Anyone here played the closed alpha? How does it run on the base PS4? How's online? Also, what's the deal with the blue revenant graves? Are they just friendly NPCs, like red revenants? Or are those actually player "signs"? Seeing how they cost ochoko cups. Can you summon people anywhere now instead of just at the shrines? I wouldn't want to waste the cups on just some artificial idiot help. How's the new weapons and mechanics? Really wish they did a multiplat release this time, but oh well. I might pick it up on release, if the game performs well on my PS4. Looking forward to living the dream of being an oni girl.
I never got an Alpha invite (bastards) but the blue graves are indeed AI helpers you can summon that are based on players like revenants. You can find a place to put yours down and get cups from people summoning for help. The only thing I know about online is that you can have two players with you in missions now.
Thomas Fisher
Oh, so the cups used to summon the revenant actually go to the player who put it down instead of disappearing into nothingness? That's neat. I still doubt the usefulness of the AI controlled partners, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to drop down yours in front of a boss for some free ochoko cups, while you're minding your own business, if you can select where to place them.
Landon Campbell
I think it's just a better than nothing approach for those without online. Hard to say just how helpful they are but you actually reminded me that in Dark Souls 3 I would count on them being crap and summon them to beef up boss HP so if it does the same for them here I might take advantage of it. I'm quite sure you pick the location, yeah.
Luis Garcia
Never actually played Nioh on PS4 besides the beta for the first game, and honestly don't quite remember from the PC version, but don't you need to be online to be able to see the revenant graves in the first place? Or could you do that without PS+ too? And why the hell would you want to buff the boss' HP on purpose? Although I'm not sure if summoning did the same in Nioh. I didn't play co-op that much to notice. I know there's apparently no level restriction though, and you can be summoned into a lowbie game and oneshot everything.
Ian Perez
You can see player graves without PS+, but I was more thinking about the NPC ones there since they'll be in there too. >why the hell would you want to buff the boss HP on purpose? For fun, I get to fight it longer and Nioh has huge issues with enemies dying too fast. I know Yokai Realm with Companion buffed HP and more, but I don't think summoning did. Now I think about it, at the TGS stage demos it didn't look like it did it either, but there's no frame of reference. But yeah there's no level restrictions at all in 1.
Jaxon Wilson
Are they doing timed exclusivity again for PS4? That’s bullshit but whatever, I’ll keep playing Iceborne and pirate Memelands 3 while I wait. Was considering buying Nioh 2 but now I’ll just pirate it as well
Samuel James
that'll show em
Sebastian Garcia
youtube.com/watch?v=dS-Lnqq5u9s This nigga has the best TGS demo playthrough. The new anti-demon bith slap parry is hilariously broken by the looks of it, though you still need to time it right or you will get wrecked.
Caleb Morales
>don't want to double dip and keep my PS4 at older CFW for possible pirating >know that i will double dip and update anyway
