Did you earn your Mark of the Conqueror yet? Did you find all the kodama? How many hours have you spent dueling revenants? YOOOOOOOO!
>>336067651
Dueling revenants gets boring once you git gud at barehanded parries.
None of the above because the game is too difficult and broken. I don't play games for masochism.
>>336068058
Here comes the fresh pasta
Got my mark of the conqueror. haven't finished level 2 yet. not sure if i want to finish it. i like the game a lot and I don't want to spoil shit i'll be playing in the main game anyway
>>336068058
This bait is too tasty
I don't want the alpha to end.
>>336067651
Got the DLC ten minutes ago. Do I get anything else for clearing the second level?
>>336068879
Nope. Just more of the game. If you beat the boss of the second level you get the strongest weapon in the demo.
>>336068879
Better enemy variety, stats on weapon drops get more interesting, more fun to be had
Did all of you manage to beat the second boss? I feel so fucking useless.
Any tips for beating the first boss? Is it better to go light and focus on dodging? He's got so much health that he just grinds me down through attrition.
>>336069841
ki impulse and magic
think there's a bug with when he swings his balls; sometimes it hits regardless if you block or not
>>336069821
Stack two lightning charms.
Use the lightning guardian spirit for more lightning resist.
Make sure your armour is the top-tier Strength/Skill-based type.
Go to town.
>>336069841
He doesn't have much health. His second phase takes like double damage.
Switch to low stance, bait out front ball attack, smack his ass. Watch for his spin, though.
>>336068058
Its not even that hard, its just that you need to learn the mechanics, fuck anyone that wants instant gratification
>>336070006
Oh that was a bug?
That was really bugging me. I was dying because of that.
Best part of the 2nd area.
The first phase is easy. Just play very conservatively so that you do not waste elixirs - I used a fire katana. He is much more dangerous in the second phase BUT his defense nose-dives. What I did was to switch to an axe high-stance and always stay close to him. Also, make sure you have mastered ki pulse lest the whole area ends up dark-gooed.
>>336069841
Get the sloth magic to slow him down. This works well for all the big baddies
>>336070391
>tfw revenants/bandit tippy-toe on the edge teetering over it and you just prod them off
>>336067651
You have to get used to the Ki Pulse mechanic or you will just really have a hard time with the game.
I think you don't need to really have that full return on the Ki Pulse, just make sure you're stamina doesn't go red.
Can someone explain the Ki Burst after a combo though? The one move where you press triangle after a midstance sword combo? I don't understand that one.
>>336070391
How do you get the item on the roof of the shack below?I fall just short everytime.
>>336070524
Go for the very edge of the corner of the big temple and dash off.
How far do you have to go to get Mark of the Conquerer anyway? I just got to the Oni in the boat and killed every small Oni before it.
>>336070391
funny how you can juggle them for as long as you want before they crater
>>336069841
Just stay under him like I did. Literally worked.
They need to do something with oni or whatever.
Nothing works on them so you just dodge and poke which is actually really easy.
>>336070582
Just the first level, so kill the boat-oni.
>>336070582
First boss in the boat has to be beaten.
I hope they change up how you can parry or do anything else besides run/block/roll away from oni/bosses it gets kind of boring if alot of enemies are like this like cyclops, zombies etc
>>336069841
First phase, just stay under him and at the back. Unleash 1 hit High-stance moves.
Second Phase is actually easier but longer. Just run around until he tries to pick up a ball from where he threw it at you. Slash him once, rinse and repeat.
I also had a hard time, until I got it out of my system that blocking here with a sword is a full block as well, unlike Dark Souls.
>>336070657
>>336070653
Ah, cool. Now to find out how to beat him. I can get him around halfway and then just run out of steam. It's so cramped.
>>336067651
Does finding all the Kodama give your character any extra benefits? I'm only missing one from the first area
>go fight Nue
>throw an exploding shuriken
>his stamina is depleted
>summon shark and start hitting his head
>kill Nue in 20 seconds
That was anticlimatic, but at least I got a level 43 Raikiri.
Is the magic all 100% weapon buffs?
Do shuriken ever get not-shit? Are the exploding ones any better?
>>336070839
increase drop rates of X at the shrine
>>336068407
>shit i'll be playing in the main game anyway
This is a super early version of the game, there is no reason to believe anything in this demo is going to exist in the main game as it is here, and it is probably very far away from release anyway
You might as well play it
>>336070895
supposedly good against mobs
also causing burning
>>336070895
>Is the magic all 100% weapon buffs?
Yes.
>Do shuriken ever get not-shit?
No.
>Are the exploding ones any better?
Yes.
>>336070964
Doesn't that mean that taking this game off people's consoles after a week or so is a crime against preservation of vidya?
>>336070895
I've heard exploding shuriken wreck face
>>336071107
Yes.
They're going to do it anyway.
>>336071107
IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM
>>336071137
Two exploding shurikens can kill a stone statue for a reference point.
>>336070585
I gotta juggled once into my death.
It was that one Ninja Oni near the Harakiri Sword.
I went for the one twirly jumping axe attack and he did that one move that is a flurry of attacks at once, knoncked me out of the move and i fly right into the beach
I died but i thought it was pretty rad.
No matter what it turns out to be, The Mark of the Conqueror is significant.
Before I say why I need to divide the Souls community into two general groups - Conquerors and Conquered - and quickly define both.
Both have basically been around since Demon's Souls, but the very nature of the Conquered demands that the Conquerors come first. Why? Because Conquers beat the path and light the way. Afterward, like mold or a rot, the Conquered seep into the community, ever at the heels of the Conquerors.
How is that? Either by a lack of information upon release or due to a self-imposed restriction, the Conqueror goes in blind. Conquerors embrace the challenge From Software has extended with each release in their Souls/Bloodborne Series while the Conquered abhor it. While Conquerors scratched and clawed their way through levels and boss fights, the Conquered poured over FAQs, Strategy Guides, Wiki Articles, Google Search Results, Let's Plays and How to Videos.
Therefore the Conquered subsist by virtue of the illumination spread over From's games by the Conquerors, entirely dependent on it. Overtime they've let themselves forget this, fancying themselves old hands as they bring their borrowed knowledge and tactics to bear on each successive release.
And then here comes fucking Nioh, reminding the Conquered who they really are. And with little to no documentation in sight they hide behind shitposts so they can cling to that "gud" status they worked so hard to attain. Eventually they'll be back. Once the Conquerors have shown the way, that is.
And that's why The Mark of the Conqueror is significant. No matter how superficial, uselessly cosmetic or quickly outclassed it is, it stills says I'm not this nigga >>336068058
No, I'm a Conqueror.
>>336070226
the revenants read your button inputs faggot
>>336071263
Is this the greatest copypasta of our modern era?
Wait what the fuck
This game came out already?
>>336071247
The Shark spirit fucking wrecks his shit.
Fuck the Oni just hiding in the house you drop down in, by the by.
>>336071308
They don't do a very good job of it if they don't run over to my ass as soon as I hit up on the dpad to get easy free hits in and none of the ones I tried did
>>336071376
Just an alpha demo. Pretty long one though.
>>336071320
It's not bad.
>>336071308
It's weird how easy they were to parry while reading your inputs
>>336071308
Yes and? they are easy
>>336071263
This is what Souls fag actually say to themselves as they continually make
>literally impossible
threads.
>>336071376
Limited time demo get it now GOGOGO
>>336071406
People are talking about DLC though
The fuck?
![han-log[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/dWZw01C.gif "han-log[1].gif")
>>336070895
where da log
kagebunshinojutsu
inzuna drop
and fuma shuriken
>>336071376
Just the demo, but it's a 4-6 hours of content. Depending on how shit you are.
>>336071497
If you beat some of the demo, you get a downloaded file that entitles you to "a reward" in the full game, which some people speculate is DLC.
>>336071497
Yep, it's that good
>>336071497
You unlock bonus "preorder"dlc by beating the demo.
>>336071247
was copying that from souls part of the plan?
>game features enemies which can one shot you, don't follow the game's own rules and mechanics and read your button inputs and the frame rate is inconsistent at best
It's totally not the game's fault guys. Totally. Keel slurping up that Souls cum.
>>336068058
>difficult
>>336071497
You unlock somethign special for the full game if you get halfway through the demo. I'm not sure if we actually know what it is though. It's probably just a cosmetic item
>>336071550
>>336071558
>>336071585
Well I'll be damned
I'll look into the demo tomorrow, gotta sleep now
I'm pretty shit at this apparently.
I think it's because you have to be a lot more tactical than I gave it credit for.
For a quick 20 minutes I didn't get very far, but I'd probably like the game, it's just hard for me to get really interested and into demo's.
Seems better than I gave it credit for too, I was thinking "lul it's just samurai dark souls" but it feels like it's definitely more than that.
>>336071762
makes of ninja gaiden atleast know hard action gamesbesides 3
>>336071762
Yeah, it's totally not Samurai Souls. Its only redeeming value is its difficulty which fedora tippers use to validate the game's existence and "Quality."
faggot
>>336071837
The combat system is pretty complex, desu. Looks of hitboxes and styles, desu.
What's your favorite way to free your enemies of their mortal coils?
Katana, Spear, or Axe?
Low, Mid, or High?
>>336071762
Just remember you can block after getting hit, even if you can't roll.
>>336071949
Spear.
All stances switched continuously.
>>336071762
it gets much easier after you spend an hour or two grinding the first area, unlock all 3 weapon types(4 if you count the bow) and unlock more moves/combos
>>336071949
Spear low stance. I like to beat on Oni with Kat stance dancing.
>>336071960
ki impulse via stance change into low stance famalam
>>336070392
I did this too. Staying close to him in front of his face means that most of the vertical ball attacks will whiff. When he swings the ball twice around horizontally, you can just block this and take no damage, and then stop blocking while he is recovering from that attack to get your ki back.
For the second phase, I kept dodging him until he did that one rush with the three attacks, the one where he is left vulnerable for a short time afterwards. if you dodge twice in a row fast / roll, then you should be in the clear. Then you take some shots at him and repeat.
>>336071837
>>336071837
The combat is nothing like dark souls
>>336072062
that is normally, not if you're getting hit.. i don't think.
actually might be worth to try
>>336071934
But like Souls fags they shitpost about anyone who says anything about the difficulty.
Soulsfags are literally cancer.
>>336071949
square triangle high stance axe combo all day, every day. If it doesn't kill what ever you are hitting, it completely fucks their stamina and knocks em on their face. Then just ki pulse and hit them with it again.
>>336071960
mostly Mid Stance Katana. The parrying is really flashy and and useful for humans and the kick move wrecking stamina is insanely useful. I'm also happy that they scale with Heart because Ki pulse combos oh fuckers who are out of stamina is really satisfying.
I kept spear on alternate for durability issues and groups
>>336072246
This shit is the sweetest shit of all
>>336067651
>check Team Ninja's twitter page
>they're replying to people's survey feedback
>they're all pic related
Yup, the game will be made easier because of stupid fucks who refuse to learn the game's mechanics
JUST
FUCK
MY
GAME
UP
>>336067651
This feels more like Ninja Gaiden meets Tenchu than a souls game to be honest. But most Soulsfags probably think Tenchu is a numerical sneeze.
>>336072491
>soulsfags think they're hot shit probably never actually beat a legit action game that isn't DmC
>>336072373
Maybe the mechanics are bad though
>>336072373
Now, if they were good designers, they'd realize this is at most a communication problem, not an inherent design problem.
>>336072667
>people that can play it say it's good
>people that can't play it say it's badit's demon souls
>>336072373
It is pretty shitty to get one shotted by mooks.
The game's difficulty in general is really unbalanced.
>>336070524
Get naked to maximise dash distance, if you're too heavy you're more likely to fall short.
>>336072373
The main problem was your default "armor" gets you one shotted. They should've given you something better in a chest at the very beginning or toned down the early enemies until you got some drops
>>336072373
They made the game expecting it to be difficult. They included the DLC bonus because they didn't think people would be able to handle it. I think they are going to take the "2 hard" criticisms that they are doing exactly what they should be. The only thing that would but good for them to do as far as balancing would be starting you with some better armor
>>336072763
At about level 20 I had enough gear to stop getting one shot by dudes and could actually tank shots quite well. But I still couldn't reliably fight more than 2 enemies at a time, which is probably the biggest problem I have. Outside of just stunlocking them all to death with a spear, you have to bait out enemies mostly single file which gets boring.
>>336072763
or you learn the rules
you can't turn your back and run
you can't escape being comboed by rolling
enemies and weapons they hold have poise
Nioh so bad.
>>336072763
You need to actually play the game
>>336072913
this, this is what they want people to play the game like.. it's far easier to to nerf everything and make it easy and get useless feedback
>>336072659
Likely. Souls requires spacing and basic timing but it doesn't involve a ton of manual dexterity or any super tight timing.
There's nothing similar to royal guard or jump cancelling or anything like that in souls. You can win the game by hitting once and then backing off until it's safe.
Good fucking luck getting through dmc doing that. An even better example would likely be monster hunter, they both require commitment to attacks and rolling to dodge but MH has an infinitely higher skill cap.
>>336072962
What you really mean is he has to grind his way through the game until he gets enough armor drops.
>>336072926
>you can't escape being comboed by rolling
B-b-ut muh dark souls
>you can't turn your back and run
I've done it and it's worked
>>336072659
>tfw gitting gud at any ninja gaiden game
>>336072763
Only in the beginning if you have shit armor.
The game is fair. It's your fault if you die multiple times and refuse to learn the game's mechanics.
>>336071263
this makes alot of sense actually.
Im with this nigga
>armorbreaker axe in high stance
>literally everything becomes fucking trivial
Carried me through the first level to the point where I felt like I'd cheated desu
>waah difficulty
What the fuck, I'm a casual pleb who has never played Ninja Gaiden before or anything but I still managed to get to Nue without any issues.
>>336073075
>i've done it
sure but you risk autodeath
>>336073149
This is a free to try demo, so you're going to get a lot of non-Souls people trying it out which will lead to complaints of difficulty
>>336072926
You can run, actually. They'll follow you of course. I just meant that a good way to handle accidentally pulling a group is to run and take out the fastest first.
>>336073057
lol nope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW6DA_AJb5I
You are that guy who grinded for Taurus Demon in DaS1 kek.
>>336071643
Thats bloodborne not as souls game.
>>336073223
But non-souls players apparently are doing better than souls players?
>>336073275
Cool, a video of someone who has obviously played the game before and has a full grasp of its mechanics and AI. That totally renders my statement invalid!
>>336071320
Yes, because it's 100% true. The only people who would deny it are people it speaks against.
>>336073248
I hope they figure something else out that the game doesn't become having the mob follow you while you strike/roll one at a time.
Alternatively I wouldn't want you to just stand there and parry everything making the mob meaningless, though it's better than the former.
Would be great if enemies swings could hit each other.
>>336073370
Because Dark Souls was never really hard. Its just a meme. Nioh is a wake up call.
>>336073403
As much as a video of someone who knows what he's doing in Dark Souls actually playing the game and not getting buttfucked by skeletons renders "artificial difficulty" complaints invalid as well.
>>336073403
Your statement that armor is the only thing that matters? Yeah it does.
>>336073370
Yes, only because Soul players tried to play the game like Souls
>>336073403
>of someone who has obviously played the game before and has a full grasp of its mechanics and AI.
Maybe you should do the same thing
>>336073275
That guy's playing a different game than I did. His stamina doesn't go down nearly as fast as mine did and I was using the R1stance reset which I can't even see him use on some of the early enemies. Those enemies I couldn't even kill without running out of stamina unless I R1ed yet somehow he is doing it.
>>336073403
DSP finished it with less than 20 deaths. Whats your excuse you filthy casual?
>>336073275
korean dude faster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuuMBjwKXfU
>>336073123
Yeah. It's easier the further you get in, in a way.
Which is why it's unbalanced. Enemies unless I get ganged up on are never an issue. However, the Oni still can whoop my ass.
>>336071443
Those would be the conquered, my nigga.
>>336073449
>Dark Souls was never really hard
It used to be difficult on a level just shy of on par with Nioh before it formed a guidebook culture. As soon as they started selling them bundled with a walkthrough on day 1, that was when the challenge died.
>>336073537
He's literally just dodging and doing full mid stance square combo for 90% of the enemies.
>>336073471
But skeletons were never artificial difficulty.
>>336073496
My statement was that early on the best way to not get OHKO'd by single enemies is better armor. So no, it doesn't.
>>336073503
>>336073540
I did, I've got the DLC.
>>336073596
Have fun with the Oni on the beach, who you have to fight in a small room before you can unlock the door out!
Ki Pulse is a shitty mechanic
>>336073537
Enemies receive double damage if attacked from behind which is exactly what he is doing.
>>336073596
>unbalanced
not really, they actually thought about the death loop.
As long as you can grind out the same section over and over eventually you'll get babied by the drops due to random stats aka the symphony of the night syndrome.
>>336073679
>But skeletons were never artificial difficulty.
And neither is Ni Oh, it's not hard for the sake of hard because I'd agree that those I Wanna Be The Guy-type games sucks.
You just have to play by its rules.
>>336073679
I got him. I'm just enjoying my anal fissures from the one in the boat.
>>336073702
Why.
>>336073710
Guess that may explain it
>>336073537
ki impulse
>>336073740
You can kill the Oni with DOT effects and as long as it dies before you get hit by the respawn loading screen, it'll be dead for good. You won't get the loot though.
>>336073702
getto guddo anon san.
>>336073537
He is doing Ki-Pulse stamina recharge in every fight.
>>336067651
yeah got it in about a hour and a half.
finished both levels in about 3 hours.
>>336073679
The best way to not get OHKO'd is by actually learning how to play the game. So, yes, it does.
All human enemies in the first stage die to one combo if you hit them from the back.
Also
> oni in the house
You can literally just bait out one attack, open the door, and walk out. How are you this casual?
>>336073710
I hope in the final build they change the damage color on backturn so people notice a difference
>>336073881
>best way to play the game is trial and error
Wow, its like I'm really playing Meme Souls!!
>>336073934
Or they could do even the smallest amount of good tutorializing and let the player know that beforehand.
>>336070895
There is also a god tier debuff that slows down enemies and makes every boss in the demo easy mode
>>336073881
I was sick of demon's souls rewarding backstabs too much and I don't like it in this game much either. It just seems silly to attack an enemy from behind unless you've sneaked up on them. Fishing for backstabs just isn't fun
>tfw you can initiate fall damage if an enemy is hit in the air no matter the height
These threads are so comfy. They remind of the DaS1 PC launch where 9 out of 10 Pc players complained about artificial difficulty because the refused to learn the game.
I just think that if they let the Mariner costume actually give you some sort of defense the first ten minutes wouldn't be as brutal to most people.
I think after you understand whats going on and equip your first gear the game basically balances out the difficulty.
>>336074073
>>336074041
it's weird, like ok that magic is great buff.. then then they have way too many flavors of sword flames and living weapons, caltrops are garbage and poison/petry is lame
>>336074157
Not as good as Red Dead Redemption.
>>336074149
What do you think the Conqueror DLC will be?Protip: it'll be "good" starting gear"
>>336074093
Chaika-chama!
>>336074149
wait is the mariner gear bad? I've been using it for gotta go ronin speeds.
>>336074041
Once I got 4x Sloth talismans, I never feared running into an oni
>>336074265
If you get hit its bad. Very bad.
>>336074002
> trial and error
If you're doing things by trial and error you're not learning anything. The game has voice overs for every mechanic when it's introduced, video demonstrations for attacks, and an encyclopedia in the menu that you're always accessing if you need to look at it again.
>>336074053
Parry puts you behind them. You can dodge the majority of attacks to get behind them as well. It's just a kendo principle to utilize evasion or redirection to get behind someone and attack them.
Hitting someone on the back of the head after a parry or dodge in real kendo awards the most points.
>>336074149
>first ten minutes
Did it really take you ten minutes to get armor? There are like 3 pieces of it on the beach alone and the enemies have a chance to drop more.
>>336074265
I can't check it right now, but i'm fairly sure their defense value is like 1
>>336074321
that explains a lot...
>>336074157
team rocket blasting off again
>>336074378
No, but it took 10 minutes for the game to click with me more or less.
Understand the controls, the stamina system, stance and whatnot.
Item limit needs to be 999. We Diablo Souls now.
The only thing I dont like is how you cannot parry Onis. Fighting humans is more fun because of all the cool possibilities but with Onis is just dodge, attack, dodge. Those fights get boring fast. At least with the cyclops you can shoot their eye with a bow and they get stunned so it spices up the fight but flippy ninja and the other one is just shit.
>>336070845
>Use Sloth
>use Axe heavy combo
>Kill Nue with zero issues second try
Sloth might be a bit OP
>>336068058
It's a good thing you started playing games 7th gen then, imagine if you tried playing games from 6th gen or older. You wouldn't.
>>336074053
>>336074324
>Parry puts you behind them
What's the difference between parry and the mist thing?
the negate damage one feels slower to windup but I don't feel like there are extra I frames.
Also do parries work against all weapons/attacks?
>>336074584I never parry in Souls
Is this on PC?
>>336074584
There are multiple parries dumbass
>>336074527
you can parry flippy ninja.. that's about it
they need to think it through, but I guess they probably want you to play low stance axe if you're using that
>>336074224
Caltrops are good for oni and bosses since it reduces stamina and their movement speed
Also each "sword flame" has different debuffs
Electricity slows movement speed. Flame does a DOT. Water does extra ki damage. Can't remember what the others do
Also petrifying enemies is useful as hell.
I like the combat in this game a lot more than in DaS.
>>336074678
: - )
>>336074527
Break their horns.
>>336074584
I find the square parry follow up more satisfying myself for katana.
>>336074620
They provide different follow ups.
>>336074678
Afraud Not. It's BB all over again
>>336070845
>>336074532
They are gonna have to do some balancing if they want to maintain difficulty once you get good spells and skillls
>>336074767
>no hud
You know when the goto to promotional shots is "get rid of the hud" you'd think companies would try to incorporate it into the game world more, Dead Space style.
>>336074678
God damn it Patrick.
>>336074767
its way more focused, it did what bloodborne did, but with more trick styles and a smaller amount of weapons to focus even more on the styles.
I honestly think it's the better souls game.
I dropped the game because of equipment breakage. I really hope they dont have that in the finished build.
Can you parry the Oni?
![rJROTECQAtWd6LFlCdzfmdrgVmuESFPR-EyapTjbcXw[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/f9YsMca.jpg "rJROTECQAtWd6LFlCdzfmdrgVmuESFPR-EyapTjbcXw[1].jpg")
>>336074841
I'm actually surprised there isn't a parry where you do the whole pose and the other guy is cut in half slowly thing
>>336074879
port when?
>>336074879
With an iota of the platform shitposting, thank fuck.
Why are axes in heavy stance so OP?
How can anybody struggle when axes and heavy stance are things present in the game?
I had to crank up the brightness. Level 2 is way too dark and makes it hard to see enemies movement.
>>336074956
Use wheatstones and glue, you numbnuts.
>DLC locked behind a LITERAL ALPHA BUILD
It's ok when Nintendo does it!
>>336074929
You can't incorporate it into the HUD in every setting without it messing with the aesthetics
It works in tech settings easily because health monitoring fits the world
>>336074767
Seriously how do you do these special attacks after a parry? I can parry easily but I have no idea how to do these follow up attacks I see
>cheesing high level revenants with fire shurikens
heh
>>336074976
no can only kick him
So what do the cup things do?
>>336075034
>tfw I know this guy
I bet he'd enjoy Nioh, actually.
>>336075039
You don't want a Team Ninja PC port
>>336074951
>I honestly think it's the better souls game.
So far. Just wait until we get the final product and it becomes way easier because everyone complained.
If you guys haven't yet, they have a feedback survey on their site to fill out. You should do it and make sure they know to keep the difficulty up.
>>336075201
Hm, feels like mid stance is meant for humans while high is for Oni I guess.
>>336075142
Science fiction is just space-themed magic. They could make it work.
>>336074956
kill more mooks and loot their shit, don't get attached too to any one weapon unless you're swimming in glue/stones
>>336075162
press buttons
>>336075208
You can summon allies at a shrine
>>336075162
You have to press the attack button quickly after the parry. I think you get different ones depending on the stance.
>>336075162
press the button againfaster
>>336075345
players or npcs?
>>336072373
There is no way this game is not getting butchered at release. You have to remember a lot of the people playing are souls cancer, the fucking piss easy game that is memed as hard. Trusting these faggots with surveys is just asking to get your game fucked.
You all better write in the survey that they add semen demons.
>>336075408
Other players. My experience with it has consisted of pretty shit connections and teleporting hosts but the CO Op is pretty fun
>>336075287
kinda boring but I guess you could just bomb or elemental him, I do recall being able to make him faceplant but I think it might have been when he was out of stamina.. and maybe heavy poise like charged axe
>>336075408
Players but the netcode is really bad and the hosts and his enemies teleport all over the place.
>>336075162
Press the button for the parry you used. Follow up with square if you used the square parry. Follow up with triangle if you used the triangle parry.
>>336075237
I filled out the survey. I said keep the difficulty but use better teaching methods in the early game so players know how to play. It avoids a lot of the problems since you have a lot of people playing stupid even with the voice and text for every introduced mechanic.
>>336075287
Mid-stance is used to lower the oni's ki bar. Switch to high stance once they're out of ki and do your maximum damage high stance combos during his stun lock period.
>>336075127
>>336075316
>Try the first boss
>Literally everything I have gets durability broken in one fight with him
>This keeps happening
Nah man, this is just bad game design. Either have my shit refresh at the shrine or let me spend points to repair the stuff. Breaking my shit in a game where everything kills me in one hit is not okay and it just feels bad as a player
>>336070328
>that was a bug?
>You could say it was.....BUGGING me
Is there any reason to use the triangle parry? I feel like the square parry gives you better positioning against whoever you're fighting in basically every situation
>>336075575
The first boss has wooden boxes around him that drop glue for armor and whetstone for weapons.
>>336075575
Break the boxes and pots, you'll get repair items every time.
What is KI impulse? Just r1 after a combo? It gives almost nothing back and wastes time.
>>336075575
iirc first boss room drops glues in the boxes
>>336075741
Do a combo. Watch your stamina refill. Hit R1 before it turns red.
>>336075575
you generally get plenty of whetstones by trading things with the shrine
If your weapon goes from even 50% durability to impeded performance in a single fight you are doing something wrong
>>336075741
Watch your stamina bar after a series of attacks. You'll see a white bar fill up the spent portion, then disappear and your stamina fills normally. If you use R1 right as the white bar fills completely, you gain all that stamina back instantly.
>attack
>run almost out of stamina
>retreat with X smashes
>enemy hits me in the back as I do so
How to avoid it?
>>336075741
gives all of it back minus the cost of first strikesword skill gives more when stance switching
or use low stance.. you can play like a souls game
>>336075741
You have to press R1 when the stamina bar turns white and you will recover that amount of stamina back instantly. If you dont press it stamina regens at a snail pace.
Watch this video and look how he does it in almost every encounter >>336073275
>>336075943
Don't run out of stamina/get that desperate.
Dodge behind enemy, not away.
Wait until they telegraph an attack to dodge
Whichever.
>>336075874
this, blocking is good, but don't just stand there blocking
>>336075943
Use your I-Frames effectively instead of just mashing the button
I've never played ninja gaiden.
Is it as hard as this game?
I got absolutely wrecked in this game.
>>336073275
>that boss fight
MY ASSCHEEKS
>>336075943
don't be a coward
>>336076081
>Is it as hard as this game?
In the highest difficulty Ninja Gaiden is just as brutal as this.
>>336076081
Depends.
Ni Oh gets really easy once you understand the rules. Ninja Gaiden doesn't.
But then Ni Oh will absolutely fuck you in the ass for not understanding the ruleset.
>>336075495
Go watch the TGS trailer, there already is one
i love onimusha and ninja gaiden
i hate darksouls with every inch of my body
how much of each game this is?
the webms make it looks awesome.
>>336076002
also some regen is better then none, you don't have to get it all back depending on the situation
>>336075495
>>336076263
Man you're picky about action games.
![smx[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/7pLys7s.png "smx[1].png")
>>336076081
way harder
Do you think we'll be able to go full onmyouji in the game?
>>336069036
>If you beat the boss of the second level you get the strongest weapon in the demo
for the full game?
As soon as you learn to use the kick at the end of your sword combos to drain stamina, the game gets pretty easy.
I was having a tough time with Oni and Cyclops, and then I realized you can just infinite combo them with Square Square Triangle. Rinse/repeat and whatever you're dueling will never be able to block. Whether you hit Square once or three times, you can just end it with Triangle and get remove half their stamina every time. You even have time to R1 between the combos for all of your stamina back.
I was stun-locking everything near the end. Even those statue guys next to the last shrine.
Honestly loving this combat system way more than the Souls games combat, and I've been at this since Demon's Souls. Bloodborne combat is still dope though.
>>336073275
>people remove the cool guardian summon cinematics
But why?
>>336076412
Probably, the skill trees are not finished.
>>336076380
What's Oatmeal face even doing nowadays ever since Nintendo killed DT?
>>336076352
i just like good hitboxes
>>336070513
You have to learn the skill and equip it. You can use it with any stance, I think.
>>336076459
You can stun lock those stone statues? Every time I try their regen is too fast and get filled up again. I think they are the hardest enemy in the demo.
>>336076643
I know. I want to know what it does.
>>336070513
don't even need it to beat the demo, seen people beat level 1 without it and almost level 2
I have a feeling that the whole game is going to be rebalanced before it launches. Slow magic feels way too strong, a stack of exploding shurikens can take out any enemy with ease, some moves (kick for example) are very exploitable, and leveling up also happens really fast.
>>336076380
no "slow" game can be harder than ninja gaiden
>>336067651
Wow this game is weird. At first I was like what the fuck am I playing, with all the shaky camera, on-meth animation speed, weird ass balance and souls copying.
But then it kinda started to grow on me. It's hella fucking flawed, unfriendly and generally pain in the ass to play, but at least I can enjoy it.
Barehand parries are fucking op, although I can't get my timing right parrying low-stance faggots
>>336076263
Its a demo. Download it and see
It feels more onimusha than dark souls to me
