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  1. Nov 7, 2017
    0
    I am amazed to see how the press and critic reviews do not take into consideration how absolutely terrible the port of this game is. Another confirmation that videogame press is made only of shills.
    This port is atrocious. There are almost no options. It's very badly optimized. Runs bad. And most of all you can't even play with the mouse or rebind the keyboard. Absolutely intolerable for
    I am amazed to see how the press and critic reviews do not take into consideration how absolutely terrible the port of this game is. Another confirmation that videogame press is made only of shills.
    This port is atrocious. There are almost no options. It's very badly optimized. Runs bad. And most of all you can't even play with the mouse or rebind the keyboard. Absolutely intolerable for a PC game.

    Shame on you, gaming press, for giving such high votes to such a disaster. Shills.
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  2. Jan 4, 2021
    0
    they just released this game for PC to make some more money i cant even use my mice and keyboard to play this game and pretty sure if i use an emulator to run this game should not be this bad
  3. Sep 14, 2021
    1
    Bad PC port. Not recommended for players with keyboard and mouse for control. The experience is just horrible, and worst, all the instructions are for gamepad.
  4. Jan 29, 2020
    0
    Do not spend any money on this if you are using a keyboard with a mouse. The Developers somehow forgot that some of pc users use only a mouse and keyboard. This game has been out for a while, and they still did not patch full mouse and keyboard support.
  5. Nov 30, 2018
    0
    Искусственно завышенная сложность, плохой интерфейс. Плохая музыка, мусорка пытающаяся косить под dark souls, но чтобы оправдать свою никчемность они просто решили выкрутить боссам здоровье. Браво. Мусор
  6. Jun 18, 2019
    0
    This game is real rubbish, so unfair, also looks like game for ps3, level design is ridiculous, developers lazy bastards, balance equals 0, I don't wat eat this ****
  7. Sep 11, 2021
    0
    This is the worst game I have ever encountered. From the minute you start the game it is nothing but problems. It's virtually unplayable. This game should never have been released on the PC, and people should have been given the option to get their money back. 73GB and the graphics are terrible, but MUCH more importantly, the combat and controls are a disgrace. Throw in a stupid and boringThis is the worst game I have ever encountered. From the minute you start the game it is nothing but problems. It's virtually unplayable. This game should never have been released on the PC, and people should have been given the option to get their money back. 73GB and the graphics are terrible, but MUCH more importantly, the combat and controls are a disgrace. Throw in a stupid and boring story and it blows my mind that some people actually praise this game. Expand
  8. Nov 9, 2017
    2
    Abridged version of my Steam review.

    I've wasted enough time in my life on games with crappy difficulty curves due to improper testing and poor design vision being touted as intentional old-school difficulty. There are some issues with point blank shots with a ranged weapon when the reticle target has changed to "targetted" failing to register as a hit but still alerting enemy/enemies
    Abridged version of my Steam review.

    I've wasted enough time in my life on games with crappy difficulty curves due to improper testing and poor design vision being touted as intentional old-school difficulty. There are some issues with point blank shots with a ranged weapon when the reticle target has changed to "targetted" failing to register as a hit but still alerting enemy/enemies to your presence. I know it isn't registering at all because when it hits armor and does no damage there's an indicator of that. Sometimes the game just seems to forget that something got shot at a guy. The boss fights in this are obviously going to be the 3D Gaiden style where they can turn on dimes so you need to dodge within the .5s window or eat huge damage. In ways this is more fluid than Souls in other ways it carries over a lot of overdrawn animation garbage that is really frustrating, I prefer tight responsive controls in games like this, I keep hoping a developer will take the Souls formula and evolve on it by making it more twitch instead of those slow swampy trudge kind of feeling. Even with low weight ratings. This isn't a title that aimed to achieve that.

    You can customize controller inputs, but some of these buttons are multibinds that aren't shown on the button mapping screen, so when you change that button some of the multibind goes to the new button and some of it sticks on the old one. To boot sometimes the custom control scheme randomly reverts back to the original you editted, while playing, then can switch back. So it's best not editting and just sticking with an existing one.

    The game is definitely more demanding than it needs to be. I'm currently running an i7-7700k with a GTX1070 and 16gb of DDR4 RAM. At max settings this game is more taxing than DOOM 2016 at max settings, it isn't nearly as impressive in any facet, the tech requirements for a good experience are nothing but the result of lousy optimization.

    The lack of proper K&M support (you can do things with the keyboard such as navigate menus, move, ready bow, probably more but I didn't check all of it, was accidental while trying to alt-tab and the like), but mouse doesn't seem to work, at least for me) didn't bother me since I play these sorts of games with a controller anyway. It's going to be a sore spot for some PC gamers which is totally justified, this is now a PC game after all.

    Borderless window option is great but randomly locked frame rate at 37 to me for some reason. Would have to go back to settings and flick it back to full screen then borderless window to get it to lock back at 60 until it locked at 37 again.

    Has options for frame caps of 30 or 60. Games these days should just have sliders for this due to all the possibilities. I prefer 75 lately since that's what my monitor's refresh rate is OC'd to, without the option to flat out decap the frame rate in-game and then cap it at 75 through an external program (what I do with 90% of PC games on the market because most allow decapping with a very simple VSYNC OFF option) I'm having a handicapped experience compared to what I'm used to. I have to wonder how crippled 144hz users must feel.

    The sound has some weird mixing to it, I'm not talking about volume levels but something that went wrong with EQ or something like that when doing the recording and/or mixing in the studio. I don't know what they were thinking, it definitely isn't heavily compressed (though not uncompressed audio which I initially figured it would be given the final install size of 73.9gb - perhaps it's just a bunch of language options bloating an otherwise 40-50gb title?).

    There are also two coop options for this game. One is similar - not identical - to the Souls mechanic, where you summon someone to your world. In Nioh you have to spend an item (a cup that you get mostly from rare drops from Revenants - Revenants being enemies you summon from the blood marks of players who died) to summon a player who has already cleared that stage. So in this mode you cannot play coop with a friend unless they have already completed it.

    There's also another coop mode that is really hard to find information on. My best understanding of it from what I've seen is, after you beat the first actual mission (not the prologue or tutorial, the beach mission), you get access to a Torii Gate which allows you to be summoned to the worlds of players for the sake of coop as explained in the previous paragraph. But you can also use it to do straight up coop on any mission with anyone who selects that same coop option from that same Torii Gate menu. Convoluted way of providing a means of traditional coop.

    I have no idea how this became as popular as it did, though that seems to be a common theme with a lot of games these days. The peak for a lot of genres has come and gone, all that's left often is recycling for money, recycling to hone, the latter rarely happens.

    Nioh is a disaster.
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  9. Nov 7, 2017
    0
    No mouse support, can't rebind keys, poor optimization... are you **** kidding me? Ubelievable. Do you not know how to properly program an interface and controls? When are you gonna learn respect for the PC customers?

    Don't buy this travesty.
  10. Dec 27, 2017
    0
    There ıs so much optimization problem I can`t even play this game.So ı dont know my real opinion for this gameso I convey your true ideas to you, but I can illuminate you on technical issues.If this game is one of the biggest problems, this game can only be played with gamepad. You can not play this game with mouse or keyboard.for these reasons ı cant afford my real opinion for this game
  11. Jan 23, 2018
    0
    Probably the worst port I have ever seen.
    The worst part is the lack of control settings. You cant bind keys or mouse actions, and to those retards that say this is not an issues, ... well, it is. I have a PS2 controller which i use to play every single game that needs a pad. Most games (including this piece of **** doesnt recognize the button configuration well, and since you cant bind
    Probably the worst port I have ever seen.
    The worst part is the lack of control settings. You cant bind keys or mouse actions, and to those retards that say this is not an issues, ... well, it is. I have a PS2 controller which i use to play every single game that needs a pad. Most games (including this piece of **** doesnt recognize the button configuration well, and since you cant bind keys, you cant use programs like antimicro or xpadder. They force you to buy an xbox controller, which is very unfair.
    Nobody should support ports like this one, and I highly suspect only console fanboys are rating this monstrousity positively. Dont buy the game, period,
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  12. Nov 8, 2017
    0
    Wtf is this ? This is by far the worst current gen console port so far.
    -Horrible oprimization,
    -No graphics options
    -No keyboard and mouse support
    If you're not doing something right you better not bother doing it at all.
  13. Nov 19, 2017
    0
    Ahtung!!!
    Not support mouse. Not setting keyboard.
    This game can not be played. Gaming control is broken.
    Do not buy this game if you do not have a gamepad.
  14. Nov 29, 2017
    4
    I returned this after 2 hours.
    Not that the game is bad, but it's not for most gamers.
    I'm okay with dying but not with restarting from 10 mins back. I'm not okay with enemies respawning once you go a bit far from them, either. I'm sure it didn't challenge the pro gamers much but still it's disappointing to see how this game is trying to hard to give you the impression that the game is
    I returned this after 2 hours.
    Not that the game is bad, but it's not for most gamers.
    I'm okay with dying but not with restarting from 10 mins back.
    I'm not okay with enemies respawning once you go a bit far from them, either.
    I'm sure it didn't challenge the pro gamers much but still it's disappointing to see how this game is trying to hard to give you the impression that the game is difficult.
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  15. Nov 15, 2017
    0
    The game is fun, a little repetitive and not very imaginative, 7/10.
    No mouse and keyboard support, are you kidding me???
    Also, very bad optimization.
    Very bad PC port, took it from 7 to 0.
    No thank you, refunded.
  16. Nov 17, 2019
    3
    It is not hard it is unfair The most bosses are pain in the ass and most of there attacks one shot you

    If you like hard games play dark souls
  17. Apr 6, 2020
    4
    This game is a mediocre copy of dark souls. Graphics, music, plot, scenery - everything is fine apart from combat which is unfair. In dark souls it was ok, you got adjusted to that. In Nioh, even after levelling up, your character is still weak and clumsy. The boss fights are just ridiculous - you don't stand a chance on the recommended character level.
  18. Apr 13, 2022
    3
    First of all, this is a Dark Souls rip-off. It takes the core mechanics, but adds a new combat system.

    That's the good. The bad is that the game is super repettitve. 99% of enemies you fight are either: soldiers (with 1 of 10 weapons), zombies (1 type), demons (8 types). That's it. Some levels have dogs, some have spiders, and 2 have weird jelly blobs, but 99% of the game is fighting
    First of all, this is a Dark Souls rip-off. It takes the core mechanics, but adds a new combat system.

    That's the good. The bad is that the game is super repettitve. 99% of enemies you fight are either: soldiers (with 1 of 10 weapons), zombies (1 type), demons (8 types). That's it. Some levels have dogs, some have spiders, and 2 have weird jelly blobs, but 99% of the game is fighting the same 3 enemies. This could be fine if the game were 10 hours long, but it is 80 hours with 28 main missions and almost a hunderd side missions. All are linear.

    And if you try skipping the side missions, you'll end up like me - 100 levels down by the end (from recommended level 250). It's a grind fest and not worth is unless you really love playing Dark Souls.
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  19. Apr 6, 2021
    4
    Dark Souls but it takes place in Japan, enemies can knock off anywhere between 30-50% of your HP in 1 hit from the word go, and is generally overcomplicated in the heat of battle, trying to juggle your Stamina-- I mean "Ki", Ki Pulses, and Stances, in addition to the fact that hte punishing nature of running out of Ki puts Dark Soul's' Guard Breaks to shame, and god save your soul if youDark Souls but it takes place in Japan, enemies can knock off anywhere between 30-50% of your HP in 1 hit from the word go, and is generally overcomplicated in the heat of battle, trying to juggle your Stamina-- I mean "Ki", Ki Pulses, and Stances, in addition to the fact that hte punishing nature of running out of Ki puts Dark Soul's' Guard Breaks to shame, and god save your soul if you pull more than one enemy at a time. Honestly, I want to like it but it's just not a great amount of fun unless you're a serious masochist. Expand
  20. Jan 2, 2023
    0
    such a **** trash
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  21. Nov 9, 2019
    0
    Возможно, это лучшая игра в мире, но без поддержки формата 21:9 в 2019 году она мне не нужна. Дата выхода: 2017 год, Карл!!!
  22. Jan 27, 2023
    3
    I hate the game. At first I like the second stage where I was fighting pirates and demons, taking rng loot, finding little creatures, and good fighthing mechanic.

    But then I enter third stage. Long way to get to the boss, lot of enemies, enemies more stronger, bad design of the scenary, stupid ways to insta kill you (bats). I was not being happy in that moment so I couldnt continue
    I hate the game. At first I like the second stage where I was fighting pirates and demons, taking rng loot, finding little creatures, and good fighthing mechanic.

    But then I enter third stage. Long way to get to the boss, lot of enemies, enemies more stronger, bad design of the scenary, stupid ways to insta kill you (bats). I was not being happy in that moment so I couldnt continue anymore. Also I am more of a mage player, thing that I think you can play but only in late game. I was using a tank build in the moment where I could take a hit and counter attack. But the boss in that zone punish you if you are not a dodge build.
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  23. Dec 24, 2021
    1
    Делаете игру для пк - адаптируйте игру под пк. В первую очередь управление. Сидеть гадать что означает кнопка rc на клавиатуре я не буду. Ощущение будто в кривой фанатский порт играешь.
  24. Jan 2, 2023
    0
    how could you do such crap..the worst souls like of all that I have played and just a bad game, avoid at all cost, not even worth for free
  25. Jan 3, 2023
    0
    This game is trash, unfair, also looks like game for ps3, level design is ridiculous, developers lazy bastards, balance equals 0, I don't wat eat this ****
  26. Mar 17, 2023
    2
    For a long time I avoided this series and as it turned out not in vain. This is just trash that is not worth paying attention to and even if there are no other "soulslike" left it is not worth paying attention to this series.
  27. Dec 2, 2019
    0
    Now you all people should know that, this game is only for the minority. Please don't buy this game if you are not a hardcore gamer. This game is not suitable for all people, just same like Death Stranding. That's what I like to say, it is quite funny to see a hardcore gamer play Death Stranding.
  28. Sep 14, 2021
    1
    Le jeu est sûrement bien ... mais pas sur PC. Du moins pas au clavier/souris (j'entends déjà au loin certains dire "bah t'as qu'a brancher une manette et jouer, lol", et à eux je réponds que si le même soin était apporté à la version console et qu'il leur fallait y brancher un clavier et une souris pour y jouer, ils râleraient)

    Le portage est une infamie : touche J pour attaque légère,
    Le jeu est sûrement bien ... mais pas sur PC. Du moins pas au clavier/souris (j'entends déjà au loin certains dire "bah t'as qu'a brancher une manette et jouer, lol", et à eux je réponds que si le même soin était apporté à la version console et qu'il leur fallait y brancher un clavier et une souris pour y jouer, ils râleraient)

    Le portage est une infamie : touche J pour attaque légère, K pour attaque forte.... Quand tu vois ça, tu sais que les mecs qui ont fait le portage n'ont jamais ne serait-ce que regardé un clavier de leur vie pour comprendre que le binding au pif, ça marche pas. Y'a + de 100 touches sur un clavier, on affecte pas n'importe quelle touche à n'importe quelle commande quoi.

    Bien entendu, on a le bingo du portage raté : cinématiques en 30fps, des réglages graphiques d'une pauvreté aussi inutile qu'affligeante, le HUD qui affiche les touches d'une manette console alors qu'en fait c'est la touche * (oui, étoile) sur laquelle faut appuyer...
    J'ai été étonné qu'ils aient localisé le clavier en FR et non en US, sans ça j'avais tout ma feuille de bingo cochée

    J'avais vraiment envie de le faire, mais là .... Non merci j'ai plus faim
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  29. Feb 8, 2021
    2
    Кратко
    Игра 9/10 - проблемы есть,но даже так рекомендую всем к ознакомлению,но только на консолях либо с контроллером и топ пк железом
    ПК ПОРТ - 2/10 ЛЕНИВЫЙ ВЫСЕР О самой игре, Боевка - шикарная вещь,что выделяет ее на фоне соулс игр так то что она не проседает в динамике за щет "пульсации ки"(при нажатии смены стойки востанавливает часть стамины что потрачена+бафы если есть перки)
    Кратко
    Игра 9/10 - проблемы есть,но даже так рекомендую всем к ознакомлению,но только на консолях либо с контроллером и топ пк железом
    ПК ПОРТ - 2/10 ЛЕНИВЫЙ ВЫСЕР

    О самой игре,
    Боевка - шикарная вещь,что выделяет ее на фоне соулс игр так то что она не проседает в динамике за щет "пульсации ки"(при нажатии смены стойки востанавливает часть стамины что потрачена+бафы если есть перки) что позволяет спокойно бить недругов намного больше чем в аналогах
    Оружие- на любой вкус,"быстро но слабо,медленно но больно" тут не работает,здесь у всего оружия есть разные типы атак что позволяет выбирать именно по стилю комбо,а не по урону и харкам
    Боссы - есть много разочерований ,как например финальный босс,такое чуство что файт с ним это пинание беззащитного ребенка,если все боссы простые максимум mediocore,то он слишком простой, когда у него лиш несколько атак,которые да,наносят очень много урона,но они медленные и очень простые к прочитанию(например его выпад с захватом рукой),а кроме этого все тоже на достойном уровне
    Сюжет - подкачал и как по мне слишком много клише про "плохих иностранцев" и "хороших чесных японцев" но это уже мой вкус

    А теперь весь прикол
    ПК порт
    1)поддержки широких мониторов нет
    2)фреймлок 30/60 что ну просто отвратительно в игре на пк
    3)управление это просто исхуйство вдвойне,игру портировали под пк,но вот что что ПК Бояре играют с клавиатурой и мышкой разрабы забыли начисто
    и тебе буквально прийдется сидеть в управлении минут 10-15 просто втыкать в всратость биндов в игре,и либо прийдется это учить,либо биндить самому с нуля что еще займет время
    3.1 мышка в меню для прикола - юзай стрелочки
    и так как разрабы пекутся о консольщиках они оставили фишку с локом на противника,и в итоге мышку можно выкинуть в окно и не пользоватся в принципе,в чем смысл тогда пк порта?
    а,и пару слов о локе на противников - особый вид исхуйства ,когда тебя буквально переключает на другого противника в важные моменты сражения не раз меня заставляло просто выйти и не заходить в это,а учитывая что сражения типа "арена - мясо" тут в достатке,это очень бесит
    3.2 кроме как управление движением на WASD ничего привычного тут нет,на одну кнопку набинжено 2-4 действия ,привыкнуть можно(я как ни как прошел игру 2 раза и все длс с этим бредом)но это чисто физически больно в начале,или если ты делал долгие перерывы
    Портировать игру на ПК и буквально заставлять играть людей используя контроллер это полный бред
    4)оптимизация,не видели этого молодого человека нигде?я думал что раз лок на 30/60 фпс то они тут будут стабильны,но нет нихера,тут у меня были просадки до 15-20 что иногда просто делало это неиграбельным

    А.ну и отдельный средний палец обзорщикам что на эти проблемы не сморят и ставят оценку ПОРТУ "10/10 игра года",мы тут порт оцениваем
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  30. Apr 15, 2022
    1
    Графика на уровне пс2, подсказки по управлению говорят, какую нажать кнопку на геймпаде, а не клавишу на клавиатуре. Управление дерьмо. В меню игра никак не принимает нажатия мышки. Персонаж атакует в противоположную сторону от врага. Предметы не экипируются автоматически. ПЕРВЫЙ враг в игре неубиваем.Графика на уровне пс2, подсказки по управлению говорят, какую нажать кнопку на геймпаде, а не клавишу на клавиатуре. Управление дерьмо. В меню игра никак не принимает нажатия мышки. Персонаж атакует в противоположную сторону от врага. Предметы не экипируются автоматически. ПЕРВЫЙ враг в игре неубиваем.
  31. Feb 1, 2022
    0
    Единственное, что здесь может зацепить игрока-сеттинг, всё остальное- посредственное испражнение! Как можно скрещивать два максимально разных жанра, один из которых нацелен на лютый гринд, а второй наоборот на заучивание поведения врагов- я выучил движения шарбабы, но какой смысл, если мой урон меньше моего члена, складываюсь с двух тычков(с одной атаки серией иногда), а возможностиЕдинственное, что здесь может зацепить игрока-сеттинг, всё остальное- посредственное испражнение! Как можно скрещивать два максимально разных жанра, один из которых нацелен на лютый гринд, а второй наоборот на заучивание поведения врагов- я выучил движения шарбабы, но какой смысл, если мой урон меньше моего члена, складываюсь с двух тычков(с одной атаки серией иногда), а возможности прокачаться и взять оружие и доспехи посильнее нет, ведь надо качать не только переносимый вес, но и силу, стойкость или навык! На кого смотрели разрабы, изобретая такую игровую химеру? На Бордерлендс? Ба борда в одиночку унылейшая игра, даже третья часть! Может надо было посмотреть на Шедоу Варриор 2, который провалился ниже дыры в туалете как раз из-за механики гринда? Expand
  32. Jan 2, 2023
    0
    nioh is garbage souls like ripp off that does everything worst
    -trash bosses
    -trash level design
    -trash plot
    -trash graphics
  33. Mar 26, 2022
    4
    Laptop 3060 nvidia 5900 amd = constant lag and bad tutorial which they even bother with on pc
  34. Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Jugué el port para PC de este juego y es asqueroso de malo. Es imperdonable que en pleno 2023 aún no se hayan dado el trabajo de mapear correctamente las teclas del teclado. El port es tan malo que ni siquiera se dieron el trabajo de cambiar la imagen donde sale el joystick de Play Station con los controles, y no tiene ningún menú para poder personalizar las teclas. Es evidente que esteJugué el port para PC de este juego y es asqueroso de malo. Es imperdonable que en pleno 2023 aún no se hayan dado el trabajo de mapear correctamente las teclas del teclado. El port es tan malo que ni siquiera se dieron el trabajo de cambiar la imagen donde sale el joystick de Play Station con los controles, y no tiene ningún menú para poder personalizar las teclas. Es evidente que este port lo hicieron con el objetivo de ganar plata sin mover siquiera un dedo por mejorar la experiencia del jugador de PC. Expand
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 24, 2018
    80
    The fantastic game has earned not so fantastic PC version. If you are not afraid of gamepad play and high difficulty, give Nioh a chance. Only then you’ll understand that label Nioh as a Samurai Dark Souls is surprisingly inaccurate. [Issue#283]
  2. Feb 7, 2018
    92
    Labelling Nioh as "another Dark Souls clone", just doesn't do it justice. The Complete Edition is a package brimming with content, challenging gameplay, deep combat mechanics, Diablo-like looting and a fun crafting system to boot. It does not stick to its peers' blueprint, but it endeavours to evolve in a different beast, and for the most part, succeeds.
  3. Jan 11, 2018
    85
    If you're lucky enough to not have been plagued with port issues, then you'll find Nioh: Complete Edition to be a wonderfully difficult action game. Though it brings along a high level of difficulty that seems to be en vogue for recent action games, its emphasis on faster action makes it a perfect complement for the competition. Similarly, the loot drops are a great addition, and the oddball story makes the game feel more distinct. It would've been nice to see more PC-specific optimization, but Nioh is worth checking out for fans of difficult action games.