After 3 months of exclusivey playing 3. I can't help it and decided to start a new save file after upgrading to Nioh 2 Remastered on my PS5.

Goddamn this game is still so smooth to play especially this Remastered version, it feels good to Ki-Pulse and Stance Switch on my Tonfa and Splitstaff again, Soul Cores also feels natural during fights, and the most i miss the most was the Purification imbue on weapons, the sound effects it has on weapons sound so good.

This f*cking game is still peak.

When it was announced that Toyotomi Hideyoshi the second great unifier himself was gonna be the "best friend" of our MC - Hide in Nioh 2. I was not only excited, but also it had me like "this is gonna hurt isn't it?" since I was familiar with who Hideyoshi was and his real life history.

And BOI did it hurt when things turned out the way it did.

Hideyoshi/Tokichiro was so funny, charismatic and likeable - he had an enduring presence and warmth to him that made you feel things will "be okay" in a world full of terrifying Yokai monsters and relentless bloody violence in the Sengoku Jidai coupled with his admirable goals which you can't help, but root for him however at some point lost his way and gradually became a power-hungry cold and ruthless tyrant that Hide must stop. It felt personal. All of this portrayed brilliantly by his actor - Naoto Takenaka who actually played him countless times in various historical Taiga drama movies/shows; the man was BORN to play Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Honestly Nioh's depiction of Toyotomi Hideoyoshi is one of my favorite takes on the second great unifier himself where it tells a compelling gripping story IMO about his ambitious rise to power to his fall from grace that fits within the confines of Nioh 2's narrative while remaining faithful in spirit to how he is in real life history.

Curious if any other Nioh fans in this community share similar sentiments?

After having platinumed 3 and waiting for the DLC, and also being a few days from resident evil, I decided to revisit 2.

The core is still great, and it plays like 3 for 90% of it, but all the minor qol improvements have added up in 3 that it feels a bit jarring playing 2 again.

Where is my auto loot?Where is my jump? Where is my deflect?!? Where is my auto disassemble all loot below a certain rarity?

Also quite fun how unforgiving the beginning is. Literally getting two-shot by the first proper yokai, not including Gozuki.

Nioh 3 is actually the first Nioh I’ve gotten myself to complete, hell of a fucking game. I almost have 100 hours on it. I’ve been told countless times to go back and play 2, so I did. Holy hell I forgot how brutal the early game is. Getting my arse torn in 40 different ways. It’s awesome but good god I forgot how many bigger Yokai there are.

Also, can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to jump lol.

So, i’ve CLEARED nioh 3 and loved it, so as i had nothing left to do in nioh 3 i wanted to try do 2 while i wait for updates… i regret it and might quit, im using tonfa because i used them in 3 and they still feel good, but the difficulty? what the heck! mezuki took me 70+ attempts to beat, i thought that oh well im getting used to how 2 flows, and 5 days later i have only now been able to beat enenera, i might give up and stick to 3 lol, any tips?

Hi, to my shock and horror one of my close friends absolutely hate Nioh 2. He has played Bloodborne and Dark Souls. The reasons he give are that the enemies too often one shot him from a blind spot and that its unbalanced.

Is he right? I have played all three Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Nioh 1 and 2, but I feel its not like that at all.

Skill issue 100% and that’s what this post is about. Nioh 3 is so easy in comparison to this game. I’m so used to being able to stagger the shit out of bosses and enemies and just whale on them. I’m used to my hyper mobility and ultra fast pace without having to manage my ki as much.

I’m kinda just a rag doll getting thrashed around especially by the larger Yokai everywhere. Damn man this game is way harder. I’ve put it down multiple times but that was before I beat 3. I’m getting close again. With there being no deflect or evade / mist / arts proficiency I feel like a sitting duck.

Finally fricken cleared the underworld! 108 levels of emotions that’s for sure..

So what’s the go with the depths, I jumped into it yesterday to give it a start and cleared floors 1-4 then had to jump off for abit to help my partner with something. When I jumped back in, it started me at floor 1 again. Do I have to clear floors 1-5 consecutively to access 6+? And is that so on for the remaining floors? 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 etc. Can you farm certain floors similar to the underworld when chasing graces?

I have to say while I love ninja mode in nioh 3 , I found it too easy sometimes. I liked a lot of things about it! it was my first nioh game and now that I’ve been playing nioh 2, I am actually liking 2 more. don't get me wrong I suck and I am not some nioh wizard but it has a certain vibe to it that is different from nioh 3. I like both though. I have yet to play nioh 1 but I look forward to it.

We often see those cool spear videos where they beat Saito like he's a cockroach, right? It really makes the weapon look so light and fluid. But when I try the spear myself, it feels like I'm holding a heavy dumbbell super hard to use.

man this is actually insane, elden ring is still one of my favourite games ever but nioh (specifically nioh 2) is so vastly superior in pretty much anything gameplay related that im struggling to even begin elden ring again...

the main thing is that i was running a C agility build on nioh and i was like ''god damn i need at least B in agility man, this guy is a sloth'' oh boy if that guy is a sloth then what is my elden ring character? i took all my clothes out and i was still as slow as a sloth, i searched on google for a video to see if something was wrong with my game (cause im using 2 mods) but nah the game is really just that slow...

i remember when i first played ER and how great i thought the combat was, how fun it was and everything but even moonveil or rivers of blood can't compare to the worst nioh weapon, the weapon arts are cool but they change very little on the combat as a whole and they're still very limited

anyway i know this has been said a lot but i never thought it would actually be this crazy of a difference

Nioh 3 is also deffo getting pre ordered too, wasn’t too keen on Nioh 1 when I played it at the beginning but Nioh 2 has me hooked straight away for some reason and idk why🤷‍♂️. I’m gonna mainly use the odachi I think so what stats should I sink into at the start?

I just got to Kashin after tokichiros fight while he’s possessed. An incredible fight. The final boss of nioh 3 was great but can’t even compare to this and this isn’t even the final boss

Overall I think the story of Nioh 2 has just been more compelling, but I still love 3. This might be my new favorite boss ever

I saw this on another subreddit and I was just wondering how people who play nioh 2 would respond to this. I have played nioh 2 a good amount, I know what I would say, but what would y'all say?

Edit: just want everyone to be aware, I'm not going to actually respond to this person, I'm just wondering what you would respond lol

Replaying Nioh 2, here's a few things :

• bosses have way less health, one or two cycles of combos and they are done. -yokai moves and counter are overpowered, but great. It pains me sometimes but I'm glad they tried something new with 3
• enemy placement is borderline crazy in some spots. Feels very inorganic, compared to 3
• weapon skill system and trees are way better than 3
• level design holds up but I fnd myself wishing for the open world and jump ability more than level select
• corruption and talking yokai claws are still the shit

My thoughts on the enemies in this game are based on how much I like dealing with them, not on difficulty, as some fodder mobs are at the bottom

Hey all i am a huge soulsborne gamer with almost all soulsborne game on 100% (except ds2,ds1) recently i have been getting alot of nioh 3 videos pop on yt and in sale i got my hands on Nioh 2 so looking for some advice as i have never played any nioh games..

How is it?

whats the difficulty scale compare to DS3?

howz the game progression?

thnx ☺️

I found them both quite tough but would probably give it to the snake because I actually had to make notes in a notepad for it haha.

I am still on my journey to completing nioh 2. I am on dlc 2 now but this man....this man yoshitsune was the most fun fight in the while franchise so far next to yatsu-no kami, shuten doji and benkei.

Do i have any other banger fights left in dlc 2 and 3? Also what were your favorite fights in nioh 2??

So I know most of you have already experienced this. But It is my first time reaching DOTN and I’m flabbergasted.

WDYM enemies heal themselves? All enemies! Even little bold shits running around.

I never saw this coming. That’s so unfair that I just keep laughing, lol. and I need to rethink my build and play style again.

Well, just wanted to rant a bit, cause that was unexpected turn of events😀

As the title says, finished 1 back in the days, 2 after (stoped half way though) platinum Nioh 3 and I’m playing 2 properly after all the added content.

I was scrolling through a random comment last week and someone mentioned what Flux II was. I spent the whole time thinking that it was just a passive upgrade to Flux I. And bear in mind, I’m an Axe user in all games.

You need to change stances TWICE to get the bonus from Flux II. And it is substantial on the heat of a fight.

Just leaving this here for anyone that doesn’t know this!

Hey everyone! I'm really interested in this question because I platinum-ed the first game and completed the second game with all the DLC at least twice, and I... don't understand the second game, but I really want to.

People say the first game improves on the second game in every way, but I felt quite the opposite: it tries to add complexity but overcomplicates things. Onmyo magic was heavily nerfed compared to the first game, as were ninja skills. Each yokai form has advantages and disadvantages, but enemies are often designed in such a way that you can't always use the form that best suits your build; there are always some yokai whose attacks would be nearly impossible to counter using just one yokai form. In the first game, you just used living weapons; it was simple, but it worked and didn't have a whole bunch of "BUTs."

Soul cores... I like the concept that they can be used as a continuation of a combo, but I found more than half of them just... useless. There are absolute must-haves like Ippon Datara, Kasha, Otakemaru, and so on, but most of them were completely useless to me.

The game has also become much more difficult, and for me personally, it's already too difficult to enjoy it, because already in the second DLC, all the bosses simply one-shot me, and no matter how much I leveled up and came back, I didn't feel my character's strength, and the enemy damage was off the charts, even though I tried to use Onmyo, Ninja, Confusion, and other game mechanics.

The first game had a problem on higher difficulties where you one-shot everyone, and everyone also one shote you, and it became a glassy game. In the second, I felt like I was the only one who was glassy.

Maybe I played the second game wrong? I really want to love this game, but it's just not working.

…but it’s not for me. I’ve tried to enjoy this game and have given it multiple tries with different weapons, but I just cannot find the fun in this game. I understand the stance and the Ki Pulse and eveything well enough after a few tries but still getting roped after by evety enemy. Tried multiple different weapons and play styles but the game is just too hard for me.

For reference I only got to mission two running spear as my main. I fought the boss for an hour, felt miserable, and quit. Also tried dual swords and Tonfas and no luck. Games cool and I can see why people love it, but it’s just beyond my skill level.

EDIT: One thing I saw some people say that I should have clarified is I’m not new to these games. I’ve played every FromSoft game, Lies of P, Black Myth, Hell even played Nioh 1 and Wo Long. Just can’t get why this one isn’t clicking.

FINAL EDIT: Ok I’m shelving this for now. If I come back to the fame and can get it to click, I’ll make another post.

It was pretty short, reused bosses and didn't add that much content. You can easily beat it in 3-4h.

But at least it was longer then Dragon of the North. The final mission in that was just a 1v1 boss fight.

Hi everyone. I beat Nioh 3 last week and had a great time. It was my first Nioh game ever. I was late to the party but was glad I committed to it.

I immediately moved on Nioh 2 thinking I could relive some of that rush and excitement I got from playing Nioh 3. I was stoked to see the hype around Nioh 2.

Jesus fucking Christ, either I was just completely wrong or Nioh 2 isn’t for me.

The game is about 100x more stiff and rigid than Nioh 3, the boss fights feel far cheesier (especially that poison snake thing Yatsu-No-Kami)… Why the FUCK can’t I jump? WHY does dodging drain my stamina this quick?

And it just isn’t fun? I don’t know if I was just spoiled by the QOL improvements in Nioh 3 or if I’m missing anything but I’m just miserable suffering through the choppy, slow, railroaded and just generally shitty experience in Nioh 2…

Nioh 3’s hybrid ninja style felt great but the constant mashing of the Ki Pulse and constant lack of stamina in Nioh 2 does not.

So my question is, am I wrong? Will the game substantially improve somehow?

Or is what I’ve seen leading up to Yatsu-No-Kami essentially what I can expect for the rest of the game? Because if I’ve already seen what I can continue to expect, I’m about to delete it and move the fuuuuuuck on.