Nioh: Beginner's Guide for an average Dark Souls player - Basics of combat, loot system and more
369A very special video guide - my attempt to familiarize the average Dark Souls player with Nioh, a game that seems so Dark Souls-like despite being very different.
In this relatively short 'tutorial' video I cover the basics of Nioh, inspecting its core concept and key principles. I do my best to examine its combat and loot systems in order to explain how Nioh can be played.
In some ways it is similar to Dark Souls - for example, one can argue that level design in Nioh tries to emulate the successful formula of Dark Souls level design - with its witty shortcuts and clever enemy placement to create ambushes.
However, when it comes to its core concepts - Nioh is a very different game. It has a unique stance based combat, with spicy skill tree and unusual 'guardian spirit' system. In addition to that, it is mostly a gear oriented game that uses loot system similar to ARPGs like Diablo - with randomized loot and billion affixes, proper crafting system and incentivized grind.
Despite Nioh being different in its core, it can actually play like Dark Souls game. It gives you two options: you can either brute-force the game by playing it like Diablo, farming enemies for better equipment (weapons and armour), absorbing experience to get more power... or you can play it like Dark Souls - study the environment and enemies in order to 'git gud' and stroll through the battlefield in style. This is what I think its the most interesting part of Nioh.
Ultimately, we're yet to see if it will live up to the Hype, but from what I've see during the early 'beta' Last Chance Trial... Nioh might just be the best game on the market since the original Dark Souls.
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