Nioh vs Bloodborne

[WenSmeritschnig]

I know this has nothing to do with steam but nonetheless I think I finally want to try a dark souls like game. I read about Bloodborn to be the more atmospheric one, but Nioh the one with the better combat.
Could you guys help me with what game I should pick up? Basically what I am looking for is The Witcher 4 but since that is not an option I thought this combat systems might come close to it.
I've played the Dragon Age Series and Skyrim, since they always seem to come up if people ask for similar games.

Thanks for your suggestions!

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

I'd say Bloodborne, its an all round solid game. Niohs combat system is pretty cool but I found it to be a pretty boring game

[Myrmicon]

Bloodborne all the way.

Great atmosphere. Fast paced bloody combat. Fun Weapons. Awesome Bossfights. Great Visuals. Otherworldy OSTs.

I'd pick Bloodborne over any game you'd compare it too. But it's one of my fav games. So I am biased.

[alicerinz]

Nioh is trash in comparison to Bloodborne.

Nioh is basically discount darksouls.

[Naedmi]

Prefer Bloodborne myself. Always liked Gothic art and styles.

[O5]

I've never played either, but I'd go with bloodborne only by the fact that it has the word blood in the title, and blood turns me on.

[octavian]

Bloodborne, the setting is very ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool, the bosses as well, the OST..
Only thing is, it had some frame pacing issues on PS4, not even the Pro could fix, wonder if its fine now..

[Mossy Snake]

Nioh

Bloodborne was bad

[Daxank]

They both have their upsides and downsides.
Nioh suffers from having too much farming involved both in terms of equipment (because unlike the souls game, your stuff matters a lot) and in terms of xp
Bloodborne suffers from the frustratingly hard last third, basically, no matter your stuff or you stats, pretty much everything will one shot or two shot kill you in the last third of the game... when you're still in new game, it just kills the fun.
Also during most of the game you'll have to "parry" which in this game translates to "shooting with your gun at the right moment" to stagger your ennemies to deal with them easily, well the last third also mostly ditches that mechanic