It's clearly using many of the ideas in the Souls games and making them its own. This is a powerful attack based on your Spirit Guardian that is an effective way to take out more difficult enemies.Īll told, combat in Nioh feels a lot like Bloodborne but it has enough of its own mechanics to feel fresh and unique at the same time.
Each Guardian has different powers, and when you fill a special meter through combat, you can unleash your Living Weapon on an enemy. Various consumables will fill this back up, but Elixirs are your basic healing item and replenish (up to a certain amount) when you pray at a shrine.Īccompanying you in combat is your Spirit Guardian. Successfully landing a Ki Pulse can also banish demonic magic that slows Ki recovery.Īlong with Ki there's basic health bar. Rallying restores health in that game by quickly returning a blow after receiving damage, which in turn exposes you to further damage. This is similar to the Rally mechanic in Bloodborne though less risky. The twist is the Ki Pulse, which allows you to press R1 quickly after an attack to more rapidly recover Ki, extending your ability to keep fighting without losing your momentum. There's also a similar stamina mechanic to the Souls games, though it's referred to as 'Ki.' You use this up by running, blocking and attacking and it recovers more slowly if you're defending-all very similar to the Souls approach. I've accidentally consumed the wrong item a number of times because I forgot to swap back to the first four items. Having four weapons and eight items/spells mapped at once is extremely useful, though it can be a little overwhelming in a heated battle. Holding R1 and pressing R2 swaps out your consumables, meaning you can have eight different items/spells mapped to the D-Pad. You change stance by holding the R1 button and then pressing one of the shape buttons (triangle is high, square low, etc.) By holding R1 you can also switch between two melee weapons or two ranged weapons using the D-Pad. The loot is almost a mix between Souls and something more along the lines of Diablo. You regularly find items with better stats that aren't all that different from what you've been using, and are constantly changing up your gear. Rather than dozens of unique sets, there's different types of armor that then varies in quality. The real move-set variety comes from stances rather than from each weapon.Īrmor is varied in similar ways. Within those types you may find dozens of different weapons, but they all operate more or less the same even as the stats shift from one to the next.
However, they have a lot more weapon variety. The Souls games have no 'stances' to speak of. This differs from Dark Souls quite a bit. So it's important to experiment with other types of weapons/stances so that you have options. I've used this weapon/stance combination more than any other, but on some enemies and especially on some bosses, the high stance's warm-up is too long with a Kusarigama, leaving me vulnerable for too long.
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In high stance it packs a series of fast, hard hits but can also be used to snag enemies at a distance. The Kusarigama is a long chain with a blade on the end that has both very short-ranged and mid-ranged attacks. I really like playing with a Kusarigama in high stance. This all leads to quite a bit of variety when it comes to combat, even though weapon choices are limited. Or you may find you simply prefer one over the other. Depending on your play-style and the enemy you're up against, experimenting with different weapons in different stances could mean the difference between life and death. You can change stances on the fly, and each one results in completely different moves for each type of weapon. You can choose between the very fast 'low' stance, the slow-but-strong 'high' stance or the balanced 'mid' stance. Where combat differs the most is in Nioh's clever 'stance' mechanic. You can also block or dodge incoming attacks.
You can then proceed with light or heavy attacks, stringingg these into various combos that differ depending on how you've leveled up, which stance you're in and what weapon you're using. Clicking the right thumb-stick locks you onto an enemy, and flicking that same stick allows you to change targets. You have magic, melee and ranged options. It's rarely, if ever, as slow as the original Dark Souls and would be better served by a comparison to either Bloodborne or Dark Souls III. Combat in Nioh feels a lot like a Souls game.
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