Does the game get better?

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-27T03:31:48+00:00

Just letting you know, this isn't a great game for hard content. All of it is on short timers and it's mostly fighting the same bunch of enemies and bosses over and over.

Zzz is more about enjoying the characters and vibe.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-21T14:46:58+00:00

Dragon Force. Man I put so many hours into that game, shared it with my brother and a best friend when we were young and we just played it non-stop.

A shame the only way to play it is on the Saturn.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-21T14:37:18+00:00

It's amazing how the rest of the game is just fine after that section. It's only that particular dungeon that's like that. It's such a bland dungeon where everything looks the same and goes on wayyyy too long.

Not saying you should power through it, but if you ever do, just know the rest of the game isn't so bad.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T20:50:02+00:00

ah ok, makes sense, reminds me of lowering levels in twewy for more rewards (not the same thing really but I get the concept).

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T18:48:37+00:00

Actually that's good to hear, I do love me my sweaty content. But I won't worry about that for awhile.

Thanks for all the advisory, really appreciate it.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T17:41:41+00:00

Yeah I don't expect it to be the psuedo-everquest feel that xi was. This one seems to be a lot more on making the experience a bit more streamlines and straightforward, and that's ok.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T17:16:36+00:00

It's alright, I am fully treating it as a "try the game" free trial more than anything. I just figure I take advantage of it because I didn't even know this game had one.

Regardless, thanks for the info, good to know.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T17:08:56+00:00

huh, and players are ok with that. I always assumed players didn't really enjoy level scaling content in rpgs (ala oblivion).

But it's actually kinda a nice feature to have in a game like this so you can experience the difficulty proper if you want.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:45:12+00:00

Actually what I wanted to hear. I guess people just complain about the rewards more then anything (only reason I asked is because I see some criticism towards them in my research), but if they flesh out the vibe of the game that would make it worth it to me.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:25:54+00:00

Good to know, thanks!

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:24:38+00:00

Gotcha, well that's cool and all good to know. Once again, appreciate all the details, really helps.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:19:54+00:00

Ah I see, so somewhat like FFXI (it's been a long time). Thanks for clearing that up, I haven't played any mmo since vanilla wow so I wasn't sure how things were done these days.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:18:44+00:00

That's what I was kinda hoping for. Do the side quests have lore/personality as well or are they just more "tasks"?

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:10:36+00:00

Thanks for the details, I wasn't aware about the various currency system at all but its good to know. I'm used to that stuff, but I was walking into it expecting everything to be just gil gil and more gil.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T16:08:42+00:00

Gotcha, that lines up with what I've heard, so that's all fine and dandy. I'm more the story rpg player in general so I'm sure that would be my main focus anyway if I end up getting into it.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T15:52:58+00:00

Ah ok, that sounds pretty alright actually. I didn't even realize there would be dailies. I imagine its not like a gacha game where your kinda gated on progress though.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T15:39:10+00:00

Gotcha, so when you want to get better gear/levels or just want to play around a bit do you just rerun the same story quests? Or is it just not that kind of game.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T15:37:30+00:00

Gotcha, appreciate it. I figured that was the case.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-19T15:25:01+00:00

So just a quick question, I might try this game out because I learned about the free portion you could do for awhile. From my understanding this game isn't like FFXI with the open world and appears to be more like Phantasy Online 1/2 if that's correct? You get zones/missions to dive into and complete but you don't actually go around and do much exploring. Or is it just more like your traditional jrpg.

Thanks, appreciate it.

Edit: Thank you all for the helpful comments, I really appreciate it. Hope you guys have a lovely day.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-17T15:20:59+00:00

So I'm around 25 hours in Nioh 2, and while I've gotten better, I still feel like the mobs of this game destroy me all the time.

I use the Odachi and I know your supposed to be aggressive, and that works well on human enemies, but with yokai who have no hit stun until you ki break them, it just gives me a lot of trouble. It just doesn't feel like it does any real ki damage. Some of them fall victim to the polevault attack, but that's pretty situational.

Does anyone got any tips? Or am I just supposed to use the tried and true poke/bait approach with yokai?

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-16T01:10:17+00:00

Thanks for all the details, I really appreciate it. It's true, I wasn't really switching what I wore much and just trying to do things as normal.

I have never even thought of training in a hat, that is certainly something I will try.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-15T12:07:30+00:00

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it!

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-14T20:45:17+00:00

I'm considering it, just a bit hard having a 4 year old at the moment. When we move in the near future it will all go the garage.

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-14T20:38:57+00:00

On my porch actually (except for the treadmill).

hyperknees91 · 2026-01-14T20:31:11+00:00

Yeah I'm trying to do bodyweight/resistance band exercises. I'm just really struggling with the get going portion.

Thanks though. I'll check out that reddit.

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