If this were only NGB + Diablo, then there would be a chunk missing. Like the risk/reward with your Amrita stock, or the maze like level design with shortcuts. Or the Shrines that reset enemies but let you cash in your amrita and refill your curatives. Freed from this mortal coil is pretty much You Died.
This game is obviously based on Souls. But not as much as some reviewers seemed to indicate. Its not a blatant rip off, that would sell Nioh short (I think Lords of the Fallen fits that bill more). It plays vastly different and takes elements and min maxing from Diablo, the gear, perks and refashion are sort of a lite version of it.
But there is no shame in taking elements from the Souls games, which was the best new franchise of the last generation.
