Nioh 1 or 2

[monitor]

Hi, I have not played Nioh 1. Will I mess anything if just go straight to Nioh 2? I see Nioh 1 is very cheap now compared with Nioh 2. Is Nioh 2 better, much better or much much better?

[cybercybercybercyber4]

It is not better enough to undo the difference in price in my opinion.
Unless you totally want to play your custom waifu, in that case nioh 2 would be the better choice.

Youll almost miss nothing if you play nioh 2 first, except of course, some money.

[State Line Crosser]

I'd say nioh 2 unless money is a big sticking point for you.

[The Undead Watcher]

I like Nioh 2 more than one, simply because of the Switchscythe, Splitstaff and the two different Spirit Attacks that you can equip to your Main Spirit thingy.

I would agree with Truck of Peace, if low money available, Nioh 1, otherwise Nioh 2 since i enjoy the second one much more right now.

[Meat]

If you're worried about missing parts of the story, I guess it's a valid concern. Nioh 2 is mostly a prequel but the story in Nioh 1 does become relevant near the end.
However, and most importantly, the stories in both games are just bad. For the love of god, don't play Nioh for the story. That would be like playing chess for the graphics.

[Alex]

Yeah dont play this game for the story. This is a gameplay type of game. A game where you work towards becoming a god-like fighter. The story is there as you move through the game but your main focus in a game like this is to tweak your stats and find better gear and forge better gear and then move on to face harder challenges.

The story is nothing amazing. Standard type but nicely told through good voice acting and sweet art and cut-scenes, but most people's mission in these games are to get better and better and i think the story is perfect for this type of game. Its not there to bug you its there in the background for you to pay attention to or to skip through and keep fighting. Up to you. Hope you join us.

NIOH1 or NIOH2? NIOH1 was AWESOME when played it and i loved it. NIOH2 came out and i thought it would be more of the same (which didnt bother me one bit) but it was even more awesome... How did they do that? Well they added more mechanics and changed some. Being able to take the enemies demonic skills if they drop a "demon soul core" and then add that to your arsenal, with its own stats and gains for you, well that just fookin awesome. And thats just 1 new thing they added...

If you never played any of them and you enjoy fighting games with A LOT of mechanics to keep track of and learn. Where you can improve your skill over time and get more and more badass then you will probably like NIOH, and thus you will most definitely like NIOH1 and then have something to look forward to with NIOH2. Not for the story's sake but just because it's so damn fun to play NIOH. I use to say that when you master all things in NIOH during combat, and do it well, its kinda like playing classical music on a piano but you're doing it on a controller or mouse+keyboard. 😁

[Pudding]

Nioh 2 has a good chunk more depth and complexity by means of more weapon choices and a few more mechanics.

However, I do have to say that Nioh 1 felt more grimdark and closer to a ninja gaiden. The leveldesign overall felt more serious and dark, closer to dark souls design appeal. Nioh 2 feels more like a Bob Ross painting in contrast sometimes, being a bit *too* colourful in its scenery at times, *too* lush and serene.

On the matter of story, yeah, both stories are very... utilitarian, they are not milestones in creative writing. But I really enjoyed Nioh 1's story leaps and beyond more than Nioh 2. Nioh 1 actually had something resembling an arc of suspense building up to a grand finale. Nioh 2's story structure is more often than not in the way of itself, stumbling over itself and falling flat on the matter of suspension. Most of the time I had no clue why I was where I was, and who the lad is I am currently fighting against. Nioh 1 was far more structured on that aspect, following reasonably paced introductions of new characters to the story, while in 2 I eventually lost track of who the ♥♥♥♥ who is now. And while Nioh 2 attempts to do it as well, the embedding of the very real character of William into the mythical narrative of Nioh 1 was pulled of a lot better. Nioh 1 had me at least actually invested in the story while in Nioh 2 I felt like 'meh whatfrigginever' the entire time from start to finish.

Personally I found the bosses in Nioh 1 a lot more original and challenging than in Nioh 2. They had a good amount of more originality to it. In Nioh 2 they kind of all felt a bit samey.

So overall, if you like mechanics, Nioh 2. If you like basically anything else, Nioh 1. And even on the mechanics department there is not *that* big of a lead Nioh 2 has over Nioh 1 as many seem so eager to praise it for.

Keep in mind that Nioh 2 has a bigger playerbase left than Nioh 1.

[State Line Crosser]

Nioh 1 definitely had a better, more coherent story than the second. Just having the create a character wreaks havoc on the plot. Both games are good though.

[WonderboyW]

i have over 100h in nioh 2. only 40, in nioh 1. nuff said.

[Hanzo]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von monitor:

Hi, I have not played Nioh 1. Will I mess anything if just go straight to Nioh 2? I see Nioh 1 is very cheap now compared with Nioh 2. Is Nioh 2 better, much better or much much better?

It depends. I think you may read Nioh1 plot on several pages of usual paper. Nioh2 definitely better experience than the first one. It has some additional mechanics which make game more fun. Another good thing it not dead for multiplayer, so if you like play with others Nioh2 has more players out there

[bgm.1]

Nioh 1 is a good game and much cheaper but having said that Nioh2 is good as well if you are stretched financial go for Nioh 1

[Pudding]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Hanzo:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von monitor:

Hi, I have not played Nioh 1. Will I mess anything if just go straight to Nioh 2? I see Nioh 1 is very cheap now compared with Nioh 2. Is Nioh 2 better, much better or much much better?

It depends. I think you may read Nioh1 plot on several pages of usual paper. Nioh2 definitely better experience than the first one. It has some additional mechanics which make game more fun. Another good thing it not dead for multiplayer, so if you like play with others Nioh2 has more players out there

Not gonna lie, both games dont quite have a big sprawling online playerbase. Nioh 2 more than Nioh 1, but according to steam charts, neither of these 2 games are dead.

[Sweets]

nioh 2 to me is way better in most ways but i really like the yokai stuff and although the story kinda jank its fun seeing your character interact with the world

[orthostatic]

Nioh 2 is just Nioh with quality of life improvements.

Only other major difference between them, at least from OP's perspective being new, is that Nioh offers PvP while Nioh 2's multiplayer is exclusively competitive. I can't speak to how active Nioh still is so YMMV if you're after PvP, but if you're looking at either game as something to enjoy primarily by yourself, go for Nioh 2 since it's likely the busiest of the two games right now. Plus, the coop multiplayer is pretty neat.

[la_nague]

unless you know all about japanese history of that time, the story makes little sense either way.

[Sir_Knight_Arthorias]

Both