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Learning fragments of Japanese History with magic!


I seriously loved how they blend Sengoku period(16th) into a dark fantasy and some chars from Nioh. I had prior knowledge from other titles from KOEI, like the samurai warriors franchise(I admire Li Naomasa story xD), yet Nioh did a better job at showcasing other remarkables people in the building of Japanese history.
Your protagonist is actually William Adams or Miura Anjin(dono); which was a super cool detail cause at first i thought it was pure fiction, then when i searched his name i came to learn his story due to a game! Also we had Yasuke the black samurai. And besides those we had a lot of key figures(Masamune being my fav) and the story itself is really good, when you finish dlc 2 you wouldn't have major holes, and my satisfaction after finishing it was the experience of one of best videogames stories which i was totally unaware of! Plus after finishing once... I did 100% of the achievements and went from Normal game to Way of Nioh NG+++; hack slash in this is superb by itself.
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Nioh for me was a unique experience, I won it on that steam corgi event sale when it gave out one of our wishlist games to the team you're part of. That said, I tried playing it on KB+Mouse, God this was a hellish decision back then, and suffered a lot... then I bought a controller!(2022)
After that the game was something else, like the graphics are dated, i would rate non cutscene scenarios around 2011 standards...art style of the cutscenes become my top 10 fav so i really love the panel explaining the characters backstory+with their guardian spirit. Yet the true key gem feature in this game is how it implemented loot shooter features with+souslike+a new mechanic of each stance you have a different variety of movesets, and each weapon had this. Like my favourite was Odachi BUT i mastered all the weapons, got all the perks for ALL WEAPONS damn, it's really something else what they have done in the core mechanic+you also have magic and ninjutsu to explore, and each weapon had a unique moveset with a guardian spirit, and each guardian spirit changed your playstyle + After DLC you get two guardian spirits which made the gameplay even more unique. P.S: We got some fashion in the game too, you can customize the armor to have the exact looks you want without altering the stats of your build(Superb Quality of life feature).
The game itself had also some good puns, side chars and backstory to weapons, missions, regions, the diversity in some enemies and how you can engage and fight tons of enemies with a wide variety of approaches made me love this masterpiece, also makes the game easier, 'cause the key point here is diversity, each mission boss and map design, makes some approaches easier to do than others, and when you go to new game "Way of Nioh" You're supposed to have mastered all the keys stuff in the game, 'cause after the way of strong, if you try to simple smash buttons you gonna suffer a lot.
To summarize the game had multiplayer elements and coop too, (Last i checked was still active) so besides all those features mentioned in the review, you can also enjoy it with your friend, the clan system was kind of good roleplay mechanic, i picked mine based on the clan story xD instead of stats bonus
P.S: In addition to the centuries of difference.... we humans never achieved a lasting dream for many people. (unfortunately, but it is what it is).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2832804174