Nioh 2 in the Test

Patience, the scholars, languages once was a virtue. You will lead your blade, mastered your breath, redirects every single one of your steps. It is the thin veil between victory and defeat. The essence of triumph in the Failure. Only those who have the power, patiently, on the path from carcass to transform Itself and to accept a losing battle as a beneficial lesson, have a Chance to master the Ki, and to areas of this darkness and decay to a halt. Ignore your anger, choke on your despair, embrace tear your pain and let the demons in you and your enemies.

Nioh 2 tells of the events that occurred about 50 years before the events of its predecessor, occurred. The country is covered by the Dark. Sinister creatures, the demons Yokai clan, terrorize the defenseless citizens. Lies, fear and violence rule the streets of villages and cities. Flames feast on the forests, deformed children being in the bowels of unemployed people. It is up to you, noble Samurai, to save the Innocent, to chase away the darkness with the Power of your Ki, and to carry hope into the hearts of the Desperate. Your leading your self an impure existence, as a mongrel of human and Yokai; ‘ll show the demons with the power of lost battles, what it means to feel fear.

The dance of the demons

Nioh 2 will start with a fancy Intro and confronted us immediately afterwards one of his greatest innovations: unlike its predecessor, slip, we are not in the skin of a prefabricated character, but allowed us our Avatar for the Fantasy-world of self-build. For this purpose, a quite comprehensive Editor is available to us. So, a immense extensive Repertoire of facial options, hair styles and Details to us by this available. Even the Set of different colored eyes is possible. We have opted for a human face, we can also define our Yokai Form. Because our knight is able, under certain conditions, a demonic Form to apply. The type of Yokai depends on the protection spirit we choose. There are three of them: A Wolf, a bird and a shark. Each of them stands for a separate focus in the fight, and embodies an Element. The Wolf stands for physical force and fire. The bird’s speed, and air. The shark, as a creature of the water, is the Manifestation of magic and ranged combat.

Since I protection and attack power are very important, so I opted for the Wolf, and the resulting shape of the Brutes. As the Name suggests, this is a veritable mountain of muscle and fire. Just Right for me! The Yokai-Form leaves us with a variety of special Moves to perform. So you can counterattack as a Brute the sometimes devastating attacks on the enemy. Fatal blows from the enemy are on the horizon with a red glow. We set a good Timing to Counter the blow of the enemy at the right Moment, we can bring our adversaries to falter, and so particularly destructive hit to land.

Thanks to our demonic temperament, joins, therefore, to health and Ki and Stamina bar is also a Anima-bar with. Anima is the resource that our Yokai-drain forces. This fills up by killing opponents, skillfully dodging and good Timing our Ki restore.

The way of the Samurai

Like its predecessor, is Nioh 2 , a so-called Souls-like. However, in some aspects, much more dynamic and brutal than his various Genre-colleagues. Expression of the Ki – System. Ki in Nioh 2 , the endurance is, however, also in the plot is an important Part. Ki is a spiritual energy, which is able to expel the demonic realm of the Yokai. We let in the combat combos from the deck, soft or sprint, you are using this Ki. However, there is a short window of time in which we Operate by trenchant the R1 button, all spent Ki to restore. I personally needed a little until I had the System with his tricks in the blood, but as soon as this happened, I led the dances graceful Sound.

But don’t worry! Despite the higher tempo is Nioh 2 is still a brutally heavy Game. Every opponent, no matter how large or small, deadly Potential. Her army of Yokai throw us a veritable Arsenal of possibilities for the Grass to bite in front of the feet. We are burned, poisoned, torn, bitten, and beaten to death. We will not be killed by a creature that does this is the environment, or the sometimes poorly-placed camera. Because as much as I love the battles in Nioh 2 also like, to point, unfortunately, a bitter quirk to the scene of the clashes is often too small dimensioned! This fact has me broken, unfortunately, often the Neck and one or the other, not self-inflicted, a death brings. For example: I meet in a village on top of a monkey-demon, this one is equipped with a spear, and therefore capable of large-scale attacks. The fight takes place in a very narrow and small space between several houses. Reasonable Dodge, is because, unfortunately, hardly possible, and thanks to the not always optimal camera position, it was quite possible that I snagged on a previously unseen obstacle, and my collected points will disappear saw.

Thus, we are the monstrous villains, Lord, we gather in Nioh 2 by killing the enemies experience. This can be used at special shrines for the further development of the character. We die so we can experience are. We bite again into the lush Green, she disappears for good. So far, so familiar. The help we can get in the Multiplayer of Nioh 2 check. So companions you can summon to assist us in the fight, or the ghosts of fallen players bring to win in a fight against each other valuable equipment. Some of defeated Yokai will also drop the heart. With these new Yokai can equip forces.

Beautiful Fantasy World

Like its predecessor, plays Nioh 2 in a Japanese Folklore-inspired, High-Fantasy world. Based on this, conjures up the developers, Team Ninja, stunning landscapes, first-class creatures design and a remarkably dense atmosphere. In his Level Design is different Nioh 2 from other Games of its kind. Because it does not have a large continuous world, but rather is divided into individual missions. Although these are very complex and there are many secrets to discover, but it is from the game feeling different than, for example, Dark Souls. But this is in no way a criticism.

Accompanied by the attractive appearance of a first-class Score to me as well occasionally to those from The Witcher 3 reminded.

CONCLUSION

Nioh 2 may, at first glance, only a few improvements compared to the first offer. At a second glance confirmed this impression, however, are the few Changes made, consistent and very good developments of the basic principle and secures Nioh 2 a well-deserved unique feature in the Genre of Souls-like Games. It is by Far the most dynamic of its kind, and to forget richer in the Action without sacrificing its basic nature. Every enemy is deadly and demands for increased speed in Gameplay, deliberate and targeted approach. Annoying I found sometimes the design of the Combat against bosses, since these were always very narrow and thus attacks the patience to Dodge in Space game, and thus cause some unnecessary Bildschirmtod were. But this is only a small scratch in the paint of Nioh 2. Each and every Moment I get frustrated in front of me cursed, stood at least ten moments to in which I to me triumphantly on the chest hit, because I initially intimidating opponent, finally defeated, had, or my eyes at the grandiose Artwork to radiation began. Nioh 2 is different from that of his role models, must but not hide and can be Proud to be a Souls-like call!

What 2 is Nioh? A fast-paced Souls-like in the spirit of Dark Souls.
Platforms: PS4
Developer / Publisher: Team Ninja/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Release: 13. March 2020
Link: Official Website