At the recent PlayStation Experience event in San Francisco, CA, Sony Computer Entertainment America and KOEI TECMO announced that Nioh, a dark, samurai-centric action RPG, will be coming to the west exclusively for the PlayStation 4. Nioh has been in development under the direction of Kou Shibusawa, Hisashi Koinuma, and Team NINJA.

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In Nioh, players will traverse war-torn Japan as William, a blonde-haired swordsman whose background as a fierce warrior and seasoned knowledge of the blade allows him to survive in the demon-plagued land of the samurai. Known as Yokai, these demons inhabit a number of dangerous locations and lie in wait in the shadows to ambush unsuspecting victims. Players will also face off with other samurai in supernatural sword battles and intense, multi-target engagements offering a level of difficulty that will truly test even the most hardened samurai’s skills, patience, and strategy.
Offering a deep and original storyline that takes place during the Warring States Period of Japanese history alongside strategic sword-fighting action, Nioh will challenge players in a way that makes every mission and accomplishment feel earned and worthwhile. More information on this comprehensive, action-packed RPG experience will be released in the coming months.

Nioh Official Site

 

[BurningDesire]

What a time to own a PS4!

 

[Hells Malice]

Reminds me of Onimusha.
Looks pretty interesting.

 

[T-hug]

Reminds me of Onimusha.
Looks pretty interesting.

OniSouls! I am really interested in this one, hope it turns out to be great!

 

[DaFixer]

Reminds me of Onimusha.
Looks pretty interesting.

Me 2, the sounds of the swords and music sound like what I hear in Onimusha.
Onimusha is great series off games, to bad Capcom don't make them any more

 

[leon315]

Eastern jappo witcher's clone

 

[Hells Malice]

Eastern jappo witcher's clone

Except not at all

 

[Tikker]

i'm in

 

[AceWarhead]

Sweet, seems like this generation's missing some fun hack'n'slashes. Always wondered where Onimusha went.

 

[Subtle Demise]

Reminds me of Onimusha.
Looks pretty interesting.

I was going to say with the logo and everything, it looked like some kind of spiritual successor to Onimusha.

 

[T-hug]

Heads up the demo for this should be up today on psn at some point. If you have a JPN account it's already up and has full English.

 

[Tikker]

seems like dynasty warriors, 2-3 enemies at a time


aka, looks great

 

[T-hug]

It's really good and while it has the souls level up system that's really the only similarity. The combat is very good and I really like the stance system.
Will definitely be picking it up at launch.
Also this demo only lasts until May 6th and if you finish it you unlock DLC download for the full game.

 

[NohrPrince]

The game hud reminds me so much of the Souls series. The gameplay is also extremely similar, from the looks of things.

But to me, if they're going for a Japanese Souls-esque game, it better be challenging. Though the combat really reminds me of stuff like Hitman and The Wither

 

[Daggot]

The game hud reminds me so much of the Souls series. The gameplay is also extremely similar, from the looks of things.

But to me, if they're going for a Japanese Souls-esque game, it better be challenging. Though the combat really reminds me of stuff like Hitman and The Wither

The leveling and a few other aspects are the same but at the end of the day it reminds me of a more advanced Onimusha than anything souls related. I don't really think they were going for a souls type game in its core design since the game was announced before Miyazaki even got placed on the team making what would later become demon souls in 2004.

Oh also you die in 2-3 good hits. gg no re