FIRST PLAY NIOH 2 PS4
[ Words Alan Wen ]
Plenty of games have tried to copy
Dark
Souls, but only samurai slasher
Nioh
has come close to understanding what makes that series tick.
Set in warring Japanese states where there’s a fine line between bloodthirsty warlords and menacing folklore demons, its twist on brutal combat is tied to a devilish ‘ki’ stamina system that can easily leave you out of breath and open to a deadly blow.
Its sequel doesn’t change the successful formula too much, though this time you can create your own bad-ass samurai thanks to a pretty robust character-creator offering diverse options from hairstyles to skin tones to gender. And co-op can have up to three samurai banding together, either with other players or AI-controlled avatars.