u/batshitnutcase

I’m a couple missions past Lu Bu at this point but have just been winging it and probably missing out on some things. The combat is pretty straightforward coming from Nioh and Rise of the Ronin but there’s still some really cool combo potential with magic etc. Plus the animations are awesome and the combat is fast and satisfying.

1. Can you change martial arts on a weapon or just the inputs? I’ve just been grabbing random shit and swapping constantly trying out different martial arts but it would be cool to be able to equip the skills I like on a particular weapon type.

2. How does the tempering/embedding work in this game? Builds?

3. Do the RPG systems even matter in NG at all or is it like Nioh where you just equip random shit and go with it until NG+?

4. Any benefits to going back to the village periodically? Like I think I missed the backyard key to the lady’s house but it seems like you can do everything you need to from the shrine basically.

5. Do stats actually matter or is that like Nioh too? I have the first three pretty even around 15 then metal and water around 5. Is even everything better to get more spells?

6. Anything else? Advanced combat tips/tech? Basically have just been parrying and spamming random martial arts and magic lol and that’s been pretty effective but I’d like to be able to do some cooler stuff.

I have over 1000 hours in Nioh 2 and 300ish in Nioh 1 and just picked up RoR yesterday on PS+. Combat is a lot of fun but I only have two styles unlocked for katana and greatsword so far I think. I get the panic system thing from reading another post but do not really understand the combat flow yet other than just learn parry timings, spam martial arts, repeat.

I’m not very good at parrying so it takes me a while to learn timings then once I do it kinda feels like tap triangle to win vs. the creative improv of Nioh or Ninja Gaiden, etc. but I know that’s cause I just suck and have seen some insane combat showcases from people like LasttoLoad and others. How do I git gud? I’m never going to be some high score dojo master but would like to at least be able to get into a flow and improvise and do cool shit.

Are you supposed to switch styles during attack animations kinda like preshifting in Nioh? What’s the best way to choose and chain martial arts? Any helpful tech stuff like animation cancelling, etc.? Other combat tips? I’ll probably find some YT tutorials but figured I’d ask here.

What. The. Fuck. I finished the story and unlocked divines and every new side mission that unlocked is gank fest hell.

I know this is a thing lol and I played 1k+ hours of Nioh 2 so I don’t totally suck but good lord. I’m getting one shot from off screen like it’s my job. Cleared three of them last night and probably died more than I did in the previous three regions combined. Kinda getting the hang of it but man I did not expect to have to lock in this much in NG.

Super random but I finally got around to watching Hamburger Hill and was blown away. I was so mesmerized I bought the brilliant book by Samuel Zaffiri and read it cover to cover the next day. I stumbled on this IMDB review from a Vietnam Vet and thought I’d share:

“This is an excellent depiction of the insanity that was the war in Viet Nam. My view as a naval officer during a scenic tour of the Mekong near the Cambodian border and the Vietnamese city of Chau Phu, permitted me to be a witness to many, many occasions involving the wholesale abuse of humans by humans. The strain on mind, body and soul takes years (if ever) to repair and this film captures it. There are brief glimpses of this agony in some of the other films mentioned here in the reviews, e.g., Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and Platoon. Each of these films have merit but are deeply flawed. Apocalypse Now is steeped in moral allegory to the expense of an accurate portrayal of the war; Full Metal Jacket is only 2/3 completed; Platoon becomes a Levi-Straussian moral tale with an arch villain and virtuous hero-- the latter heinously slain by the former with revenge exacted by the weary sojourner on the odyssey. OK. What do we have here with Hamburger Hill? A story? Heroic acts? Action? Not really. What we have is the horror and insanity of war. The film ends on the same pointless note as it began. But, you know what? Reading through the detractors of this film who touted the other potential three and slammed this one, I would not hesitate to bet they were never there. I could glance at the reviews and pick out the vets-- not just on the basis of whether they liked this film or not but of how they reacted to it. I know and know damn well. I too was there, brothers. See this film. It's well produced, directed and the cast is damn good. Check it out.”

-artzau April 23, 2001