Nioh: Complete Edition

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 612 Ratings

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  1. weizhen77
    Nov 18, 2017
    9
    Played all 3 Dark Souls, comparatively Nioh is my favourite amongst the souls-like games. Not really a fan of open world, maybe that is one of the main reason why I am loving Nioh more than Dark Souls.

    Have been quite some time not sleeping late, until Nioh for PC is launched. Since then, have been playing late into the night. Love the loot and equipment system, and the of course its    Played all 3 Dark Souls, comparatively Nioh is my favourite amongst the souls-like games. Not really a fan of open world, maybe that is one of the main reason why I am loving Nioh more than Dark Souls.

    Have been quite some time not sleeping late, until Nioh for PC is launched. Since then, have been playing late into the night.

    Love the loot and equipment system, and the of course its fighting style. Although I am already in my 40s, playing this game reminds me how fast my reaction can still be. Boss design are great, although I die a lot, but they were designed to sort of motivate you to keep progressing and learning more about them.

    Giving 9 out of 10. No game is perfect. This is still one of my best game ever played.    … Expand
  2. fabchan
    Nov 12, 2017
    9
    If you like this genre, then you must play this game. Optimization is not perfect on Pc, but it still retains its greatness as a game. I dont' understand all the negative reviews, this is a 9/10 in my book.
  3. AMX121
    Nov 8, 2017
    10
    Players with a half-decent computer and a controller will find themselves lost in a game that goes above and beyond what’s expected of the genre.The game is great, everything you would expect from a dark souls clone but even better in terms of speed and preciseness.
  4. sim111sar
    Nov 7, 2017
    9
    Freaks looking to play this game with a mouse and keyboard lol it's like playing first shooter games with keyboard and mouse xD
    The game is great, everything you would expect from a dark souls clone but even better in terms of speed and preciseness.
    The only flaw the games has it's the locked fps on PC. Otherwise the game runs great without any issues. C**ts be happy we have a PS4    Freaks looking to play this game with a mouse and keyboard lol it's like playing first shooter games with keyboard and mouse xD
    The game is great, everything you would expect from a dark souls clone but even better in terms of speed and preciseness.
    The only flaw the games has it's the locked fps on PC. Otherwise the game runs great without any issues. C**ts be happy we have a PS4 exclusive on PC and you are criticizing just because it cannot be played with mouse and keyboard? Idiots!!!!    … Expand
  5. steddye
    Nov 25, 2018
    9
    The game is very interesting from the technical point of view, especially the fights, but I just do not like the "dark souls" style gameplay, die and do the same thing over and over is frustrating and boring probably because I'm not capable (the first boss 30 attempts all failed with the boss health almost full ... I'm really poor) but I really can't understand how many players like thisThe game is very interesting from the technical point of view, especially the fights, but I just do not like the "dark souls" style gameplay, die and do the same thing over and over is frustrating and boring probably because I'm not capable (the first boss 30 attempts all failed with the boss health almost full ... I'm really poor) but I really can't understand how many players like this kind of games but I understand it's a matter of taste. The porting from ps4 is good - gti 980 ti i7 4770k the game run smooth at 60 fps - no keyboard and mouse support but the xbox one controller works very well.… Expand
  6. Keyboard_Player
    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.    … Expand
  7. shenkenhigh
    Feb 14, 2023
    10
    9/10 great game, and YET, best souls-like game out there. Guys, i don't see you complain about bad DS port or anything, give guys a credit, game was an exclusive to PS4. However the dlc is terrible, so OP and so annoying to keep up with.
  8. PauloRE
    Jan 4, 2022
    10
    um espetáculo de jogo, tem bastante conteúdo e da muitas horas de jogatina, o único defeito do jogo é o port mal feito para PC, o jogo fica meio instável, cai muito os fps, mas como o jogo é excelente, vale a pena dar uma nota 10 pra esse jogo, vale a pena a compra seja no PS4 ou PC
  9. PedroHF
    Mar 8, 2019
    8
    Its a Souls Like game, i enjoy a lot playing but I was waiting for more, still a very good game.
  10. ErayTellezi
    Feb 5, 2023
    8
    38 saati sonunda bitti. Soulslike türünün güzel bir örneği olsa da bazı eksiklikleri ve kötü yanları yok değil. Atmosferi souls oyunları kadar çekici ve gergin değil. Souls oyunları, özellikle de Bloodborne, aynı zamanda korku oyunlarıdır. Bir düşmanı ilk kez görüyorsan, nasıl saldıracağı, ne kadar hasar vuracağı, karakterin görünüşü vesaire insanı gerer. Bunda bu o kadar da yoktu. Öte38 saati sonunda bitti. Soulslike türünün güzel bir örneği olsa da bazı eksiklikleri ve kötü yanları yok değil. Atmosferi souls oyunları kadar çekici ve gergin değil. Souls oyunları, özellikle de Bloodborne, aynı zamanda korku oyunlarıdır. Bir düşmanı ilk kez görüyorsan, nasıl saldıracağı, ne kadar hasar vuracağı, karakterin görünüşü vesaire insanı gerer. Bunda bu o kadar da yoktu. Öte yandan bölgelerin görünüşleri de neredeyse hep aynıydı. Bu da atmosferin statik, bir yerden sonra da yavan olmasına neden olmuş. Oysa souls oyunların da bölgeler sürekli değişir.

    Bölüm tasarımları bence fena değil. Diğer souls oyunları kadar karmaşık, grift ve üzerine düşünülmüş olmasa da dümdüz koridor oyunu değil sonuçta.

    Oyunun bu kadar loot odaklı olması bir yerden sonra baydı. Ölen her düşmandan gerekl gereksiz bir şey düşüyor. Daha az ve daha önemli şeyler düşse, envanter düzenleme ameleliği son bulurmuş.

    Balta ile oynadım ama başka seçenekler de var. Oyun bu anlamda zengin. Duruşlar da düşmana göre değiştirmeniz gereken şeyler. Ben orta duruşta, yani savunma ağırlık oynadım genelde.

    Boss savaşları gayet keyifli ve yeteri kadar zorlayıcı. Dark Souls 1 ve 2 hariç her souls oyununda 4 saat geçemediğim boss olurdu. Nioh'ta 1 saati bulan olsa da o seviyede zor olan yoktu.

    Oyun yine souls oyunlarına nazaran hikayesini daha açık anlatıyor. Ne olup bittiğinin farkındasınız.

    Neticede gayet keyif alarak oynadığım, çok coşturmasa da keyifli vakit geçirten bir oyun olmuş.    … Expand
  11. whisperpeperoni
    Dec 10, 2020
    8
    I just bought it from summer sale all I can say the game does worth it if you love this type of genre and love to grind mechanics. I do love the mechanics as it serves it purposes not just wasting your time and have to chip in your own money(real money). Overall it is a great and frustrating video game.
  12. scojac
    Apr 30, 2019
    8
    This game is overall really enjoyable. Combat system is second to none. Team Ninja took the Dark Souls stamina system and added a combo system where you can regain your stamina by switching your stances and weapons and using different move sets. So the system encourages you to learn your entire move set and how to string together combos using different weapons. You have three stancesThis game is overall really enjoyable. Combat system is second to none. Team Ninja took the Dark Souls stamina system and added a combo system where you can regain your stamina by switching your stances and weapons and using different move sets. So the system encourages you to learn your entire move set and how to string together combos using different weapons. You have three stances which each have several attacks, so you have exponentially more options in combat than in the soulsborne formula.
    On top of the melee system (which you use "samurai points" to level), you have "ninjutsu" points (throwing weapons, traps, other tricks), and "onmyo" points (magic). There is also a "guardian spirit" system, which is kind of like a spirit animal that follows you around. As you kill enemies, your spirit gauge builds up which lets you enter into a "super" mode when full. So in addition to the samurai, ninjitsu, and onmyo options, you can build a character around having strong guardian spirit as well.
    There is also a diablo-like loot mechanic, which I think is one of the few negatives of the game. It's just a bit of chore to have to clear out your inventory after every mission. But on the plus side, finding a rare weapon of a type that you haven't tried yet encourages you to keep trying new things. The system works overall, I just feel like there's a little too much loot.
    BUT - once you reach the end-game and start getting divine weapons to refine your character build, the loot system turns around again and becomes very rewarding as you try to craft a perfect set for your build. It's just a sham to have to slog through it all as it just gets tiresome after awhile to have to constantly sell piles of useless items.
    This can all be a bit overwhelming, but overall if you stick with the game and learn its systems it is very rewarding. The New Game + modes are also fantastic, as they change enemy placement and other subtle changes that is much more than just dialing up enemy health and damage. You are really required to start dialing in a build and thinking about your goals for what you want your character to do in order to succeed as the challenges ramp up. Much like the classic Team Ninja game Ninja Gaiden: Black, the game just gets better the deeper you go. If you have patience enough to play through the game a few times on the NG+ difficulties, the game offers a rich and rewarding combat experience that few action RPGs can match.    … Expand
  13. Gravelhs
    Mar 20, 2021
    8
    I’ve spent over 100 hours in this game and I loved it. The whole mission based gameplay was something very fresh for me yet so good. I really liked stances and entire fighting system as well as bosses with their well balanced weakness and hard spots. I’m going to finish it also on PS4 as well as 2nd part. Ofc I’ve played using a game pad not sure what would be the experience with k+m
  14. EalyLiu
    Feb 17, 2023
    10
    It's great. It's the best game I've ever seen. The picture is exquisite, the movement is smooth, and the design is exquisite.
  15. Chrysler
    May 18, 2018
    10
    This game is amazing,it has so much content and so much variation,people compare it to dark souls but I like it more than dark souls,it has depth in combat,and a lot of skills and weapons to choose from,a really amazing game that deserves all the praise and a much higher score.
  16. CanalDoMimo
    Nov 15, 2017
    10
    Jogo maravilhoso conseguiu ter uma jogabilidade muito superior a dark souls e uma historia muito melhor e mais bem explicada vale a pena cada segundo de jogo.
  17. allenxz1
    Nov 13, 2017
    10
    Muy buen juego para los amantes de los retos.
    si alguna vez jugaste darksouls es necesario que pruebes nioh
    mi calificación es 9/10
    el 9 es por que creo que lo de la poses de combate esta algo feo
  18. Anreww
    Nov 15, 2017
    10
    A satisfying blend of beat-em-up, ARPG and Dark Souls secrets and exploration. Scratches the itch if you've been lost after the final piece of Dark Souls 3 DLC was released. Team Ninja's DNA is all over this, as the weapons and combos are very Ninja-Gaiden
  19. El112119
    Nov 24, 2017
    10
    A Damn GOOD ACTION RPG...IT'S Just soo good..the combat system is better than Dark Souls...and Bloodborne(but in terms of story Bloodborne FTW)

    This is a Game and a must have on PC..if you haven't got it on the PS4..

    i hope they'll put mouse support on the future updates though...
  20. marchmadness
    Nov 30, 2017
    10
    Was skeptical that this was gonna be another bad dark souls clone but it is so much more than that. It's much more addictive than dark souls (2 & 3) and the combat is better imo, but there's too many filler quests and not enough enemy variety. It's a crappy port though and crashes sometimes and that sucks when you're in the middle of a boss fight. 8/10
  21. PanMrkvicka
    May 28, 2020
    8
    well the port is bad but its not that big of a deal and its amazing souls like that gets souls like right and yet its very unique game on its own but the reusing of bosses and boring side quests are bad. Combat is amazing though and so are the bosses but some bosses just look cool but the fight is meh and theres not many hard bosses. The looting system is also idiotic you constantly havewell the port is bad but its not that big of a deal and its amazing souls like that gets souls like right and yet its very unique game on its own but the reusing of bosses and boring side quests are bad. Combat is amazing though and so are the bosses but some bosses just look cool but the fight is meh and theres not many hard bosses. The looting system is also idiotic you constantly have millions of items in your inventory.… Expand
  22. FTWOblivion
    Nov 12, 2017
    10
    this is my favorite game of all time, the people complaining about lack of kb+m support sound so silly I bet they haven't even gotten past the first hour. once they do they will realize how terrible this game would be on kb+m and how amazing the controls are designed specifically for a controller. the combat is about as deep as it can get and you can spend hours developing your own combos,this is my favorite game of all time, the people complaining about lack of kb+m support sound so silly I bet they haven't even gotten past the first hour. once they do they will realize how terrible this game would be on kb+m and how amazing the controls are designed specifically for a controller. the combat is about as deep as it can get and you can spend hours developing your own combos, people boycotting this due to lack of kb+m support are simply dumb, and missing out on a beautiful game experience… Expand
  23. MastroCicuta
    May 26, 2021
    8
    Like other people in the reviews i have played all 3 dark souls, and I got to admit Nioh takes the sous combat system to a whole new level. Sure, story wise is basically a "b action movie" but that's not the point of the game which is btw filled with pretty accurate historical references. The point is fighting, finding your style and mastering it.
    People is complaining about keyboard    Like other people in the reviews i have played all 3 dark souls, and I got to admit Nioh takes the sous combat system to a whole new level. Sure, story wise is basically a "b action movie" but that's not the point of the game which is btw filled with pretty accurate historical references. The point is fighting, finding your style and mastering it.
    People is complaining about keyboard support.... get over it just buy a controller (a logitech F310 is just about 25 euros and is a capable, sturdy and cheap gamepad), I don't get why someone wants to play an action game of this genre with keyboard and mouse.
    If I got to find a flaw in this game, I would say that is its repetitiveness. Too many pointless ng+, I would prefer a game that encourages you to create a new character more than endlessly grind for just one.    … Expand
  24. Alirezaice
    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
  25. buffersly
    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.
  26. pcenthusiast170
    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.
  27. metallmaniac
    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
  28. ZEDFRA
    Oct 29, 2019
    6
    Nioh is a good game, but there are some glaring issues with it.

    Let's start by saying what's good about Nioh. Combat is swift and unforgiving, it walks the line somewhere between dark souls and Bloodborne in terms of its feel. You can choose between 3 stances which have their own sets of attacks. Ranged combat is adequate too, although it's not really possible to make a build around it    Nioh is a good game, but there are some glaring issues with it.

    Let's start by saying what's good about Nioh. Combat is swift and unforgiving, it walks the line somewhere between dark souls and Bloodborne in terms of its feel. You can choose between 3 stances which have their own sets of attacks. Ranged combat is adequate too, although it's not really possible to make a build around it unfortunately. In Nioh you have access to various ninja and magic techniques and spells which add a bit of flair to combat, and can improve your damage, slow enemies or blind them.

    There's a mission structure to this game rather than just journeying through one large connected world like dark souls. Players can pick between sub-missions and main missions that unlock on the world map. And this is fine, I've hard some people disliking this design choice, but I think it suits Nioh.

    However, almost everything else that I want to praise about the game is coupled with negatives. I WANT to say that the boss battles are good, but, a lot of them just aren't. There aren't any that I really remember or really enjoyed for that matter. Compare this to something like DS3 where I remember fighting Midir or the Nameless King with great fondness, or in Bloodborne where I fought Gehrman or Gascoigne I can't really say that for Nioh. A lot of the bosses feel bland, and worse infuriating with moves that feel a bit cheap. In short, most bosses in Nioh are just not fun to fight against unfortunately. Although there are a few which stand as exceptions to the rule.

    The story and lore of Nioh, I've got to say, is just bland. I didn't find myself caring about the world or the characters in it to any degree, and I was barely bothering to pay attention to any of the story. It sounds brutal to say out loud, but I just didn't give a **** about what was going on.

    Something else to note is the game's loot, it's armour and weapons. I liked acquiring them, some armour sets and swords look totally **** badass and this along with the great gameplay was basically my driving force to finish the game. However, even this comes with it's issues, the main one being is the levelling system. I don't like this system, like at all. In DS you might find a sword, and then you'd have to upgrade it as the game went on, in Nioh, weapons and armour are integrated into a level list, this doesn't sound so bad at first but it means that when I'm running through an area, i might acquire literally 5 different versions of gauntlets, and I have to trawl through my inventory comparing stats and tossing some aside just so my inventory isn't clogged to **** This isn't a massive issue, but it lead to me not really feeling attached to my gear. As I said, I still enjoyed acquiring stuff, and this isn't a big deal, but it's still something I want to say

    A massive negative of Nioh is the recycling of enemies. You'll encounter the same enemies over and over and over and over and over again, I can't tell you how many times I've killed the demon with the sword or a one eyed ogre, or a generic soldier with a spear. The game doesn't even bother to add true variations, they don't even come in different colours. This also applies to the bosses believe it or not, which are recycled in the game's side missions, the 2nd boss of the game, I've fought it about 6 times now and that's probably a low estimate. It's pathetic. It really is, and it makes the game feel like a chore to play through, when all I'm doing is seemingly fighting the same handful of enemies in a generic location, which brings me to...

    The generic locations. Nowhere is memorable, everywhere is bland and non-descript. I can maybe remember one area that I liked, actually no I can't. There's nothing particularly horrible about them, they're just meh. However this is very problematic for the game, because now I'm just trudging through areas I don't really care about, in a world with a story I don't care about, fighting the same roster of about 20 enemies literally every single mission.

    And that's what I have to say about Nioh, there was a big craze amongst the console gamers back in 2017 about this game, and honestly, I don't get why. It's a good game, but the only really standout feature is it's combat. I played it a lot, but, perhaps it wasn't worth it. It's certainly not worth spending £40 on it. I'd wait for a sale till it went for £20-£30. Or you could always be a scumbag and buy it on G2A. Like I did, I'm sorry.

    So, if you're looking for a halfway decent souls game, you could spend you're money on worse things. or better things, like the Surge 2 or Ashen. Ashen is a great game btw, it gets a lot of hate, but if you really want an amazing souls game play Ashen it's **** beautiful, Actually this just reminded me to write a review of Ashen. I love Ashen.    … Expand
  29. PH03N1X-PC
    Nov 23, 2017
    10
    Excelente juego muy bien optimizado EXELENT PORT. Dice requerimientos mínimos una gtx 780 y lo corro con una gtx 670 y un i7 3770k perfecto 1920x1080p, q no tiene soporte de ratón y teclado, pero eso no significa q sea un mal PORT, solo ignorantes q lloran por jugar con teclado y ratón no deberían comprarlo, si no tienen para un control de 15 dólares mucho menos tendrán la computadora paraExcelente juego muy bien optimizado EXELENT PORT. Dice requerimientos mínimos una gtx 780 y lo corro con una gtx 670 y un i7 3770k perfecto 1920x1080p, q no tiene soporte de ratón y teclado, pero eso no significa q sea un mal PORT, solo ignorantes q lloran por jugar con teclado y ratón no deberían comprarlo, si no tienen para un control de 15 dólares mucho menos tendrán la computadora para correrlo, jugué los dark souls y este es un estilo muy diferente es mucho mas rápido y con diferentes posturas por armas, baja media y alta lo que hace realmente atractivo el juego, ya q a diferencia del dark souls este tiene por arma 3 veces mas ataques, las graficas están de lujo, el rendimiento no me canso de decirlo esta GENIAL y para mi eso es lo q lo hace un buen PC PORT no esa estupidez de q soporte teclado y ratón, q es lo q mas critican algunos reviewer en esta pagina, le explico para realizar un combo y cambiar postura en teclado mínimo tendría q oprimir de 6 a 7 teclas en control por los análogos solo 3 o 4 , este juego no es un Word of warcraft no es un mmo, por lo tanto no es necesario el teclado y el ratón, pero si es obligatorio un control con análogos, la historia si eres fanático de la era meiji samurai este es el juego para ti, el protagonista no es un japonés por q es un naufrago, pero de resto la verdad estoy muy feliz con este juegazo.

    recomendando y ojala lo ayuden comprándolo ya q es una exclusiva de ps4 traída al pc.    … Expand
  30. AkumaJack
    Feb 7, 2018
    8
    ATTENTION: Team Ninja added mouse control and the port is now very good. Most old reviews are (rightfully) low because of that, so take in mind that.

    Nioh is an Action game with light RPG elements such as stats and perks that you gain leveling up. In Nioh you play as William an irish pirate on a quest for revenge that took him to Japan during the war of Sekihagara (1600). The setting    ATTENTION: Team Ninja added mouse control and the port is now very good. Most old reviews are (rightfully) low because of that, so take in mind that.

    Nioh is an Action game with light RPG elements such as stats and perks that you gain leveling up.
    In Nioh you play as William an irish pirate on a quest for revenge that took him to Japan during the war of Sekihagara (1600). The setting isn't historical though because you'll fight a lot of demons that i doubt were in japan during 1600.

    The port is quite good. It runs on 30 fps smooth even on my computer that has a gpu below the minimun recomendations for it. It also supports mouse and keyboard finally (you'll have to rebinds a lot of keys probably to play decently).

    The gameplay is demanding thanks to the ki-pulse mechanic where you have to quickly tap a button to regain stamina and you gain more if you are precise. Playing without getting the grasps of this feature will lead to many many deaths because you'll often run out of energy leaving your enemies an opening for a finisher move that deals a ton of damage.
    There are also stances for weapons where you can choose if you prefer fast strikes that deal low damage or slow strikes that deals a ton of damage or an intermediate stance for all around purpouses. But Nioh isn't by any mean a very hard game. You'll get many offensive and defensive options to deal with each encounter, such as the living weapon that is a mode in which you cannot take any damage and you deal more damage but it lasts only for a few secons and you have to kill stuff to recharge it.

    The whole game is divided in missions and regions, so it isn't an open world, but you can replay every mission you already finished if you want to. You are encouraged to do that to farm for better equipment or just because you cant help anyone in missions you haven't already finished.
    Bossfights are mostly good and different from one another and enemy variety is quite good although i've read many complaints about it. Yes, you'll mostly fight normal soldiers and demons but:
    1)If you count different weapons that they can use there are a lot of combinations
    2)there are many enemies that are more rare scattered in the various missions to fight.

    The level design is also quite good.
    Story missions are long with maps that often loops around themselvs with shortcuts and secrets to find. Almost every area has a unique mechanic to quickly learn to progress such as: Rolling boulders to avoid, poison to get rid of, walls to blow up with explosives and so on. That helps with the fact that are few different areas in the sub-missions and are mostly reused areas from story missions with different enemies/checkpoint placement.
    Sub-mission are still good. Often short so you can easily end one in 15 minutes if you want just to play a bit and then go on.

    There is a loot system in which every weapon has a random set of perks and rarity but you can reroll perks you don't like or just upgrade the level of a unique weapon if you want to.
    So you aren't tied that much to rng to get good equipment since you can just reroll the perks you want or just make a new high level weapon with gold that you get during missions/selling old weapons.

    Also: This game isn't like dark souls. Don't expect that.
    The combat system is much more complex, the open world style is gone, there is a story told by cutscenes and dialogues and so on. The only mechanic shared with the souls saga is that when you die you lose amrita (Exp) that you can regain going back to your dead body (or using a rare item)

    I've played for around 53 to complete every mission in the base game and i have yet to do all the 3 dlc and the NG+ mode.
    Overall this game is great. Not too much of a challenge maybe (except some big spikes here and there) but very enjoyable. I'd recomend it.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#30 Best PC Game of 2017
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#36 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
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#65 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. 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. Ragequit.gr
    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.
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  3. Worth Playing
    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.
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