Shibata Katsuie Has One of The Best Yokai Boss Fights in the Game

I've been replaying Nioh 2 recently and just got finished with Ruin Draws Near, Shibata was definitely the highlight of the whole mission. His fight was so fun to me that it made up for the fact you have to fight such an annoying human boss like Maeda Toshiie first.

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When I first played through the game, I hated this fight, and thought it was completely unfair but on a replay, it's actually really well balanced, all his moves are well telegraphed and when I got hit it never felt unfair or unavoidable, just a skill issue on my part. The music for the fight was also a pretty good fit even if it is a reused track from Nioh 1.