From my experimentation with the beta, it's really just Nioh but refined. Some things I noticed is that enemies no longer respawn when you die and the Ki Pulse FX is a lot more visible. I like it a lot. Haven't finished the Alpha yet though.
uh... what?enemies no longer respawn when you die
Oh I know about the pillar damaging him it was apparent. The odd thing is the second ki realm thing that yokai do that has flowers and stuff. What does it really do? It can't be easily removed by ki pulse and bosses are too strong to quickly kill them and stop it.I think co-op might beef up bosses. But even solo I'd agree they have a bit too much HP. Btw on the first boss you can let him hit the pillars around the room which will have the roof give in on his head and deal Ki damage. Then focus on the horns.
It'll be useful when I eventually get the game from fitgirl at releaseI'm not sure what the purpose is when you already have player co-op though.
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Hopefully they don't include the unfair bullshit like NG2 though.