I beat the game while depending on the Odachi as my main weapon and the axe as a back-up. Controversial opinion here, but I think I enjoyed the original Nioh more than Nioh 2. It was fun building my own protaganist, but your character has no personality at all and rarely emotes, but all the NPCs are so alive in comparison. It creates a jarring experience. Also, Nioh 2 gives us a lot more options for customizing your main character, but most of the enemies and environments were cut and pasted from the original game. The battle on the roof versus Lady Osakabe was copied heavily from the hydra battle at the end of the first game. The villages looked similar to each other in Nioh 2, and were the same as the villages in the first Nioh. Because of this, I started getting bored around the second half of Nioh 2 and nearly quit to find something more exciting to do. I pushed myself to finish the game and I'm glad I did since the final stages and boss fights really shined for me. Everything after Lady Osakabe was top-notch with a special mention for the Kashin Koji and Otakemaru boss fights. The fights against those two bosses were top tier when it comes to Souls-like games. It's like Team Ninja saved all of their creative instincts and efforts into ending this short series on a high note. Anyway, I would recommend the game, but try the original Nioh first.
