Nioh 2 PS4 13 March 2020

Cynicalking said:
I hope it comes to PC like the first one, because the beta looked like crap on PS4.
Click to expand...

ugh, I hope it's better for final release. I didn't have the PS4 when the beta rolled out...I'm sure it'll follow the first one to pc sooner or later though. At least I hope it does.
 
Lazy8s said:
ugh, I hope it's better for final release. I didn't have the PS4 when the beta rolled out...I'm sure it'll follow the first one to pc sooner or later though. At least I hope it does.
Click to expand...

Nioh2 was definitely better than Nioh1 judging by the demo, with a bit of a polish and some DLC it'll will definitely surpass Nioh1, unless of course Tecmo/Team Ninja go full DOA DLC tactics.
 
delirium121 said:
Nioh2 was definitely better than Nioh1 judging by the demo, with a bit of a polish and some DLC it'll will definitely surpass Nioh1, unless of course Tecmo/Team Ninja go full DOA DLC tactics.
Click to expand...

There goes another 250 hours of my life :lol:
 
So I've been playing the timed demo that's out.

It's kicking my ass :lol: I'm really hoping this isn't the starting area they put up. Some of the enemies are just brutal. Making my fingers work with the couple of control changes they made is getting me in trouble as well. I think I'll be summoning some help here.

Anyone else in?
 
I made it to the first boss. Again and again ...and again. I'm being one shotted 2 seconds after entering the fight.

I ....hope this is going to be tweaked a bit before the full release.
 
If it's like the others it's probably a mid game mission. Which does... nothing about making me want to keep playing it. At least the first demo started with a bunch of normal enemies not clustered together so you had room to maneuver and then ramped things up as the level progressed. This demo though, can't move one foot and not have a fight against a Yokai without a guy firing arrows or a bazooka at you.

I mean, I'll give it another try tomorrow, but I'm not having fun so not sure how much I'm going to bother.
 
Yeah that multi enemy is a bit over done for sure here. The first games combat tweaks, implementation were really satisfying for me - heck I'm still playing it lol.

This one...I mean granted it's a tiny area, but it seems over cooked, for lack of a better term. That ape-like yokai is ridiculous :lol: and I'm not really a fan of the guardian spirit changes.

meh - I started another character and rolled with kusa and glaive, and I'm actually winning more than dying now. I already bought the game and refuse to waste it, so I better learn this thing :p

edit: I spent some time leveling and getting some jutsu skill points, and I'm beginning to get a feel for the new combat systems. It's the same with a couple of major additions. It's still damn hard, but then again, 50% or more of the mobs are all mini bosses lol.

Making progress, but Isure miss my old GS.
 
Last edited:
I uninstalled the demo this morning. I'm just not that impressed. I don't regret preordering the game, but I sure hope they tweak some things before the final release.

1. Some of the yokai abilities are fun, but the timing on using them on some enemies feels broken.
2. Having a guardian spirit feels almost like an afterthought now, and how using it and the soul cores and yokai powers just feels clunky.
3. The difficulty spike - I never got past the 1st boss. I made about 20 runs at it and more often than not I was one shotted within 20 seconds - more below on that.
4. Ki use, recovery, ki pollution from the yokai realm is just over the top horrible in this one. Once ki is depleted it's nearly impossible to recover, like from dodging and blocking the first bosses whirlwind attack, which it seemed to love to spam me with.

Getting help - there's a ton of players leaving beneficial graves to summon from, and the torii gate works as well as ever, but again, that first boss....it would focus on one of us and either me or the summons would be dead within a few seconds.

I watched a few videos of players beating this thing. I have no idea if they farmed and leveled for 15 hours to get where they could beat it -- I'm not willing to do that. Shouldn't have to go to such lengths.

Hey team Ninja - if you see this, the difficulty in the first game was perfect. Please tweak this for us lowly noobs, would ya?

Maximum disappoint :(

edit: Reinstalled because I like being hurt. What is wrong with me?
 
Last edited:
Maybe it's just the tuning in the demo?

I was having some serious concerns about the stamina/ki system in this game. From what little I played, it feels like I can't do **** without being completely out of stamina and waiting to recover. The enemies though seem to be able to spam it away.
 
shrike126 said:
Maybe it's just the tuning in the demo?

I was having some serious concerns about the stamina/ki system in this game. From what little I played, it feels like I can't do **** without being completely out of stamina and waiting to recover. The enemies though seem to be able to spam it away.
Click to expand...

I'm about to send team ninja a personal video of me, on my knees in tears, begging for them to fix it :lol:

Some of the enemies tank your ki in one hit. If you can't gain a bit of distance to recover...sayonara lol.
 
Lazy8s said:
I'm about to send team ninja a personal video of me, on my knees in tears, begging for them to fix it :lol:



Some of the enemies tank your ki in one hit. If you can't gain a bit of distance to recover...sayonara lol.
Click to expand...
This game is making me angry. It feels like this is a slog and a half. Big guy shows up in that dark area? One hit. You're ****ed. Guessing I gotta beat him to get past the wall or open that crate.
 
shrike126 said:
This game is making me angry. It feels like this is a slog and a half. Big guy shows up in that dark area? One hit. You're ****ed. Guessing I gotta beat him to get past the wall or open that crate.
Click to expand...

shoot the sniper on the catwalk from outside. Shoot the little guy. Summon a blue grave to keep the big guy busy. Run in and destroy the big crystal. Crystals are a thing in the dark areas. Bust the crystal and the guardians die.

Yeah it has me a bit up in arms too. Sorry I haven't been available all day...family thing going on.
 
This first major boss...I don't know what to say. I get it down to 40% health or less every time. That's better than the "I walk in and turned to hamburger in 2 seconds" that I was dealing with before....but jeez ya know? I didn't have this bad a time with Sekiro's final boss. :(
 
I took a few more runs at it. The timed demo is closed after tonight I guess, and I already bought the game.

I sure hope the full game gives me a chance to level a bunch before this boss.
 
I'm really hoping this "level" we got was just a bunch of stuff thrown in to an area and that the game itself will be not this.
 
shrike126 said:
I'm really hoping this "level" we got was just a bunch of stuff thrown in to an area and that the game itself will be not this.
Click to expand...

Same here. I did some browsing this morning and there is a ton of feedback about the difficulty, mostly the ki.

So far the devs have been really listening to feedback from the alpha and beta trials, so hopefully they do here too.

Nioh was hard, harder than Sekiro in spots, but I still beat the entire game, dlc included. This....ugh...never did get past that first boss. I know others did...but not too many I bet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top