Nioh is a brutally difficult series and it’s no surprise that it’s often compared to Dark Souls. On a surface level, it shares a lot of similar traits with From Software’s cult classic trilogy. Both games are unforgiving action RPGs, built on a system of deliberately heavy combat. Both games are fundamentally different experiences, as Dark Souls is more of …

Hey there. Pull up a chair and get comfortable, because February is the month of love.While I light a candle and uncork the finest bottle of bubbly that R20 can buy at the local Spar Tops shop, maybe you’d like to take a gander at the sultry games on offer this month? Now granted, we’re still in the quiet period of the year, but there are a few games that are ready to get busy with your thumbs, if ya know what I mean.

The First Samurai doesn’t end the tale of Nioh 2 in a satisfying way but it does provide a meaningful and fun loot experience. Bbrutal new enemies and new gameplay modes makes the complete package of this game something truly special.

Arguably (but fairly accepted) the best console of the now previous generation, the PlayStation 4 had a pretty stellar year to mark its send-off down the river Styx. With two massive first-party releases and a wealth of exclusive third-party content, it was certainly a good time to own a PS4 as you wiped a tear from your eye knowing this …

As a stand-alone experience, The Tengu’s Disciple is a bit on the short end and there’s not much to the story at all, but it does provide some of the best boss battles to date. If the rest of the upcoming DLC provides the same level of gameplay and showdown quality as this chapter does, then Nioh 2 is going to have some incredible longevity going forward.

For better and worse, Nioh 2 feels like more of the same. Tired environmental design and rehashed gameplay elements sully what is otherwise an addictive and exhilarating loot-based hack and slash samurai adventure.

Team Ninja knows that its fans are dying to see a new Ninja Gaiden game. And you know what? So are they.

Master the lethal art of the samurai in this brutal masocore action role-playing game… for death is coming. Journey to 1555 feudal Japan, a country gripped in the misery and madness of endless warfare. A place where monsters and evil spirits infest a land of natural beauty and menacing peril, where everyone from the smallest child to the bravest warrior lives in constant fear of the spiritual beings known as yokai Play as a mute rogue living as a hired mercenary and renowned yokai hunter.