NIOH (PS4)

This is a difficult game. If you weren't a fan of Bloodborne or any other From Software game then this game isn't for you. That being said, the environments are not as depressing as in Bloodborne, there is a lot more dialogue and the story is easy to follow. The combat takes the cherry on the cake! It's fast paced unlike Bloodborne. I feel that it's a good game to buy especially if you are new to the soulsborne genre. It will give you a good understanding of the mechanics of these types of games.

To begin with i thought this game was a piece of cake after playing darksouls and bloodborne.Well i was wrong.... this is by far the most difficult game i have played.. for a few boss fights that are way more op than any soulsborne game.Well its not that discouraging or demoralizing compared to soulsborne...as the combat is much more fun and challenging than soulsborne with the different movesets..combos...spirit buffs..and more.And is not scary like soulsborne...XD...bosses are a bit nice looking..except for a few yokai...Soulsborne had one rule..bigger the bosses..the easier they are... Not the case with Nioh...atleast for a few of them..and size really does matter...Finally if are a fan of japanese folklore..you will love it!Also...the game is not well optimized...looking at the quality of visuals..ps4 should have easily achieved 60 fps at 1080p but thats hardly the case..but overall i like it..well done

It's Soul type game, proper combination of skill and techniques can it better to survive, tho it is hard game but fun to play and explore different type of armor and weapon and omni magic, story line is originate with historical events ,. Nice to walk through and see that timeline

Let me start off by saying that if you ever wondered what would the word be that replaces the word 'irony’, it's 'Nioh’. Koei Tecmo has been working on the title since the early ps3 days. But after countless delays and the game going silent for a while, has Koei Tecmo managed to deliver something beyond expectations? Let's find out.STORY 7/10The game's main protagonist is William (Ben Peel), a blonde-haired Irishman who arrives in Japan in pursuit of an enemy. While there, he crosses paths with Tokugawa Ieyasu (Masachika Ichimura) and his ninja servant Hattori Hanzo (Toshiyuki Morikawa), forming an alliance against both William's enemy and the yokai infesting Japan. William is trained in combat by Yagyū Munetoshi, Hōzōin In'ei and Marume Nagayoshi. The main antagonist is Edward Kelley (Hiroyuki Kinoshita/Nicholas Boulton), a Westerner driving the conflict using his dark alchemical abilities.GAMEPLAY 9/10Nioh’s gameplay is divided into stages instead of a long continuous open world. Each stage has a small description of what is happening and your objective in the stage with a short intro and end cut-scene. Main missions are accompanied by sub, side and twilight missions, with sub and side missions acting like the games side-quests and twilight missions being harder versions of the main mission. Even though the game is broken down into missions, each mission is considerably long with per mission taking you roughly 30-40 minutes to complete depending on your skill, how much you explore and grind to level-up.As soon as you start your first journey, some of you might get the feeling of familiarity since most of the Gameplay is surprisingly comparable to the Dark Souls series and Bloodborne developed by From Software. Although the gameplay is similar, it is only to a few fundamentals ie, menu functionality and zero assistance, assist your threat and approach with caution.Combat is much faster than any souls games have ever been. Never in all my years of gaming have I played a game this well designed in the combats of a Samurai/ninja. Basically combat is divided into 3 different stances, High, Mid and Low stance. Each stance deals damage in different quantities with the name of each stance giving a you a rough idea of each damage input. What you have to be wary of during each stance is Ki consumption. Ki is your stamina meter in this game and combat is completely dependent on the Ki meter as well as dashing. Similar to the gears of war series’ ‘active reloading’ where perfectly timing your reloads gives the weapon a damage multiplier, Nioh has a system called ‘Ki pulse’, where perfectly timing and hitting the R1 button replenishes a certain portion of your Ki.One or two parts where Nioh manages to fall short are in its habits of asset reuse and bosses. Each Main Mission is different in its own regards, but enemy variety is disappointingly limited. For the most part you fight same enemy types, only difference being that they are stronger and process different elemental damages. That too, only implies to the Mid-level enemies, low-level enemies are practically the same throughout the game.Bosses are also to some degree a bit disappointing as no boss in the game is a memorable experience when compared to other games in the same field. I’ve personally noticed that all bosses have a pattern which is very easily exploitable.VISUALS 7/10Before we talk about visuals, I would like to point out that Nioh provides players with three game modes they can choose from which are:Action ModeMovie ModeVariable ModeAction mode lowers the resolutions for a better frame-rate(dynamic resolution ranging from 3840x2160, 3200x1800, 2560x1440 and 2304x1296 with an almost solid 60FPS on the PS4 Pro and a dynamic resolution ranging from 1920x1080, 1728x972, 1665x940, 1472x828 and 1280x720 at 60FPS on the regular PS4)Movie mode gives more priority to better image quality with sacrificing frame-rates(full 1080p with capped 30FPS on the regular ps4 and 4k at a capped 30FPS on the PS4 Pro)Variable mode deals with providing a standard 1080p and 4k resolution with an uncapped frame-rate on the regular PS4 and PS4 Pro respectively.Talking about the visual fidelity of the game, Team Ninja opted to not use any fancy graphics rendering techniques you would see on most titles these days and instead went with a Brute force method. The results are very much satisfactory but not what we would see on most triple-A titles. One part where the Team deserves credit is with the game's lighting engine. The lighting mechanics are designed in a way that light reflecting from the walls or ground gives the game a much prettier tone and look which is very pleasing. Also, one thing I’ve personally noticed is that enemies at a distance tends to be animating at a much lower frame-rate when in Action Mode. Maybe that is how Team Ninja managed to maintain the almost steady 60fps.AUDIO 8/10The general audio is great with decent voice work. There doesn't seem to be much of a dynamic system when it comes to audio tweaking options, other than the standards. A nice thing to commend Team Ninja for, is adding another layer of realism in the voice work, Japanese speak Japanese and William speaks English as he is from Britain. You don't have the weird situation where a man born and raised in Japan for all his life suddenly speaks English like he is an English.man. It certainly was a nice and unexpected touch from the game.Overall ScoreStory 7/10Gameplay 9/10Visuals 7/10Audio 8/10Total 31/40A 77.5% rating of approvalConclusionNioh is definitely a great game with a few drawbacks. Now what comes to mind is whether Nioh will turn into a franchise and if so, when could we possibly see a sequel?

this game make you very irritated I didn't like this game because it is a very difficult game and when you leave the area and come back all the enemies are alive and you will kill every time when you arrive the same place and you will die you will go from start so it's a very difficult game and his brother also came in 2019 sekiro and this game also has same think too difficult and and same platform but the story is different and nice graphics and detail also nice from nioh.

A very Good game but not for all gamer or I'll say not for beginners. If you are Hardcore gamer you'll love it.

The game is really hard all of my money went to waste

Great game, has a similar game play style as souls games but with a unique flare of its own. It does have some rough edges here and there but an still an amazing game that's worth your time.