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Nioh 2 Closed Alpha - May 24 (or 22?)-June 2 (gameplay trailer inside)
- Thread starter SolidSnakex
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How was this person picked as one of the Chosen Few! Just happy to see the game in action though, thanks mr. streamer person.
It does look mostly the same, but I don't mind too much. It looks fun.
That new skill tree is beautiful.
That new skill tree is beautiful.
It does look identical pretty much yes. Slightly disappointed by that but can't really complain at the same time either. I mean... it's more Nioh!
(still need to start and finish the DLC myself, fuck!)
I'm ok with more of the same if they add more content to what was present in Nioh1, especially more weapons.
What has me worried is that the skill menu only features 4 weapons right now with no place for more weapons, which is hopefully just a placeholder for the alpha-version. Won't buy if not all of Nioh's weapons including DLC are in the sequel but sold later as DLC.
What has me worried is that the skill menu only features 4 weapons right now with no place for more weapons, which is hopefully just a placeholder for the alpha-version. Won't buy if not all of Nioh's weapons including DLC are in the sequel but sold later as DLC.
...Final Fantasy XIII's Crystarium skill tree?OG skill tree
Nioh 2
Kidding, but it at least looks a bit more interesting.
Doesn't look like it. You have the red bar for transformation plus the living weapon icon filling up.
This could be placeholder. The Bloodborne Network Test has a vastly different UI from the final game, for example. But this being a sequel, Team Ninja had no reason to waste time implementing anything that isn't final since they have a perfectly functional UI to test the game with.
I don't want to be Mr. Negative based on watching some minutes of a Stream but...
What the hell, this looks nearly identical starting at damage numbers to the environment, including the water tank gimmick, and even down to enemy types, skins, attack patterns and animations. Fucking hell, the level I'm watching even looks near identical to Nioh's first stage :/
Only thing different I'm even seeing at all is the messy, worse-looking skill menu. Already saw a bunch of the exact same skills as well.
This is the exact opposite of what I wanted to see from a Nioh 2 so far honestly. The last thing Nioh needed was simply more as far as I'm concerned. Of course I'll reserve my ultimate judgment seeing how my hype levels were 11/10 but this is looking pretty damn disappointing on first glance.
What the hell, this looks nearly identical starting at damage numbers to the environment, including the water tank gimmick, and even down to enemy types, skins, attack patterns and animations. Fucking hell, the level I'm watching even looks near identical to Nioh's first stage :/
Only thing different I'm even seeing at all is the messy, worse-looking skill menu. Already saw a bunch of the exact same skills as well.
This is the exact opposite of what I wanted to see from a Nioh 2 so far honestly. The last thing Nioh needed was simply more as far as I'm concerned. Of course I'll reserve my ultimate judgment seeing how my hype levels were 11/10 but this is looking pretty damn disappointing on first glance.
This please. When you have to add a blue version of a cyclops in The dlc as a new enemy you know the game is lacking them. Better environments too please.
People over value graphics as a huge example of significant change on this forum all the time. The game looks fine and has killer mechanics. It needs more enemies, bosses, better levels and less shit loot stuff.
Could even lean more into the action part of action rpg.
Koei tecmo would never allow that. They are the very definition of penny pinchers when it comes to engine and asset usage.
As long as the enemy variety and level variety is improved along with the gameplay(and story). it should be fine
I mean as someone who plays a lot of different games and doesn't just rinse one game for hundreds of hours I'll feel right at home but the amount of identical elements I've seen so far is kind of crazy. You really have to squint to spot any sort of difference.
That's not a bad thing perse and It's still early days of course.
doesnt sound like it. at least not at launch. Very likely for a PC release a bit later though.
looooved the first one. hope they improve it in the right ways, the combat was so perfect I hope they don't make it worse just to add changes.
Didn't they recently make a new engine for the new Dynasty Warriors that they are using for their games now? That being said they really do like to pinch those pennies.
I'm honestly think reusing assets smartly is more of a good thing than a bad thing. That way they can focus more on enemies, weapons, and gameplay.
The important part is how they handle the re-usage of maps/enemies/bosses within the game itself, not what carried over from the first game. Mechanics and systems that aren't broken, why fix them? Look at Ubisoft and their franchises.
What they need to do is trim some of the fat from the first game, execute on the pacing and highlight the new Yokai stuff that seems to be pretty cool.
What they need to do is trim some of the fat from the first game, execute on the pacing and highlight the new Yokai stuff that seems to be pretty cool.
While I would've loved for prettier graphics, all that really matters to me is the gameplay. And, the gameplay in the first was pure zen
It was the same engine, they just expanded it to allow for larger spaces and called it a new engine. But it was a disaster anyways
Same way dOA6 was called a new engine but with a differnt lighting system and a little bit more advanced polygons
What kind of worked for me is holding my controller while watching a stream...I'm desperate
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
That reminds me, I bought DOA6 on launch, the least you could do for me TN is give me a Nioh2 code for the lack of day one lobbies!
I'm literally playing Nioh right now! What else could they want! Perhaps I should be playing my PS4 copy, not Steam.
You either don't remember Nioh properly or are being disingenuous. Most of the enemies we saw in there were brand new, including the environments and the equipment. What are you talking about?
:/ team ninja has been using the same basic engine framework with only minimal changes since Ninja gaiden 2....its quite sad Koeii tecmo doesnt give them more space to do things
A huge amount of assest reuse...eh not feeling it. I'm still hopeful they'll take the horrible equipment system (the diablo loot *shudder*) and the poor level design.
Does anyone know if there is a specific thing to do to get invited ? So I should know if I might get it