Sekiro vs Nioh

[Vhayne]

I haven't played much of Sekiro yet, but I'm working on it. I just killed the first General (took me about 12 deaths), and just unlocked my first skill lol.

I do love the traversal system. Jumping, Grappling, Hanging, Climbing, etc. The combat system is fun too, but pretty tough to get used to. Again, I'm working on it.


But I keep finding myself comparing my gameplay to my time spent playing Nioh. To me, Nioh in some ways, is better than even the DS games. I said..."in some ways". :)

I don't know how I really feel about Sekiro yet. It's a new game and experience, so that makes it fun...for now. But as I play it, I just feel like I should be playing Nioh lol.


Anyone else feeling similar?

[Efesell]

Nioh just didn't hold up for the duration to me. It started very strong and then the bosses just got kinda lazy and the difficulty tanked.

[Rhyno]

I agree. Enjoyed Nioh a lot more. Ascetics and gameplay. Could of used some more enemy types, but that's my only complaint. In before "Sekiro isn't a souls game! Git gud! REEEE!"

[Hekatonkheires]

Nioh had too much loot for my liking. Grinding to get a perfect set of whatever armour bored me. I think the weapon styles and ki pulse system were more interesting than most Dark Souls weapons though.

[Leg]

Originally posted by Efesell:

Nioh just didn't hold up for the duration to me. It started very strong and then the bosses just got kinda lazy and the difficulty tanked.

THIS.

[Rhyno]

Originally posted by Hekatonkheires:

Nioh had too much loot for my liking. Grinding to get a perfect set of whatever armour bored me. I think the weapon styles and ki pulse system were more interesting than most Dark Souls weapons though.

The loot is what kept me playing. Though, I'll agree, that grinding for those perfect rolls was lame.

[Mungo]

I loved Nioh but thought the 3 stances very annoying on the whole so I never really used them. Also toooo mucccch loot... not everything has to be a collectathon.

[Rhyno]

Originally posted by Mongo:

I loved Nioh but thought the 3 stances very annoying on the whole so I never really used them. Also toooo mucccch loot... not everything has to be a collectathon.

That's too bad. It's like you missed out on 2/3 the combat! Stance dancing felt real good once you got the hang of it.

[Mentally Unstable]

The lack of loot in sekiro bothers me as well but I would have been willing to overlook it if there were more variations to the death blows. The death blows seem to be all executed in the same manner, stab to the neck from the front or back depending on which direction you attacked from.

[Ravagexe]

Sure it had its downsides But Nioh is the superior game for me.
Mostly because Sekiro combat is extremely repeative. No builds or anything at all to spend time on. Once you finish it its over with few left do to.

[Apanatchanka]

the levels in Nioh are garbage.
the only "interesting" one was water temple, but the boss was meh
they didnt put as much thought on gameplay, mechanics, story as in a souls game.
they just add a bunch of stuff.
So far Nioh is way more intersting imo

[Vhayne]

Originally posted by Pyoom:

Completely different games, hard for me to compare them.

I disagree completely. They have the same setting. They both are meant to be difficult, with complex combat.

If you're trying to say that Sekiro isn't a souls-like game, or a "souls-lite" game, then you are in denial.

Sekiro feels like Nioh, but without all the stuff that made Nioh fun (builds, skills, magic, armor, weapon types, etc.)

[Jørn]

Originally posted by Ravagex:

Sure it had its downsides But Nioh is the superior game for me.
Mostly because Sekiro combat is extremely repeative. No builds or anything at all to spend time on. Once you finish it its over with few left do to.

From said it was an action game from the start. It´s not an RPG

[Perjoss]

The combat in FROM games is excellent but just feels a bit basic compared to Nioh combat IF you're playing the game normally and not going with some game breaking OP build. The thing that I think really lets Nioh down is the level layout or level design, it just feels kind of ancient like how PS2 games used to be designed, doesn't have any of the clever map connectivity that FROM games have.

[Tsukino]

nioh,sekiro is too linear

[Cent]

Nioh is better for it's gameplay. It feels like Sekiro was developed in hurry to rival Nioh after it's debut. FROM team didn't have enough time to designed all the combat loots and skills. Sekiro wins on artwork details.