
Main missions still are long affairs that can have multiple bosses and take more than one session to clear, but there's plenty of shorter filler content, like daily challenge missions and randomized boss rushes, letting you mix and match content as you please. Nioh 2 departs from the normal Souls route pretty significantly by being a stage-based action game, but otherwise has a very similar combat loop.


Your low health is offset with a rechargeable healing potion, giving you all the healing you need as long as you know when to use it (rather than relying on resource farming), and player skill is always considerably more important than equipment statistics or levelups for success.

So What Is Nioh 2?If you've been on the internet in the last decade, you've probably seen the Souls gameplay loop being reused a couple times by now: a 3D metroidvania swordfighting game with high difficulty, high skill ceiling, and the risk of losing all your collected resources always breathing down your neck.
