How are people liking this?

[Holyblades]

Just tried the demo and it feels very fun to play. I get that Lies of P vibe with it being very parry focused and all. Debating on buying this. What are your thoughts?

[Stormsong]

I just beat the fourth boss before calling it a night. Without spending too much time on elaboration, I haven't felt this way since endgame Nioh 2 and I mean that in the best way possible.

Be aggressive. Windows of opportunity from passive play are small, and if all you do is wait until a boss is done its combo before you try a few basic attack strings you'll feel like everything is too tanky. There is a back and forth to it, but you won't be given your turn, you have to take it from them. Break their flow, then break them.

[Kashra Fall]

Bought it the other day, streamed it for some friends on discord today and they bought it and are playing it now too. Suffice to say, we all enjoy it, regardless of it beating the pants off us at times haha..

[ReadyNick]

Originally posted by Stormsong:

I just beat the fourth boss before calling it a night. Without spending too much time on elaboration, I haven't felt this way since endgame Nioh 2 and I mean that in the best way possible.

Be aggressive. Windows of opportunity from passive play are small, and if all you do is wait until a boss is done its combo before you try a few basic attack strings you'll feel like everything is too tanky. There is a back and forth to it, but you won't be given your turn, you have to take it from them. Break their flow, then break them.

The demo was really fun, how's the level design at the stage your're at?

Is it more Lies of P or on a bigger scale similar to DS3 with open ended corridors leading to shortcuts and secrets items etc.

[Retsubty]

It's NioH 2 with cooldowns and it's way harder (the bosses are; not the levels) Bosses have big HP pools you are only allowed to make like 6-7 mistakes really.

[VDRSK]

My bias against the anime aesthetic and voice acting aside, it was enjoyable for the most part, however the combat is absolutely the main draw, as personally the world didn't entice me to explore any more then I had to and all the enemy designs so far have been rather.. generic.

There is a good bit of challenge though which is nice to see.

[Noop]

I was worried it's like code vein where you get constantly bombarded with cutscenes that blatantly steal concepts from popular anime.
It's not like that which is great. Im just 2 hours in so I basically beat the first real boss and then I killed him again in the optional side quest.

Game is actually very fun cuz the mechanics allow for offensive play and reward you for it. The better you play the better the reward. I love games with indepth combat with a high skill ceiling.

I'm sure you will be able to find cool fight videos in yt in a few days, if you arent sure I would recommend checking that out.

[valcan_s]

Game is legit amazing , so is the performance and visual aside from the main fact the game it self is rad.

[Inheritor]

i give up on viper b een fighting it for hours,

[Sinner]

Be Clive Rosfield, but as Khazan

[D]

Dodging in Lies of P is easier than parrying, because the enemies hold their attacks a lot. Where in this game, dodging feels like it has a very small window. I'm loving this game and I finished Lies of P four or five times so.. I don't know. They are very different. I think the attack patterns are better in this game, because they are easier to read. IDK, I love LOP and I'm loving this one, but in the end is a matter of personal preference.

[HighLanderPony]

Nioh 2 1.75

Not quite the next Nioh but it scratches that itch with some cool changes. I liked the demo.