Unless you’re an accomplished player, though, you’ll find this approach to be more trouble than good. Stealth is naturally encouraged and your abilities reflect this – and yes, you’ll still be warping to shadows – but if you want to go swinging your sword around, you’re free to do so. A highlight for me is that there’s not a single way to play Nightfall. Sure it looks nice and all, but graphics only go so far. I did have a quick go with a mate and it worked fine, but it’s just not the same. Is it the best way to enjoy the game? For me, no, I prefer to play by myself when it comes to story games, and even more so when tense stealth is involved.

You’re free to choose who to play as, which is a nice touch, but the main reason for having two playable characters is so that you can go through the game’s four expansive levels in co-op. There’s also new characters to play as, too, with Shinobu and Hyo taking up the roles of the game’s heroes. For those who were left wondering at the end of Aragami, Nightfall fills in a few pieces and adds some more flavour to the overall lore of Aragami’s feudal Japanese setting. Rather than expanding on the original game’s story in a forward fashion, Nightfall is a prequel set before the event’s of Aragami.

I suppose that’s fair enough given that the original game released a so long ago a quick refresher on the game’s mechanics is probably a good idea. If you’ve played the original game, you’ll know what to expect, though the game does still take you through the basics anyway. I really enjoyed the stealthy action in Aragami, and Nightfall delivers more in a somewhat refined fashion with a few new moves and some lore-expanding exposition. That being said, I have played the original release before going into Nightfall so that my experience would match most players.Īragami: Nightfall is more of the same, and that’s not meant as a slight in any way.

I won’t be reviewing the base game as Kyle did that back in 2016, but I will be looking at the expansion. Yet here we are with a brand new expansion for the game, packaged alongside an all-in-one re-release. It’s been a long time since Aragami was on anyone’s mind, having released way back in October 2016.

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