Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition

Item: Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Rating: 79
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-30

Summary

Deep, complex, and rewarding combat system.
Strategic stance-based combat offers varied playstyles.
High replayability due to extensive content.
Poor level design leads to frustration.
Unbalanced difficulty feels artificial.
Weak story and steep learning curve.

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 68%
Unhelpful reviews: 32%
Protest reviews: 0%

79%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
21%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2804
Negative points: 2143
Gameplay points: 585
Perf. points: 80
Rec. points: 715
Misc points: 148

Point	Description	Importance
Deep, complex, rewarding combat Description The combat system is a major highlight, praised for its depth, complexity, and responsiveness. It features diverse weapon types, stances, skills, and combos, drawing comparisons to character action games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden. Many reviewers feel the combat system is among the best in the action RPG genre. Importance 78%	The combat system is a major highlight, praised for its depth, complexity, and responsiveness. It features diverse weapon types, stances, skills, and combos, drawing comparisons to character action games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden. Many reviewers feel the combat system is among the best in the action RPG genre.	78%
Strategic stance-based combat system Description The stance system (high, mid, low) adds a layer of strategic depth to combat, influencing attack styles and patterns. Mastering stance switching and Ki Pulses is crucial for success, allowing for aggressive or passive playstyles. The controls are tight and responsive, with fighting-game influences. Importance 66%	The stance system (high, mid, low) adds a layer of strategic depth to combat, influencing attack styles and patterns. Mastering stance switching and Ki Pulses is crucial for success, allowing for aggressive or passive playstyles. The controls are tight and responsive, with fighting-game influences.	66%
Diverse weapon selection and playstyles Description The game offers a wide variety of weapons, each with unique mechanics, movesets, and skill trees. This encourages experimentation and allows players to tailor their combat style to their preferences. Mastering each weapon requires a significant time investment. Importance 48%	The game offers a wide variety of weapons, each with unique mechanics, movesets, and skill trees. This encourages experimentation and allows players to tailor their combat style to their preferences. Mastering each weapon requires a significant time investment.	48%
High replayability and extensive content Description The game offers a substantial amount of content and high replayability, with New Game Plus modes, optional challenges, and a deep endgame. Players can spend hundreds of hours mastering the game's intricate mechanics and exploring different builds. Importance 35%	The game offers a substantial amount of content and high replayability, with New Game Plus modes, optional challenges, and a deep endgame. Players can spend hundreds of hours mastering the game's intricate mechanics and exploring different builds.	35%
Enjoyable, fun, and addictive experience Description Many reviewers express that the game is enjoyable, fun, and addictive. They praise the overall experience and find it engaging, often highlighting that the game becomes increasingly captivating as they progress and master its systems. Importance 35%	Many reviewers express that the game is enjoyable, fun, and addictive. They praise the overall experience and find it engaging, often highlighting that the game becomes increasingly captivating as they progress and master its systems.	35%
Significant improvements over predecessor Description Many reviewers feel the game is a significant improvement over the first game in the series, with better balance, more content, and refined mechanics. Quality of life changes make the game less draining compared to the first game. Importance 25%	Many reviewers feel the game is a significant improvement over the first game in the series, with better balance, more content, and refined mechanics. Quality of life changes make the game less draining compared to the first game.	25%
Incorporates Japanese mythology and Yokai Description The game incorporates elements of Japanese mythology and folklore, with diverse and distinctive Yokai (demons) playing a significant role in the story and combat. Players can utilize Yokai abilities and transformations, adding depth and variety to the gameplay. Importance 14%	The game incorporates elements of Japanese mythology and folklore, with diverse and distinctive Yokai (demons) playing a significant role in the story and combat. Players can utilize Yokai abilities and transformations, adding depth and variety to the gameplay.	14%
Excellent and accessible multiplayer Description The game's multiplayer mode is praised for its ease of use and stable netcode, allowing players to complete the entire game with friends. Some reviewers feel the game is the best soulslike game of their life. Importance 10%	The game's multiplayer mode is praised for its ease of use and stable netcode, allowing players to complete the entire game with friends. Some reviewers feel the game is the best soulslike game of their life.	10%
Onmyo magic and Ninjutsu enhance gameplay Description The game features Onmyo magic and Ninjutsu, providing players with a variety of offensive and defensive options. These skills can be used to buff weapons, inflict elemental damage, and debuff enemies, making the game more accessible to players who are not skilled in action games. Importance 6%	The game features Onmyo magic and Ninjutsu, providing players with a variety of offensive and defensive options. These skills can be used to buff weapons, inflict elemental damage, and debuff enemies, making the game more accessible to players who are not skilled in action games.	6%
Enjoyable hack and slash experience Description The reviewer enjoyed the game as a "hack and slash" experience after introducing mods and trainers. The reviewer enjoyed the game enough to get the platinum trophy on PlayStation. Importance 6%	The reviewer enjoyed the game as a "hack and slash" experience after introducing mods and trainers. The reviewer enjoyed the game enough to get the platinum trophy on PlayStation.	6%
Fast-paced and intricate combat Description The combat is very fast-paced and intricate, offering a lot of options and creativity. The game is really trained for combat. Importance 5%	The combat is very fast-paced and intricate, offering a lot of options and creativity. The game is really trained for combat.	5%