I still can't master one of Nioh's simplest mechanics
Pcgamer's Shaun Prescott writes that Nioh 3 is an astonishing action game and that he has poured nearly 20 hours into Team Ninja's latest, which Pcgamer awarded a 90% in its review. He describes the series as increasingly frenetic and says the game pushes against the limits of player exhaustion.
Prescott says he struggles to reliably perform the ki pulse—pressing RB quickly after an attack—remembering to do it only about 20 percent of the time, despite it being a fundamental part of Nioh's combat. He also explains that the burst counter, Nioh 3's equivalent to parrying, usually requires switching classes mid-attack from samurai to ninja, and that the two classes have vastly different abilities and skill trees.
Although he finds the open world drab and the abundance of loot unchanged, Prescott praises the combat, comparing Team Ninja's approach to a master luthier: it feels brilliant in the hands whether played poorly or flawlessly.