewarding. When done right, seeing how all the different levels are connected is amazing. Sure, they have shortcuts and secrets in Nioh, but when the maps are a lot smaller, it's just not as necessary or rewarding. Creates immersion and tells a story if you're looking for it, but if you aren't, I can see why it might seem uninteresting. One's not necessarily better than the other, it just comes down on how either is executed--I really enjoyed how the nexus worked in Demon Souls. End of the day, they're just two different storytelling methods. In this game, it makes sense, according to what Jen says, because it's so spread out over many years. I've seen it work in other games, but maybe this just worked better for them.
@@wetnoodlex after dark souls 1 they totally ditched the whole concept, you can just teleport everywhere, I guess even From knows that it's boring to run from depths bonfire to firelink
@@wetnoodlex also you picked Dark Souls as an example for some reason, even though I didn't mention it, my original comment was about typical Ubisoft bloated shallow collectable filled games where theres lots of pointless padding, but good job of making the argument easier for yourself by assuming I was comparing to dark souls
@@Flasyprawn Don't know why you're getting so aggressive over a discussion. Like I said, it depends on the execution. I picked Dark Souls because it partly inspired Nioh.
Its pretty much the werewolf in Bloodborne kinda, you are not supposed to win. The game tells you to not bother fighting it (introducing you to how a ninja playstyle would work by sneaking past an enemy rather than expecting to fight what is technically a boss).
Aiden -Ed not really you can easily beat him by learning his moves and how to burst counter also the werewolf in blood borne can be stunned and killed easily
For the “sword sponge” bosses, they usually have a trick to beating them that they are trying to guide you towards, but is often hard to figure out in the heat of battle. For instance, Enera ( 7:20 ) has pillars in his boss room that you have to make him attack to make water drop on him. You can beat him without it, but he’s gona feel like he has an unfair health pool if you don’t use the water.
The reason why people do low damage is because literally 99% of players don't know about the skill Flux, it allows you to double and triple Ki recovery by stance changing after Ki pulse, which also happens to quickly cancel recovery animations and allow you to do normally impossible infinite combos that can even kill bosses once they break. Flux I and II are activated by changing stance once and twice immediately after Ki pulsing, doubling and tripling Ki recovery, giving you more Ki than you have at the start of the combo. Basically if you land a high stance attack, you Ki pulse with R1, then R1 + Square for mid stance, R1 + X for low stance, simple as that. This also means that you can recover Ki infinitely in Dark realms, combined with increased anima and amrita regen, Dark realms become an overall buff for you to destroy bosses instead of turtling until the realm ends.
I actually thought the mission system was pretty refreshing. Especially since playing this directly after the souls series, the linearity made for a nice change and allows you to focus more on the combat, which is so clearly the main focus of Nioh 2. Sometimes the exploration in the souls games can get very tedious at stages, exploring in more confined areas was a nice addition I feel.
I agree but the same thing could have been achieved with a hub area. There could have been a table where you could select which mission you want to head to as well as a physical blacksmith and shrine ect. Having it be all just on a UI both takes/places you out of the world abruptly.
its because he's playing solo and only playing it once, of course he would prefer ds "openworld" system, if you kill bosses multiple times and want seemless multiplayer the mission system is a must have or at least some sort of chapter system like code vein
It has it's ups and downs, more over the mission select is completely biased opinion, it does lack teh world building and emersion that alot of other games bring to the table, but Nioh 1 and 2 is probably the most slept on game in the world.
Dark Souls is to Metroid as Nioh is to Castlevania. Both promote exploration of the world, but where Dark Souls makes it all one world loaded in chunks, Nioh separates it mission to mission. Edit; grammar
I personally prefer the mission system far more than the insane backtracking of games like Elden Ring. It's big and great and all but you don't play it for the exploration, you play it to whoop big bosses ass or die trying.
This was my GOTY of 2020. It didn't get a lot of mainstream attention but I think it was amazing. Happy to hear you loved it as well. Hopefully now that it's coming to PC next month more people will play it.
I have to disagree with the thing about the missions. The missions are like an hour and a half each, and at the end of them you feel like you're getting a break and going home. I don't get the point about taking you out of the action, because Dark Souls does the exact same thing. You have to go back to your hub to do things like upgrade weapons, but new stuff, restock on resources, or talk to NPC's. The only difference is that Nioh streamlines that system. As for the menus, yeah fair point. The menus can definitely be clunky, but they aren't within a light-year of how bad Nioh 1's skill menu was.
Haven't played Nioh or Nioh 2, but I prefer sticking with my character even during the quiet moments like with Dark Souls. I like to still look at the sites and appreciate the world when Im not actively fighting enemies. Having that part of the experience relegated to a bunch of menus seems like kind of a turn off.
I tried it out but lost interest after losing my saves (also had a buddy carry me yikes). I'm back to where I was previously on Nioh 1 now and loving it. Looter style souls-like is definitely my cup of tea when I didn't gimp myself with a summon hand-hold.
I remember back when I played Nioh, it wasn't until I started REALLY grinding it that I fully enjoyed it. It's a game that gets better the more hours you sink into it.
Couldn't agree more, easily one of the best Metroidvania's i've ever played. The first Ori was great, but the sequel is superior in every conceivable way.
In any other game, swinging your sword and the enemy blocking it wouldn't be fun, but in Nioh 2, I GENUINELY love when a human enemy blocks my tonfa strikes. The sound that steel on steel makes in this game is oh so satisfying, and I feel that sound design in heavily combat focused games like this often goes overlooked.
The reason why people do low damage is because literally 99% of players don't know about the skill Flux, it allows you to double and triple Ki recovery by stance changing after Ki pulse, which also happens to quickly cancel recovery animations and allow you to do normally impossible infinite combos that can even kill bosses once they break. Flux I and II are activated by changing stance once and twice immediately after Ki pulsing, doubling and tripling Ki recovery, giving you more Ki than you have at the start of the combo. Basically if you land a high stance attack, you Ki pulse with R1, then R1 + Square for mid stance, R1 + X for low stance, simple as that. This also means that you can recover Ki infinitely in Dark realms, combined with increased anima and amrita regen, Dark realms become an overall buff for you to destroy bosses instead of turtling until the realm ends.
Nioh 2 finally out on PC! Started playing a day or two after Steam launch, and I'm working my way through the Underworld, on floor 51 currently. I can't stop playing it's so good. The endgame content is a grindfest that feels a lot more like Diablo than Souls, but it's loads of fun.
It's awesome to hear a review praise Nioh's story and lore, because it's straight up the entire Sengoku era's real history and mythology. People think soulsbourne has deep lore, but Nioh's lore is literally found in hundreds if not thousands of years of artifacts and writing in museums. You can trace the lineage of samurai and their clans for hundreds of years of real history, and along with myths for thousands of years back to China and India. You can find weapons and armor in real world museums, learn about their blacksmiths, the year they were made in, the owners of the weapons, the number of kills each blade had. You can visit the real world locations of each mission, learn about the builders of the castles, the temples, the inhabitants and clans who defended them. And even Yokai designs are straight up taken from ancient paintings and made 3D. Also it's not just the visuals, the story is told in such a way that it is very close to what happened in history, but where ever there were gaps in historical knowledge, they cleverly filled in with original story details, especially with the involvement of yokai, spirits and gods. Even without talking about gameplay, it is just such a passionately crafted game where every single detail is made with real tireless research and decision making.
Both souls and Nioh are highly cultured games in terms of lore Ann designs. Souls take a more convoluted and literary approach while nioh does it in a more historical and straightforward manner.
I beat Ds3 and i was Hankering for another Souls-like and Nioh 2 delivered so well on that front. Hell i put more hours into Nioh 2 than ds3 (ds3 has like 66, nioh 2 has 104) and had a much much more enjoyable time with Nioh 2 than ds3. Ds3 is absolutely legendary in terms of its impact on other games, but Nioh 2 is exactly what im looking for in a game with heavy emphasis on Melee combat. Ds3 was simple, but played off its simplicity to create amazing combat puzzles relying on the players creativity and skill to complete said puzzle. Nioh 2 played off of that but added in a more complex, faster paced combat system where the game created combat puzzles that the player had to solve using timing, creativity, skill, and knowledge of what to do in the moment. Ds3 was a lot of "hit r1 when the time is right" (and no that isn't a bad thing, just simple) whereas nioh 2 was "here's an enemy, here are the combos and moves you can do, take them out however you like" and i prefer that over Ds3. Nioh 2 is in my opinion an incredibly solid souls like that i think everyone should at least try. It can be brutal at first, but once you get used to its system, you'll have a wonderful time
Nioh 2 was the first and only souls/souls like game I’ve played and I loved it Glad to hear u share my opinion Update: I’ve now played dark souls remastered, sekiro and bloodborne I loved them all but nioh 2 is still my favorite all be it I haven’t finished bloodborne completely It’s been a ride
Good to see someone unbiased enough to admit nioh 2s superiority. Hope you have bloodbornes dlc. Its got some great new weapons. Especially for arcane builds
Elden ring got me into the souls genre. Er was great sekiro was better but niohs combat system is miles ahead of souls games and this game is way harder for me and it's by far my favorite so far.
I’m glad that you enjoyed the game, dude! It was sooo good, and the story was fun. People complaining about the silent hero, and I’m actually a fan of it in this game. I run with enemy sensor to eliminate surprise gangbangs. Much to my shame, I still get killed by a random Gaki that catches me with my guard down.
Yeah the hub system is also easier to make from a designers point so they can focus on level quality and quantity instead of creating this illusion of a vertical world which in reality is just as linear as a Hub/Mission system.
4:15 That criticism perfectly encapsulated my experience and feeling towards nioh. i love nioh as much as the souls series and it does so much right, i should like it more but i didn't. i felt like i couldn't put together a proper critique on why i didn't like the levels that much. it's a core design choice that does what it's supposed to but i didn't enjoy that kind of exploration. The sum of all the little things add to a more whole experience and the final verdict and i think everything else is a positive but the levels and the other qol things that could've been made makes the game like 8.5/10 from a possible 10/10. for me at least.
Nioh is an action game, not an adventure game like Souls. The mission select makes way more sense than open world considering the story, setting, and the genre. It also lets you refight bosses easily.
I'm the exact opposite. I'm glad we have a game where I can hop into it not have to play 20 hours just to face 1 boss I like. I can plop into any of my favourite missions and play.
The feel when u too bad to finish the first game in time and the second one is already out lol u know at what im a master tho? thats right, at drawing beautiful art on yt!
@@Liminal-Lagomorph that's fine but Sekiro itself didn't take away from Nioh. Sekiro being more popular because it was actually by From Soft is irrelevant to that argument. Nioh was slept on because the marketing for it was awful and no one knew what it really was. I think people were expecting a Ninja Gaiden style action game based in early marketing and then forgot about it when the game actually came out. Idk what fully happened all I know is Nioh 1 was slept on.
@@Liminal-Lagomorph From Soft does have clout but Team Ninja used to have the same clout regarding Ninja Gaiden. Even now there are rabid Ninja Gaiden fans. So I think Team Ninja has a more cult following while From Soft is a little more mainstream.
I actually played Nioh 1 when it came out for free on ps plus. I had no idea it was a dark souls game but it was fun and frustrating. I would enjoy to play this soon
I'd consider watching the anime Drifters, if you haven't Charlie. It's got that whole, real-life historical figures in a fantasy story, sorta thing you were talking about.
It's also got some of that Dr. Stone/Log Horizon feel where the best parts of the show aren't the fights or anything normal, it's all about how these people use their knowledge and stuff to progress and gain the upper hand. At least for me that's what makes these shows most interesting.
I disagree about the mission system. It is actually extremely good and not really something that's necessarily bad just because it's not souls-like. The Missions can be played and revisited at any time for extra drops, weapon upgrades, specific grind or stuff like that. Although it's nice to have a variety of interconnected lucrative passages that potentially can bring you somewhere, the sheer linearity of some often makes it more of a chore than enjoyment. In Nioh 2 you have a starting position and an end point, a typical Level design that's present in over 70% of video-games since the 1980s. Not sure that a mission system can be even seen as a negative trait, it's a design choice for this particular style of the game which tells a story based of historic segments which also corresponds to the historic battles in Feudal Japan. If you're not a fan of Samurai Warriors, then you wouldn't know.
Yeah, I agree. I love soulslikes and metroidvanias. Exploring labyrinths that lead all the way over to some shit I've never seen or a shortcut to a resting place is always fun, but the missions in Nioh 2 were actually refreshing since I might love exploring, but I get lost all the damn time lol(it's not the games' fault, it's me of course) so just getting to pick an area knowing where I start, and where I end without the risk of a few minutes of headscratching wondering where to go was a nice change of pace
@@battousaix4263 Indeed. I actually consider "Hand-holding" somewhat disposed or not properly attuned. Soulslike games in general are very limiting in terms of the exploration. You can explore as much as you want, but you are stuck in one place and you can't really get lost or stumble upon something akin to the open-world games/RPGs. With that logic the game is still holding your hands because you can't really progress further unless you beat a specific boss of the region or have an item that will open the passage for you or similar. Sure, there might not be a clear sign for you to get to that location and you might be going in circles until you accidentally find out where you're supposed to go, but saying how Nioh2 is holding your hands just because it has a mission system and that's taken as something "easier" is wrong on so many levels. Ironically, such sentiments remind me of the early misplaced criticism of the Dark Souls as the worst port on the PC ever made and a super limiting arcade-like gameplay that PC enthusiasts were talking about left and right. I knew back then that such sentiments were misplaced because Dark Souls was a video-game in an era where video-games have sort of lost their intrinsic value and meaning. It's not wonder that it created its own genre of RPGs or Action-Adventures. With a mission based system the Framerate is also increased, which allows for more enemies, and computing power. The system in Nioh2 on its own is perfectly fine, so jabbing at it is seriously misplaced as a valid criticism, even for the sake of the aesthetics. And it's not even such a big part of Soulslike games to have hidden corridors leading you to special places, more so because you can literally teleport around. Hidden enemies, hidden traps, dangers, stuff like that is the epitome of Soulslike games and Nioh2 is FILLED with such scenarios, making even the veteran Dark Souls/Sekiro players to ragequit constantly.
This game is much easier once you approach it as a Team Ninja game, rather than a souls game. Understand your opponent's weaknesses and exploit them, and make them suffer for it. Hesitation is defeat
I know I'm one year late, but for the little monsters that come out of chests, wait for them to do an emote and repeat it after them and you'll get loot+money+a soul core.
You can even use the whistle emote to call them out of the chest without getting knocked over. Even better. If youre using a sneak theif scroll keeping a fair distance from them after this and waiting till they leave will keep the scroll from wearing off
Couldn't agree more. I've played dozens of souls likes, and have been around since the boom of the genre's popularity, and I wholeheartedly agree that Nioh 2 is the best souls game to date. Great combat, pretty interesting story, taught me a lot of Japanese history, and the sound design is 11/10
@@Bourikii2992 Um what? I dunno what you're smoking but Dark souls 1 had amazing enemy variety compared to Nioh. And if you say "Oh but it's all just hollows with swords", you clearly haven't played past undead burg
@@dannyboi5887 90% of the enemies and animations are lifted from demons souls and 90% of the time you're fighting hollows. Half the enemies you can play the entire game and never encounter, like those cat things or the drakes. The rest are basically reskins or reused bosses.
@@Bourikii2992 Anor Londo, Sen's fortress, Ariamis, New Londo, Darkroot Garden and Basin, Blighttown, DLC areas (oolacile township, abyss etc.), Catacombs, Tomb of the giants, Lost Izalith. That's nearly over half of the main areas in the game and the level of hollows in them ranges from low to non-existent. Also the only times where a boss is straight up recycled as an enemy is the Anor londo gargoyles, The Taurus/Capra demons in Demon ruins and the small Moonlight Butterflies in Crystal Cave. A paltry amount compared to the amount of times Nioh recycles bosses and enemies
@@dannyboi5887 The difference being Onryoki, nue, and the bat bitch are actually good fights. Anor londo - dudes in armor and reskinned giants Sens fortress - snakes that swing left and right, such good design Blight town - no one does this the master key exists Catacombs/tombs - skeletons oh boy Izalith - LITERALLY AN UNFINISHED ZONE. Ariamis - wut????? That areas is majority hollows with toxic sacks or just hollows.
I personally think the main missions level design really stepped up. The second level alone is so intricate and full of optional stuff and different routes. If theyd stopped using the mission system the level desgin probably would have suffered a lot. Even in Dark Souls it was really only the first one that accomplished the vertical world instead of the super linear Dks2 and Dks3 worlds. I do not like the mission system but the verticality in most soulslike is just illusion whilst also focusing on great level design. Nioh does not give you that illusion but sort of accomplishes better level design and gives you many optional side missions for farming certain item sets. I dont think Team Ninja wouldve been able to create a world such as the first half of Dark Souls 1 so im all in favor of abandoning even the thought and giving us greatly designed levels. Its been 3 years since I played a new soulslike that I wholeheartedly enjoyed and Im glad for that after the disappointment Sekiro was in terms of replayability and role playing aspects.
I agree. I personally don't mind the world map acting as a majula or firelink shrine. The levels themselves are very intense and after you beat one its nice to just have a breather and pause on the intensity. Plus, you can level up and use the blacksmith instantly instead of walking back and forth between them taking up time.
Charlie is honest and fun, but meanwhile as far as he talks about videogames he is fine, Cinema is an art, not pure entrateinement. And from what he posts I can tell he doesen't know much about Cinema at all. So it's fine listen to his opinion about a movie but nobody should take him as a reliable critic since he doesen't have enough knowledge (most pop websites doesen't aswell.. actually. And that's sad).
If his performance up to Shibata was the same till the boss he definitely didn't lol he talks about all the depth in the game but he never learned any of it just spamed heaven and earth over and over.
The Mission system is the biggest selling point of the game. I wouldnt want it any other way. I dont want to run around in some empty place just for the "open world" experience.
@@Lolingtoner uhhhhh......I don't know how they are similar....because they both have an i-frame Dodge? Can't even lock on in mhw and it's weapons have genuine combo string rather than just three separate attack options
@@Mrholysymbol Committed strikes, methodical dodging, i-frame dodging as you said (although MHW has tighter i frames), spiky difficultly curve etc. They're completely different in writing and story but the you can't say the combat isn't similar, even if Dark Souls combat is a dumbed down version of Monster Hunters'. Also you can lock on in MHW, its just trickier and often useless.
Agreed. This was the most anticipated game for me too. Nioh is my 2nd favorite game of all time. This game I seriously want to rival my top spot of all time
Both agree and disagree with the mission system, I can understand playing solo you would prefer the exploration however look at the multiplayer in games like darksouls, the mission system is specifically there to aid replayability and multiplayer, something that isnt possible with openworld without some convoluted system in place, nioh intends you to fight bosses more than once and not just in new game plus but multiple times per game cycle, they intend you to get a gear set more than once, dark souls you kill the boss and move on, you get a unique weapon and move on, both have their merits and downfalls.
Im so behind that i just beat Nioh 1 last month & started Hollow Knight right after lol so Nioh 2 will be put on hold for the moment but ill definitely be buying it
The inventory management is light-years better than Nioh 1, due to the wonderful filtering options. You can find specific gear quite easily, even with a full storehouse of 4000 items.
first order of business when playing any and every Japanese game with heavy Japanese subject matter and/or setting: switch audio language to Japanese, *especially* ones with serious tones.
@@Ballsballs265 To be fair, you can count them on one hand and they probably only learned enough to communicate, not caring enough to overcome slight mispronunciations. Nekomata basically remedies this for William, anyway.
This is a hard game to do a moist meter on. I have Dreams. Just think about it. Doing a moist meter on a game you need to spend months practicing to get the hang of? Nah. Great game, but it doesn’t work that way.
I loved the first game I played through 4 times The way of the Nioh I think I had all Ethereal Gear but I’d only farm for the Iga Jonin armor so I could spam Kunais and melt bosses
The main reason for the mission system(other than allowing the game to play at 60fps on console) is because there are YEARS passing by throughout the game. You're going to completely different locations in real world Japan in different timelines. It doesn't tie together like a souls game, because it's not a story told in one short period of time, it spans across like 30 years and in completely different locations.
"Accidentally swing at a rock? Turns out that rock is a wall and it one-shots you." Ah, see, now that's relevant to me, because I came home from my aunt's house yesterday, and my cousins have the PS4 port of "Dad of BOI" (Another game that kind of plays like Dark Souls, actually). I was in the Lake, and there were fire pots everywhere surrounded by rock outcroppings, so I thought, "Okay, let's blow these things up, they're in my way.", but the game decided to hide a Soul-Stealer next to one of the big red chests (That was also covered in rocks), so I unwittingly ended up waking the thing by blowing up its bed. XD
@@PhineasKSliderVT How long have you been with PlayStation? I've never gamed on another system. Though, I am recently playing a few games on PC. Like Ori and The Blind Forest.
The Japanese voice acting is great but I encountered a hilarious bug where after the first boss, the cutscene was in English, so Tokichiro sounded so bad. Afterwards it fixed itself but man that threw me for a loop lol
When I got to the 2nd zone. I found the bosses just so easy compared to the first few. Maybe my build helped. Focus on one weapon..don't do what I did by spiltting weapons but you already knew that. Once I did that it became a lot more fun. Still it's got these moment where you will throw your controller
It comes down to personal preference, both games are great in their own way. I could see Nioh being overwhelming for some people, but I think the combat itself is better than Sekiro. You have so much control over your moveset and all 9 weapon types feel extremely different from one another. It also has one of the best character creator I’ve ever seen. On the other hand, Sekiro has much better level design and the combat is very unique (the posture and deathblow system). You only get your katana for a weapon but the shinobi tools make up for that. But the best part of Sekiro is definitely the boss fights, it just feels so good. TL;DR: both are great.
@@LuccatielD7 The other thing to consider is that Nioh is an action-RPG while Sekiro is an action-adventure game, and as such are completely different from each other in their execution and gameplay, with the only similarity being that both games take place in Sengoku Japan
Nioh has much better combat but Sekiro is more unique. I platinumed Sekiro and bumrushed Nioh 1 to play the second one. Personally, they really are not comparable to each other. Both are absolutely amazing.
The enemies seem pretty damn spongy, there's nothing worse than having to grind if you want to continue on in the game and deal a reasonable amount of damage.
It is not advised to grind in nioh. Only if you want to obtain specific item for your build. Otherwise, you can just push your way through the mission, and still become strong enough for the end game.
That's only if you're focusing purely on their health bar, but it's actually their KI bar that you need to pay attention to. When it's depleted they enter a staggered state where you can perform a grapple attack and take off a massive chunk of their health. It's almost mandatory when dealing with Yokai enemies and bosses I gotta say this is a MASSIVE improvement over the first game where almost all of the Yokai WERE pure damage sponges with nothing to really mitigate it, which really killed the flow of combat. Giving us the ability to grapple Yokai as well as human enemies is such a simple yet amazing change and I can't thank Team Ninja enough for it
Talkin Fishbone ikr, i watched the stream (afterwards cuz i missed the live ones) and the people in there were no help at all, they let him make bad choice after bad choice and get screwed over and whenever he asked them any questions they didnt know shit, he called poison bad when it’s the most overpowered effect so far in nioh 2 when you spec your gear and accessories towards it
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Honestly I prefer these to Dark Souls, the first game was a blast. It's definitely easier for the most part but I love the chaotic energy these have. Once you get used to the speed the adrenaline hit is awesome. I love Dark Souls but rolling around dodging shit and waiting for gaps in animations to me is nowhere near as fun as blitzing your way through a group of enemies like some anime swordsman. I remember fighting the second boss in Nioh and just not fucking getting it, she's pretty fast and has range. But eventually the combat clicked and I beat her in like 30 seconds because rather than take your time you just go full beast mode on things. And then you get your own POKÉMON to help out. Baller.
I decided to try Nioh 2 few days ago. And i gotta agree, the only dislike i have is the mission system, It really breaks the flow. One moment im having a blast, slicing a dudes limbs of with my katana and next im pulled away to look at a map. I was rly hoping it would be like other souls games where its one big map.
You say "chipping away at their health" when you're showing that you're exclusively using low stance on the kusarigama, low stance is the weakest but the most agile
@@uglybutton6099 It has nothing to do with getting good. I don't like bosses that take so long to beat as it makes the fight boring as shit by dragging it out. One shotting bullshit is clear artificial difficulty and makes it unfair. You're so close to beating a boss and next he kills in one hit when you have full fucking health.
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"The camera will betray you"
Name *ONE* souls like where the camera isn't the biggest enemy
Hollow knight
@sol1d gh0st harder or easier?
Most of them, you have to know how and when to use lock on.
The trick is to not be a casual and move the camera yourself without locking on, in some cases this will even help you against bosses. It's easy as shit to do in DS1 through 3, although in Nioh 2 it may be harder due to the stance system and all that other jazz.
@@usefultrash9943 in gameplay
In defense of the mission system, the story spans like 60 years, I don't see any way they could make that work in an open world
Honestly, open world is overrated, I like "videogame levels", I don't think traveling 5 miles to your objective adds anything to the experience
@Paul, hard disagree. It's a big part of why Dark Souls 1 was so great, and it's hardly long at all. The time you spend traversing to another level lets you wind down from in between intense fights, lets you take in the scenery, and discovering secret passageways and shortcuts can feel rewarding. When done right, seeing how all the different levels are connected is amazing. Sure, they have shortcuts and secrets in Nioh, but when the maps are a lot smaller, it's just not as necessary or rewarding. Creates immersion and tells a story if you're looking for it, but if you aren't, I can see why it might seem uninteresting. One's not necessarily better than the other, it just comes down on how either is executed--I really enjoyed how the nexus worked in Demon Souls. End of the day, they're just two different storytelling methods. In this game, it makes sense, according to what Jen says, because it's so spread out over many years. I've seen it work in other games, but maybe this just worked better for them.
@@wetnoodlex after dark souls 1 they totally ditched the whole concept, you can just teleport everywhere, I guess even From knows that it's boring to run from depths bonfire to firelink
@@wetnoodlex also you picked Dark Souls as an example for some reason, even though I didn't mention it, my original comment was about typical Ubisoft bloated shallow collectable filled games where theres lots of pointless padding, but good job of making the argument easier for yourself by assuming I was comparing to dark souls
@@Flasyprawn Don't know why you're getting so aggressive over a discussion. Like I said, it depends on the execution. I picked Dark Souls because it partly inspired Nioh.
A small detail that I love about Nioh is that gestures are actually useful in the game (gesturing at characters and mimics does stuff).
@J Munna it doesn’t do anything useful in souls, he means like Devil May Cry and action games, taunts have effects on enemies or score.
@@CallForGrandPappy you can use gestures to bypass halls of enemies and gain access to hidden rooms with loot or healing spas in them
@@CallForGrandPappy sorry, misread your comment, I thought you were the one saying it does nothing in nioh
@@CallForGrandPappy Actually it does. An emote in dark souls 3 gives you access to the hidden area with 2 bosses as well as a unique item later on.
@@shadysorkin9214bag humbag?
Charlie looking like a skate 3 character...
Same glitches too
He pretty much is
Skate 2 actually
Lol
Lol
Die 10+ times to literally the 2nd enemy of the game. 10/10
that monkey yokai is a damn boss in itself
Its pretty much the werewolf in Bloodborne kinda, you are not supposed to win. The game tells you to not bother fighting it (introducing you to how a ninja playstyle would work by sneaking past an enemy rather than expecting to fight what is technically a boss).
Aiden -Ed not really you can easily beat him by learning his moves and how to burst counter also the werewolf in blood borne can be stunned and killed easily
@@thegamewin100 thats why I said kinda, you still aren't supposed to win against the werewolf first time, and thats the same with the bull in Nioh 2.
Aiden -Ed for real because I stayed fighting that bull for 20 minutes until I won
For the “sword sponge” bosses, they usually have a trick to beating them that they are trying to guide you towards, but is often hard to figure out in the heat of battle. For instance, Enera ( 7:20 ) has pillars in his boss room that you have to make him attack to make water drop on him. You can beat him without it, but he’s gona feel like he has an unfair health pool if you don’t use the water.
In other words, you gotta make him “moist” enough.
The reason why people do low damage is because literally 99% of players don't know about the skill Flux, it allows you to double and triple Ki recovery by stance changing after Ki pulse, which also happens to quickly cancel recovery animations and allow you to do normally impossible infinite combos that can even kill bosses once they break.
Flux I and II are activated by changing stance once and twice immediately after Ki pulsing, doubling and tripling Ki recovery, giving you more Ki than you have at the start of the combo. Basically if you land a high stance attack, you Ki pulse with R1, then R1 + Square for mid stance, R1 + X for low stance, simple as that.
This also means that you can recover Ki infinitely in Dark realms, combined with increased anima and amrita regen, Dark realms become an overall buff for you to destroy bosses instead of turtling until the realm ends.
Or just summon 2 phantoms and gank him :)
I'm actually surprised that I beat the guy on my second try
Sounds ... gimmicky.
I actually thought the mission system was pretty refreshing. Especially since playing this directly after the souls series, the linearity made for a nice change and allows you to focus more on the combat, which is so clearly the main focus of Nioh 2. Sometimes the exploration in the souls games can get very tedious at stages, exploring in more confined areas was a nice addition I feel.
yea i played through dark souls 1-3 before deciding try nioh and its a breath of fresh air
I agree but the same thing could have been achieved with a hub area. There could have been a table where you could select which mission you want to head to as well as a physical blacksmith and shrine ect. Having it be all just on a UI both takes/places you out of the world abruptly.
its because he's playing solo and only playing it once, of course he would prefer ds "openworld" system, if you kill bosses multiple times and want seemless multiplayer the mission system is a must have or at least some sort of chapter system like code vein
I actually love the mission system. Reminds me of old school gaming before everything was open world.
Like cod?
It has it's ups and downs, more over the mission select is completely biased opinion, it does lack teh world building and emersion that alot of other games bring to the table, but Nioh 1 and 2 is probably the most slept on game in the world.
Dark Souls is to Metroid as Nioh is to Castlevania. Both promote exploration of the world, but where Dark Souls makes it all one world loaded in chunks, Nioh separates it mission to mission. Edit; grammar
I personally prefer the mission system far more than the insane backtracking of games like Elden Ring. It's big and great and all but you don't play it for the exploration, you play it to whoop big bosses ass or die trying.
@@cloudshifter There's close to no backtracking in Elden Ring because you can teleport to any previous location. What do you mean?
This was my GOTY of 2020. It didn't get a lot of mainstream attention but I think it was amazing. Happy to hear you loved it as well. Hopefully now that it's coming to PC next month more people will play it.
im getting it soon and i cant wait to play it again since my ps4 went nuclear
Just bought it a few days ago, absolutely addicted. The combat, customization, and level design is so intoxicating, this game needs more attention.
@@chyra451 I haven't even beaten nioh yet and I'm already super tempted to buy the second one
@@samx1099 d o
bought it on pc and its amazing
[Me walking outside and spotting a caterpillar]
[Caterpillar eyes my pants]
[Boss music starts playing]
I have to disagree with the thing about the missions. The missions are like an hour and a half each, and at the end of them you feel like you're getting a break and going home. I don't get the point about taking you out of the action, because Dark Souls does the exact same thing. You have to go back to your hub to do things like upgrade weapons, but new stuff, restock on resources, or talk to NPC's. The only difference is that Nioh streamlines that system. As for the menus, yeah fair point. The menus can definitely be clunky, but they aren't within a light-year of how bad Nioh 1's skill menu was.
Hard Agree.
Haven't played Nioh or Nioh 2, but I prefer sticking with my character even during the quiet moments like with Dark Souls. I like to still look at the sites and appreciate the world when Im not actively fighting enemies.
Having that part of the experience relegated to a bunch of menus seems like kind of a turn off.
@@SirGrimLockSmithVIII The big place to me is having each level be instantly replayable. Especially the optional boss submissions.
Im going to be real with yall, didn't even know there was a 2nd one coming out.
Me too
me thRee too
i didnt know there was a 1
Tf is a Nioh
well hey you can see that as a good thing; you got a fucking great game that’s already been released
I started playing Nioh 1 a year or two ago, but started grinding it out this year and loved it! I’m really excited to play N2
I loved nioh gonna buy nioh 2 this week
I tried it out but lost interest after losing my saves (also had a buddy carry me yikes). I'm back to where I was previously on Nioh 1 now and loving it. Looter style souls-like is definitely my cup of tea when I didn't gimp myself with a summon hand-hold.
I remember back when I played Nioh, it wasn't until I started REALLY grinding it that I fully enjoyed it. It's a game that gets better the more hours you sink into it.
@@catnipnapkin3329 Yeah I was stuck on the first mission everytime I played it, then I just toughed it out and LOVED IT
Another game that just came out that’s really good is the second Ori. I’d highly recommend it.
Couldn't agree more, easily one of the best Metroidvania's i've ever played. The first Ori was great, but the sequel is superior in every conceivable way.
There seems to be a lot of good games coming out in 2020. right now I'm mostly excited for silksong.
Silksong is gonna be so good. I’m mostly looking forward to Animal crossing on Friday.
Waffles yes!! I’m playing it now! Such an underrated game.
Le Epic meme yeah there are a fucking boatload of good games coming this year my most anticipated one is probably persona 5 royal
In any other game, swinging your sword and the enemy blocking it wouldn't be fun, but in Nioh 2, I GENUINELY love when a human enemy blocks my tonfa strikes. The sound that steel on steel makes in this game is oh so satisfying, and I feel that sound design in heavily combat focused games like this often goes overlooked.
You would love sekiro
The reason why people do low damage is because literally 99% of players don't know about the skill Flux, it allows you to double and triple Ki recovery by stance changing after Ki pulse, which also happens to quickly cancel recovery animations and allow you to do normally impossible infinite combos that can even kill bosses once they break.
Flux I and II are activated by changing stance once and twice immediately after Ki pulsing, doubling and tripling Ki recovery, giving you more Ki than you have at the start of the combo. Basically if you land a high stance attack, you Ki pulse with R1, then R1 + Square for mid stance, R1 + X for low stance, simple as that.
This also means that you can recover Ki infinitely in Dark realms, combined with increased anima and amrita regen, Dark realms become an overall buff for you to destroy bosses instead of turtling until the realm ends.
That and not updating gear on regular intervals, not using skill customization feature or not fusing/upgrading their soul cores.
99% of Player base only do regular Flux.
Flux 2 is done by people who has more aggressive approach to the game
Wtf
What the fuck
@@ColmK83 I was thinking of buying this after seeing the awesome character creation, but...nevermind lol...
Nioh 2 finally out on PC! Started playing a day or two after Steam launch, and I'm working my way through the Underworld, on floor 51 currently. I can't stop playing it's so good. The endgame content is a grindfest that feels a lot more like Diablo than Souls, but it's loads of fun.
Can you play with mouse and keyboard?
It's awesome to hear a review praise Nioh's story and lore, because it's straight up the entire Sengoku era's real history and mythology. People think soulsbourne has deep lore, but Nioh's lore is literally found in hundreds if not thousands of years of artifacts and writing in museums.
You can trace the lineage of samurai and their clans for hundreds of years of real history, and along with myths for thousands of years back to China and India. You can find weapons and armor in real world museums, learn about their blacksmiths, the year they were made in, the owners of the weapons, the number of kills each blade had. You can visit the real world locations of each mission, learn about the builders of the castles, the temples, the inhabitants and clans who defended them. And even Yokai designs are straight up taken from ancient paintings and made 3D.
Also it's not just the visuals, the story is told in such a way that it is very close to what happened in history, but where ever there were gaps in historical knowledge, they cleverly filled in with original story details, especially with the involvement of yokai, spirits and gods.
Even without talking about gameplay, it is just such a passionately crafted game where every single detail is made with real tireless research and decision making.
Lots of focus on it recently with the Dororo anime reboot as well.
@@The1of1000 wasn't that anime from last year and almost no one watched it because it's an Amazon prime exclusive?
Sam I don’t know about the prime thing, I watched it on the website gogoanime. About the dude who regains body parts by killing demons.
Both souls and Nioh are highly cultured games in terms of lore Ann designs. Souls take a more convoluted and literary approach while nioh does it in a more historical and straightforward manner.
I beat Ds3 and i was Hankering for another Souls-like and Nioh 2 delivered so well on that front. Hell i put more hours into Nioh 2 than ds3 (ds3 has like 66, nioh 2 has 104) and had a much much more enjoyable time with Nioh 2 than ds3. Ds3 is absolutely legendary in terms of its impact on other games, but Nioh 2 is exactly what im looking for in a game with heavy emphasis on Melee combat. Ds3 was simple, but played off its simplicity to create amazing combat puzzles relying on the players creativity and skill to complete said puzzle. Nioh 2 played off of that but added in a more complex, faster paced combat system where the game created combat puzzles that the player had to solve using timing, creativity, skill, and knowledge of what to do in the moment. Ds3 was a lot of "hit r1 when the time is right" (and no that isn't a bad thing, just simple) whereas nioh 2 was "here's an enemy, here are the combos and moves you can do, take them out however you like" and i prefer that over Ds3.
Nioh 2 is in my opinion an incredibly solid souls like that i think everyone should at least try. It can be brutal at first, but once you get used to its system, you'll have a wonderful time
Fuck yeah. Glad you’re loving it man. I’m streaming the whole thing too! Incredible
Nioh 2 was the first and only souls/souls like game I’ve played and I loved it
Glad to hear u share my opinion
Update: I’ve now played dark souls remastered, sekiro and bloodborne
I loved them all but nioh 2 is still my favorite all be it I haven’t finished bloodborne completely
It’s been a ride
Good to see someone unbiased enough to admit nioh 2s superiority.
Hope you have bloodbornes dlc. Its got some great new weapons. Especially for arcane builds
If you haven’t done the dlc and an arcane build then you haven’t played Bloodborne
1st rule of souls: Your first game is most often your favourite.
@@Rahnonymous true so true
Elden ring got me into the souls genre. Er was great sekiro was better but niohs combat system is miles ahead of souls games and this game is way harder for me and it's by far my favorite so far.
I’m glad that you enjoyed the game, dude! It was sooo good, and the story was fun. People complaining about the silent hero, and I’m actually a fan of it in this game.
I run with enemy sensor to eliminate surprise gangbangs. Much to my shame, I still get killed by a random Gaki that catches me with my guard down.
Why does this video have 1 dislike and it was posted 5 minutes ago? Somebody has notifications on to specifically dislike the moist meter?
Nothing surprises me anymore
Reddit users man
Guess someone wants to be the first dislike
Probably the same reason there are likes before anyone could have watched the video.
People want to offer positivity or negativity.
I always loved Demons Soul Hub system. Select a world, 4-5 layers, and done. Was perfect.
Yeah the hub system is also easier to make from a designers point so they can focus on level quality and quantity instead of creating this illusion of a vertical world which in reality is just as linear as a Hub/Mission system.
Demons souls remake when 😭
@@Mrholysymboldamn
@alkaupadhyay7650 haha yeah guess I ended up getting what I thought at the time was never gonna happen, glad it turned out great as well
@@MrholysymbolI just realised you replied to me lol, I started playing Nioh 2 again so I was checking out some guides and saw this video again
4:15 That criticism perfectly encapsulated my experience and feeling towards nioh. i love nioh as much as the souls series and it does so much right, i should like it more but i didn't. i felt like i couldn't put together a proper critique on why i didn't like the levels that much. it's a core design choice that does what it's supposed to but i didn't enjoy that kind of exploration. The sum of all the little things add to a more whole experience and the final verdict and i think everything else is a positive but the levels and the other qol things that could've been made makes the game like 8.5/10 from a possible 10/10. for me at least.
Yeah that bothers me too. It would have been a masterpiece if it had level design like Dark Souls.
i still remember the first time i played nioh 1 ,because the game did not have mouse support and it was filled with visual bugs galore on launch.....
Nioh is an action game, not an adventure game like Souls. The mission select makes way more sense than open world considering the story, setting, and the genre. It also lets you refight bosses easily.
@@Orphan_of_Kos_or_some_say_Kosm I honestly hate mission systems like that no matter the game, but I guess I like that you can replay bosses.
I'm the exact opposite. I'm glad we have a game where I can hop into it not have to play 20 hours just to face 1 boss I like. I can plop into any of my favourite missions and play.
I love Nioh with all my heart. Nioh 1 was my most played game ever. And I’m loving Nioh 2. The game isn’t perfect but it makes me happy.
The feel when u too bad to finish the first game in time and the second one is already out lol
u know at what im a master tho?
thats right, at drawing beautiful art on yt!
I didn't play the first one so I'ma jump into this one!:)
They're quite similar anyhow, unless you want the story or just want more you can probably start with 2 and be fine
Well I got to the second boss of the first one die twelve times and noped the fuck out of there
LMFAO I'm on that boat just started the DLCs. I'm glad though cuz after playing the demos for 2, I needed the brush up.
Nioh 1 was garbage, idk about the second.
Saw you beat it last night 👍
I also watched you complete this video game ...
Neat
Cool
Wow
Damn
Rad
This game deserves more attention
Absolutely
Nioh was such an underrated game
Yes it was. Criminally underrated.
@@Liminal-Lagomorph Nioh came out in 2017... how did Sekiro steal anything from it?
@@Liminal-Lagomorph that's fine but Sekiro itself didn't take away from Nioh. Sekiro being more popular because it was actually by From Soft is irrelevant to that argument. Nioh was slept on because the marketing for it was awful and no one knew what it really was. I think people were expecting a Ninja Gaiden style action game based in early marketing and then forgot about it when the game actually came out. Idk what fully happened all I know is Nioh 1 was slept on.
@@Liminal-Lagomorph From Soft does have clout but Team Ninja used to have the same clout regarding Ninja Gaiden. Even now there are rabid Ninja Gaiden fans. So I think Team Ninja has a more cult following while From Soft is a little more mainstream.
@@Liminal-Lagomorph but yeah I loved Nioh 1 and wish more people played it. I finally got my friend to fucking play it.
I actually played Nioh 1 when it came out for free on ps plus. I had no idea it was a dark souls game but it was fun and frustrating. I would enjoy to play this soon
7:18 cant wait for zerolenny's playthrough
A man of culture I see, it will be spicy.
A true battle of spice
wet noodle time!
He's probably in suffering as we speak.
It took him 1 year to finally did it
I'd consider watching the anime Drifters, if you haven't Charlie. It's got that whole, real-life historical figures in a fantasy story, sorta thing you were talking about.
It's also got some of that Dr. Stone/Log Horizon feel where the best parts of the show aren't the fights or anything normal, it's all about how these people use their knowledge and stuff to progress and gain the upper hand. At least for me that's what makes these shows most interesting.
i believe he did a moist meter on drifters
I disagree about the mission system. It is actually extremely good and not really something that's necessarily bad just because it's not souls-like. The Missions can be played and revisited at any time for extra drops, weapon upgrades, specific grind or stuff like that. Although it's nice to have a variety of interconnected lucrative passages that potentially can bring you somewhere, the sheer linearity of some often makes it more of a chore than enjoyment.
In Nioh 2 you have a starting position and an end point, a typical Level design that's present in over 70% of video-games since the 1980s. Not sure that a mission system can be even seen as a negative trait, it's a design choice for this particular style of the game which tells a story based of historic segments which also corresponds to the historic battles in Feudal Japan.
If you're not a fan of Samurai Warriors, then you wouldn't know.
Yeah, I agree. I love soulslikes and metroidvanias. Exploring labyrinths that lead all the way over to some shit I've never seen or a shortcut to a resting place is always fun, but the missions in Nioh 2 were actually refreshing since I might love exploring, but I get lost all the damn time lol(it's not the games' fault, it's me of course) so just getting to pick an area knowing where I start, and where I end without the risk of a few minutes of headscratching wondering where to go was a nice change of pace
@@battousaix4263 Indeed. I actually consider "Hand-holding" somewhat disposed or not properly attuned. Soulslike games in general are very limiting in terms of the exploration. You can explore as much as you want, but you are stuck in one place and you can't really get lost or stumble upon something akin to the open-world games/RPGs. With that logic the game is still holding your hands because you can't really progress further unless you beat a specific boss of the region or have an item that will open the passage for you or similar. Sure, there might not be a clear sign for you to get to that location and you might be going in circles until you accidentally find out where you're supposed to go, but saying how Nioh2 is holding your hands just because it has a mission system and that's taken as something "easier" is wrong on so many levels. Ironically, such sentiments remind me of the early misplaced criticism of the Dark Souls as the worst port on the PC ever made and a super limiting arcade-like gameplay that PC enthusiasts were talking about left and right. I knew back then that such sentiments were misplaced because Dark Souls was a video-game in an era where video-games have sort of lost their intrinsic value and meaning. It's not wonder that it created its own genre of RPGs or Action-Adventures.
With a mission based system the Framerate is also increased, which allows for more enemies, and computing power.
The system in Nioh2 on its own is perfectly fine, so jabbing at it is seriously misplaced as a valid criticism, even for the sake of the aesthetics. And it's not even such a big part of Soulslike games to have hidden corridors leading you to special places, more so because you can literally teleport around. Hidden enemies, hidden traps, dangers, stuff like that is the epitome of Soulslike games and Nioh2 is FILLED with such scenarios, making even the veteran Dark Souls/Sekiro players to ragequit constantly.
This game is much easier once you approach it as a Team Ninja game, rather than a souls game. Understand your opponent's weaknesses and exploit them, and make them suffer for it. Hesitation is defeat
If Nioh 2 is so good why isn’t there a nioh 2 2?
What?
@@malodos2295 Dunkey reference
I only watch your videos while I'm pooping
Haha same
I’ve never seen dad like this.... he seems... happy?
I know I'm one year late, but for the little monsters that come out of chests, wait for them to do an emote and repeat it after them and you'll get loot+money+a soul core.
You can even use the whistle emote to call them out of the chest without getting knocked over.
Even better. If youre using a sneak theif scroll keeping a fair distance from them after this and waiting till they leave will keep the scroll from wearing off
how did these nioh games fly over my radar when i was the biggest Ninja gaiden fan ever ?
It's so nice to watch Charlie overwhelmed with loves over a game like Nioh2. Hands down the best Soul like game till date.
Couldn't agree more. I've played dozens of souls likes, and have been around since the boom of the genre's popularity, and I wholeheartedly agree that Nioh 2 is the best souls game to date. Great combat, pretty interesting story, taught me a lot of Japanese history, and the sound design is 11/10
My biggest issue with the first one was there was only like 4 enemy types. It got so boring i passed on the dlc and went back to from soft games
So basically dark souls? Or basically every game ever especially the first in a series.
@@Bourikii2992 Um what? I dunno what you're smoking but Dark souls 1 had amazing enemy variety compared to Nioh. And if you say "Oh but it's all just hollows with swords", you clearly haven't played past undead burg
@@dannyboi5887 90% of the enemies and animations are lifted from demons souls and 90% of the time you're fighting hollows. Half the enemies you can play the entire game and never encounter, like those cat things or the drakes. The rest are basically reskins or reused bosses.
@@Bourikii2992 Anor Londo, Sen's fortress, Ariamis, New Londo, Darkroot Garden and Basin, Blighttown, DLC areas (oolacile township, abyss etc.), Catacombs, Tomb of the giants, Lost Izalith. That's nearly over half of the main areas in the game and the level of hollows in them ranges from low to non-existent.
Also the only times where a boss is straight up recycled as an enemy is the Anor londo gargoyles, The Taurus/Capra demons in Demon ruins and the small Moonlight Butterflies in Crystal Cave. A paltry amount compared to the amount of times Nioh recycles bosses and enemies
@@dannyboi5887 The difference being Onryoki, nue, and the bat bitch are actually good fights.
Anor londo - dudes in armor and reskinned giants
Sens fortress - snakes that swing left and right, such good design
Blight town - no one does this the master key exists
Catacombs/tombs - skeletons oh boy
Izalith - LITERALLY AN UNFINISHED ZONE.
Ariamis - wut????? That areas is majority hollows with toxic sacks or just hollows.
Charlie loves Nioh 2.
I personally think the main missions level design really stepped up. The second level alone is so intricate and full of optional stuff and different routes. If theyd stopped using the mission system the level desgin probably would have suffered a lot. Even in Dark Souls it was really only the first one that accomplished the vertical world instead of the super linear Dks2 and Dks3 worlds. I do not like the mission system but the verticality in most soulslike is just illusion whilst also focusing on great level design. Nioh does not give you that illusion but sort of accomplishes better level design and gives you many optional side missions for farming certain item sets. I dont think Team Ninja wouldve been able to create a world such as the first half of Dark Souls 1 so im all in favor of abandoning even the thought and giving us greatly designed levels. Its been 3 years since I played a new soulslike that I wholeheartedly enjoyed and Im glad for that after the disappointment Sekiro was in terms of replayability and role playing aspects.
I agree. I personally don't mind the world map acting as a majula or firelink shrine. The levels themselves are very intense and after you beat one its nice to just have a breather and pause on the intensity. Plus, you can level up and use the blacksmith instantly instead of walking back and forth between them taking up time.
Moist Meter is actually my most reliable review series for games and movies now
Charlie is honest and fun, but meanwhile as far as he talks about videogames he is fine, Cinema is an art, not pure entrateinement. And from what he posts I can tell he doesen't know much about Cinema at all. So it's fine listen to his opinion about a movie but nobody should take him as a reliable critic since he doesen't have enough knowledge (most pop websites doesen't aswell.. actually. And that's sad).
I don’t think Charlie actually beat this game. The ending is great
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He is lol
Didn't Charlie literally say he streamed the final boss on twitch in this video? Or did I not hear him correctly...
@@raiden2671 the stream cuts out at the end what happens
@@soporific9212 the stream cut out
If his performance up to Shibata was the same till the boss he definitely didn't lol he talks about all the depth in the game but he never learned any of it just spamed heaven and earth over and over.
Nioh is no longer a soulslike, it is it's own thing
The Mission system is the biggest selling point of the game. I wouldnt want it any other way. I dont want to run around in some empty place just for the "open world" experience.
Last time i was this early, charlie didn't have hair...
I have two hot TH-camr girlfriends and I am the best TH-camr ever and YOUR savior. Good bye dear xu
truly dark times
@@AxxLAfriku ?
@@cameronw1868 ignore him.
@@juliuspoensgen4369 aight
A lot of people didn't play nioh because of the mission system which is so sad
Nioh 2 is easily in the top 5 souls games ever
I know it’s older but can you do a moist meter on Bloodborne
Yes
The game is really bad
GodakuriOPTC Bloodborne is a masterpiece
GodakuriOPTC
You degenerate fuck
Bloodborne is still the best game I’ve ever played. Pure masterpiece
Definitely in my top 5 ps4 games Nioh series 👌
With how much charlie likes souls-like games im surprised he hasnt review monster hunter world yet
Too tedious apparently
Monster hunter world isn’t even close to a soulslike what are you talking about
@@kemosabe8346 Dark Souls has similar combat to MHW is what i meant, since critikal harps so much on the soul games combat and difficulty
@@Lolingtoner uhhhhh......I don't know how they are similar....because they both have an i-frame Dodge? Can't even lock on in mhw and it's weapons have genuine combo string rather than just three separate attack options
@@Mrholysymbol Committed strikes, methodical dodging, i-frame dodging as you said (although MHW has tighter i frames), spiky difficultly curve etc. They're completely different in writing and story but the you can't say the combat isn't similar, even if Dark Souls combat is a dumbed down version of Monster Hunters'. Also you can lock on in MHW, its just trickier and often useless.
It’s on sale and my boy Charlie reviewed it, hype
Last time I was this early, everyone was talking about the last time they were this early.
Kaden Kuszajewdki oooooh how clever....
You must feel so smart now
Was already planning on getting the game, now Charlie had just confirmed that I am getting this before elden ring.
I knew my man Charlie would recognize the glory of this game.
Agreed. This was the most anticipated game for me too. Nioh is my 2nd favorite game of all time. This game I seriously want to rival my top spot of all time
What's the first?
@@BLX187 Old PS1 game called Parasite Eve 2
@@sebastianriz4703 cool
Man if he enjoys Nobunaga and Hideyoshi being in a fantasy setting, wait until he hears about Sengoku Basara.
Its that samurai warriors anime innit
@@tuantani8480 Sengoku Basara is by Capcom. Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) is by Koei.
Both agree and disagree with the mission system, I can understand playing solo you would prefer the exploration however look at the multiplayer in games like darksouls, the mission system is specifically there to aid replayability and multiplayer, something that isnt possible with openworld without some convoluted system in place, nioh intends you to fight bosses more than once and not just in new game plus but multiple times per game cycle, they intend you to get a gear set more than once, dark souls you kill the boss and move on, you get a unique weapon and move on, both have their merits and downfalls.
Im so behind that i just beat Nioh 1 last month & started Hollow Knight right after lol so Nioh 2 will be put on hold for the moment but ill definitely be buying it
The inventory management is light-years better than Nioh 1, due to the wonderful filtering options. You can find specific gear quite easily, even with a full storehouse of 4000 items.
first order of business when playing any and every Japanese game with heavy Japanese subject matter and/or setting: switch audio language to Japanese, *especially* ones with serious tones.
celf help honestly the English voices in the first one were borderline racist
@@Ballsballs265 To be fair, you can count them on one hand and they probably only learned enough to communicate, not caring enough to overcome slight mispronunciations. Nekomata basically remedies this for William, anyway.
Nioh 2 then Doom Eternal it been a good month for games
Resident evil 3 next month
Dramamine P E R F E C T
Do a moist meter on ‘Dreams’ for the PS4 its incredible!
This is a hard game to do a moist meter on. I have Dreams. Just think about it. Doing a moist meter on a game you need to spend months practicing to get the hang of? Nah. Great game, but it doesn’t work that way.
1 yr later n yup still loving this game. And cant help but agree on the points you made Charlie. Sucks there wont be a nioh 3 😭
I loved the first game
I played through 4 times
The way of the Nioh I think
I had all Ethereal Gear but I’d only farm for the Iga Jonin armor so I could spam Kunais and melt bosses
The main reason for the mission system(other than allowing the game to play at 60fps on console) is because there are YEARS passing by throughout the game. You're going to completely different locations in real world Japan in different timelines. It doesn't tie together like a souls game, because it's not a story told in one short period of time, it spans across like 30 years and in completely different locations.
"Accidentally swing at a rock? Turns out that rock is a wall and it one-shots you." Ah, see, now that's relevant to me, because I came home from my aunt's house yesterday, and my cousins have the PS4 port of "Dad of BOI" (Another game that kind of plays like Dark Souls, actually). I was in the Lake, and there were fire pots everywhere surrounded by rock outcroppings, so I thought, "Okay, let's blow these things up, they're in my way.", but the game decided to hide a Soul-Stealer next to one of the big red chests (That was also covered in rocks), so I unwittingly ended up waking the thing by blowing up its bed. XD
PS4 "port"? DoB is Only on PS4
@@halowillneverbegoodagain1868 Strange, you think they'd have ported it to PC, as well.
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God of War has always been exclusive to PlayStation.
@@virtualwarp Fair enough.
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How long have you been with PlayStation? I've never gamed on another system. Though, I am recently playing a few games on PC. Like Ori and The Blind Forest.
"Fire balls, ice balls, FAT fucking balls everywhere." -Charlie 2020
The missions system is the one thing that allows this game to run at 60fps on console.
Wow! 3 A's in a row! This year is on a roll for games so far!
Complaining about the english voice acting when the japanese one is phenomenal. Sad that people don't like to read.
I usually tend to go with the dub but the Japanese voice acting in this game (Tokichiro in particular) is amazing.
It's still a valid complaint to have. If it exists, it can be criticised.
The Japanese voice acting is great but I encountered a hilarious bug where after the first boss, the cutscene was in English, so Tokichiro sounded so bad. Afterwards it fixed itself but man that threw me for a loop lol
I'm getting this game next week and I'm really happy that its good
BIG LOVE FROM AZ also nioh is lit af
When I got to the 2nd zone. I found the bosses just so easy compared to the first few. Maybe my build helped.
Focus on one weapon..don't do what I did by spiltting weapons but you already knew that. Once I did that it became a lot more fun.
Still it's got these moment where you will throw your controller
Sorry Charlie, DOOM Eternal used up my new game allowance for the month.
Maybe save it for the next month new came allowance
I’m tryna get Celeste
Sam Hartje isn’t Celeste cheap rn( not an insult)
Spicy Sausage I’m a little boi my dude
The bosses are do creative
When you killed the mimic i died a lil bit
Now I need to buy another souls-like game. I still haven't beaten bloodborne or code vein.
Bloodbornes been out for 5 years. I think you’ve had enough time to beat it lmao
I wonder if anyone’s noticed that the creepy walls get insta stunned if you shoot their eye with an arrow
recently dumped 3 flasks on one, thanks
Dark Souls is a metrovania. Nioh 2 is dungeoneering. That's how I see it, at least.
i'm actually psyched that charlie was excited for nioh 2, it's such a good series and imo horder than a souls game
Last time I was this early, there were original jokes in the comments
Myron Rogers this is ironic
Seems like you’ve never been early
I hate that basic enemies can one shot you. Makes equipping armor and leveling up seem like a waste of time
Better than Sekiro:Shadows Die Twice?
It comes down to personal preference, both games are great in their own way. I could see Nioh being overwhelming for some people, but I think the combat itself is better than Sekiro. You have so much control over your moveset and all 9 weapon types feel extremely different from one another. It also has one of the best character creator I’ve ever seen.
On the other hand, Sekiro has much better level design and the combat is very unique (the posture and deathblow system). You only get your katana for a weapon but the shinobi tools make up for that. But the best part of Sekiro is definitely the boss fights, it just feels so good.
TL;DR: both are great.
@@LuccatielD7 The other thing to consider is that Nioh is an action-RPG while Sekiro is an action-adventure game, and as such are completely different from each other in their execution and gameplay, with the only similarity being that both games take place in Sengoku Japan
Thank you both for the info!
Nioh has much better combat but Sekiro is more unique. I platinumed Sekiro and bumrushed Nioh 1 to play the second one. Personally, they really are not comparable to each other. Both are absolutely amazing.
Moist “high octane, nuts to butts action” Critikal
The enemies seem pretty damn spongy, there's nothing worse than having to grind if you want to continue on in the game and deal a reasonable amount of damage.
It is not advised to grind in nioh. Only if you want to obtain specific item for your build. Otherwise, you can just push your way through the mission, and still become strong enough for the end game.
You have to find enemies weaknesses.
That's only if you're focusing purely on their health bar, but it's actually their KI bar that you need to pay attention to. When it's depleted they enter a staggered state where you can perform a grapple attack and take off a massive chunk of their health. It's almost mandatory when dealing with Yokai enemies and bosses
I gotta say this is a MASSIVE improvement over the first game where almost all of the Yokai WERE pure damage sponges with nothing to really mitigate it, which really killed the flow of combat. Giving us the ability to grapple Yokai as well as human enemies is such a simple yet amazing change and I can't thank Team Ninja enough for it
@@Pikachu-qr4yb what is the monkey yokais weakness? He haunts my dreams.
@@ablebodied175 you dont
I think the mission system is actually a plus. I don't like walking around a huge place getting lost constantly.
Day 488 of asking Charlie to do a moist meter on LEGO Star Wars the complete saga
Seeing Charlie with those unspent skill points in the bottom left is driving me nuts
"Enemies have too much health"
Talkin Fishbone ikr, i watched the stream (afterwards cuz i missed the live ones) and the people in there were no help at all, they let him make bad choice after bad choice and get screwed over and whenever he asked them any questions they didnt know shit, he called poison bad when it’s the most overpowered effect so far in nioh 2 when you spec your gear and accessories towards it
SPOILER ALERT
Understanding the Moist Mind
My prediction of his rating based on his argument: 85%
Edit: His rating: 90%
One step closer to comprehending the high-level IQ of the moisture scale
Honestly I prefer these to Dark Souls, the first game was a blast. It's definitely easier for the most part but I love the chaotic energy these have. Once you get used to the speed the adrenaline hit is awesome.
I love Dark Souls but rolling around dodging shit and waiting for gaps in animations to me is nowhere near as fun as blitzing your way through a group of enemies like some anime swordsman.
I remember fighting the second boss in Nioh and just not fucking getting it, she's pretty fast and has range. But eventually the combat clicked and I beat her in like 30 seconds because rather than take your time you just go full beast mode on things.
And then you get your own POKÉMON to help out. Baller.
what better to watch instead of doing classowrk
I decided to try Nioh 2 few days ago. And i gotta agree, the only dislike i have is the mission system, It really breaks the flow.
One moment im having a blast, slicing a dudes limbs of with my katana and next im pulled away to look at a map. I was rly hoping it would be like other souls games where its one big map.
You say "chipping away at their health" when you're showing that you're exclusively using low stance on the kusarigama, low stance is the weakest but the most agile
I 100% agree.
I prefer the nioh mission system because you can replay missions and fight bosses again
I'll avoid Nioh 2 I'm just not a fan of tanky bosses and one shotting BS.
As they say ... "Get gud"
@@uglybutton6099 It has nothing to do with getting good. I don't like bosses that take so long to beat as it makes the fight boring as shit by dragging it out. One shotting bullshit is clear artificial difficulty and makes it unfair. You're so close to beating a boss and next he kills in one hit when you have full fucking health.
@@Bloodhurl67 I understand why that may frustrate you, but it just seems you are not the type to like souls games.
@@highbread5439 Except I've beaten DS, DS3, Bloodborne, Old Hunters, and Sekiro. Those have better and fair fights in comparison.
@@Bloodhurl67 your fighting morons out here just save it
Nice. Brings back memories of how charlie hated the lighting buff.
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