Nioh 2 Reviews
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With Nioh 2, Team Ninja has done a better job than anyone else at making smart innovations to a treasured design template.
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Nioh 2 is even tougher than the original, and you'll get on its level or happily die trying.
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From Software might have started this genre, but Team Ninja is hot on their heels when it comes to quality. Nioh 2 is an achievement. It’s equal parts challenging and rewarding, with a loot system that rocks, a combat system that is deep and nuanced, an online component that adds to the experience, and great performance on PC. I haven’t enjoyed myself this much in a long time. If you enjoy games of this subgenre and haven’t yet experienced Nioh 2, the time is now. Jump in, test your met...
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As great as it is frustrating, Nioh 2 will resonate more with people who like the thrill of constantly dying suddenly. The game is brutal, the camera kind of sucks, and a lot of the enemies get old fast. But it's also got extraordinary depth and a bevy of complicated systems that offers players plenty to dig into.
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Nioh 2 does what a good sequel should. It capitalizes on the best parts of its predecessors while providing new content and mechanics to advance the franchise. While the story structure and level design are largely the same, added weapons, more build depth, and new combat mechanics all enhance what the game has to offer. It doesn't always hit the mark perfectly, but it's a solid addition to the series. And let's face it, being a samurai is awesome.
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Nioh 2 takes everything great about the first game and dials it up. Despite a few returning gremlins, this is an instant hit for fans of the series.
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It’s only been a little over three years since the launch of the original Nioh and I remember it well not only because it was fantastic, but because it was only the sixth review Way Too Many Games wrote. Leo Faria (creator of this site) was the author of that review and it’s interesting going back and reading it now because it has a lot of the same sentiments I also felt while playing it back then. I remember commenting on his review, before I was even a writer here, saying Nioh felt a bi...
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2017's Souls-inspired hit Nioh finally has a sequel and it's one impressive experience so unsheathe your blade and let's hunt some Yokai.
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If there’s one point I want to get across above all others, it’s this: Nioh 2 isn’t as revelatory as the first game, but that shouldn’t be held as a mark against it – at least not this time. Team Ninja was right to iterate and expand carefully. Nioh got so much right on the first go. While the new prequel storyline suffers from a slow and disconnected start, just about every other aspect of Nioh 2 feels upgraded.
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Listen, you already know if Nioh 2 is going to be your jam. You know which side of the “difficulty is part of the point” argument you fall on. There are a lot of good, and even great things here for fans of the genre, but in the end, it’s another ‘one of those’. Nioh 2 is stylish, and polished, and well designed, and I hate playing it.
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Undoubtedly set to be one of the highlights of 2020, Nioh 2 is a confident follow-up that leaves the core of the game intact, renewing the experience by adding yet another rewarding layer. With its Yokai abilities, it further distances itself from the Souls-like genre, making combat deeper and more exciting then ever. This is effectively Ninja Gaiden cranked up to eleven with RPG elements and your own custom created character; one that has a demonic past that inexplicably provides them with otherworldly abilities. And if that doesn’t make you want to play Nioh 2, I don’t know what will.
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Team Ninja delivers a Souls experience with a heaping handful of options obfuscating the sublime combat.
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It’s fair to say that Nioh was a sleeper hit back in 2017, showing that From Software weren’t the only ones who could create a tantalising action RPG loop that was incredibly difficult while remaining addictive and rewarding. Team NINJA continue their high-quality legacy with a game that was filled with determined demons, lots of loot and provided a fast-paced alternative to the genre Dark Souls had created.
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Overall, though, Nioh 2 is a worthy successor to its original, hitting nearly every beat there is to make it the best it can be. Where it drops the ball doesn't prevent Team Ninja from taking the bases it needs or hitting its homerun with the game. It's an easy recommendation for any lover of action RPGs, as it is one of the many reasons that 2020 is such a big year for PS4 fans.
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As far as sequels go, Nioh 2 isn't the most revolutionary. Developer Team Ninja has built and iterated upon the strong foundations laid by a predecessor widely considered to be one of the best Dark Souls titles not made by From Software, but is that enough in today's world? The follow-up does introduce new mechanics, weapons, locations, and an impressive amount of enemy variety, however, it never quite manages to shake that feeling of being more of the same. To be fair, that familiar loop is excellent at its core, although it's not going to convert any doubters into believers....
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Nioh 2 is a great game that’s obscured beneath a mountain of frustration. I’m not one to shy away from a challenge, having loved Souls and Souls-like games, and even enjoyed Team Ninja’s impressive archive, but Nioh 2 broke me. The debate on whether games such as these should include a difficulty slider has been a hot button issue for awhile. While its own blend of the formula, this has begun pushing me into support for such a feature. There’s so much to Nioh 2 that many gamers will simply miss out on due to its ruthless difficulty, something that...
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The original Nioh’s mix of Ninja Gaiden-esque combat in a Dark Souls shell proved successful as it was one of the few Soulslikes that wasn’t just a hollow imitation. It earned its place in the competitive genre, but, much like a lot of promising debuts, it left a lot of room for improvement. NIOH 2 sharpens many of its predecessor’s dulled areas and goes an extra step further, creating one of the best and most satisfying hack and slash RPGs the genre has ever seen.
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The first Nioh was a strange anomaly in the gaming world. This Team Ninja-developed samurai sim was in development for more than a decade across two PlayStation platforms before it finally graced the PlayStation 4 with William of London's adventures in feudal Japan. This delicate balance of swordplay and Dark Souls formulaic design to combat wove together to create a gaming tapestry unlike any other. It wasn't until E3 2018 that a follow-up was announced and now, a mere three years since the first Nioh arrived on PlayStation 4, its successor has finally arrived: Nioh 2.
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Nioh 2 builds on the excellence of the original with a fistful of new twists and ideas, from new Yokai abilities to full-on co-op through the entire game. Nioh 2 might well be the best Soulslike that isn’t a FromSoftware game, and it's easily one of my personal contenders for Game of the Year.
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Nioh 2 is the latter of these two. Each loading screen has story and tips for you to absorb, and having a “Continue?” option is needed, giving players the time to fully absorb the world. Furthermore, the loading screens offer a shortcut to the tutorial, turning each death into a potential learning experience. This is good use of a loading screen.
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Building upon what made the first one such a great game, Nioh 2 is an amazing sequel.
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When I started writing this review, I was tempted to follow Team Ninja's example and just copy whole paragraphs from the first game text, change headlines and add a few small changes. Fun fact: that review would mostly be accurate and relevant.
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Nioh 2 is an impressive evolution of its predecessor, strengthening everything that was already great, while mostly leaving its already existing issues alone. Its stellar combat is elevated by the addition of Soul Cores, Burst Counters, and the ways in which those two main new mechanics affect enemy AI and how you approach battles. It’s depth is impressive, even though that can also make it feel a little overwhelming due to how much time must be spent managing Nioh 2’s many systems. If you’re up to the challenge, Nioh 2 is no doubt one of the most difficult and rewarding...
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