8 Reasons You Should Play Nioh Instead Of For Honor

4. More In-Depth Character-Building & Weapon/Armour Upgrades

Once you've played a good few games of For Honor, you'll get a sense for how its progression and character-building goes. Which is to say, it's 90% cosmetic, with the occasional focus on new weapon or armour parts affecting modular components such as damage absorbed, how fast 'Revenge Mode' drains, throw range, etc.

All of these meters get discarded when taking part in a duel for the sake of fairness anyway, which highlights the wider sense of 'progression' between playing for 30 minutes or 30 hours: The look of your character.

Everything in For Honor feeds back into its loot system, which mostly serves to let you play dress-up with a number of costumes, paint patterns, head ornaments and armour styles. They're not all massively distinct, to be honest, but it does feel kinda cool making a fighter's look your own.

Switch to Nioh, and the range of playstyles, character customisation and upgrade paths are staggering. You've got everything from specialising in certain weapons to upgrading specific kill animations, how best to execute if you get behind someone, what move you can pull off when guarding, whether you want to focus on heavier weapons, ranged, up-close speed, and so on.

Armour especially has a never-ending supply of visual flourish, encompassing everything from traditional samurai shoulder pads to bandage-wrapped hands and a loose shirt n' pants combo. After 30 hours with Nioh, your character will look and act completely differently to when you began, whereas in For Honor, it'll be the exact same, albeit played more confidently, and with a nice sundial on their head.