This is the build I used to get to the endgame of Nioh 2. Fists + Tsukuyomi turned out to be a very forgiving combination.
I’ll work on the video editing quality next time.
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Quarantine Gaming
The current situation with the pandemic got me thinking about what games I should play. Since everybody’s probably been spending a lot more time at home than usual I thought it would be a good idea to go to get into a game that would consume a lot of time. So I went looking for a game like that. In a way it sort of found me because while I was thinking about it, Final Fantasy XIV Starter Edition for free on the PlayStation Network. So I thought okay, let’s see what happens. Let’s get back into the game.
I’ve played it before. I think it was around 2013 or 2014 and I played it on PC. I was a Pugilist / Monk and I also remember why I left. I stopped playing the game because raiding did not feel rewarding.
Read MoreNioh 2: The Best Weapon in the Game
Note that what is written here is an opinion only. It is not meant to be a review of each weapon. Use what works best for you.
Swords. Still the coolest weapon. It is very visually pleasing to see the player character sheathe a sword then perform Iai Quickdraw. Being able to do this effectively requires a lot of practice though, making the cool moves a reward for the time invested in learning the weapon.
Spears. It still has the advantage of reach without sacrificing attack speed and mobility. Overall it remains to be a very solid weapon but is not too much fun to use.
Dual Swords. Back in Nioh 1 my go-to skill for this weapon was Whirlwind. It feels like it’s been nerfed in the sequel because it seems to have a smaller hitbox. It doesn’t hit as far as it used to. There are other skills, of course, but as mentioned Whirlwind was my favorite so it was discouraging to use this weapon.
Read MorePreying The Predator
My friends said they wanted to take on the Predator on Ghost Recon Wildlands so take on the Predator we did.
Nioh Nonsense
Got back into Nioh after playing online with a friend of mine. It was my first time to do a coop session and it turned out to be a lot of fun. I was very dissatisfied with my weapon choice by the end though, so I thought about resolving that over the next couple of days.
Maybe it was a coincidence, but I’ve been watching speedrunning archives lately so I looked and found a speedrun for Nioh. The weapon of choice? Dual swords. They’ve been nothing but amazing so far. Using them made Nioh feel like a different game, enough to make me think that maybe I’ve been playing it wrong the whole time.
Read MoreWrestling With Control
I finally got around to playing Control over the weekend. I’ve had it for a while now but put it on the back burner because I heard it was a short game. What I heard turned out to be right, but it’s the kind of thing that gets one thinking even after finishing it.
Control is an action game that feels like it’s set in an episode of the X-Files. There’s a lot of weirdness going on and a lot of it is unexplained. And even when the game explains things there’s still some afterthought required to process the information. I think I’m getting ahead of myself.
Let me talk about the action part first. Control is a third-person shooter. The player takes on the role of Jesse Faden, a girl in search of her brother. Gameplay consists of shooting and platforming. Jesse is armed with a gun that changes forms: one minute it’s a handgun, the next it’s a rocket launcher. All of the forms have some sort of utility over the different enemies and environments in the game, but I definitely found myself playing favorites with a few of them.
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