![]() Meanwhile, players will also be able to access shrines individually. In co-op, any loot found in the world or dropped by enemies will be instanced individually for each player, so you won’t have to fight each other over who gets what. Co-op sessions will have a greater number of enemies to maintain the balance of difficulty to account for more players. While the first Nioh allowed for co-op play for a total of two players, Nioh 2 will allow up to three player co-op. If you’re looking for more active participation of other players in combat than what Benevolent Graves will offer, Nioh 2 is also expanding its co-op component. While the first game summoned only plain avatars of other players, Nioh 2 will allow players to summon avatars that also have all the skills, equipment, and gear of the other players. During combat, players will be able to summon avatars of two other players through the Benevolent Graves. Nioh 2 will take the first game’s Bloody Graves idea and expand upon that with the new Benevolent Graves. The four skill trees that you will be managing in Nioh 2 are as follows- there’s the the Shiftling tree, which covers all yokai-related powers and abilities the Samurai tree, which governs Ki pulses and Fortitude there’s the Ninja tree, which governs stealth, application of poisons to weapons, and throwable weapons and finally, the Onmyo magic tree, which governs magical abilities, which are used through Talismans. There will be four of these, each dictating and entailing different disciplines. Weapon specific-skill trees and Familiarity will, of course, factor in quite a bit, but the meat of the progression system will be found in the skill trees of the player character itself. Progression is being improved upon in other ways as well. There’s also the Familiarity mechanic, which will see you earning more and more Familiarity with a weapon as you keep using it, thus increasing your stats with that weapon even further. For starters, each weapon type will have its own skill tree, allowing players to unlock various abilities and passive buffs. To make things eve more interesting, weapons will also tie into progression in Nioh 2 more intricately. For instance, the axe boost stamina, the Switchglaive and spear boost constitution, the Odachi boosts strength, while the Kusarigama boosts dexterity. ![]() Each weapon type also grants different stat bonuses. In addition to ones returning from Nioh 1, several new weapon types have also been added. Like the first game, Nioh 2 will allow players to use a variety of different weapon types. ![]() If you can then bring these Soul Cores back to shrines before you die, you’ll be able to access all the powers of the yokai creature in question. Every time you kill a yokai, you can absorb their Soul Cores. What makes the yokai switching mechanic sound even more interesting that players will be able to add even more yokai forms to their arsenal throughout the game. ![]() It definitely seems like switching yokai forms during combat to perform different kinds of attacks and abilities will play into Nioh 2’s combat quite a bit, and should inject a heavy dose of variety into proceedings- theoretically, at any rate. The character creator, from all that we’ve seen so far, is looking quite in-depth, and what makes it even more interesting is the fact that players will be able to share their created characters with each other through codes.Īs we’ve mentioned, Nioh 2’s protagonist will be part yokai, which means players will be able to change their form during combat to gain new and different abilities. With William no longer playing the role of the protagonist, Nioh 2 will instead allow players much more freedom to shape their character as they see fit, which will be done through a character creator and customization options. Here’s the twist though- the player character will be part-human, part-yokai, which should lead to some exciting combat changes. William will not be returning as the protagonist, and players will instead take control of a custom character. Nioh 2 serves as a prequel to the first game, taking place during the first half of the Sengoku era in the late 1500s, and the developers have said that its ending will tie in quite neatly with the first game’s beginning. So with all that out of the way, let’s get started. Ahead of its imminent launch, here in this feature, we’ll be going over fifteen important details you need to know about the game. Nioh 2 will be upon us soon, and it is looking like the ideal sequel, promising various improvements that look to expand upon its predecessor’s excellent foundations. The year 2017 was packed with some of the best games of this entire generation, so when we say that Team Ninja and Koei-Tecmo’s Nioh was one of the best games of that year, you know that that isn’t praise that is lightly given. ![]()
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