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NIOH 2

Format PS4 ETA 13 Mar Pub Koei Tecmo Dev Team Ninja

2017’s Nioh was a pleasant surprise, offering Dark-Souls-inspired combat in Sengoku-period Japan, infused with magic and fantasy. Nioh 2 feels like everything a followup could and should be (set before the first game, it’s a prequel of sorts).

“WE SUMMON A HAMMER, BRINGING IT DOWN ON OUR UNSUSPECTING FOE.”

Our hands-on sees our new, customisable half-demon protagonist making his way through a village, dispatching impish creatures with relative ease – although just as in FromSoftware’s soulsborne games, any enemy you encounter will prove startlingly

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