THE FUSE

Nioh 3 is Team Ninja’s new open-world-ish Soulslike. All things considered, it’s pretty great. The action is top-notch. You can play a sizable chunk of the start of the game for free via the demo, which includes a prologue boss fight against Yamagata Masakage. He might kill you a bunch. You might end up thinking Nioh 3 isn’t for you. But that would be a dumb reason to lose out on experiencing a very good video game.