7.8.

I like it because it is totally different from Nioh and Strangers of Paradise. The pace of combat is much faster and the wizardry mechanic is more interesting than Nioh and Strangers. The final dragon boss fight is way cooler any giant bosses in both Nioh games.

Due to the bad QoL like:

-unintuitive way to access storage.

-lack of comparison feature for gears.

-unable to view video clip for weapon skills in the equipment menu.

I don't think I can give it a 8.

I gave base game Strangers a 8 because:

-it has better QoL at launch.

-it has a better story ( especially near the end and after reading all the lore texts ) that isn't filled with usual Nioh tropes like a bad guy finding macguffin ( amrita ), people turned into monster due to said macguffin, people possessed by the bad guy, etc.

-no BS multi bosses fight. Strangers only has one double boss fight that only last for a phase and another boss that can summon minions that can be easily dealt with.