Nioh 2: The Complete Edition

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 290 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 25 out of 290
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  1. adam5599
    Feb 7, 2021
    5
    A good game marred by a really lazy porting effort on PC. It runs poorly despite not looking that impressive, coupled with very few graphical settings to tweak your experience. It's 2021 now, standards should be higher than this.
  2. Geralt123
    Mar 8, 2022
    6
    TL;DR: The bosses can do everything, you can do almost nothing. Boss fight means: wait 20 seconds until you can place the next hit in order to do 0,001% damage to the boss. 90% of the boss moves are so fast you can't even react to them. Very cheap and lazy.

    I have played DS1, DS2, DS3, Nioh, Sekiro and some other Soulslikes. Nioh 2 could be a good game, but with the difficulty they    TL;DR: The bosses can do everything, you can do almost nothing. Boss fight means: wait 20 seconds until you can place the next hit in order to do 0,001% damage to the boss. 90% of the boss moves are so fast you can't even react to them. Very cheap and lazy.

    I have played DS1, DS2, DS3, Nioh, Sekiro and some other Soulslikes.

    Nioh 2 could be a good game, but with the difficulty they went too far this time. They have increased the health pools of enemies, even normal enemies are now performing lightning fast attacks that 1 or 2-shot you. For me, it has come to the point where it is not fun anymore. Running 20 times to some miniboss only to be 2-shot by his lightning fast attack, yeah...great! The game is extremely cheap.

    They say that there is the burst counter and the Yokai attacks now. Hahaha! Ridiculous. The burst counter has a reaction window of milliseconds, so you mess it up 70% of the times. Dodging is safer. And the Yokai attacks, you can do 1 or 2 and then your Anmia is used up. So, in most cases useless.

    However, the game is fun but you must be aware that it is a lot harder and more frustrating than Nioh 1.

    Pros
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    - they improved the level design, there is more variety and levels are more creative
    - graphics are slightly better
    - good combat system
    - menus have become better
    - excellent, funny cutscenes
    - better variety of monsters and attacks

    Cons
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    - Insane difficulty spikes
    - Graphics still not on par with other 2020 games (graphics are improved but still look outdated)
    - Overall story is mediocre
    - Generic side missions
    - Reused levels from Nioh 1 (!!!!)
    - Reused bosses
    - Convoluted loot system
    - Sometimes keystrokes not registering, annoying in boss fights were you have exactly 1 second to heal    … Expand
  3. samstrummer90
    Feb 18, 2021
    7
    Como en casi cualquier juego de los que se evalúan aquí, ni se trata de una obra maestra (10) ni de un fracaso absoluto (0).

    Empiezo rebatiendo las notas negativas. El juego en la versión 1.25 corre a la perfección en un i7 con 8 GB de RAM y una GTX 1050 de 2Gb. Sin bajones de fps, sin bugs y sin fallos, por lo que no entiendo esa corriente general que dice que se trata de un juego mal    Como en casi cualquier juego de los que se evalúan aquí, ni se trata de una obra maestra (10) ni de un fracaso absoluto (0).

    Empiezo rebatiendo las notas negativas. El juego en la versión 1.25 corre a la perfección en un i7 con 8 GB de RAM y una GTX 1050 de 2Gb. Sin bajones de fps, sin bugs y sin fallos, por lo que no entiendo esa corriente general que dice que se trata de un juego mal optimizado para PC. En segundo lugar, hace falta un mando para jugar, no quiero ni imaginar como debe ser jugar a Nioh 2 con un teclado. Que un usuario no disponga de mando no es motivo para dar una mala nota al juego, sería como criticar Gran Turismo porque con un teclado no hay dios que conduzca. Es obvio ¿no?

    En cuanto al apartado gráfico el juego se ve bonito. No es lo más puntero ni mucho menos pero en términos generales el juego aprueba con nota aunque he de reconocer que ciertas zonas me han resultado desagradables cromáticamente debido a que me costaba percibir el entorno, ya fuera en las zonas de niebla, en aquellas que te deslumbra el sol o en ciertos reinos oscuros.

    La jugabilidad es buena aunque el juego es difícil. No es un juego de From Software por lo que no se juega igual y si no aprendes a jugar según las reglas de Nioh, lo vas a pasar mal. Sobre todo con la gestión del ki. Además (y esto es mera opinión personal) el juego es "gratuitamente" más difícil que los juegos de From Software, por lo que hay que ir mentalizado de que vas a morir mucho de maneras que seguramente consideres injustas, pero tarde o temprano, con paciencia y aprendiendo de los errores, se puede superar el juego sin problemas. SI además dispones de un amigo que te ayude, la cosa debería mejorar bastante, aunque no lo he probado pues me gusta jugar solo a este tipo de juegos.

    El sistema de loot se parece al de un hack&slash y recibirás infinidad de objetos que no querrás para nada pero siempre pueden ofrecerse en el santuario para obtener amrita que podemos intercambiar para subir subir de nivel. Hay gente que encontrará esto genial y otros que lo verán un poco abrumador o "barato". Personalmente prefiero los juegos de From Software en este aspecto.

    El diseño de mapas es un poco flojo y peca de "copia-pega" y de reutilizar jefes, pero eso añade algunas horas extras de juego con las misiones secundarias y permite subir de nivel de una manera amena sin necesidad de repetir una y otra vez las zonas para obtener amrita.

    Las peleas con los jefes son lentas y tediosas, por lo que el mejor arma será la paciencia pero también es importante aprovechar todos los recursos que ofrecen el nitjitsu y la magia, pues aunque no juguemos ni como ninja ni como mago, todas las clases pueden acceder a las ayudas que brindan éstas haciéndonos las cosas un poquito más fáciles.

    La música es aceptable aunque no es una maravilla y en ocasiones me resultó un poco molesta. Esto también me pasó con los sonidos que hacían ciertos jefes lo que me obligó a quitar el volumen durante sus peleas.

    En conclusión Nioh 2 es un buen juego, bien adaptado al pc y que ofrece bastantes horas de juego tanto para aquellos que lo completen una sola vez como para aquellos que disfruten del NJ+ y de crear diferentes arquetipos de personaje. Yo personalmente terminé "quemado" de este juego y no inicie NJ+. No se si lo haré en el futuro pero esta tendencia de hacer los juegos frustrantes y tediosos es algo que empieza a cansarme.

    Sin embargo, no es una obra maestra y si no eres un verdadero fan recomiendo adquirirlo de oferta o cuando pase un tiempo y el precio baje.    … Expand
  4. SilverOrlov
    Aug 21, 2021
    7
    At the same time I love and hate this game. I ended it and DLC. I made all achievements on "kill boss with no damage to you", so I am at my right to write all what I write here. And about difficulty too:
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    What I liked: Interesting story, with cool details of Mythology... Tea cups with stats & your own house are interesting... Parry of a red-strong attacks is cool... Adding a new    At the same time I love and hate this game. I ended it and DLC. I made all achievements on "kill boss with no damage to you", so I am at my right to write all what I write here. And about difficulty too:
    ...
    What I liked: Interesting story, with cool details of Mythology... Tea cups with stats & your own house are interesting... Parry of a red-strong attacks is cool... Adding a new boob's-monsters is cool :) ...Bosses in general are varied and interesting, for me, even human... The combat system is still good and juicy... Adding a blue graves with helpers was a great idea... Auto-refill of your spirit at bosses - great, it was annoying to get it in a new "run" every time... Interesting new and slightly modified old monsters in DLC. Interesting story that give us a real end to whole story... And a new system of soul cores and Yokai skills. You can make a thousands of different builds with them.
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    What I didn't like: The story extremely poor given through short scenes and towels of text... The same locations(The creators wanted to spit on criticism of the players for this hack with a constant return to the same places a hundred times.)... I hate Tengu, Yoki with kusarigama & Magatsu(Fu*g mixers), Especially in small rooms and on narrow corners. It was extremely mean towards players non-samurai from birth... Even if you level 50 you make 3 hits to a weakest skeleton OR at your level you need to make 15-20 sword hits - they kill you in 2-3. Perfect balance... Kodama market & rice are complete useless(I absolutely don’t understand for what, if everything is renewed at the altar)... What was in the head of the man that make a protagonist to start missions with RARE CRAFTABLE! bullets, arrows and cannonballs!? I had all the time to change and sometimes used it mistakenly... Sleeping monster sometimes wake up, sometimes they don't when you approach them(Not a damn thing is clear when and why its triggering)... Grabbing from the void(the monsters time to time can grab you from the air even if he missed you)... Shoot with a canon in one - the neighbors will be deaf and blind even in two steps away, if the target was behind them... Castle-boss shoots through his own hands... It is not clear at all in terms of the some parameters and their description(for example of AA++ and so on. Better in %)... Loot is still almost garbage on 70%... Searching for objects on the map is interesting, but things are complete garbage... Awful uncomfortable skill system. It would be better to leave the scrolls, and not to copy from PoE... Overexposures, light halos, slightly torn-eyed details(It's definetly not a level of 2021)... The fact that the game has become more difficult is normal, but from time to time there are places where the difficulty is increased somehow completely inadequate. Either due to the frenzy of the enemy, or due to the fact that many strong ones are being thrown at once. And with a Dark World included.
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    And now the cherry on the damn cake. The most disgusting thing that pissed me off at the beginning of the game. I was forced to use that because of the obscene appeal to the players: I will not touch the console controls - there are no complaints here, but if you are porting game to a PC, then do it damn well, and not through the "back seat". And the most disgusting thing is that in the 1st part it was possible to separate the jump and dodge moves, but in the 2nd part it was no longer. For PC players who do not play with a gamepad, it is a mockery to call this porting in full. IMHO if you like. I had to leave the shift button empty and for a long time pressed it automatically and for a long time getting used to running and dodging on one space bar.
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    A lot of unpleasant and repulsive moments for me completely block smaller number of big pluses. I decided to give the game the maximum yellow rating.    … Expand
  5. Eaisworse
    Feb 18, 2021
    6
    I have an 3080 and only get 30 FPS (this bad optimized games aren't new for me as an Arma 3 player), this wouldn't be a problem if this came from 2015. The controls are also not the best (with keyboard), I bought an Play Station controller to play this game, with that it worked flawless. Its very challenging, that's a good thing. The levels are big and complex and the story is also notI have an 3080 and only get 30 FPS (this bad optimized games aren't new for me as an Arma 3 player), this wouldn't be a problem if this came from 2015. The controls are also not the best (with keyboard), I bought an Play Station controller to play this game, with that it worked flawless. Its very challenging, that's a good thing. The levels are big and complex and the story is also not bad. If you want to play this on PC don't aspect 120 FPS, more 40-60, but you should buy a Ps4/5 Controller if you want the best experience.… Expand
  6. C4NAB1Sx
    Jan 27, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff… Expand
  7. Pmstz
    Jan 30, 2023
    7
    Very nice souls like.

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  8. Avey123Avey
    Mar 19, 2023
    7
    This game is full of tough satisfying combat trials and situations. The combat system here is the real highlight especially when paired with the extremely strong enemy designs that really squeeze all of the juice out of this thing. That being said, the diablo loot system is tiresome/tedious and the game is overly long with too many repetitive levels and encounters.
  9. AJCk19
    May 5, 2023
    6
    If you like soulslike games, then you are at home. But if you don't like them that much, this won't change your mind.

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#36 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. ZTGD
    Apr 14, 2021
    80
    Nioh 2 is not a bad game by any means, I think it is just a style of game that I have grew out of. I’m 35 now, I’m married, have a full-time job, and really don’t have the time to master this game’s many mechanics. That’s not to say it isn’t still overwhelming to me to see all these options here. It most certainly was and for another person, particularly someone who likes this style of game, they will be in heaven. That being said, even I can say this is a must play for people that want a big game with some challenging combat and all the bells and whistles that come with the genre, and this PC version runs and looks just as good as one would expect.
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  2. The Mako Reactor
    Apr 9, 2021
    90
    Nioh 2 Complete Edition on PC includes everything from the PS4 version and some exclusive features making it a brilliant package overall and it is absolutely essential on PC for those who were waiting.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Apr 1, 2021
    77
    The sequel is mostly an expanded and improved Nioh, with more complex combat mechanics and new challenges for the veterans, yet it's surprisingly accessible to casual players. Yet it fails to correct past mistakes, and you would be hard pressed to see any transformative changes in the game’s formula.
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