Everything I stated was opined from all of the prerelease experiences I've had with it, so i suppose I can't cast any final judgments either, but its enough for me to say that there haven't been any fundamental or structural changes to the formula whatsoever. Aside from the Dark Souls sequels, every Fromsoft souls title has made some significant fundamental change to the formula. Dark introduced an interconnected open world, Bloodborne forced a dodge-only agressive playstyle, Sekiro removed the RPG elements, added verticality and stealth, etc. Not saying Nioh 2 needed a large quantity of fundamental changes as the original was sound but something large enough for it to feel like a different game. They could've seamlessly connected the areas together while retaining a mission structure post-completion, which they already kinda did with a few of Nioh 1's earlier areas.
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darks souls barely had any changes stop lying I have played the games they only had small minor additions overall the gameplay remained the same
and also bloodborne and sekiro were made to be different the inherent problem with your post is this is a sequel not a completely different ip
People constantly talk shit about how bad the second half of Dark Souls is and it's common knowledge that half the weapon types aren't worth using unless you minmax the fuck out of your character, why do people try to push that it's a great game? It's like saying the first Dragonball Xenoverse game is good because it's sequel is an above average game.
You can customize like your hair and shit for each of the 3 forms but the form itself depends on your spirit
>Dark introduced an interconnected open world
Imagine caring about this nonsense.
Dark Souls introduced Estus, which is the most important mechanical change. The interconnected world is just a neat little thing that only retards think is actually important.
It's a moderately difficult game that got some widespread appeal because "oh my god it's sooooo difficult", and playing it was like gamer cred
Because Nioh's combat is better than all of those games combined.
Literally GOD-TIER combat