"In a chat with game director and Team Ninja head Fumohiko Yasuda, he says he felt the evolution between Nioh 1 and 2 was "lacking", and wanted a third entry to take a bigger leap forward. "When we wanted to do Nioh 3, I think I really wanted to make sure that we had something that had a new kind of gameplay as well as a new kind of gameplay experience, in addition to just evolving the action as well," Yasuda says through a translator."
"The game unfolds during Japan's Sengoku period and stars Tokugawa Takechiyo, a warrior positioned to become the nation's next Shogun. However, Takechiyo's power-hungry younger brother conspires to overthrow him by leading a force of yokai against the entire country. With Japan now morphed into a demonic hellscape, Takechiyo must make things right in a story that, somehow, spans hundreds of years of Feudal Japanese history thanks to the mysterious presence of time-travel."
Nioh 3 refreshes the franchise with a ninja-focused class, broader level design, and a time-hopping narrative while retaining fast, loot-driven Soulslike combat. The setting is a Sengoku-era Japan where Tokugawa Takechiyo faces a power-hungry brother who unleashes yokai, warping the nation into a demonic hellscape that spans centuries via time travel. Development leadership aimed for a larger evolutionary leap from the second game by delivering new gameplay experiences beyond incremental action tweaks. The mid-game demo features a pre-built, customizable character and introduces two full gameplay styles players can switch between: Samurai and Ninja.
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