Nioh 2 gameplay trailer

New trailer of Nioh 2 showing actual gameplay. Game...honestly ... looks amazing. Combat looks way faster, something that was really missing in Nioh 1 which was a tad too slow especially in terms of enemies. New Oni-form looks absolutely fantastic as do the summons.

That said it looks more like an expansion pack than an actually new game. Lots of animations being reused for instance, graphics barely look improved, new weapon looks fun though.

Looks fantastic. Did you see the zombie summon? CL build incoming!

Oh cool! I've been wanting to play the original Nioh and now there is a sequel.

There's some streams going around and honestly, it also frightens me somewhat on how little effort was put into this game. It really feels more like a big expansion pack than a fully fledged new title.

- animations are the same;
- weapons have the same attacks, nothing new shown so far;
- all the same stances return, no new stance moves shown so far;
- all menus are the same;
- all stats are the same;
- shrines are the same;
- all sound effects and even some music tracks are the same;
- the dojo is the same;
- armour sets, so far, are the same (only few new ones);
- Oni form is a reskinned Living Weapon with some added benefits (like a type of Ultimate Technique);
- chests look the same;
- re-used enemies with the exact same animations;
- you can now summon blue-phantom revenants, aka helpers;
- game is a prequel;
- you no longer play as a main character, just a random character you make;

There is just so much re-used, and it really feels more like the same being the same. Nioh was fantastic imo, but it had some flaws for sure. And it just goes to show how something little like a redesign interface can make it feel like a sequel. Now, granted, it is an alpha build, so things like this could very well change. But it doesn't really inspire confidence.

But I heard you can jump now!!!

Nawh, it is just a move that sees you go in the air. It was also in the original.

Someone is going to be very upset about that lol.

Personally my wishlist for this game is extremely small, all I want are:

- more 'unique' weapon abilitys like Tonfa Gun;
- have builds less determine how hard you hit, and more how you play;
- if possible, offer an armour and weapon set that scales with the mission, sort of giving a good 'base' difficulty (essentially removing gear and stats etc from the equation). Like an action-game mode or whatever. I think that would be a fantastic addition.

The Yokai System seems to have a bit more too it than I thought: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nioh/comments/bs5e32/explanation_of_the_new_yokai_mechanics_and/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

While it still does look more like Nioh 1.5 (as most are calling it now), it is probablly still really well crafted in the details of the game itself. Wonder when the game will see its actual launch.

*Make guns and bows more than support.
*Different ammo system.
*Guns and bows can ki pulse.
*No stat rerolling random shit.

For some reason I have very little interest in this game. If there’s greater enemy variety and less repeat levels I’ll get more excited. I also had a huge problem with the fountain of loot that would erupt from enemies in the first game and I don’t see that changing here.

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I think the stats and fountains of gear are here to stay, but they really need to find methods to deal with it better. In Nioh 1 there were easy ways to deal with it, but you had to know what was important and whatnot. It can work. They just didn't have it work yet.

It is still Team Ninja, so I am going to buy it. But I'm on the fence. I wonder if it will have cross-platform play since it is on all three major platforms (PC, PS4, X1). If so I'll probably get the X1 release.

I wish I could play Nioh and GOW2018 without the loot and souls runback stuff, and in GOW's case, the unskippable cutscenes, but that will never be. I just want linear action games with good combat and no one makes that anymore. Thank god I missed out on Ninja Gaiden until now, or I would probably be taking a break from gaming right now.

I really wish Nioh would offer at least an option to ignore the loot at a penalty of having less toys to play with or something. GoW2018 is a loot game though you can - after a patch - skip a few of its cutscenes thankfully. But it isn't a lot.

Also minor note: the gamefaqs boards of Nioh2 are a disaster zone. Stay away.

Haha, I immediately went there. Didn't see anything in particular that bad. What exactly were you referencing?

Mostly the topics with large post counts aren't very friendly, the typical 'if you have a critism, you're a troll' mentality followed quickly by "team ninja never took risks, NGII was a carbon copy of NGB" quotes.

Still seeing those butthurt users from the first game's board lol.