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  • Summary: Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. 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.
  2. Dec 4, 2017
    90
    Clearly with the focus on combat and challenging enemies, there are similarities with Nioh and From Software’s Souls games, but unlike other games that have built themselves to be copies of the successful formula, the team behind Nioh have added their style into the mix to make it more than another game trying to lure the fans of hardcore action RPGs to it. Those additional ideas build on an already solid foundation, but enable Nioh to standout above the rest of the inspired clones with its hectic, faster paced and varied combat and addictive loot mechanics, to go toe-to-toe with the company that initiated this new wave of challenging combat, going as far as to better them in some areas.
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Jan 6, 2018
    90
    Nioh successfully reinvents Souls with deeper combat and skill trees. [Issue#269, p.58]
  4. Dec 3, 2017
    85
    Nioh: Complete Edition is a great game. That much should be expected as the original release was. However, much like all Koei Tecmo PC ports, this release suffers from some glaring omissions and limitations. Fortunately, Team Ninja have already announced some patches to start improving the release.
  5. Nov 7, 2017
    81
    Captivating and challenging action RPG in the spirit of Dark Souls, but the PC conversion includes bizarre blunders.
  6. Nov 20, 2017
    80
    A fantastic show of force from the long-standing Team Ninja, but one that feels like it didn’t truly understand the mass appeal of the genre. Spruced up with the group’s signature style, Nioh only falters with its less captivating world. We can appreciate the heritage, but it won’t grab everyone.
  7. Nov 9, 2017
    67
    If you have ever praised the sun, or if you have any fear of the old blood, Nioh is an absolute must play. A fantastic and deep combat system, coupled with great boss design and a difficult yet fair effort/reward loop put Nioh right up there with its not so distant brothers in Dark Souls and Bloodborne. If I were to assign a score to the game, simply for its content it would absolutely be a solid “A”. Unfortunately, even though it is the Complete Edition, this is not necessarily the superior version of the game. If you only play games on PC, this game is still a no-brainer to pick up, but if you’re like me and have consoles as well as a computer, I think the PS4 may still be the place to play Nioh.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 102
  2. Negative: 33 out of 102
  1. 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 thePlayers 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. Expand
  2. 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 ofA 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 Expand
  3. 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'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. Expand
  4. Feb 2, 2023
    7
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  5. Mar 22, 2019
    6
    I’m a newcomer to this game however even after having beaten other soul games, Bloodborne and every ninja Gaiden game to completion my largestI’m a newcomer to this game however even after having beaten other soul games, Bloodborne and every ninja Gaiden game to completion my largest issue is with the convoluted controls.

    To switch weapons you have to hold the right bumper and select your weapon by using the d- pad. This makes switching in fights a chore since Nioh has to back off to do it instead of it being fluid which every Ninja Gaiden game was able to pull off beautifully.

    To change stance you have to repeat the process with the other D-pad options. Again making it a chore to swap out stances, although the animation is briefly quicker for this.

    If you decide to heal, you better take a two second break and hope you don’t get hit by anything.

    Enemies in your area aren’t shown to be behind you so many times you’ll feel cheated til you repeat it all over.

    The game doesn’t make out leveling to much a possibility, so it won’t get any easier. You have to stand toe to toe with a boss which usually can be easily beaten by upgrades which are usually well past the encounter. Kind a like you have to face off and repeat til hopefully you land the final blow.

    Finally, I did very much appreciate the differences this game has from any Soul games however the whole managing your stamina thing actually pulls away from the fun and engagement.

    You lose stamina when you block or get hit - fair enough.

    You can’t regenerate stamina if your blocking - this alone killed the fun in keeping any pressure up .. falling back to heal or dodge while the stamina on the enemy refreshes.

    You lose stamina for taking damage, attempting to swing and cannot regen any of it back except to evade til your .. well energized to swing.

    IMHO, if the stamina recovered faster or while even holding block then for me it’d be considered a fair fight.

    The game is beautiful and will keep most interested til the frustrations leaves them to shelve it til patience has restored or those hard memories forgotten.

    Truly, I wanted to really enjoy this game - totally. For me, personally I didn’t enjoy due to the way we have to fight in this game. It wants so much to be real in many ways but some of the realness sacrifies the fun.
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  6. 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
    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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  7. 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!!!Возможно, это лучшая игра в мире, но без поддержки формата 21:9 в 2019 году она мне не нужна. Дата выхода: 2017 год, Карл!!!

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