Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

El combate es muy bueno

[h3] TL;DR [/h3] Recommend if you like historical Japan as a setting, but [b] only [/b] if you can stomach a souls-like (where a higher difficulty is expected) being made unnecessarily frustrating by complex combat mechanics and controls, in addition to the camera as an additional enemy. [h1] Why I would recommend this game [/h1] Great game in principle - so many weapons and skills, amazing theme with people and yokai living together instead of the typical boring, dead, and demon-overrun hellscape we all are used to from the souls-like genre. Believe it or not - it actually has a story. The builds feel meaningful, I can be a tanky samurai or kunai-throwing ninja. Being able to switch and learn new weapons so easily is great - haven't seen this anywhere else so far! Ability to respec, though for a price, is always welcome, same for the build-in transmog system available, also for a price in in-game gold. Although acquiring gold is only a matter of grinding, which makes having to pay unnecessary. Runs great on my system in 1440p, though with the help of DLSS. [h1] Why I would [i] not [/i] recommend this game [/h1] The core combat mechanics and consequently the controls are overloaded - having to press an additional button in a sort-of QTE-like fashion where perfect timing is rewarded after [i] every attack combo [/i] you do distracts from the fight [i] without making it more fun [/i]. Interesting design choice to say the least. You are required to remember multiple different button combinations (not single buttons) to switch between shortcut items and ammunition types, which is fine, but also to change combat stances and even pull off spells and counters essential to staying alive [i] during the fight[/i]. Even when you have mastered these, this leaves a lot of room for making mistakes. As usual with these types of games, there are unblockable attacks, which require some different mechanic - which generally are appreciated as these tend to keep things interesting! Unfortunately, you often end up in situations where the respective bars (as in stamina and the likes) are too low for you to pull these moves off, all the while cornered and unable to see due to our dear old friend, the camera. Combined with these attacks being telegraphed in a way that did not feel natural to me at all compared to similar games of the genre made me quit a game, which I would have otherwise loved to continue playing. Which is a real shame. [h2] Final words and message to the devs [/h2] If you can get this game in a sale, definately give it a try and maybe you'll enjoy it more than I did. I commend the devs on establishing themselves as a true contender in this genre with so many unique ideas! I will try out the other parts of this series and see if I enjoy them more because everything else about this game was indeed really enjoyable. I would advocate for a way to adjust the gameplay of these types of games to accomodate for frustration resulting from controls and camera by being able to turn on or off some mechanics rather than simply adjusting health pools or damage numbers.