They're entirely different types of games. It's not meant to be Ninja Gaiden, and the character isn't a ninja.

Also, "Geralt-clone" was made and designed before the Witcher existed. Cool story though.

It should be more like NG, there's already Souls every year, no need for more. What we do need is more H&S

Nioh protag was made before the early 90s? News to me

you can play it like ninja gaiden if you know how to play and set your class

850k is a big success for a new IP!!!
The Alpha was great so it deserves it imo. ^^

I know that these are free downloads, but the fact that 850k people actually tried this game makes me happy.
I didn't expect this game to be popular in the west but it seems like there is some interest (don't forget that the Alpha released around the time with Dark Souls 3). ^^

It's based off a unfinished movie script from the late Akira Kurosawa. He stopped working in the early 90s.

For the game comparison, they had promo art for a game + movie back in 2004.