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My Thoughts on Nioh

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My Thoughts on Nioh Oni Demon mini boss in Nioh Nioh is an Action RPG game that came out for PS4 on February 7th 2017. But hit PC lovers everywhere on November 7th 2017 with it's unexpected release on steam. Nioh is a  Darksouls like game  based in old Japan, full of Magic, War, and Monsters. Now just because Nioh may be described as a Darksouls Like game does not mean it's a Darksouls copy. It's clear that  they took inspiration from Darksouls  on many game mechanics, but Nioh has a bunch of really awesome and unique game mechanics of it's own that completely make it it's own game. If you want to hear about those check out my  previous Nioh blog post . My thoughts on Nioh. I'm a huge Darksouls fan, I know the Darksouls 3 controls like the back of my hand, so the fact that Nioh has almost backwards controls than Darksouls, A to roll and dash. B to interact with items, had almost gotten me not to play Nioh. I kept on playing through the first stage, a...

Nioh Comparison to Darksouls

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Nioh Nioh is an Action RPG released on February 7th of 2017 as a PS4 exclusive. Luckily for all of us PC Master race enthusiasts, Nioh was released on steam November 7th of 2017. Currently for me it's only been twenty days since it's steam release so I've been consuming as much Nioh as fast as I can.  Nioh is a game that would be put under the Soulsborne genre which just means it's similar to the Darksouls, Demonsouls, and Bloodborne games. Well as that is correct there is a bunch of differences as well that completely make Nioh it's own game. The few things that make Nioh a soulsborne like game are for one, the Medicine system, Medicine is basically your Estus. You start with three when you enter a level, but you can find more and they can be dropped by enemies, but will be reset every time you go to a shrine. Another thing that makes them similar is the shrines. They are basically the Bonfires of Darksouls. You rest at one and it regains all your medic...

Mario Odyssey Review

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Mario Odyssey Review  Mario Odyssey is the newest Mario game that just came out for the Nintendo Switch and is currently being praised as a perfect game. I'd have to agree with most of the things there. The gameplay is good, you know, like all of the newer 3d Marios do. Good graphics for a mario game and a cool concept. My only thing I have against the game really is the fact that it might as well be Mario Galaxy 3.  The Mario Galaxy games were a couple of 3d Mario games for the Nintendo Wii, and very similar to Mario Odyssey. With the similar concept. In past mario games power ups and such were just to help you to get through a level if you happend to find them. But with both Mario Galaxy and Mario Odyssey there is certain power ups through out each level that you need in order to get through the level, and each level having one or two unique bossfights. The only difference is Mario Galaxy did this with actual items you pick up, where sometimes you even turn into d...

Darksouls 3 Early NPCs

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Darksouls 3 NPCs Darksouls, is unique in many ways which is why 75% of the time darksouls copy games have a hard time becoming what Darksouls is. One of the unique things about darksouls is obviously the combat and story telling. But another thing that makes all the Darksouls games unique is the way he deals with NPCs and quests. The NPCs arent just thrown out for you in easy to put places with simple quest markers to hold your hand everyway. No you have to go out and find the NPCs on your own hand, or by googles. The quests can be difficult and easy to miss, this may all sound like bad things but it's what makes Darksouls and I personally thinks it adds to the challenge of the game, NPC Locations By NPCs we are only going to go over the talkable NPCs and not going over the ones that attack you like the Swordmaster and such. And we are not going over the ones that are bfirst in Firelink, The Firekeeper, Andre and the Shrine Handmaiden, since well. These ones are extremely ...

Darksouls 3 Darkeater Midir

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Darkeater Midir  Darkeater Midir is a secret boss in Darksouls 3's Ringed City DLC, this boss is known to be one of the hardest bosses in the game and can be at times but if you do it right can be one of the easier fights in the game. Once Midir gets down to 20% health he gets stunned and you can one shot him after that, so his health isn' t really all that big. His normal health is at 15,860, though technically to kill him his only has 12688 health, 80% of his normal health. You need to kill Midir to be able to join the Spears of the Church Covenant, which allows you to be the boss in the Halflight bossfight which can be tons of fun, in the Halflight Bossfight when you're the boss you get added health and damage which makes it more even when fighting against a host, and a couple phantoms. To find Darkeater midir go to the room across from the Halflight fight with the statue of Gwyn and the pygmy, from there go down the elevator and drop off half way into a sec...

Darksouls 3 Slave Knight Gael

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Slave Knight Gael Slave Knight Gael is the final boss of the final DLC in all of the Souls series. A good ending if you ask me, Gael being one of the more challenging and interesting boss fights in the game. One of the more interesting parts of this fight is you see Slave Knight Gael as an npc multiple times in the Ringed City dlc, and even the Ashes of Ariendel DLC, and he is the way you actually get to the Ashes of Ariendel DLC as well as being able to summon him to help you fight Sister Friede and Father Ariendel, and even the Demon Princes fight in The Ringed City DLC as well as seeing his messages all around the Dreg Heap telling you where to jump and where not to. Where to Find.    Slave Knight Gael is right after the Halflight of the Church bossfight, once that fight is finished go up the stairs and you'll see a bonfire, rest at that then go through the doors, you'll be brought into a cut scene then you'll be a different area, if you walk around you'...

Darksouls 3 Demon Princes Fight

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Demon Princes The Demon Princes are the first boss you fight in the Ringed City DLC of Darksouls three, all though by the community called the Demon Princes, The boss's fist stage consists of two bat like demons named Demon in Pain and Demon from Below, the second stage being one large bat like demon named The Demon Prince. But because of the first stage's two separate demon names everyone calls the boss "Demon Princes" Boss Location and Summons The boss isnt hard to find, it's right across from the Within Earthen Peak bonfire in the Dreg Heap. The boss is not optional, you need to kill it in order to get to the Ringed City, which is the main part of the DLC. As for NPC summons, if you talked to Lapp before doing the fight and exhausted his dialog, he'll be able to join you in the fight. Also Slave knight Gael will join you in the fight no matter what, and if you have a Dried Finger you can summon in a player as well. Boss Fight The Demon Princes is...

DOOM Multiplayer Review

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DOOM Multiplayer Review The Multiplayer content and gameplay in doom gts a lot of bad rep. PCGamer described it as "Dull" and "Fails to carve out an identity of its own." I completely disagree with bot hof these. I'm not a huge fan of First Person Shooters, I don't dislike them but they've never been my cup of tea. This year there has been a few really good shooters, with games like Player Unknown's Battlegrounds and Destiny 2 I think DOOM which was released in May of last year can still compete with these newer titles since it brings something completely new to the table. Gameplay Something that DOOM does, that a lot of other shooters dont do is it supports being aggressive! With one of the main things in DOOM that completely  separates it's self from other shooters in the Health and Armor pickups. Normally how combat in other shooters go is, shoot from cover, then sink back and wait for your health to regen. Rinse and repeat. All t...

Darksouls 3 Champion Gravetender and Greatwolf

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Champion Gravetender and Greatwolf The Champion Gravetendr is the only optional boss to be added in with the Ashes of Ariendel DLC. This boss is needed to be killed if you want to use the Undead Arena for Pvp. This boss is unique in the way does it does not drop a boss soul, but a unique weapon Valorheart, which is a sword with a sword built into the weapon when you two hand it, with a very interesting move set that's very different than others in the game. How to get to the boss is some what hidden, a lot like the Old Demon King bossfight. At the chapel bonfire you probably already know about the rope bridge, you'll want to take that out then climb down, and fall onto some roots, keep falling down the roots, that have Wilwood knights and archers on them mind you, and you'll get to some frozen lake, youll see a little dent in the wall, go into there and you'll find the Frozen Plains bonfire, then facing away from the bonfire, go right to find the fog wall W...

Darksouls 3 Old Demon King

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Old Demon King The old Demon kind is the optional boss of the optional zone the Smoldering Lake under Carthus Catacmbs, right before the fight with High Lord Wolnir. Now, even though the Demon King has a intimidating name, he is one of the easier bosses in my opinion, if you know how to roll well To get to the boss, from the High Lord Wolnir bonfire, go to the rope birgde and knock that down, climb down that to get to the Smoldering Lake, run past the huge demon, go down the hall, take a leftr, then run down the cave, You'll be in a large area. Then go to the left and run, you'll get to the fog wall. In the boss fight the Demon King is large, but most of his attacks except for two, is an AoE attack, so dodging will be fairly easy. He is weak to all Black Knight weapons, and dark damage, so dodge, use fire resist magic and items and you should be good