I am loving this new subversive streak from Tetsuya Nomura and Kazushige Nojima. They’ve worked together plenty as a creative director/scenario writer duo and often push the bounds of creativity (whatever jokes you want to make about what Kingdom Hearts has become, it remains a fascinating concept). But more recent …
Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection is a great way to revisit some action game classics that have aged well, though the Switch version struggles. I have a confession to make: I’ve never really understood the praise for Ninja Gaiden. I played the first one on Xbox and hated it: I found …
As much as I loved the original Nioh, one particular memory is always first to mind when I think back on it: the hours I spent frustratedly bashing my head against Hino-Enma, the third boss in the game. Learning her moveset and figuring out optimal ways of dealing with each …
Nioh and Nioh 2 are making their way to PlayStation 5 in remastered form next February, both as individual releases and as part of a bundle. Nioh Remastered – The Complete Edition, Nioh 2 Remastered – The Complete Edition, and Nioh Collection both launch on PlayStation 5 on February 5, …
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja have outlined plans for the future of Nioh 2, including a Photo Mode (which is out now) and three DLC packs, the first of which will drop on July 30. A free update released on Friday adds Photo Mode to the Nioh 2, with a …
I’ve long been fascinated by the “soulslike” genre. Dark Souls, and the many games that followed in its footsteps, are built entirely around triumphing over seemingly insurmountable odds through perseverance, practice, and mastery, and the feeling of accomplishment that comes with that. But when I actually play them, they tend …
I’m pleasantly surprised at how much I’m enjoying Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. I wasn’t a big fan of the previous Dissidia games, and this one’s 3-on-3 focus certainly didn’t fit with my general dislike for team-based multiplayer games. Perhaps more significantly, I have a weird bias against Dissidia at a …
Nioh wears its Dark Souls inspiration on its sleeve, but it builds on that with deeper combat and captivating story of Sengoku-era Japan. It’s hard to talk about Nioh without making comparisons to Dark Souls. Team Ninja’s latest outing wears its influences on its sleeve: methodical combat built around a …
