Great gameplay with skill trees that push it well past souls-likes, fun bosses, and overall just a nice comfort game weirdly for me.

You'll be going through a mythologicalized version of Japanese history (the rise of Ieyasu with a bit of personalized story), going through major events and trying to get your guardian spirit back.

Level based so you can replay them on a whim, also very gear based as well, a diablo like loot system that doesn't require too much thinking outside of clearing your inventory of the lesser stuff every once in a while.

Quite a few different types of weapons that each have their own skill tree.

I'd advise you play it with a weapon and also either ninjutsu or onmyo, switching whenever you get your mystic art of said weapon, ninjutsu and onmyo are such important boosts to combat, like sloth (slows enemy hit with it down), or the ninjutsu ability to revive after death.

The only good thing about this game was that i got it for free.

i want to use heavy armor and axe/hammer because they look cool
i spend every single fucking level up on the stats that allows me to carry heavy armor
by endgame i almost cap the damn stat
still can't midroll with full heavy
i have to do a garbage gacha game hoping for weight reduction on every piece of equipment
not even worth trying because every mission drops the same fucking armor with a better number
there's barley any heavy/axe user revenants to get cool drops from

What the fuck. I never felt a game that hated me so much for my build, shit was hostile and i didn't like it AT ALL. The game wasn't even that hard, the only thing i feared was those fucking Tengus.
I hate this game.

Being someone who is deeply invested in From Software's work in the Soulsbourne genre, you hear a lot of reasons why their games just don't click for people. The one statement that every fan will defend is that "Souls games are unfair". Move in a little closer to read this next part. THIS GAME is unfair.

This game feels like everything that people who don't play Souls games complain about all packed into one game. Truly one of the most bullshit video game experiences I've ever had. But for some reason, I sunk 33 hours into this game. 33 hours of pushing a boulder up a cliff just to watch it roll back down. But at a certain point, when the stars align and when you finally understand. It clicks. The weapons, the timing, the mechanics, they all make sense and the game starts to give. suddenly it feels amazing. That anger and frustration stays now as fuel to kick the boss's ass. To show the game that you're in charge. The experience that you get from this game is Player Vs. Designers and it's unlike anything I have ever played. A game that actively wants you to fail. Fighting against the game and getting your teeth kicked in for 30+ hours. Did I enjoy my time in Nioh and would I recommend it? I really don't know. But did I beat it? No. I conquered it.

My 2nd souls like game and by this time I still haven't played a dark souls and I find this game more difficult than bloodborne as it requires precise timing and damage scaling of enemies are really high. the story isn't very intriguing, and the characters don't have enough development to be intriguing, But it does have an excellent combat system with a massive amount of ways to approach most encounters like stances change the moveset and capabilities of your weapon, element buffs and debuffs play a big roll, and the loot/gear system is initially staggering but quite impressive. This is all great, where it fails slightly is in level design, pacing, and enemy variety as you save Japan from the Youkai invasions.

Uma forma insana de aprender de maneira resumida (ou quebrada) a história do japão

Nioh tava no meu radar já a um tempo e finalmente chegou o momento de eu iniciar ele, nos meus primeiros minutos de jogo eu já senti o peso e a dificuldade que esse jogo iria me proporcionar durante horas e horas de gameplay. Desde já quero deixar claro que sou apaixonado pela estética de samurai e esses rolê toda da ásia, então Nioh me conquistou muito nisso.

Nioh tem uma forma de abordar a história com um jeitão de Assassin's Creed, juntando mitologias com os eventos que ocorreram na vida real, eu acho isso uma maneira muito foda de ''ensinar'' principalmente vindo de um souls-like, já que jogos desse gênero costumam ter a história restrita a itens, artefatos e cinemáticas curtas de bosses, no Nioh isso é totalmente diferente, o jogo é mais centrado nela e o fluxo da história corre de maneira rápida, porém com cuidado pra não lhe deixar perdido no que ta acontecendo.

Sua gameplay foi um dos meus maiores desafios aqui, achei o jogo bem complicado, sua dificuldade eu diria que é até um tanto artificial, ele é muito difícil no início (de uma forma até exagerada), e chega la pro meio e final do jogo ele perde todo aquele impacto de dificuldade, chegando a matar alguns inimigos com dois ou 4 hits, e se buildar direito você acaba levando o boss de umas áreas com poucas porradas.

O que eu fiquei decepcionado é que o jogo não me cativou muito ao ponto de eu querer iniciar as DLCs ou ter um fator replay nele, sei la ele ficou meio cansativo depois de um tempo e acabou me enjoando bem rápido.

review portuguese/english

nioh agradou meus olhos a princípio, seu combate com modos de postura foi um diferencial incrível para mim e percebi que era uma alma fora da curva. infelizmente por estar tão fora da curva me perdi em algumas funções do jogo que fica complexo com construção de builds e progressão correta do seu personagem de acordo com a arma que usa, ter pouca experiência me fez recomeçar algumas vezes até aprender e mesmo assim virou algo que não dava para continuar , 20 horas jogadas no pc via epic + 10 ou 15 no ps4 ficou impossivel continuar mas posso julgar como um jogo excelente mesmo não tendo acabado , os contras que achei em relação aos chefes alguns são muito medianos não seguem a mesma qualidade do jogo, o nivel de exploração é bom a nivel souls porem as fases muito das vezes são pequenas .infelizmente meu backlog me chamae não darei continuidade mas super recomendo.

nioh pleased my eyes at first, his combat with posture modes was an incredible differentiator for me and I realized that he was a soul outside the curve. Unfortunately, because I was so out of line, I got lost in some game functions that are complex with building builds and correct progression of your character according to the weapon you use, having little experience made me start over a few times until I learned and even then it became something that I couldn't continue, 20 hours played on the pc via epic + 10 or 15 on the ps4 it was impossible to continue but I can judge it as an excellent game even though it's not over, the cons that I found in relation to the bosses, some are very average, they don't follow the same quality of the game, the level of exploration is good at a souls level, but the stages are often small. unfortunately my backlog calls me and I will not continue but I highly recommend

I've completed the base game and now I need to finish the DLC. But I know I just have to practice playing this game again before I do that. I used to hate this game due to my fanboyism, but I learned a lot about action games, mastering them and how to approach different games, Personally to me, this is the ultimate feudal Japan action RPG with insane amount of depths in its combat. I know a lot of people are banging on on The level designs and its mission structure hates the game. I don't know, I like that it is paced and designed that way because the devs want you to focus more on its combat. I love it as much as Sekiro and Dark Souls, but I have a feeling that once I mastered the game, I will love it more than those two games.