This game achieved the rare thing of making you really feel like you are fighting a friend rather than a villain.
@fine_ol_chap3 жыл бұрын
"Just like old times... Remember, how I brought you around when we first met... I dreamed of reaching the top... Those very stones granted me my wish. I stood, at the very pinnacle... But I wanted too much. I didn't know it was the darkness that devoured dreams. The nightmare that gripped me grew and grew... I thought it would last forever... until finally you woke me." "My life, Came like dew, disappears like dew. All of Naniwa, Is dream after dream."
@omgitsclinton3 жыл бұрын
"You're really leaving?.."
@andreysuharev98733 ай бұрын
Hit hard as truck🥺🥺🥺
@TheAdventGamer Жыл бұрын
Tokichiro: "and what is it you want hm?" Protagonist: "I want my friend back."
@pieterlindeque77983 жыл бұрын
Nioh 2 is a story about inherited hate and ambition. The hate that started with Otakemaru, carried on through Yokai for many years. And that hate became so strong it took form as a spirit that possessed and destroyed many people. It took advantage of their dreams and ambitions and turned them to darkness. Tokichiro just wanted to be taken seriously and respected. He wanted to achieve his dream. The hardships of that road turned him to hatred and Otakemaru's influence took him over. How does that star wars thing go? Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hatred. Hatred leads to despair.
@singkitloh5283 жыл бұрын
Hatred lead to suffering not despair if i can recall
@SlavicWhiteWolf2 жыл бұрын
Otake-chan had a dream of living peacefully with people - and that dream was tainted - not by him but by people ...
@Minamoto_1 Жыл бұрын
@@SlavicWhiteWolf so yeah fearing that otakemaru might kill them for doing meaningles shit is wrong sure. While that thief surely needed punishment, killing that thief is what made people fear him.
@ironjohn2 ай бұрын
This is a very good write up Pieter and 100% true. And despair leads to destruction. To destroy others and destroy ourselves.
@Shazoo19973 жыл бұрын
''YOU'RE GONNA USE THAT POWER ON ME?'' If you're making use of the stones, yeah.
@aeoncalcos78302 ай бұрын
Homie was spawning his Monkey friend over and over too
@ncala3 жыл бұрын
"You are using that power...on me? WHY!?"
@kanalight2898 Жыл бұрын
"Then all I got to offer you is death!" Tokichiro set has the buff called "Multitude of Hopes" which sounds like he is carrying the hopes of everyone in the land. Through the level a lot of samurai fight you stating things like "Lord Tokichiro is the only hope this land has left/ he is the only one who can guide us!" Which means despite his cruelty, people still see him for the great man he is. You cannot win a war by being nice. Legendary, a true Hideyoshi.
@Minamoto_1 Жыл бұрын
It's a same deal like with Nobunaga. When people from a wartorn country see a single man who has a will and power to stop wars, many would be inclined to follow him.
@DarKKnightt074 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised how good this game's soundtrack is. I love it so much.
@stefanweber64342 жыл бұрын
And imagine this Sound in a hard one on one boss fight. Gives me goosebumps everytime
@tacticalphantom3132 жыл бұрын
Both games have some of the best soundtracks you can hear
@kikibarrios12312 жыл бұрын
There won’t be a Nioh 3, sadly. Mainstream only talks about Call Of Trashy and dumb BS like that. I’m grateful for this series. It fills in where none others do.
@fattyfatmanfatty4644 Жыл бұрын
@@kikibarrios1231 wo long
@unpingouinsurlabanquise4574 Жыл бұрын
@@kikibarrios1231 wo long is basically Chinese nioh with more sekiro like combat which is a VERY good thing because sekiro's combat is peak.
@gorcshurut49344 жыл бұрын
Even possessed by a demon he still clings on to try and be friends with you again. We don't deserve Tokichiro, what an amazing antagonist
@johnnyboy34103 жыл бұрын
no he tries to get you to his side he was still planning on attacking Tokugawa but he stopped because you defeat him here
@greatsword63652 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyboy3410 I think the fact that he went through the trouble of terraforming an enormous amount of his own land just to bury us by the most beautiful place possible would suggest otherwise
@NickKnackisB4ck4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this song is amazing. I also like the little aspect of how if you yokai shift against him, he comments on it and ask why you're using that power against him.
@Twisted_Tempest3 жыл бұрын
I genuinely choked up at that. Made me feel guilty, even after what had happened. Tokichiro had the best intentions at heart, and it sucks that it was corrupted the way it was.
@jador96413 жыл бұрын
But meanwhile, he uses the power of the spirit stones without any hesitation for killing you without thinking twice during the fight.
@kf12433 жыл бұрын
He actually said why won't you use that power for his sake in japanese. Not sure why the translator changed it
@StabYourBrain3 жыл бұрын
I honestly didn't even think about using Yokai Shift in the fight. I just fought him head on.
@Senriam Жыл бұрын
I was not expecting to be so gripped by the story. This track made me tear up a bit while fighting him. When you think about how hideyoshi has been together for nearly 20 years at this point. And then tochikiro’s ambition takes over and destroys their wonderful friendship. It’s just heart wrenching when you sit back and really analyze it.
@SMNtheNight Жыл бұрын
1:52 The leitmotif from the epic opening theme. Absolutely beautiful. What an underrated soundtrack.
@Senriam Жыл бұрын
It really ties the whole track together. This was some incredibly competent composing.
@SP-rp4lk Жыл бұрын
The best theme for Hideyoshi in any portrayal I've heard. Ambitious, truly majestic but also with a tragic undertone. Perfectly encapsulates what we know of him as a historical figure.
@yakumoyukari440511 күн бұрын
Despite all things he did I'll forever despise him for the invasion of Korea and the execution of poor Komahime...blood of that innocent 14 year old girl will forever be on his hands.
@Ellastein3 жыл бұрын
My sister and I were not expecting the emotional rollercoaster this game gave us. The personal journey between Hide and Tokichiro is some of the best I've seen.
@midnightsmiles42374 жыл бұрын
This was the hardest fight, he really meant for us to triumph with him, side by side even when he is possessed by the red eyed man
@evafox96964 жыл бұрын
What made this fight even more tragic for me was that I used Dual Swords all the way through the game, and so it was painful to see my character and Tokichiro fight both with Dual Swords. Like Obi-Wan and Anakin going at it but without the safety of the memes.
@StelioMichonta2 жыл бұрын
I honestly had those vibes and never expected anyone else to XD
@seventh85625 күн бұрын
SAME HERE and it was painful as hell, i run switchglaive as 2nd so i used that…
@SomeWheats3 жыл бұрын
Friends make for the best antagonists. As you go through the story with them, you already know their motivation, their ambitions and their dreams. Two people walking the same path that now stand at a crossroad. It's a ''So it has to be this way'' moment. After the deed is done, there's no hate, they already understand one another. Although Tokichiro was already possessed by that point, it was still an amazing boss fight. He's a great character all the way through.
@nolety_91563 жыл бұрын
This OST hits really hard
@OceansideSpiderHouse2 жыл бұрын
One of the things that I think made Nioh 2’s boss music so incredible was the voice acting and commentary from the bosses mod fight. Hitting the brute yokai-shift counter right as the song crescendos and hearing that furious shout with the rising strings is such an intense feeling. Especially with the game’s difficulty, it really feels like your character is fighting for their life, and is full of life (contrasting, say, the near-lifelessness or thematic fatigue in the Souls series). Love it.
@pieterlindeque77982 жыл бұрын
And when you Yokai shift against him in this fight he says in a angry but sad tone "you're really turning that power against me?"
@stefanweber6434 Жыл бұрын
goosebumps everytime
@DCGR10G4 жыл бұрын
Literally a WAY better antagonist than that Kelley edgelord.
@azarishiba25594 жыл бұрын
Antagonist, former hero, somewhat antivillain, redempted at the end... I like he is not just an antagonist or a hero.
@stevennieves65904 жыл бұрын
Do you have any idea how accurately you two just described that dude... yep dude is the best I got at the moment. Ghost of Tsushima is taking up most of my head space right now.
@NeocrimsonX4 жыл бұрын
Ma hart may soul
@aps84463 жыл бұрын
Yes! Possesed friend > mean pos with spare bodies
@nightrain11213 жыл бұрын
He isn’t the antagonist, Otakemaru is...
@mauauauauaua14 Жыл бұрын
I think this song is so good at conveying the feeling that we're not only fighting a video game character called Tokichiro; that We're actually fighting , and we also are Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the second great unifier. We're living history itself. It feels so larger than life. The song feels half tragic and sad that it has come to this between Tokichiro and Hide, but also heroic and triumphant 4:11 as, despite the circumstances, this is closest Japan has been united in the last 100 years.
@SirAthiro4 жыл бұрын
This song brought out some heavy emotions. I went into this fight HATING him, but that sad song spoke volumes this storyline wasn't meant to be taken that way. Or so I see it.
@kaorimiyazono92264 жыл бұрын
I went in sad to the first fight. When he killed my Remilia, THEN I stormed Daigoji temple steaming. But the music there and the things he said when you destroy the crystals had me questioning shizz. Then after I beat Yokai Tokichiro I just felt like a colossal douche bag.
@1DERFUL3 жыл бұрын
This and fighting shibata katsuie
@Naruga3 жыл бұрын
Suddenly listening to this and got the urge to replay the game all over again.
@lordvengerx3 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack alone is reason enough to buy this game in my opinion
@zanetf56754 жыл бұрын
This fight lowkey broke my heart a little and then at the end had a great payoff, i like how human the story is midst all its supernatural themes
@victoryfraud17564 жыл бұрын
Really love this track, and the Mujina soulcore against our old buddy works wonders :p
@pf33054 жыл бұрын
Victoryfraud very interesting....🤔🤔🤔🤔
@xerpenta3 жыл бұрын
Finished the main game yesterday and I literally cried after beating him, thinking about the inevitable throughout the entire last level and the events that brought us to this. I hated him for what happens to Oichi but ultimately after he told his story I understood how tragic of a character he was. For me the story ends there, with my friend finally at ease. Fuck... I cry again xD
@Twisted_Tempest3 жыл бұрын
Screw Kashin Koji for taking away my friend, and brother in arms.
@Senriam Жыл бұрын
I was legit sad when I had to kill him
@SadeGames3 жыл бұрын
"So this is it, then? You're really leaving?"
@berserkingsoul97672 жыл бұрын
ahhh I love his face when he says that is so sad ):
@aeoncalcos78302 ай бұрын
The entire franchise is "try not to cry" over and over
@zaelheimricht49784 жыл бұрын
I wish i could've warned you about Otakemaru trying to possess you, but... I have MPS. *Mute* *Protagonist* *Syndrom*
@likessox924 жыл бұрын
I think the protag is actually mute in universe. They never say anything nor is it implied they ever say anything.
@megasoniczxx4 жыл бұрын
@@likessox92 They indirectly say at the beginning that they've taken a vow of silence which is never gone into at all and was honestly a pretty flimsy justification for having them not talk.
@memeg80764 жыл бұрын
The protagonist was stabbed in the throat by Otakemaru as a kid.
@megasoniczxx4 жыл бұрын
@@memeg8076 Wouldn't that also mean that the characters' battle grunts should either not come out at all or come out whispy due to the fact that he's got a damaged windpipe? At the same time that wouldn't make any sense considering our guy is an immortal yokai that can come back from death so wouldn't the damaged windpipe be healed?
@kangtheguardian12144 жыл бұрын
@@megasoniczxx I think the throat wound theory is the closest we will get to a canon explanation. The loud in-game grunts and screams are an inconsistency, but they're there for dramatic effect more than anything. It's possible that Hide CAN speak, but was simply never taught or trained how to, since they possibly lost their mother while they were still too young before growing up alone in the wilds. Then again, Hide can still read Tokichiro's letter in the beginning just fine, so if their mother had time to teach them that, but not actual speech, then I've no clue.
@Mvan094 жыл бұрын
My favorite soundtrack from the game, then its the interim, Nagasama, and the Sohaya soundtracks.
@shuten29043 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget katsuie shibata ost. It’s great 😊
@lulu-pd4ps3 жыл бұрын
@@shuten2904 shuten doji theme is amazing too
@shuten29043 жыл бұрын
@@lulu-pd4ps I could just play this on repeat haha
@shuten29043 жыл бұрын
@@lulu-pd4ps shuten doji my favorite boss design
@Incalor3 жыл бұрын
Amazing OST to fight your former friend with. Story is not what I look for in Nioh, but this was certainly a high point in the narrative.
@zaelheimricht49783 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine? 3rd dlc, Otakemaru 2nd phase. You're about to die when tokichiro spirit comes to the rescue. You both draw your blades, manifest your spirits, and shout together: *"We are Hideyoshi !!!"* 0:20
@Twisted_Tempest3 жыл бұрын
Would have been great to see Hideyoshi United just one more time.
@ariannadravis39343 жыл бұрын
@@Twisted_Tempest And then the final optional mission comes around, and you get to do JUST that. You get to kill Nightmare Bringer with him as many times as you want. I legit cried. He even has unique dialogue for it.
@Twisted_Tempest3 жыл бұрын
@@ariannadravis3934 I just started the 3rd dlc, so now I'm extra hyped.
@ariannadravis39343 жыл бұрын
@@Twisted_Tempest Oh, pc or ps4? Cuz i'd love to help!
@Twisted_Tempest3 жыл бұрын
@@ariannadravis3934 PS4 :)
@matteomauriello60964 жыл бұрын
Omg this game! And the soundtrack!
@95onimusha3 жыл бұрын
the best part of this boss is that he reacts if you use yokai shift
@Gustavozxd133 жыл бұрын
a lot of characters and bosses do, it's pretty cool.
@ryukibladewolf84099 ай бұрын
Nioh 2 beats wo long 9 times outta 10 imo ....I still play nioh 2 ...I beat wo long once and stopped after
@crepooscul19 сағат бұрын
It's hard to top this game. Even Team Ninja themselves can't do it, lol
@jabtheswifter43333 жыл бұрын
Tokichiro is the 1st boss I didn't even think about summoning friends or yokai shift (except burst counter). I felt like we need to finish this one on one only. And the theme completely got me in the vibe. First I expected the battle music to be ominous or evil. It turned out to be rather sad. It was so good. It was an honorable fight.
@Senriam Жыл бұрын
I Yokai shifted on him. I felt it’s what my character would’ve done. All who stand before him will fall, and he must make an example of would-be tyrants. But when the English VA for tochikirio proclaimed in a desperate or sad voice “you’re using that power on me?!” It just broke my heart and I regretted it. Neat little story that adds character to a playthrough.
@Dillon_J4 жыл бұрын
Tokichiro T_T
@SakaiYuji14053 жыл бұрын
The protagonist and tokichiro is like best friend to each other and they've been through alot of thing until this and when both of them fighting with each other this music suit perfectly lol
@badbroozer65614 жыл бұрын
This is perfect!!! Been looking for an extension of his theme!! Thank you!
@okfl7223 жыл бұрын
I can feel Tokichiro's ambition in this BGM.
@yizhao96743 жыл бұрын
Tokichiro: You are as strong as before, hiddey... but I cannot lose here!
@FailHoernchen4 жыл бұрын
Awesome music, awesome bossfight
@nico.gaming3 жыл бұрын
Magnifique musique, l'une des plus belle du jeu à mon sense 🤩
@athroughzdude4 жыл бұрын
Well great, now I'm sad
@wizard_guru80354 жыл бұрын
2:13 badass
@howescookies4 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best one
@eternalscholar82593 ай бұрын
Thanks for the uploads, man!
@somerandomname754 жыл бұрын
Hope you don’t mind me copying my comment from another upload of this song: One of the things I absolutely loved this fight for, alongside the story behind it, is the call forwards in his moveset towards the Toyotomi Hodeyori fight in Nioh 1’s Bloodshed’s End dlc, specifically his occasional use of fire and lightning embedded into his swords.
@mortalkombatfan7864 жыл бұрын
Not at all.
@gum26065 ай бұрын
Best action game ever made
@draw2death4214 жыл бұрын
Yeah he was way better than mr.edward edge from Nioh 1 lol.
@kaorimiyazono92264 жыл бұрын
"There is only a limited ammount of Amrita you can extract from THIS country, Kelley."
@supergiant92 Жыл бұрын
I still think Nioh 1 has better story, characters, boss and character designs, level beauty, etc. but damn does Nioh 2 triumph in gameplay and music over Nioh 1 without a doubt. No competition there.
@HaysOnYoutube3 жыл бұрын
2:12 Epic
@mrself5824 Жыл бұрын
I really wish i could have hugged him in the end, i feel like he deserved a little more love after being possessed for 80% of the game. Also more backstory, i know he had it tough since the start
@gabriellacoursiere99082 жыл бұрын
Myself yelling "Tokichiro! You were my greatest friend!"
@babakgeblee33433 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, so many people played as female protaginist
@raios67624 жыл бұрын
awesome intro for an epic OST!
@nicholaschau24633 жыл бұрын
when i fought tokichiro i pretty use the same weapon setup: he use one katana i also use one katana. he use dual swords, i also used dual swords XD
@tuankietpham94392 жыл бұрын
amazing dude
@Ghaltouni3 жыл бұрын
When you and your best friend fight over the same girl
@gg2fan Жыл бұрын
I've always felt that the story in Nioh assumes a level of innate knowledge about Japanese history that falls flat for audiences outside Japan. In Nioh 2, the biggest issue with the story is that Tokichiro goes from being your bestie to a mad dog that must be put down in like one mission, you're just totally blindsided by this plot twist that comes out of nowhere. That's probably because the game assumes you know the history of Toyotomi Hideyoshi already, so you know why and how he turned into a villain.
@TrollANIMU Жыл бұрын
If you read the Character Directory and take into account the amount of time the story spans, you can reasonably fill in the gaps with next to no prior knowledge.
@kitsin3268 ай бұрын
Someone didn’t read the character directory
@hermes76723 жыл бұрын
❤️
@thekyokushinanalyst68464 жыл бұрын
anybody know what song plays in cherry blossom viewing in daigo. Would love to get that song
@mortalkombatfan7864 жыл бұрын
Daigoji Temple. I've uploaded it previously.
@thekyokushinanalyst68464 жыл бұрын
@@mortalkombatfan786 thank you for you reply
@CutePtsikopat3 жыл бұрын
what song when tokichiro meet nobunaga ,oichi and lady no in owari plz?
@colenelvogel70014 жыл бұрын
:(
@Gustavozxd133 жыл бұрын
this game has at least SOME good songs.
@kovulion77772 жыл бұрын
sadly enough, as good at it was, your character not speaking ruins the emotion because Toki's talking all emotional and your characters just does stupid faces in every emotional cutscene XD