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Nioh - Easy Allies Review
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2017
- Nioh is an exceptional action game set in a world of demons, warlords, and powerful magic.
Written by Ben Moore
Reviewed on PlayStation 4 Pro
Available on PlayStation 4
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is this the same guy that did the videos for Game Trailers? He sounds just like him. Great Review.
Layne White Yup, same guy.
Layne White because it is him.
Gametrailers team is now Easy allies
sweet
His voice is so iconic.
It sure is! Check them out: www.patreon.com/EasyAllies
14 minute in depth review! Ben just killin it lol
ArtifiShuL Instinct was expecting a 5 hour review; came away still hungry ;)
Best review channel in the F***ING GAAAMMMEEEE!
Easily!
Such an amazing game.
Yeah it really is. I'm so bloody addicted to it.
Sit & listen to a fascinating history lesson: The protagonist is based on a real historical figure, ship builder/navigator/astrologist William Adams. He, at age 36, became the first northern European to reach Japan in the 17th century and became one of the few elites to become a samurai who was a foreigner. He was very powerful becoming the shogun's, Tokugawa Ieyasu, personal favorite and held a very high position in the courts. leyasu loved Adams so much he prohibited him from returning to England to see his wife and two kids. Instead, Adams married a samurai's daughter and bore two kids, living in Japan until his death at the age of 55.
I must've lived under a rock... i didn't notice the GameTrailers crew came back together and started this awesome channel. Great review. Quite long, detailed and honest... plus it's narrated by the sexiest voice in the industry. What's not to love. ^^
Strix Saecularis woah, I thought I'm the only one who really love this guy's voice. No other reviews I rather -watch- listen to other than -GT- Easy Allies.
Strix Saecularis yup. This guy is the best. I love his delivery and flow. Makes me feel like he enjoys and plays every game he reviews. ❤️
And for some reason his voice makes me feel like the old days of G4 TV ❤️
I thought this guy sounded like GT reviews.
Anyone else here in 2019? I nearly bought the game a couple of months ago and now am eager to get it as a free PS Plus game this month! This great review only makes it even more exciting.
Nice review Ben.
For those who listened to last weeks podcast only 3 souls. :)
Joshua Odom I kept counting them because of Kyle
Haha I was listening for that. A good writer knows to watch you aren't repeating the same words too many times and this was 14 minutes of super in depth, great review writing. Whoever said souls 19 times in their review maybe shouldn't be a writer lol
Ben's the man.
Sit & listen to a fascinating history lesson: The protagonist is based on a real historical figure, ship builder/navigator/astrologist William Adams. He, at age 36, became the first northern European to reach Japan in the 17th century and became one of the few elites to become a samurai who was a foreigner. He was very powerful becoming the shogun's, Tokugawa Ieyasu, personal favorite and held a very high position in the courts. leyasu loved Adams so much he prohibited him from returning to England to see his wife and two kids. Instead, Adams married a samurai's daughter and bore two kids, living in Japan until his death at the age of 55.
bigevilworldwide1 Likely it was just an honorary title, yes.
I feel like "body awareness" is a concept that Dark Souls brought back into the minds of modern gamers but that it gets credit for inventing when it didn't.
My personal belief is that PS1 and PS2 era developers couldn't figure out how to make action games, the bread and butter of the games industry up until that point, in 3D. The cameras were difficult to program and the processors weren't capable enough to make elaborate environments. So instead, they said, "we're having a problem making games that ask the gamer to know where their body is and to attack i the right direction, so we'll throw that out the window and have games where your character flails wildly in ALL directions and it doesn't MATTER where the character is or what they are doing. Just keep mashing that button and we'll take care of the rest and make sure cool stuff is in front of your face for a few hours."
I feel like Dark Souls just went, "hey, remember when you had to know where your character was on the screen, what direction they were facing and you actually had to TRY to hit bad guys and navigate environments? That was cool, right? Let's do that again."
oh, no, I'm not necessarily responding to anything in the review. It was just a general comment about Dark Souls.
JazGalaxy Just out of curiosity... what games did this back in the day?
Nearly every video game that was made had body awareness as a major facet of it's game design. We could pick something like Donkey Kong, arbitrarily. Tracking trajectories of multiple enemy elements, knowing where Mario is on screen, knowing where Mario is GOING to be in 10 seconds, etc. were core concepts of the gameplay.
In my opinion, we didn't really see that change until games went 3d and suddenly Contra, Mega-Man, Castlevania, etc., games that relied on knowing your characters location and being precise about your character's attack simply didn't work anymore. Developers could no longer count on players knowing where their character was, what direction they were facing, and knowing in which direction they would attack. It is, after all, frustrating to be hit from off-screen because the camera wasn't looking in the right direction and frustrating not to be able to hit an enemy because you can't properly target in 3d. None of these things were problems in 2d.
So developers did two things: 1) They looked to MMOs which were games that were inherently developed around having no legitimate gameplay. (Players were playing on 14.4bps modems that frequently dropped packets or got disconnected. So they designed game systems around position and exact location not being important. This was really the beginning of "carrot-on-a-stick gameplay that kept you on an addiction treadmill for the reward of a "ding".) and 2) The invention of the God Of War style of combat where the player attacks in 360 degree "combos", eliminating the need for targeting, and the character snaps to targets eliminating the need for body awareness. If you just keep mashing the button until everything on screen is dead, the character will snap to targets and keep whaling on them no matter where the bad guy is. Moreover, recharging health, invisible walls on enges and other "bumper bowling"-eque safeguards meant that you never really had to know where your character was on screen. It was mostly irrelevant.
Dark Souls brought back the concept that you had to know where your character was, what direction they were facing and where bad guys were. Suddenly all that stuff mattered again where, for years, games had been designed so that they didn't matter.
I disagree... I think Devil May Cry 1, and to a lesser extent 3, has a lot of "body awareness", despite having the obvious camera problems - and in fast paced combat, which is way more impreesive than what Souls does, in my opinion (not shitting os Soulsborne of course)
Interesting point. Still in most of the shooters you need to know your location and so on. I guess it is a bit different but still.
Can you hear it.... I can... Gametrailers nostalgia! The best reviewer and voice in gaming! My day has been made!
Honestly this game is God tier
Jeremy Pooran better than bloodborne?
Eldritch Enigma i can't say, they're both great in their own rights
@@eldritchenigma5492 combat a case can be made easily... everything else .... probably not
Eldritch Enigma prob combat wise, although bloodborne is pretty addictive in that aspect too, but there is much depth in nioh combat, everything else tho bloodborne is better
As soon as I heard the guy reviewing this i subscribed, he's the same guy from gametrailers. 10/10 reviewer.
What a beast of a review, what a beast of a game.
I don't mind waiting longer for reviews if they are of this caliber.
Cancel the year, the GOTY is here
Ciarán Doherty Nah Persona 5 isn't even out yet :O
Red Dead Redemption 2
Mass Effect Andromeda/Horizon Zero Dawn
Zelda BotW
Meh.
I'm excited for Star Citizen, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Ni no Kuni 2, Persona 5, Yakuza 0 (Already have but it's this year still), Yakuza Kiwami, Mass Effect Andromeda (when complete version comes out since fuck ea for their bad practices with dlc where it's cheaper to buy full version over just the dlc after you already own the game), and plenty of other games. Stuff like A Hat in Time, Nex Machina, Matterfall, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 3, Nier Automata, Styx: Shards of Darkness, Digimon World: New Order, Horizon Zero Dawn, Kingdom Hearts 1.5, 2.5, and 2.8, Little Nightmares, Get Even (possibly), Tekken 7, The Bard's Tale IV, Absolver, Ace Combat 7, Agents of Mayhem (possibly), Call of Cthulhu, Dauntless, Death's Gambit, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Drawn to Death, Dreadnought, Dreams, Earth Defense Force 5, Frozen Synapse 2, Gran Turismo Sport, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev.2, Lords of the Fallen 2 (if not just to see if they can improve on the first game to make a solid game), Mages of Mystralia, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Megaton Rainfall. LIGHTFIELD, New Hot Shots Golf, Nine Parchments, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon, Nidhogg 2, Outlast 2, Overkill's The Walking Dead, Pillars of the Earth, SpellForce 3, Starblood Arena, Star Control: Origins, State of Mind, Strafe, Sundered, The Guild 3, The Sexy Brutale, The Church in the Darkness, The Escapists 2, Thimbleweed Park, Tokyo 42, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Vampyr, Windjammers, What Remains of Edith Finch, WipEout: Omega Collection, Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, etc etc
Said this before, 2017 is off to a great start (especially for PlayStation). Already got 5 Video Games that came out this year, and it's only February
you dont need a playstation to play nioh fanboy, its on PC
As a primarily PC gamer, I can't stress enough how big a deal it is that Team Ninja gave this game a 60fps mode. So few console game developers seem to understand the importance of a decent frame rate.
This game is sold out in Australian stores ;(. Had to order online for a physical copy.
I feel your pain...
ngu0061 I got it from mightyape, got it 2days early with a poster bonus.
ngu0061 same in the U.K. Took me a whole day of visiting different stores before I tracked one down. One store said they would have more copies that afternoon. I went back to that store this morning just to check and they'd sold all the new stock as well. Seems Nioh is a very popular game.
ngu0061 same in the U.K. Took me a whole day of visiting different stores before I tracked one down. One store said they would have more copies that afternoon. I went back to that store this morning just to check and they'd sold all the new stock as well. Seems Nioh is a very popular game.
Yeah its sold out in a lot of stores here in the US, and amazon too. Thankfully you can always just buy it digitally on PSN.
This was the most informative Nioh review I've watched! Great review Easy Allies!
Nioh - The Witcher's journey to Japan
TheNorth15 lol he does look like the witcher
He looks like Geralt from Witcher 2.
But the real William Addams kind of look like him in game, I was searching for images of him and found a nishiki-e, old painting in japanese aesthetic, that was basically a western samurai with silver hair, he just didn't have the beard.
True dat.
Except now the Witcher is a game and not a walking simulator like previous games :)
Except that this game's combat is good
Just got this game a week ago, as someone who's played through all the Soulsborne games, I can say this is game is a masterpiece. It builds on the existing souls-style gameplay and does in fact forge an identity all its own. It's fast, frantic and incredibly difficult, but if that's up your ally, DO NO HESITATE TO PICK UP THIS PS4 EXCLUSIVE GEM!!!
The modes idea is absolutely genious, it caters to what I love the most about pc gaming, choices, now I have to save up for a ps4 D:
Áley Queiroz Keep in mind I think the mode selects are only restricted to the PS4 Pro though I may be wrong on that.
Áley Queiroz Indeed, now that the DarkSouls series is over (according to FromSoftware) this genre is basically exclusive to PS4. I have the feeling that Bloodborne 2 will be announced this E3
From what I could find they both have those modes, but the ps4 pro reaches 1080p and the normal one gets max 720p on action mode, either way it seems worth it to get the pro, here's hoping more games take advantage of that.
Those modes are also available on PS4. :)
Ah okay, then I stand corrected.
great review my only feedback was there's no mention about the game's music or did i just miss it?
EZA and ACG are the best reviewers in the biz. IGN, GS are usually 2-5 min jokes, AJ can sometimes be good but his timing is off.
I didn't look much into this game before, but I am growing interested after some people compared it to Onimusha. I don't like Dark Souls style and combat; too clunky and slow. From this video, this looks more like Onimusha than Dark Souls.
I'm not a Souls guy, but after this review, I'll consider getting Nioh. Looks a bit more approachable, and I prefer the level based structure. It'll have to wait til after Zelda though
Thats funny, because this is actually way harder then any souls game, and it's got way more depth to it's gameplay systems. Bloodborne is still my favorite though 😆
The way EZA seemed to talk about, doesn't seem like it, especially about the bosses
this game has the potential to be harder than souls, but its more polished as an action game in the RPG space similar to Nier Automata, which makes sense coming from pure action game based devs like Team Ninja. Its has a lot of similarities mechanically to Ninja gaiden. So if you ever played those games and liked them, you'll definitely like this.
Also i agree about the level based structure, that's why demons is still my favorite souls
I disagree there. I've defeated the first 7 or 8 bosses in Nioh and difficulty wise it has been around the same as Bloodborne which I think was a relatively easy Souls game. I think that people are finding Nioh difficult because they are trying to play it like a Souls game.
SuntoryKick the bat bitch kicked my ass like 20 times. One of the hardest bosses ive played in a Souls style game. Still doesn't compare to the chalice dungeons though, but that was optional.
Great review, definitely sold me on the game, but I'd perhaps suggest revealing fewer bosses in the review. I think bosses in these types of games are really amazing, and the feeling of encountering them for the first time totally blind is one that should be protected whenever possible. I think in cases like that, revealing absolutely as little as possible is the way to go. Great job otherwise Ben, knocked it out of the park with this one.
A really in-depth review and I felt the score fit with exactly what was being said.
One mechanic I thought was a big deal in Nioh is the ability to see your enemy's stamina and play around it, though I don't think it was even mentioned here? Maybe I just missed it.
You guys are the top of the food chain as far as game reviews. For my tastes your bang on every time
i like that you guys put the note at the beginning that you got your review copy from sony.
Interesting review, Ben. Thanks!
Please keep up these long in depth reviews.
So great to watch a review that deep, sincere and free from the ties of mainstream media. Gotta love EZA.
this is an amazing year for playstation. im so happy i still have my ps4 besides my gaming pc. i have been playing Nioh all weekend its a fucking masterpiece.
this is one of the best reviews I have seen period. So in depth and objective
thank you for disclosing that you got a review copy
I'm so glad I got a copy of the complete edition. Even after a year even already having the platinum, I'm still playin' it when there are no other games to play. Aiming for 100%. Lookin' forward for the sequel.
GOTY
im going to buy this after seeing this review.
Akaji Blubb do it you wont regret it
Great review, you really captured the strong points of the game.
The story thing is really weird, the game expects you to know a little about Sengoku era japan. So when a guy like Kobayakawa Hideaki or Ii Naomasa shows up, they don't really need presentation. You might even get excited when a fellow like Kuroda Nagamasa or Honda Tadakatsu show up if you're into that stuff. I was super pumped to visit Shigisan castle and loved their depiction of Hisahide, because of all the musou I played. It's a huge flaw, though, to rely on people's knowledge of Japanese history when that the game is a worldwide release.
In feudal Japan, wall hits YOU!
You guys make the best video game reviews!
Great review Ben! I can't wait to hear extended impressions from the other allies on this game!
Nice to see a pretty extensive review instead of a more usual 5-6 minute rambling.
Looks like an exceptional action game set in a world of demons, warlords, and powerful magic.
Is the weapon variety good in this game? And is there a limit to coop? How many players can play together, is there a limit for your level to play. Etc.
this channel will hit a 1million subs this year . im willing it.
Now this is a review! One just can't explain everything in four minutes.
IVE MISSED YOUR VOICE SO MUCH. Favourite game reviewer.
now theres a voice i haven't heard in a while. instantly subbed
Received the copy yesterday and clocked in about 7 hours by now.
I like how challenging it can be while being accessible at the same time, this is how Lords of the Fallen should've been.
This drops for free tomorrow on PS4. Gametrailers brought a lot of gems to my eyes and now Easy Allies is doing the same thing all over. I will be installing this tomorrow for sure.
In depth reviews like this are why I always went to GameTrailers first. I'm glad Easy Allies has not changed the way the do their reviews, even if they're not always out by day one (it's always smarter to wait before you buy anyway).
13:00 unless it's Hino-enma and her Grab attack that gives her invulnerability frames and she can use it to get UP with. GODDAMN that vampire witch.
Another fantastic game on the PS4 and a great review, great job EZA.
That music at :53 seconds. ❤️❤️❤️
Fantastic review, I'll be picking this up for pc!
Awesome review. The real William Adams was born in Kent and raised in London. I have no idea why the character has an Irish twinge to his accent.
This is some next level quality review. Great job.
I think nioh to me is the more preferable game, it’s more instantly gratifying and the loot system is cool giving it an almost arcade like vibe also I think it is overall more “fun” when compared to dark souls.
Did anyone try this game on the orignal PS4? Is the FPS stable?
The game is just so much fun.I don't normally play single player games nowadays but this one is top notch.
This is one of the longer reviews I've seen on EZA.
The game is so much fun. I agree with Ben , the enemy are not that diverse . I use Co Op when I just want to get through the boss not the level. Kodama makes the level enjoyable , their cuteness make the game not as dark as it may seem.They story is okay.
This game is an early contender for my GOTY, even though it is hard af
This makes me want a PS4.
Damn! it's only the 1st quarter of the year and Sony is already killing it with it's triple A exclusives.... Gravity Rush 2, KHearts, Yakuza 0, Nioh, Nier, Horizon. etc...
Im loving this game... I never got into the Soul series TOO much... I loved Bloodborne, and played around half of DS3... But Nioh has be hooked for some reason. Great review Ben. 14 minutes. Jeez. lol
im glad Ben reviewed nioh his passion for games and detailed reviews are some of the best I hope your watching ign this is how you review a game love and respect
Just picked this up. Can't wait.
Ben, was it it the lack of enemy variety that prevents it from being as good as Ninja Gaiden 2004?
Video capture is washed out. The RGB range needs to be set to the correct values. What was used to record the footage?
GAME TRAILERS!!!! subscribe.subscribe.subscribe.subscribe. YES i missed these guys! OH on to social media
I'm happy Ben is back I hit sub like and the bell you just got a new daily sub
Excellent review. Ben best in the bizz!
I am just in love with this game. It is such a pleasure to play.
is Nobunaga in this ? :O
Looking forward to playing this sometime! Until then, I'll be listening to the game's amazing OST!
I think I've fought Onryoki about 20 times so far and I still can't beat him. (Never played a souls game)
He's like the easiest boss in the entire game. Just stick it up close and you'll be fine.
You make great reviews..even if it's later than some
Nioh has no WEAKNESSES!! Nioh is Killing it DAMM!!
The face of the character looks a lot like Jaime Lannister - Games Of Thrones
What I find a lot of reviewers aren't mentioning in terms of co-op is that you have to have a PlayStation+ account in order to do it.
Very well, please give a list of games that require XBLG or PS+ in order to access online features.
The music in this game in the main menu = goosebumps
Thanks for the very clear in-depth review.
05:22 that´s some stylish reloading.
Finally Ben! I was waiting for this.
What a fantastic review. Perfectly intricate. I've been on the fence about this game but thoroughly convinced to pick it up now.
can the damage numbers be turned off?
I'm not particularly big on combo-heavy games like DMC or Ninja Gaiden, but I love Soulsborne. Is this game for me?
fran jaff the game have a big learning curves for any souls like games so far. You could do a simple attacks and safe approaches methods playthrough to complete the game but of course it certainly a risks on its own.
Nioh has sunk its teeth into me. I want to shout GOTY, but we have a new Zelda coming out in a couple weeks, and a new sandbox Mario later this year.......man 2017 is insane.
anyone know the name of the armor set around 4:30
Not crazy about the art style. But it's nice to see more PS4 exclusives of quality.
The only reviews I trust.
I bet Capcom is watching the sales and reviews of Nioh closley. Hopefully they bring back Onimusha now.
GOD BLESS YOU, BEN MOORE
GOTY? No......straight up best game on PS4. Nier Automata coming out this month too, amazing...... We are back to PS2 release schedules it seems. Keep it coming!
orangezombies Persona still hasn't come out.
Ben is easily the most level headed member of eza
All in all I think this is a good review. But I feel like he skipped too many of it flaws to talk about the good stuff. Like the game having an action mode(which is great!), but didn't mention the insane framedrops you'll get even in action mode. Especially at some of the bosses. And having levels instead of an interconnected world isn't bad, sure. But he failed to mention that if you do the side quests, the level progression is as follows: Level 1-> Level 2 -> Level 1 backwards -> Level 3 -> Level 1 backwards again(but with a kill target) -> etc… It got too repetitive for me. I'm quite torn on this game because it does so many things so well, but it also does some things pretty badly. But I guess if you're a positive guy and don't focus on the flaws the game is a solid 4.5/5
You guys should make a guide of how to get into these Souls kinda games. I've tried to love Dark Souls many times but just can't seem to "get it". Like I can see a great game in front of me but I just can't understand it.
It could just boil down to your personal taste of what kind of games you like. I think Dark Souls is a great game, but I don't like playing it. Too many elements (not the difficulty) of the game is just not my kind of thing. Bloodbourne though is more my type of game, I really enjoy that game despite not being able to get into Dark Souls.
Took me four attempts before I finally made it all the way through. Here are some things that help:
-The first level of a Souls game is always brutal. I've now played through all of them, and the first level is still the most excruciating part to get through. Make it past the Gargoyles in Dark Souls 1 and the game opens up a lot, and continues to do so from there.
-Decide how you want to play from the start. While you can play a Souls game by experimenting with a multitude of things, you'll make it a lot easier on yourself if you choose a playstyle and spend the whole game improving it. Since you're going in fresh, looking up some stuff online and seeing what appeals to you (as well as where to find the equipment you want in the world) is probably your best bet.
-Use a walkthrough. Some people call this cheating, but if you're going in for your first Souls experience I say use anything at your disposal. Walkthroughs can help you find secret areas or point out bonfires you missed, and you'll be singing their praises on certain boss fights (dogs). I've bashed my head against a boss for hours, watched a video of someone beating it, understood how they dodged that one move that always got me, and two runs later I'm celebrating a victory. I still had to do the winning myself. I just did some research beforehand.
-Give yourself time to play. Souls is not a twenty minutes at a time kind of game. Especially your first time through, it's going to ask you to sit down and take your time. You can't rush through it.
Lastly, Souls are rhythm-puzzle games disguised as action games. Approach every enemy encounter, every new room, every boss fight, like you would a puzzle. You're not beating it, you're figuring it out. Damage is important, but at their core Souls are games about patterns and timing. Learn your enemy's dance from a safe distance (ie bait their attacks and learn the pattern) then figure out where your own moves fit in to it. That's all it takes, and while the formula becomes complicated as you go along, this is literally the only trick to a Souls game. You can beat it with any weapon, armour, or magic as long as you can learn the proper timing for using it.
Good luck \[T]/
bigevilworldwide1 It's pretty obvious that Team Ninja took some inspiration from Souls for Nioh, just like I'm sure Demon's Souls was inspired in some ways by Ninja Gaiden.. no reason to be salty about it.
+chargingmaniac
Souls games are not hard but demanding - not just demanding on either exercising your reflex or your wit but your patience and prudence. Players are required to figure out the problems by themselves through trial and error or learn from others through searching and reading - the willingness to try or to learn.
Souls games are designed in such a way that a player can choose to play easier or harder although there are no difficulty levels to choose from. The hard ways out are obvious but there are also easy ways out like using range weapons to hunt down enemies one at a time, applying hit and run tactics or summoning others to fight bosses etc.
It is all about the effort of trying, finding and learning. Souls games are not effortless games giving out instant gratification - even for an easy way out, you still need to put in an effort to find it.
bigevilworldwide1 fuck you and you fanboy morons. it's heavily I fluenced by souls games. are you just ignoring the fact the developers openly stated they took heavy influence from the souls games. I've played it. I've played the souls game. it's very much in the souls like genre. the trouble you have, is that you think that some how is a bad thing. but it's not. get your head out of the clouds. so dumb.
Haven't started watching yet, but 14 minutes? Yesssss
good ol GT days where nothing can get 5-stars.
Easy Allies Those are the gaming equavilent to oscar bait.
I dunno. I love the Souls games and Bloodborne, but the demos for Nioh did nothing for me at all.
HAHA this guy. The stamina represents the entire way the game plays and flows, not to mention the lvl layouts and secrets and just you could go on and on, theirs literally even bonfires and mimics. Sure you could say that lots of games have done some of these things in similar ways but all of them together like this? Very obvious Souls inspiration no matter how much you dislike the games. I'd be willing to bet that Team Ninja have gone on record and said it themselves but I'm too lazy to look.
I don't know why the similarities bother you, unlike most games that take inspiration from Souls Nioh manages to do a lot to differentiate itself and stand on it's own 2 feet but denying the connection is silly. This is how games work the industry grows from learning from each other, if theirs anything to take inspiration from in the games industry it's souls. i wish more games would! I know it's kind of frustrating how everyone boils every game down into some other game or games mixed together and Ninja Gaiden did a lot of things Souls does before they did but the inspiration is pretty obvious in this instance. I also think even though it can be annoying it's also kind of healthy to compare games, it means that if you really want to stand out and make a name for yourself in this industry you either have to get creative and take some risks/try to innovate or really perfect/build upon an already solid foundation.
Thwap23 nail meat hammer.
"I'd be willing to bet that Team Ninja have gone on record and said it themselves but I'm too lazy to look."
Yes, yes they have, multiple times. They said Soulsborne was this game primary influence. The vast majority of the Team Ninja team is a fan of those games.
They also mentioned Diablo, Onimusha and Akira Kurosawa films (this game was originally based on an unfinished script by him) as influences. They said they wanted to combine their experience with Ninja Gaiden with all of those things.
In the end though, even though you'd have to be delusional to not see the souls comparisons, Nioh still has a flavor of its own, with a very different feel from Souls - That's why I don't think every single souls fan will like it, it's much faster and action focused with much less atmosphere and focus on its lore with a completely bonkers plotline.