Review: Nioh 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

Review by Matt S.

Koei Tecmo's Nioh was a breakthrough in so many ways. It represented the first time that a developer outside of FromSoftware had figured out the X-factor that made FromSoftware's Dark Souls and Bloodborne such incredible experiences. Koei also managed to do so while keeping a firm eye on its own quality as a developer, and brought real-world Japanese storytelling lore and history into the experience. In the same way that Samurai Warriors has become established as an abstracted, but authentic, take on sengoku history, so too was Nioh.

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