I beat the main campaign of Nioh 2. Like what I did in the first game, I went out of my way to find hot springs and Kodama.

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The final mission's name is "Cherry Blossom Viewing in Daigo" which I beat at level 120. Between the final stage for Nioh 1 and Nioh 2, I think Nioh 1's was tougher.

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[Review] Nioh 2

Antares prepares to die in Japan for a second time. Traverses between life, death and across time on a spiritual journey rife with war, friendship and betrayal. (Review of the sequel to Nioh, a Dark Souls inspired action game.)

#nioh2 #nioh #blogroll

When I first played #nioh I didn't have a build for the character, but what I am doing now sort of resembles a strategy. Since playing NG+, I stopped worrying about damage output and started unlocking Ninjutsu and Onmyo magic.

My main weapon is the kusarigama, but I will carry a secondary weapon like an axe or an odachi. With +break values considered, the kusarigama has a harder time breaking guards than axes or odachis.

I generally use the following:

  • the kusarigama skill Reaper
  • a kusarigama with innate Earth damage
    • +% Ki Damage (Muddy)
    • +% Status Ailment Augmentation (Muddy)
    • +% Skill Ki Damage
    • +% Skill Ki Reduction
  • Sloth Talisman, to slow down the target

With this, I could, for example, stunlock Hundred Eyes.

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My Stupid Build vs Hundred Eyes (Nioh) [NG+]

Unlike other games, I couldn't reliably record Nioh. I fooled around until I could get a passable recording. This is my Ki Damage loadout...

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My Stupid Build vs Hundred Eyes (Nioh) [NG+]

In #nioh I noticed after level 216, the player gains per level up +4 Samurai points (points that can be allocated to learning new weapon skills). In this screenshot, I preview changes before committing to them. Ordinarily, investing 6 points into Magic wouldn't yield any Samurai points, but for levels 216 to 222, level-ups now yield +24 Samurai points.

I spent a large amount of points into boosting the stat Skill (= 81) just to get weapon abilities. Doing so now seems silly as I could spend points into any stat just to get 4 points.

I don't think I will respec. It's annoying to re-unlock weapon abilities, and my character is doing fine on NG+.

I played through Nioh's DLC and replayed a few specific missions to collect some achievements. It's a bit of a shame that the achievements pop after the mission and during a loading screen. So the screenshots I take of the achievement popping are mostly black screens.

Two missions I did for achievements:

  • The Siege of Osaka (Winter) for Tonfa Triumph
  • Ganryu for Master of the Twin Sticks

(I also put on a Kelley disguise for fun.)

I had an easier time playing the former solo than co-op. The boss was tricky, but I managed.

The latter mission was without environmental hazards to navigate through. The boss wields an odachi; therefore, the fight was straightforward. I mainly had to inflict Ki damage and keep it suppressed.

#nioh

#nioh #blogroll

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[Review] Nioh

Antares prepares to die in Japan. Picks a kusarigama and odachi for a samurai adventure in 1600 and plays jolly co-op. (Review of a Dark Souls inspired action game.)

Tome the blacksmith girl of #nioh is the NPC I interact with the most (as the case for every player). She sometimes says something that is subtitled as,

"What sort of swords do they have in your land?"

The protagonist William is nicknamed Anjin by most Japanese NPCs. In the audio, "Anjin" can be heard in the beginning of the sentence.

"anjin no kuni ni wa don'na katana ga aru no"

  • anjin no kuni = Anjin's country
  • ni = from
  • wa
  • don'na = what kind, what sort, what
  • katana ga
  • aru = to be, to exist
  • no = question indicator (feminine)

按針あんじんの国くににはどんな刀かたなが有るaruの

#jp

J'ai vaincu une ogresse (l'espirit d'une morte) qui pleurait des larmes de sang qui deviennient les lilies araignées rouges (彼岸花ひがんばな).

#fr #jp

I defeated an ogress (the spirit of a dead woman) who cries tears of blood that become red spider lillies.

#nioh

Je prefere le kusarigama et le odachi dans le jeu Nioh. Il n'y pas un attribut partagé pour les deux armes, donc mon construction de personnage pourrait être non-optimal. Mais je les aime trop pour changer.

#fr

I prefer the kusarigama and the odachi in Nioh. There is no shared attribute between both weapons, so my character build could be nonoptimal. I like them too much to change though.

Les attributs pour le odachi

  • Strength
  • Stamina
  • Heart

Les attributs pour le kusarigama

  • Dexterity
  • Skill
  • Body

#nioh

J'ai joué le mission Ohashi Bridge dans le jeu Nioh. Je trouve les attaques de kusarigama avec position basse de combat être effectif pour placer le premier frappe contre le boss, mais il a tombé du pont.

#fr

I played the mission Ohashi Bridge in Nioh. I found kusarigama attacks in a low stance to be effective in landing the first hit against the boss, but he fell off the bridge.

#nioh

達たっ成せい (translated as "mission complete") appears when the player completes a mission in Nioh.

(The game is about an English sailor named William whose guardian spirit was kidnapped. He travels to Japan to rescue her.)

I bought the game for myself and friend during a winter sale. We've been playing jolly co-op this weekend. Also I asked a chatbot about displaying kanji with furigana and it gave me this example.

漢字注音ちゅういんです。

#jp #nioh