Nioh 2 just felt like a better game.

[MCX]

Leaving aside Nioh 2 actually had functional multiplayer that isn't tied to a bad system "because we've always done it this way" even way of the nioh feels more fun to play than all of this stuff in mountain top of the giants. If KT ever gets the rights to a berserk game I have a feeling they could easily eat From's lunch.

[zzkkll]

didnt ask

[MCX]

Stay mad.

[Malevolent Tapir]

is it better than 1? didn't really enjoy 1 too much. mostly the side missions seemed bad and i didn't like the diablo loot

[Professor Hugedix]

Go play that then.

[MCX]

Originally posted by Malevolent Tapir:

is it better than 1? didn't really enjoy 1 too much. mostly the side missions seemed bad and i didn't like the diablo loot

Miles better, more weapon types, dedicated coop lobbies, diablo loot is still there but you have more ways to reroll specific effects (or all effects) on pieces of gear, it's a blast to play and stances are more important for weapons than they were in 1.

[David Benioff]

Nah Nioh 2 has bizarre snap points incorporated into camera movement lol

[Fubous]

nioh 2 doesn't have pvp, it's the inferior game

[MCX]

Originally posted by David Benioff:

Nah Nioh 2 has bizarre snap points incorporated into camera movement lol

Still a less deadly enemy than Souls game camera though lol

Originally posted by Fubous:

nioh 2 doesn't have pvp, it's the inferior game

Judging from the salt here ER both doesn't have pvp AND has the worst pvp (functionally it's actually just mediocre pvp)

[Pharis Gough]

Yeah, have to agree. The bosses relied way less on cheap tactics and aoe spam to kill people. The bosses also didn't break the laws of physics to track into you so that they can hit you. I've literally witnessed Elden ring bosses pivot and change direction mid fall because I hit them during their descent in their jump attack or bosses that magnetically slide halfway across the boss area mid combo with no walking or movement animations to combo me.

Nioh 2 also has almost no instance of giant boss enemy in small ass rooms that instagibs you as soon as you finish getting through the fog wall, I literally had multiple instances with ulcerated tree spirits in catacombs where as soon as I got control of my character after the fog door, the boss would proceed to grab and kill me with maybe literal milliseconds to react to a grab that will often times teleport you into it if you are within five meters of said grab.

[Yew Nough]

Weapon rarity/skill rerolling system made weapons and equipment feel disposable/cheap.

Nioh 2 was more fun to play, but Elden Ring is an overall better game.

PS: Nioh endgame sucks ♥♥♥♥ and ass.

[morbin time]

nioh 1 sucks. 2 is ok.

[R3plica]

Yeah for sure very comparable games lol what a pleb.

[ColonelBaker]

Nioh 2 is a very different game. It's a fun, arcady style game compared to Souls games. The loot is a turnoff for me too, and late game you spend too much time in menus just crafting higher level gear. It's fun making OP builds that melt bosses in 2 seconds though.

In regards to it being better than Nioh 1: it's mostly the same thing just with improvements. If you liked the first one you'll enjoy Nioh 2 more but it's the same game with a lot of the same enemies.

There is much more replayablity and ways to challenge yourself in Elden Ring and the world, enemy/weapon/boss variety is vastly superior to Nioh 2.

[Odd]

KT publishes some truly horrible games man, please don't say that. The reason Nioh 2 was so good was because it was developed by Team Ninja, KT was just the publisher.

That outa the way, I have said for years if Nioh 2 didn't use a mission structure and just had world structure similiar to ds3 I would have preferred it over ds3. The combat feels amazing, it's a great fast paced action game.

But having 100%'d both ER and Nioh 2, even if nioh 2 was open world, I think I would prefer ER over it just because I haven't felt the urge to explore an open world game like this in years. I get preference is completely on a player to player basis, and while I love the fast paced combat of games like Nioh 2 and Nier: Automata, ER just made me feel things I haven't felt in years from other games.

[Nox Tenebris]

Oof Nioh 2 doesn't even come close. It's combat is way more arcade-ie (personal preference), the Ki Pulse system is just cancer, it is a linear setting with instanced areas you gotta load in, tons of copy and paste, and having to revisit the same areas over and over.

Elden Ring has way more enemy types, an open world, weighty combat, PvP, build diversity, weapon diversity, better bosses (Nioh 2 bosses are some BS), non of that annoying enemies-pooping-basically-identical-items-when-killed-with-maybe-slightly-better-stats-so-you-gotta-check-each-one.

Might be preference, but Elden Ring and Nioh 2 aren't even comparable. They aren't in the same league.