Nioh

To start, this is the first time i'm writing a "review" of anything.

The thing about Nioh is that it's much more than just some clone of Dark Souls. Sure there's some similarities to Souls-games, like gaining levels with your Amrita (souls) and altars (bonfires) or when dying you lose everything,but those similarities end there. Sure the combat too may look like it's the same kind that was in Souls, but it's more fast paced here and reminds a bit of Ninja Gaiden.

Although they released the game back in -17, i however got the game just a couple months ago and so for me it's new and fresh experience.And cause it's so new to me so i can't say if that's why, but i personally like Nioh more than i like Souls-Series.

To this end, i realize that this wasn't much of a review, just wanted to write something about the game that i've fallen in love with. :D

Peace ^^

Take dark souls, tough but fair, right? Now swap that with a Japanese setting, and with tough but cheesy. That's nioh. Where every enemy can one shot you and you have to hit every item 15+ times to kill them. So they copied everything from dark souls blatantly except....THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. Thank god I didn't pay for this. Go play Sekiro if you want a Japanese style Dark Souls

Nioh is a third-person Action/Adventure Fantasy RPG of the same style as Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, etc. But from a different dev. You play as a man who, in order to further his quest, must fight and kill countless bandits, samurai, and Yokai, which are Japanese Demon like creatures/spirits. Be warned this game is VERY difficult. Even harder than the Souls games. But it is a very fun, challenging, satisfying and enjoyable experience. It does feel unfair at times and has really rage inducing Boss fights and certain sections. Overall I'd give Nioh an 8.5/10. Really great and would recommend getting The Nioh Collection on PS5 that includes both games and all DLC.

I must admit that after Dark Souls, I wasn't able to adjust to playing this game for a while, and after beating first 3-4 bosses, I quit. Only months later I decided to revisit Nioh and realized I was very unfair not to give this game a chance, because it's easily the best of 2017, one of the best games ever made, an absolute must- have. A game you certainly need to get used to enjoy, therefore take my advice and don't be fooled by the beginning. Consider completing all the submissions before the main ones, since it will give you plenty of cool weapons and armor, and most importantly amrita (the analogue of souls here). Just like in Dark Souls it's important that you are as agile as possible, so make sure you improve the relevant stats. In fact try to level up as much as you can. Speaking of which, although Nioh was inspired by and is the reminiscent of great Dark Souls, it is very different, including the level up system. The combat is amazing once you figure it out. The setting is pure Japanese, it's beautiful but some may need to adapt to the atmosphere, so you might want to see Ran or other Kurosawa masterpieces before playing Nioh, after all it's based on master's unfinished script. Does it live up to the hype? Oh yes. I think Kurosawa would be proud. It's now one of my top favorites that I will be frequently revisiting and goes directly to my 'Japan rocks' list. The bosses are tough and pretty hard. Just how stupid I was to quit playing Nioh back then! I'm really ashamed I thought bad of this game before. And this is where I will address the creators of Nioh "Dear Nioh Team, if you come across any of my negative feedback that I haven't been able to track back and delete, please forgive my foolishness, you have done a miraculous job. Playing Nioh, I feel so happy I'm studying Japanese now, soon I will be able to play it with English subtitles off. Also I would love to say huge special thanks to Yûgo Kanno, the brilliant composer of this wonderful game, the Ogress boss fight theme is one of the most touching and emotional pieces I have ever heard, I have been listening to it for 2 days now and am listening to it as I'm typing this review. God bless you, guys and God bless Japan!"

Take Dark Souls, change the skin to a japanese theme, make the bosses 10 times stronger and there you have it, Nioh! Seriously, whoever developed this completely missed the point, action rpgs are about balance, not about how many times you die because the boss is overpowered... very disappointed