What I like the most about this game is how it takes elements from Dark Souls and resignifies them to its own terms: in DS your actions (movements) have consequences physically speaking, it represents those in a naturalistic way to make you realize that you're in a merciless world that won't put invisible walls and so to help you. The movements of your character have weight, they'll take time and effort (stamina), compromise.
Nioh takes those elements in a martial arts focus, you have to lessen your enemy's stamina, wait until he moves, choose an adequate position to match your opponent, etc.