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Moving my way through NG+ now gradually. I've been experimenting with the other options at this stage to see how they all feel.

While I definitely have my preferences in dual swords and switchglaive on samurai, I'm impressed with how good the other weapons feel in their potential in this game. Pretty much all of the weapons throughout the series history have felt great in some way, so it's good to see that pattern continue with the new system. Dual swords feel insanely good to me now with arts proficiency. I still haven't tried Axe on Nioh 3 yet, but I expect it to be hilarious as usual :lol:

I still haven't tried splitstaff or hatchet in this game, but I remember trying them a bit in 2. Splitstaff was notorious for Dragon Dance just vaporizing targets, so curious to see if that continues. The other ninja weapons have felt good for various reasons, and the air shenanigans feel so good to pull off.

I was a little iffy on the guardian spirit skill as a replacement to yokai abilities in 2, but it's grown on me very quickly. I'm glad they included mid air capabilities for a good number of them as well.

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I gotta say, all I heard at launch was how much easier this one is. I must absolutely suck

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The difficulty curve in this one is a bit different. The first two had a large spike with a boss very early meant to check if you learned how to play the game at all. After that, it calms down since you know what you're doing to some degree.

This one doesn't really have that and just gets gradually more difficult overall as you go. It's a smoother difficulty progression rather than a spiky one. That said, if you try to learn and use the systems, you'll make it through :lol:

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I had some inkling that Team Ninja was using actual historical figures and historical events to craft the narrative of these games.

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They've been doing that with the Nioh series and other games as you mentioned. Many of the figures that popup are in history and the yokai are detailed in the folklore. I enjoy it personally.

Definitely in late game now. I made more of an effort to use ninja mode and weave it in more with samurai since I have been defaulting to samurai more often than not. Man, I have been underestimating ninja's potential, especially when used with samurai.

In the 2nd major area now and enjoying the game so much man :lol:
Dual Swords on Samurai feel so good to use with the new arts prof mechanic. Ninjutsu has also felt much better to use than I thought it would at first

Completed the base demo although there's some remaining things to do.

So far I'm having a blast with it. They took parts from Ronin which I enjoyed and upped the ante as usual with the game mechanics. I'm been sticking to Samurai a lil too much, but Ninja has felt fantastic! I'm already looking forward to full release

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God did not make us defective out of the womb.

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He also did not make us incapable of rational thought, but the contrary. Do you think it's a coincidence that some of the greatest minds in recorded history are Christians? Do you think carrying out science is an act against God when He gave us the means to do so? Covid was certainly an issue with too much political hammering affecting it, but do you suppose we should just throw the baby out with the bath water due to it? All vaccines are a waste of time as a result of the errors in how Covid was handled?

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cheaters will find and share a loophole in this system and be back to playing within hours. it’s what they do. it’s what they enjoy. the actual cheating is just their victory lap.

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While true, severe barriers mitigate their ability to actively cheat. The reason they're back to cheating so quickly is they just make a new account and grab the game again. All you need for that is a throwaway email and maybe some money since free games are a thing.

Having to go through an ID verification is a much more complex layer since I assume any implementation of this is checking that the person entered is actually real. So they would need another person's information, but using that enters the world of fraud. Actual legal trouble could pop up at that point (in theory anyway).

Cheating in video games to my knowledge has never had a barrier remotely close to that in the west.

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As for min-maxing the gear in Nioh, it's fun but I found it largely irrelevant at the end of the day because the stat bonuses are so small relative to the damage going on, it doesn't make much of a real difference. You are either good at the combat in which case your gear largely doesn't matter, or you're bad at the combat in which case your gear largely doesn't matter.

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Just for context, but in base game the gear basically is bigger base number and go.
As you go through the NG cycles, you have to start getting picky heavily since maintaining a proper gear set becomes critical. Not just due to numbers but also due to new mechanics etc in the NG cycles.

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HOLY shite NIOH 3 ANNOUNCED!!!! Demo (PS5 only) out now too!!!

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I'm so excited for it man :cheers: