Ever since its re-reveal, Nioh has constantly been compared to the Dark Souls series - and to be fair, it's easy to see why. Koei Tecmo's upcoming title is an action role-playing game that demands patience, caution, and fast reflexes, after all. It's also got a suitably dark and menacing feel to it.
At least Nioh director Fumihiko Yasuda doesn't shy away from admitting there are similarities, though. Speaking to Destructoid, Yasuda states that "in terms of gaming, Nioh was influenced by Bloodborne and [the] Souls series". More surprisingly, he continues: "For RPG/hack 'n slash elements, especially the looting system, we looked to Diablo as well as Borderlands." Sounds like a pretty good mix, doesn't it? "As for samurai depiction, we took hints from movies such Lone Wolf and Cub by Kenji Misumi and Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa, as well as numerous Japanese period pieces," Yasuda concludes.
Apparently, Yasuda describes Nioh as "masocore", which is a term born of masochistic and hardcore. "Nioh is meant to be a masocore game so during development, we consciously avoided making the game easy," he says. In other words, prepare to die.
For a long time now, the PlayStation 4 exclusive has seemed very promising, and it's interesting to see someone as high up the food chain as Yasuda go right ahead and talk about the games that so clearly influenced it. Nioh is out early next month on the 8th February, but will you be picking it up? Take a swipe in the comments section below.
[source destructoid.com]
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With Horizon and Mass Effect right around the corner, I'm probably going to wait on this.
I can't wait for this!
Diablo has difficulty option, just saying
It's between this and For Honor..
I loved both the alpha and beta demos. I must have put over 60 hours between the two, and the massive improvement from alpha to beta was the biggest selling factor for me. The devs have been working really closely with the community and taking the feedback seriously which is always a good sign. I'm definitely stoked for this one the release can't come soon enough
Will definitely be getting this! The 'inspirations' for this title are some of my favorite games! I'm sure this will be a good one.
Masocore, eh? Hmm, I prefer the term Soulsborne myself ...
@wiiware diablo reference is with respect to loot, and borderlands is mentioned as well
Sounds good man! Ps4 packing heat this early in 2017!
@hadlee73 Agreed about Lords of the Fallen, and balance in general. But given their approach to alpha and beta and the degree to which they listened to feedback between alpha and beta .... I think they'll get it right.
I don't mind a hard game just as along as you can still progress like for example Bloodborne. Hard but doable...
I remember loving Ninja Gaiden on the original Xbox but it got so damn difficult I had to give it up and was so disappointed I couldn't continue...
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