[OLD] Nioh Review (PS4)

[@emilefoy-legault1031]

I wonder if this game contain giant ennemy crabs. It's based on japanese history after all.

[@aflhabalafhabab]

Do you think you’re being clever, you dunce knob?

[@superpippo93x]

Guess who's back. Back again. Cad is back. Nice to see... hear... that you recovered. Take it easy for a while, you deserve it!

[@roopertrooperviolencejack6281]

Komodo23 what the fuck are you talking about

[@superpippo93x]

ROOPERTROOPER MEGALOMANE He was ill. He made a few Twitter posts about it and says it himself at the beginning of this video.

[@planescaped]

People in general seem to overestimate how many people use Twitter. I have never, nor do I ever intend on using Twitter. I've got enough message boards that I don't need that shite pile of one. Doesn't help that it's main userbase are the type of people who use the internet exclusively through their phones, and only discovered it in the past 5-8 years...

[@roopertrooperviolencejack6281]

planescaped my thoughts and situation exactly.

[@Dargonhuman]

+planescaped Same here. I have absolutely no desire to get involved with Twitter; I'm too antisocial and too busy with my real life to worry about whatever crap people are talking about on there.

[@HunterMearo]

As someone who has played Okami and other Japanese lore containing games; I found the bosses to be really cool :-)

[@phantombroker6856]

Yeah, Honda Tadakatsu's boss gimmick miiiiiiiight have something to do with the popular conceit that he never sustained any injury worse than a scratch during any battle he ever fought.

[@squatchjosh1131]

7:37 I'm assuming Caddy meant shuriken carrying and not the ability to somehow physically carry a classic street fighter move.

[@tamzeedbari6309]

It would be awesome if you could though.

[@LyricaSilvan]

The monsters, movements, and weapon/armor customizations in this make me think of Monster Hunter. That fact alone makes me want this game.

[@First15]

Reminds me of dark souls. But with actual characters that help you.... and a storyline you can actually understand without a game guide.

[@JasonDoe1000]

It's quite ironic because it's actually the difference, none of the characters is helping you, there are only two short submissions and two short parts in the main mission where NPCs help you You are basicly the guy who does the whole dirty work for them And the story is easy to understand but not good

[@First15]

JasonDoe1000 ah. Thanks for that context!

[@InfernalMonsoon]

Nioh is fun for that but Dark Souls' world, lore and characters are far, far more memorable. Plus as an off-note I think Lords of the Fallen does Nioh's more obvious style of storytelling and world building a lot better but that's just my opinion.

[@First15]

True. I can dig that.

[@bizmonkey007]

First15 Nioh has "a storyline you can actually understand"-- did we play the same game 😂?

[@_Yuechia_]

This game makes me sad, my brother loves any game that involves the history of federal japan...makes me even sadder he isn't alive to see how wonderful games are now...

[@WildHart_z]

Oh shutup about ya gay brother.

[@d.a.f.5982]

@@WildHart_z you're mad immature. Grow up

[@josealejandromontilla1106]

@@WildHart_z ???

[@depreciatednull]

Actually Kelley is the hollow man and he did die before the events that happened which explains the whole clone thing. Fun fact Kelley was an alchemist in real life along with 100 eyes when he was human.

[@SakuraAvalon]

Hundred Eyes? Pffft! That's nothing before my Thousand Eyes Restrict~

[@ThatIckyGuy]

Everyone's talking about Breath of the Wild and Caddi talks about Nioh.

[@Wesker12349]

Dyonus because he does whatever the fuck he wants, not what everybody is doing, like wtf is your problem dyonus.

[@sdolnicek]

Beacuse he has dignity?

[@Odinsday]

*HE'S A REBEL*

[@Wambley]

@@Wesker12349 no need to be mean.. He didnt say anything bad.

[@Jamesdallimore90]

it's gonna take one hell of a game to stop this being my GOTY, loved it !!

[@ACloudWithoutAir]

as an alpha, beta and last chance player. the twilight missions actually used to be a lot harder before final release, youd have to fight mobs of skeletons and other such things while fighting bosses like Ino-enma or Onryoki. twilight missions existed for the alpha players who wanted the brutality of the original concept of the game, because there was a divide in the community of people bitching saying the game was too unforgiving in its brutality. Aaaaaand then for some reason twilight missions ALSO got nerfed in difficulty. Nioh used to be insanely brutal back in the alpha. beyond demon souls brutal.

[@moonmuffins]

Wishing you well soon Caddy! Absolutely loved the video , as always. :)

[@NanaKyoto]

What if there was a Dark Souls-esque game that was even FASTER than Nioh?

[@Ashurman666]

+Nana-Kyoto Alas, such a thing does not exist

[@deviljho3]

It's a thing called Bloodborne

[@NanaKyoto]

If there was such a thing, that'd be simply MADNESS.

[@Ashurman666]

+Deviljho Bloodborne is NOT faster paced than Nioh

[@deviljho3]

...In what universe is Nioh faster than Bloodborne, faster than dark souls sure, faster than Bloodborne nah

[@IsOcEs13]

7:39 "Shoryuken Carrying" would be really nice in Street Fighter

[@Mick-hp4yg]

I absolutely love the yokai designs in this game. They basically took the highly stylised visuals of anime creatures and translated them perfectly into real looking creatures.

[@cailumgrantham-tibbitt8543]

Id say nioh is more demons souls than dark souls especially with the mission structure as apposed to the semi-linear open world

[@stev019]

Caddy. I destroyed those crystals without trying. Maybe you were underleveled.

[@framedprotagonists289]

Huh? I had no clue Obsidian Samurai had his name changed in certain versions

[@kylelangdon6724]

7:38 Shoryuken? I think you mean shuriken Caddy.

[@CloudXStrife136]

Nice to see you back Caddy. Hope you get well soon

[@crownvetch92]

Get well soon Caddicarus (also I want you to review Monster Hunter)

[@bradstarzz2921]

Was missing ya dude. Good to hear you're on a steady recovery

[@michaelcoyle2748]

Caddy's back!... but he's sick. Hope you get better soon man

[@ACloudWithoutAir]

10/10 game. best action game in years.

[@davidalizo7251]

no spoilers for me today. I'll come back once I've played the game

[@Dracomut]

(Nervously looks around himself and sighs) I'm gonna get crucified for saying this but... I think this game is way better than both Dark Souls and Bloodborne

[@shifterx]

Dracomut Dark Souls? Yes. Bloodborne? Naaaaaaa

[@Aiden-Ed]

@Shifter X I'd say Nioh 1 is still worse than Bloodborne but I think Nioh 2 is the best game ever, not exaggerating. Also imo. It’s been a little while and my opinion has now changed, I think this game is better than Bloodborne now.

[@MrHarryDGamer]

7:38 - I know Caddy mean to say "Shuriken carrying" but what he actually said was "Shoryuken carrying" and now I'm imagining Ryu fighting through this whole game with his bare hands XD

[@AfonsoEGM]

You can face the first boss up to thirteen times in the game.

[@Aiden-Ed]

Can

[@bobjim245]

loved this almost podcast style, makes gaming and listening easier :)

[@bretthicksomega]

16 minute video, uploaded 10 minutes ago, 9 dislikes? Ah the internet... never change... Btw Nioh is amazing.

[@MrHeesman]

Yeah, beating the story is rather draining due to the repetition. But getting the PLATINUM TROPHY? All I'm gonna say is Marobashi, Marobashi and then some more Marobashi. And then I put the game down for 6 months for how exhausted I was. THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANKFULLY the DLC isn't required for the Platinum Torphy. :,D

[@pointlessshithead3272]

CADDY! Don't worry me like that

[@mrraziel4398]

Dark souls(my favorite game) + ninja gaiden + onimusha = nioh

[@SB407_MUGEN]

At least Daddy Caddy is still alive

[@atomsmasher703]

I did every single goddamn side quest when I went through the game for the first time. As soon as I was done, I started a new playthough with a different build. I'm still doing all the side quests, and I'm not bored in the slightest. And I've still got the DLC to go through, which is why I made a new build. My other build was a bit all over the place, so I wanted to use all the info I had about the game to make a better build before jumping into the dlc, but I didn't want to just use a book of reincarnation, because I didn't fully understand the story yet, so I wanted to go though the main game again focusing more on the story.

[@jazzskull2398]

Mhhhhhhhhhhhhh this PS4 game is really good and is good to have you back Caddy.

[@Mayahiime]

looks like I got a new game on my bucket list. thanks caddy!

[@LDsprite]

Odd that Caddy had a hard time with Honda. I also thought that fight was pretty shitty, but mainly because it was incredibly underwhelming for a fight against one of history's biggest badasses. For me it was just a matter of baiting an attack, evading it, and then breaking a crystal before he recovered. Rinse, repeat two times and bam, you win. Practically a Zelda boss. By the looks of it, DPS was his main problem. For the most part, levels don't really matter in this game so long as you have the skill to make up for it, but Honda is a pure battle of numbers. If you don't have the damage output to break a crystal before he has time to recover and hit you, I can see how he could be a much bigger pain in the ass. I guess that would be one of the only times where it wouldn't be lame to use a Sloth talisman on a boss. Fortunately there's a side mission where you get to fight Honda normally and it's considerably less shitty, although still relatively easy compared to most of the other duels in the game. Beyond super armour and that OP passive healing buff that kicks in at around 30%, Honda's bizarrely simple to smack around.

[@Ethan_The_Actor]

glad your back caddy

[@KohighMathy]

I love your videos Caddy. you away seem to have a similar view point to myself on games. & Nioh is no exception. Beautiful Game! I have to say I have been pondering over the purchase of a PS4pro, Every-time I watch your videos & you wax lyrical about it I think to myself, I should get one. However I don't have the "Excuse" that I need it for work :-P Keep up the Ace content Fella :-D

[@kevinbaconwasntinfootloose1742]

Anyone else played the game recently???? It really doesn't feel the same as when it came out.

[@Rufusdog007]

where have you been?? good to hear your voice again, mate.

[@Graavigala85]

It runs pretty well on normal PS4, only dips I had were when screen was full of explosions and particles and what nots but overall it ran smooth as butter. Also the boss he is explaining as "luck based" is simple if you use fast weapons

[@lucaspineda8115]

glad to see you again

[@Game_Glyph]

Yay! New review, made my day, thanks!

[@DollyBelladonna]

"Now hands that do dishes can feel as soft as your face with mild green Fairy Liquid"

[@asleepyjake]

I'm starting to think a Caddy video isn't a Caddy video if he doesn't say 'bombastic' atleast once.

[@Justmyhandle]

Who else would love a *Zelda* game with combat and dark fantasy tones similar to *Nioh* or *Dark Souls* ? Using a wide variety of weapons & outfits, each with their own combos & properties, SO many different creatures & bosses from lore re-imagined to be scarier, unlocking the ability to play as Princess Zelda, Ganon, Sheik, Impa, and others in New Game+, etc.

[@zero-gi6gp]

So I'm guessing this could be described as "Dark Souls: Prepare to Backtrack Edition" in souls-like-terms?

[@MeerkatChris]

As sad as it sounds, I haven't even played Nioh and yet despite you stating "Spoilers", I didn't want to turn the video off... I missed my Caddicarus addiction too much!

[@silkie3465]

omgitsMeerkatChris Same, I could never turn down a Caddy video!

[@williamts9422]

Nier Automata next?

[@zfrometa8316]

WilliamT S or Horizon

[@gatst7680]

WEISS SCHNEE Or Zelda

[@gatst7680]

TheGzeus What I thought it was just about robits and shit

[@gatst7680]

TheGzeus I'm guess so used to Kingdom Hearts, I guess anything not Kid Friendly doesn't fit with Square Enix in my book.

[@gatst7680]

TheGzeus ... And? I don't like Final Fantasy, or Dragon Quest, or really anything else they've made.

[@depreciatednull]

This better be a 10/10 because Nioh deserves it.

[@Ashurman666]

+Darth Sceledrus I wouldn't say a 10/10, it has flaws. BS flaws even

[@depreciatednull]

Ashuraman Nah it has no flaws

[@Eclipseknight9]

Darth Sceledrus The story isn't good (despite being cheesy fun) and the characters are forgettable, for me I need a reason to care about what happens in a game, otherwise I lose interest, but with Nioh I just didn't care what happened because of that.

[@jacob.g.l1592]

Eclipseknight9 I couldn't care less about the story. I appreciate that it's there. But it's all about the gameplay for me.

[@jengaaaaa]

The game looks like a ps2 game and it has you going through the same level ten times even if you moved on to a different map. I like the variety of gear and abilities and combat though.

[@Wambley]

William looks a lot like edward Kenway from ac4.. And willams character directory entry says this: Saoirse's special ability to locate powerful Amrita spirit-stones allowed him to flourish as a pirate for a time, but when he stumbled upon a secret military project to weaponize Amrita, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Just before William escaped the Tower of London, the alchemist Edward Kelley stole Pirates eh? Edward KeLLey eh? Coincidence? I dont think so.

[@dixailia]

I was really hoping that you'd upload today, since it's actually my birthday haha

[@redkingrauri3769]

William is Irish because Americans love the Irish (and who can blame 'em, our accents are SO damn sexy~), especially since a large chunk of us are descended from Irish settlers. And for some reason this apparently means that game devs think that British people can't be used as protagonists because it's more fun to be an Irishman. Feel like if the people behind this and The Saboteur were put in charge of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the entire population of London would be Irish.

[@JasonDoe1000]

The reason behind it was actually that ghosts are a thing in irish culture and they believe in them And since William can see and believe in ghosts they thought it would be smarter to make him irish

[@redkingrauri3769]

JasonDoe1000 Do British people not believe in ghosts?

[@JasonDoe1000]

Maybe, who knows But spirits and such are part of the irish culture, so it fit

[@InfernalMonsoon]

This is a Japanese game. And yes us Englishman do have a fun reputation of being the sleazy bad guys in games and I'm totally cool with that.

[@RoguesAndRoses]

Unless you have a smooth brogue that is easy to understand, Irish accents are anything but sexy half the time. I've lived in Ireland for a while and if you can get past the nasty slurring and all the "yaalrightbai's" I guess so yeah. Genuinely worse than cockney.

[@paulduncan1062]

The biggest struggle for me when I played this at my mate's house was re-learning how to use a controller, not used one since Christmas.

[@Sean-Ax]

14:00 Is that... Zinogre...? It attacks just like Zinogre!

[@binkawy]

I just finished my first playthrough. What an exceptional game !! Accurate review but i think atleast a 9 would do it justice.

[@DynoSkrimisher]

William is Irish because his Spirit is of Irish spiritual lore. so, yeah.

[@DaFro3713]

Holy crap, Caddy's not dead.

[@31277b]

at 11:14 i think theres a mistake in the editing because i cant catch what number, if any, you were when you beat the lvl 145 recommended mission

[@thedarknesscallingme]

Like you i was confused why they made an historical English character sound Irish. According to the game's creators they wanted to make William Irish because Irish folklore has alot of spirits in it and since Siarocise (spelling) is based on an celetic water spirit, and since the game itself is replete with spirits, it would make sense and also explain why William can see spirits

[@SupremeViola]

So, a word on the accent: There's a few scholars who poured over all the Shakespeare plays and poems looking at the rhyme patterns to try to discover the London accent of the late 1500s/early 1600s. And, shockingly, it's a *lot* rougher than you'd think and is something of a cross between a West Country accent and an Irish accent. The more you know!

[@actuallyasriel]

That option to sacrifice details for framerate is on the standard PS4 as well! Just a heads-up.

[@late_shift_tonight]

I didn't know if I wanted to buy this game. I haven't played a lot since I started animating, but on the other hand this game looks awesome and bad ass.

[@GizmoFan1]

Know before you buy it that it's a huge game. I'm on my first playthrough, still haven't finished (maybe 80% done?), and at ~60 hours. Could easily be longer if I was more thorough in exploration.

[@awoodenladder603]

His guardian spirit is named saoirse which means freedom in Irish so the story is basically about an Irish man fighting for freedom so you basically play as the OG Michael Collins

[@Gat720Dua]

I'm sure that's not what they did for the ending given William actually had a family back home but with all the creative liberties the game have I don't think it really matters.

[@franciscobrisolladeoliveir9596]

You get to fight the gashadokuro? 10/5 best game ever!

[@GizmoFan1]

It's an annoying fight. If you don't know the gimmick it takes you forever, if you do it's over in less than two minutes with little-to-no risk.

[@atomsmasher703]

I thought the fight was great... at least the gimmick bosses give the game variety...

[@antekpatyk9425]

Whoever designed that fight should get an award for the greatest fight of all time. Everything one shots you and he Has more health than a milion tanks 10/10

[@MrJechgo]

7:00 Hold on... Tadakatsu Honda is in the game... and he's a pain to fight? And I thought I've seen everything back in Samurai Warriors and Sengoru Basara XD Tadakatsu Honda appears in those games as well, and both Koei-Tecmo and Capcom made him a living tank X_X

[@GizmoFan1]

It's honestly not *that* bad of a fight. There are several that are much worse because they feel straight up unfair or have genuinely terrible mechanics, Tadakatsu's fight is just gimmicky crap that involves a lot of hitting and running.

[@thelaughingman4791]

Nah that fight is very easy if you break the crystals, Caddy must have just had super low damage for that point in the game. However there is the fight where you have to take Tadakatsu and Muneshige at the same time, that one is actually difficult.

[@vahlok1426]

MrJechgo Yeah that fight is mostly a trick fight with the crystals. Later he challenges you like Muneshige does, so you get a one-on-one duel with him.

[@SteveTpenn]

Timothy E. None of the boss fights felt unfair

[@ActuallyJozu]

Hondo was so easy for me, personally. I know everyone's play-through is different, but I just used one living weapon and ran over to each one and killed them super fast. It was like a 2 min boss fight

[@waynejulian277]

the ost for this game is awesome and team ninja needs to make the sequel fully open world

[@shubhankarbhingare8807]

1:57 That move.....so cool....

[@2SeizeTheDay]

it looks and runs amazing on the original ps4. I haven't noticed any dropped frames and I'm ~level 70

[@emilinrose]

Entirely unrelated to the content in this video, Remember Pupicarus? That name would be perfect if it was reused for a series involving Stanley.

[@Xanime95]

I'm personally taking a break from this game since I'm not really enjoying it. I love the silly story and I love how William comes all as if he has no idea what's going on in the cutscene since everyone speaks Japanese to him. But the bosses aren't fun to fight. Sure I can beat them and sure they have interesting designs but other then that they're more of a pain in the ass to fight and I loose interest rather quickly. That Hundred Eyes fight looks fun so maybe I'll pick it up again. Good review as always Caddy.

[@TheLazysketcher]

NIO-OH! Im gonna dance on top of the stairs, cause no one can stop the Nioh dance! Nioh Nioh Nioh...

[@alphabulblax1649]

2:26 Hold up. Were those lightning corgis?

[@Kapasa1]

Paired Raikai; Lightning Dogs. One of the better Guardian Spirits.

[@Ashurman666]

+Kapasa1 Suzaku for life!

[@leoelvis524]

Lightning shibe inus

[@NorthYeezy]

YES I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG

[@vVAstrAVv]

caddy you can actually destroy one of the crystals in the warrior of the east fight with rangebefore going into the arena. i did it and beat him first try and i doubt im too lucky lol

[@benwasserman8223]

Now on to the Horizon Zero Dawn review Caddy!!!

[@stormldrago1221]

Caddy didn't do a video on my birthday ;-; , this is the closest he got, and it was my 18th too. (March 17th was my bday)

[@BugsyFoga]

the cadster is back!!!!!!!

[@edusoares20]

Good review caddy. I want buy nioh but first i have to buy a ps4. : ) i love your channel

[@noobkinghavel1054]

This game is insane its great i just got it yesterday n only played 3hours and is pretty challenging its awsome

[@Athalwolf13]

Little hick up, Twilight mission and side missions often have different enemies and certainly different placement of them

[@Sparda11222]

Don't underestimate "People" Bosses. In this kinda game you should go like "OMG this boss has only two legs..I'm fucked!!" Great vid :D.

[@joshuabrown3361]

The Nioh games are my favorite Souls-likes. Hands. Down.

[@BewbsOP]

shoryuken carrying? i think you mean shuriken carrying.

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

Holy crap I came into this video thinking that he was going to trash the game calling it a piece of trash and who knows what else because caddy is quite the sarcastic King in my opinion but I was genuinely surprised after watching the video. Hell he actually liked it. (Sorry for the horrible grammar)

[@XShadoWPaws]

Honda Tadakatsu is really really intimidating at first.... And then you realise he never blocks.

[@DefMettle]

ahhhh that soundtrack though!!!

[@cryawncrow]

I'm glad you like the pogues :D

[@thelaughingman4791]

I was enjoying Nioh so I decided to try the the soulsborne games because everyone was comparing it to them. I started playing Bloodborne and immediately lost any desire to go back to playing Nioh.

[@Eclipseknight9]

Nioh may be good, but Bloodborne is a masterpiece of a game.

[@sexcannonmusic284]

I always thought this game would not come close to what i find good about souls games , but a few months ago i tried it and can't put it down . it beat all the soulsborne games for me

[@walksinrain]

This is a great review! It's really made up my mind whether or buy or not

[@DiscountOstrich]

I did every side mission except the last 2 at the very end, because they both require you to fight 2 bosses at the same time and I don't have the patience for that

[@adrieg-s4801]

This thumbnail art is 👌 much better

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Akward-Silence-Icarus comedy youtube show.