I prefer FromSoft combat too, some of the attacks and moves in Nioh have zero tell or windup, that's a bit too animu for my taste. Like I spent 30 mins. trying to beat fucking Muneshige with his insta-swings and insta-kill combos. Eventually I figured you're not supposed to beat him on lvl 20 but I imagine even 20 levels later this guy will be a pain in the ass.
For that reason parries are completely impractical in Nioh, they only work on slow-swinging mobs and those are usually just basic bitches so it doesn't matter. So the way combat against strong mobs or bosses works is to bait them in combos, then dash up to them, get in a swing or two and gtfo. You can't be pro-active at all or you'll get sliced up in 0,2 seconds. Not my preferred style, especially right after my 2nd playthrough of Sekiro where calculated aggression is the way to go and it's sooo much more enjoyable.
Also I don't like how poise in Nioh works. Afaik you don't have any, even in heavy armor. Plus swings are so animu fast that if you get hit by one swing of a combo you'll get stunlocked and get the full combo chain in your face.
Oh and if I could pay someone to do the inventory management for me after every mission - sell or offer or disassemble all the bloated shit you collect, forge or reforge or soul match some gear - I would. I like involved itemization but only up to a point.
These are my gripes about Nioh so far but despite all this I am having a lot of fun. I had to accept I'll never be able to do the combat properly, i.e. using the stances swap constantly, in the middle of combat, using Flux and all the related abilities. Fingers too clumsy, too stiff, too accustomed for K&M. So the higher difficulties are a no-go zone for me. But I am having fun and I'll keep playing as long as it's viable with my mediocre abilities.
