Nioh

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2628 Ratings

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  1. ZXSth
    Mar 6, 2023
    6
    As loath as I am to veer far from what I think most people have experienced with Nioh, I found that the game could not hold my attention for long enough to get me invested. While perfectly fine on a mechanical level, I found it to be a bit complex for my liking, and struggled to stay invested past my first few hours with it.

    Nioh may hold some value for those willing to push past what    As loath as I am to veer far from what I think most people have experienced with Nioh, I found that the game could not hold my attention for long enough to get me invested. While perfectly fine on a mechanical level, I found it to be a bit complex for my liking, and struggled to stay invested past my first few hours with it.

    Nioh may hold some value for those willing to push past what felt like a cumbersome introduction to me - as such, I encourage anyone reading to this to consider other reviews on this site in tandem with this one in order to get a good grasp on how much they might enjoy it.    … Expand
  2. Leo_Manzano
    Mar 4, 2023
    6
    I haven't finished the game yet, but I'm already discouraged with it, first let's talk about expectations if you expect to find a dark souls style game you should find some elements of the series like rpg style progression through save points like bonfires.

    However I would say that Nioh has elements of the souls series but it's not a souls like, at the heart of the game we have combat    I haven't finished the game yet, but I'm already discouraged with it, first let's talk about expectations if you expect to find a dark souls style game you should find some elements of the series like rpg style progression through save points like bonfires.

    However I would say that Nioh has elements of the souls series but it's not a souls like, at the heart of the game we have combat that is very dynamic and has several mechanics reminding me more onimusha than the souls series, the enemies and level design is a bit how repetitive making the grind tiring.

    Despite my dismay, give the game a chance if possible it has several positives like a very creative boss design, a nice art direction and a decent story I see nioh as the beginning of a promising series that is worth knowing and waiting for a sequence that can improve even more    … Expand
  3. aaronnmp96
    Jan 31, 2023
    6
    Acceptable, the gameplay could be better, the design of the bosses is good, but a lot of recycling
  4. bonsai
    Nov 17, 2022
    7
    It's not Dark Souls, but it's the best soulslike game on the market together with Nioh 2.
    It took me a lot of time to get hooked to it, the first 3 times I tried I left it there.
    But once I got hooked, it's very fun and rewarding.
  5. Realisti
    Nov 9, 2022
    5
    I'd give it 7/10 if the boss designs wouldn't be so cheesy so I give it 5/10. People call it challenging and I agree this title gives a good challenge. However, the most challenging in the game how long can you endure the cheesy boss fights. Those who have played this through know what I'm talking about. If you have any display lag prepare to die a lot. Most boss fights are basicallyI'd give it 7/10 if the boss designs wouldn't be so cheesy so I give it 5/10. People call it challenging and I agree this title gives a good challenge. However, the most challenging in the game how long can you endure the cheesy boss fights. Those who have played this through know what I'm talking about. If you have any display lag prepare to die a lot. Most boss fights are basically doable in a few tries at least if you have levels and gear set right but some are just utterly stupid. You can many of them easier by using magic and ninjutsu skills but seriously, games that have so small dodge/block/parry windows that display lag can f up your experience are just not good for me. And character development is just putting points in obvious places and gathering obvious gear to mach.
    BUT this and nioh 2 has its own audience so I'd encourage you to try and see for yourself if it's for you. If you like Bloodborne, Darksouls and such you might like this also. I just refuse to give good review to what's mediocre stuff to me.    … Expand
  6. Godudu
    Aug 17, 2022
    6
    Good game, it does enough to different itself from souls series. The only problem for me is that is way way harder then what it should be. Endgame it becomes easier as you make good builds, but the early game is a nightmare. I took 4 hours in the first main missions and only got the third boss with coop help.
  7. Nobilis1984
    Mar 12, 2022
    6
    Looks worse than part 2 but is fairer. As a beginner you get the hang of it faster and get over the first opponents without dying 50 times.
  8. drlowdon
    Feb 17, 2022
    6
    Nioh follows the journey William Adams as he fights his way through a fictionalised version of 17th century Japan in order to put a stop to an ongoing war.

    The similarities to Dark Souls are immediate from the outset with the player having to kill enemies to collect amrati (souls) in order to level up, dying results in restarting from the last shrine (bonfire) whereby you’ll have one    Nioh follows the journey William Adams as he fights his way through a fictionalised version of 17th century Japan in order to put a stop to an ongoing war.

    The similarities to Dark Souls are immediate from the outset with the player having to kill enemies to collect amrati (souls) in order to level up, dying results in restarting from the last shrine (bonfire) whereby you’ll have one chance to collect the amrati before it is lost. It’s also a difficult game, and death can come quickly even at the hands of standard enemies should you make a mistake.

    The combat itself is, if anything, actually an improvement on Dark Souls with various stances, weapons and attacks to choose from. What Nioh doesn’t have however is Dark Souls labyrinth like worlds that make exploration enjoyable even when you’re many hours in. Instead Nioh plays almost like a loot based dungeon crawler with players selecting from various 30-60 minutes missions that often reward you with an overwhelming number of new items on top of the amrati for levelling up. With so few enemy types, and many missions playing out in very similar fashion this does all start to become repetitive after a while, and with a run time of at least 70 hours it simply goes on way too long.    … Expand
  9. painava
    Oct 7, 2021
    7
    Pros: Controls, gameplay and level design. Quite challenging and online co-op is fun too.
    Cons: Very boring and uninteresting story that's overly cartoonish. Also too many recycled enemies and levels. Some very unfair 2-on-1 boss fights.
  10. Majoody90
    Aug 4, 2021
    7
    Loved it new gameplay fast action hack and slash good story difficulty is increasing but possible to play
  11. Kaan457
    Jul 23, 2021
    6
    This game has many design problems. Some maps and boss are REALLY terrible and NOT fun, not satisfying.
    And other problem is this game has fun problem.
  12. doodlerman
    Apr 28, 2021
    7
    I love me some Soulslikes, and for the most part, I really dug this game. However, there are like 3 bosses that were so ridiculously fast and overpowered, I found myself taking multiple months-long breaks before beating it. Now, this is in large part because of my refusal to go through all of the intricacies of menus, items, and skills that you have in your arsenal. I beat the majority ofI love me some Soulslikes, and for the most part, I really dug this game. However, there are like 3 bosses that were so ridiculously fast and overpowered, I found myself taking multiple months-long breaks before beating it. Now, this is in large part because of my refusal to go through all of the intricacies of menus, items, and skills that you have in your arsenal. I beat the majority of the game solely with combat and struggled despite having strong weapons, armor, and levels. The three tough bosses (Hino-Enma, Yuki-Onna, and Shima Sakon) seemed to go against everything the game teaches the player about combat - though, later, when I actually learned about talismans, like the Sloth talismans, later game bosses that initially gave me similar levels of frustration became jokes. I guess it's on me for not taking the time to read through all the explanations and navigate the dense menu branches, but I'd rather games teach me as I play rather than stop everything to spell it out for me.… Expand
  13. Solidwisdom
    Feb 6, 2021
    6
    First of all this game is really well made. But its just way too challenging for me. I think for most gamers to. And absolutely think carefully before buying this game because while it may look amazing and amazing combat system its just way too frustrating to play amd i have no idea how some gamers manage to beat this game. I recommend this game just as a rental first
  14. doproyee
    Dec 27, 2020
    7
    hmm not impressive that much. for one thing, some of hit boxes are ridiculous
  15. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    Nioh was fun but got boring 20+ hours into it. The game feels too long, would be more fun if you could play with your friends without completing the mission first.
  16. Ruzaky
    Aug 6, 2020
    5
    Dark souls + Diablo + ? = Profit ?
    For me this game is very boring, tons of loot but everything is pretty much the same
    combat system is nothing special
  17. Kaijyuu
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only reason I'm giving this game a 7/10 and not a 8-9/10 is because it relays on 1 hit kills to make it difficult. And the end game missions are insane unless you do way of the strong (ng+) before even attempting them. That or you absolutely die 500 times t memorieze all the the combos the bosses do, since the end game missions are full of 2v1 boss fights.… Expand
  18. mo3ec
    Jul 9, 2020
    7
    Хорошая игра, но неудачные уровни и малое их количество вызовут желание перепроходить только у фанатов.
  19. direfol
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    С технической точки зрения игра слабая.Ни физика ни уж тем более графика никого в восторг не приведет,даже фанатов серии соулс такая скупость на технологичность может отторгнуть.
    Сюжет в игре-не понятный.Он просто есть,на него не обращаешь внимание,интерес вызван здесь исключительно геймплеем.
    Из за того что графические характеристики игры на дне,то и визуал левел дизайне в игре    С технической точки зрения игра слабая.Ни физика ни уж тем более графика никого в восторг не приведет,даже фанатов серии соулс такая скупость на технологичность может отторгнуть.
    Сюжет в игре-не понятный.Он просто есть,на него не обращаешь внимание,интерес вызван здесь исключительно геймплеем.
    Из за того что графические характеристики игры на дне,то и визуал левел дизайне в игре оставляет желать лучшего.
    Боевая система и прокачка своего персонажа-вот чем игра будет завлекать.
    Длс к игре заставят вспотеть даже самых отбитых ветеранов геймдева.    … Expand
  20. Mrdeng
    May 25, 2020
    6
    Gameplay ok but losing the fun when the enemies are one hit KO with only 1 mistake and need to travel far away from the shrine to get back your amrities (points to level up) .
  21. ZombiCoon
    Apr 28, 2020
    5
    A very mediocre game. Combat is good, but everything else is not. Level design goes from average to bad (most levels are dark to the point that it can give you eye strain if you play for more than one hour), the amount of useless loot (and loot in general) is baffling. Enemy and location variety is poor, some of the levels are recycled 3 or 4 times! Most bosses are too easy due to the factA very mediocre game. Combat is good, but everything else is not. Level design goes from average to bad (most levels are dark to the point that it can give you eye strain if you play for more than one hour), the amount of useless loot (and loot in general) is baffling. Enemy and location variety is poor, some of the levels are recycled 3 or 4 times! Most bosses are too easy due to the fact that they don't have phases, just one or two new moves at certain point. Story is laughable and characters are forgettable and there are too many of them to even care who they are. Also they are not properly introduced and explained (those cutscenes/intros are terrible!). Some bosses look nice though. I wish they cut some of the useless mechanics like the loot system, onmyo and ninjutsu stuff, blacksmith, and some story bits, and just polished and improved more important parts of the game, like level design, enemy variety and bosses.… Expand
  22. cdsmith7
    Apr 20, 2020
    7
    If you enjoyed the Dark Souls series you should enjoy this game. It has it's shortcomings but overall is worth the soulsborne fan's time.
  23. alexslork
    Apr 15, 2020
    6
    Straight fun. Can be frustrating at times, but if you hang in there you are treated to some FINE gameplay. It can look a little janky compared to other AAA games released lately, but it's not a bad looking game by any means.
  24. Steyraus
    Mar 15, 2020
    5
    Nope, just Nope..Man ive played all the hard games and Nioh is just Nope.. I stopped a Mino Enma. I have a hard time believing players that say they beat her easy, its an easy claim to make when you dont have to back it up.. She is without flaw. She has NOOOO weakness. 1-High damage 2-Small and Fast 3- Massive health 4- Nooo weak points 5-Randomised Attack patterns 6-No Telegraphing ofNope, just Nope..Man ive played all the hard games and Nioh is just Nope.. I stopped a Mino Enma. I have a hard time believing players that say they beat her easy, its an easy claim to make when you dont have to back it up.. She is without flaw. She has NOOOO weakness. 1-High damage 2-Small and Fast 3- Massive health 4- Nooo weak points 5-Randomised Attack patterns 6-No Telegraphing of next attack ,,like AT ALL 6- One hit Kills 7- High Damages Long Short and mid range attacks/randomised 8- Far and close AOE paralyzing attacks..
    I could go on ,, but WTF. I know hard games been playing them for decades, and this game is wank..A hard boss will usually have 2 or 3 of the dangers I listed that Mino has and is usually offset with a weakness. This one boss fight is an analogy for the whole game. In Nioh Team Ninja has lost the fun vs difficulty batlle . Its just not fun , just punishing .    … Expand
  25. jack441
    Feb 13, 2020
    7
    It is very difficult for me to rate this game objectively. It has so many features that can be game changers for some, and deal breakers for others, so I am not surprised to see people rating it from anywhere between 4 and 10 (those who gave it 0s and 1s are definitely trolls). So I am rating it primarily on fun factor - my own fun factor, while drawing comparison to the Soulsborne gamesIt is very difficult for me to rate this game objectively. It has so many features that can be game changers for some, and deal breakers for others, so I am not surprised to see people rating it from anywhere between 4 and 10 (those who gave it 0s and 1s are definitely trolls). So I am rating it primarily on fun factor - my own fun factor, while drawing comparison to the Soulsborne games (because - lets face it - it is heavily inspired by those):

    For me this game was not very enjoyable and I struggled to finish it. Not because it had technical problems or broken features, but because I personally did not enjoy many of its core features. This was because of several reasons:

    1. Level design: I did not like the linear, mission-based levels. I guess I was expecting something more like the Soulsborne level design, instead of choosing Main missions and sub-missions from a map.
    2. Difficulty: somewhat unbalanced. Most mobs are a joke, after the first 1-2 encounters with them. At the same time some bosses are extremely cruel - often requiring you to try them 10 times until you memorize their move-set perfectly, so that you can counter everything the throw at you (and they can still 1-shot you). Some enemies just get color variations at later stages in the game, where their abilities do not change, but they just 1-shot you, if you are not significantly leveled. I like difficult games, I'm a fan of all DS and BB and I usually play any game on hard difficulty setting - but Nioh just seems unfair at times.
    3. Itemization: this games has tons of loot and variety...which is not always a good thing. At some point I stopped caring about the stats on items and just focused on Attack or Defense upgrades, because there are literally a hundred different stats you should keep track of it, and they appear semi-randomly on items. So no, you cannot hope to find a very rare sword drop that suits your style, and stick with it till the end game, because it gets obsolete rather quickly (yes you can Soulmatch/reforge it, but this is just another system that adds unneeded complexity to the game, in my opinion)
    4. Many different skills, for every weapon: Some would argue that this is good thing, leading to numerous build possibilities. Unfortunately, there are 1-2 OP builds in the game which make everything else look pathetic. So I personally would prefer more simple but effective skill system - or at least make the skills valid for all weapons, so that we are not locked to a certain choice.

    Bottom line - at some point I stopped playing because all of those things bothered me. But I understand that what I found to be CONS, might be PROS for some people. It just diminished the fun factor for me.    … Expand
  26. NazgulzLegacy
    Jan 25, 2020
    5
    Seemed like a good game, but has way too much grinding for me to be able to make any progress.
  27. ardil3sz
    Nov 12, 2019
    6
    It certainly got some good parts but feels so unpolished. Framerate issues on PS4 slim, no anti-aliasing and straight up unfair bosses. Oh, and why would you put rainbow flying puppies with demons at the same time anyway?
  28. michaelb1928
    Sep 30, 2019
    6
    Started off strong but got bored eventually, not a fan of the amount of loot you get, there is just way too much stuff to pick up, chests do not feel rewarding to open, filled with fluff, bosses were fun, story was a mess, fun gameplay but overall didnt enjoy it that much
  29. bulger_paul
    Aug 4, 2019
    6
    It’s basically Dark Souls, but with much faster combat and without the elaborate architecture and level design. To Nioh’s credit, it actually does have a tutorial, something I wished Datk Souls did, since Dark Souls has a bunch of features and systems I still don’t understand. I found the combat in Nioh generally more fun in bite size pieces (though less satisfying overall), but withoutIt’s basically Dark Souls, but with much faster combat and without the elaborate architecture and level design. To Nioh’s credit, it actually does have a tutorial, something I wished Datk Souls did, since Dark Souls has a bunch of features and systems I still don’t understand. I found the combat in Nioh generally more fun in bite size pieces (though less satisfying overall), but without the elaborate world design and architecture, Nioh is missing pretty much half of what made me like Dark Souls.… Expand
  30. AceMoonwalker
    Aug 2, 2019
    7
    Nioh earns a rating of 7 out of 10. It's still a good game in it's own right, albeit very frustrating to play and it's still worth keeping on the positives as the developers surely have learned a lot from this endeavor. It's still a game you ought to try for yourself BUT only after you've played all the other entries in the genre such as Dark souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro.

    It fails to    Nioh earns a rating of 7 out of 10. It's still a good game in it's own right, albeit very frustrating to play and it's still worth keeping on the positives as the developers surely have learned a lot from this endeavor. It's still a game you ought to try for yourself BUT only after you've played all the other entries in the genre such as Dark souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro.

    It fails to adapt the unique feeling that you get from a FromSoftware game. Feels a lot like a bootleg game but in it's attempt of adapting into a soulslike, it still ended up as a good game. So props to Nioh, the decent soulslike.    … Expand
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#8 Best PS4 Game of 2017
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 100 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 100
  3. Negative: 0 out of 100
  1. games(TM)
    May 26, 2017
    80
    Challenging, beautiful and unique. [Issue#105, p.82]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 11, 2017
    90
    The small, scattered levels live in the shadows of the Souls/Bloodborne worlds. Otherwise, Nioh matches - and occasionally surpasses - FromSoftware's genre giants. [Apr 2017, p.77]
  3. CD-Action
    Apr 5, 2017
    85
    After a series of letdowns Team Ninja returns to form it displayed with Ninja Gaiden Black. Nioh is a variation on the Souls series, and although it is not as intriguing story wise, its gameplay is much more enjoyable. [04/2017, p.46]
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