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Nioh is in an interesting spot and in a difficult position. It’s very much a Souls-like (it even uses practically the same door opening animation) with missions instead of an open world. The mechanics seem solid and I very much anticipate finishing it at some point. During my hour, my biggest issue was learning the slightly different controls (it was ported from PS4 instead of XBox) and getting in to the weirdly different flow of combat. My only real complaints were the very dark levels (as above) and a few badly placed enemies.
The real trouble is that Nioh is very much under the shadow of its older brother, Dark Souls. At least so far, there isn’t much motivation for me to play Nioh until I’ve squeezed every last drop of enjoyment out of all the Dark Souls. Even once I’m done with them, I’ll probably drop in to Sekiro before heading to Nioh. On its own, I’m sure it would be a Tier One game – but with Dark Souls in the mix, it’ll have to go in to Tier Two until further notice.