Am I missing something or is it something that is more useful later in the game? The weapons and armor I've been finding in game seem significantly better than anything I can craft on my own, even after disassembling other exotic items for their material. I just left the first region in the game and I'm not seeing a good reason to use the blacksmith in the game.

IMO, the prompts still absolutely need fixing and the game would probably be worth $25 if they did. It works, but it's not exactly revolutionary. It feels like a way of them trying to blend Ninja Gaiden's attack leveling system with Dark Souls' slower pace. I find myself using the same stance 75% of the time, only switching to extend attack strings or to toggle a couple single strikes. I think the 3 stances just give you the ability to make any weapon slower/faster at will. If you don't, it's wise to charge it up, even if you have to die first and lose your amrita/souls.Ĭombat sounds better than it really is. It makes the difficulty in most of those battles night and day whether you have that ability or not. Strategically the best way to approach any boss fight is to fight them normally and when they hit 40% of their life, enable your guardian. It also makes you borderline invincible, too.

The weird thing is that you have an ability (your 'guardian') that makes you super-powered for a short time. A few are a cakewalk, while a couple are incredibly tough. It's kind of amusing that you can take advantage of them the way they take advantage of you.īosses thus far have all been borrowed directly from the Souls games. It IS interesting that every enemy has a stamina bar just like you, though. They grow stronger as you move forward, but they're still essentially the same. I'd suspect I'm about 60-70% done with the game and I've been killing the same dozen enemies the whole time. Most maps you get to play through a couple different ways, and the game does a good job of making the same map feel fresh. Level design falls short of Dark Souls, but it's not terrible. I don't really mind the inventory system.at least outside the button prompts being incorrect.

Why is it nioh complete edition