Nioh 2: The Complete Edition
Developers | |
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Team Ninja | |
Windows | Koei Tecmo |
Publishers | |
Koei Tecmo | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 5, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 88 |
OpenCritic | 88 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, RPG |
Themes | Fantasy, Japan |
Series | Nioh |
Nioh | |
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Nioh: Complete Edition | 2017 |
Nioh 2: The Complete Edition | 2021 |
Nioh 2: The Complete Edition, or Nioh 2, is an action RPG developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo.
Nioh 2 serves as both a prequel and a sequel to the first game, with some key differences from its predecessor. These include a character creator, as opposed a predefined protagonist as seen previously, and the addition of yōkai forms and abilities.[1] It also sees the return of cooperative multiplayer with the new addition of summoning other player's characters as AI-controlled allies.[2]
The game released on February 5, 2021 and is available from the Steam platform. The PC version was announced via the game's official Twitter account in November 2020, and detailed features such as full keyboard and mouse support, HDR, ultra widescreen display and high frame rate support. All of the downloadable content available for the original console release is included, alongside the PC-exclusive "Valve Helmet" armor piece.[3]
Reviews around the game's release date praised the quality of the game's conversion to PC, however, there was criticism relating to instances of poor performance of particle rendering, and little improvement in graphical fidelity over the original console release of the game.[4][5]
The developers have indicated that future updates for the game will include keyboard and mouse button prompts and Nvidia's DLSS technology.[6]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Not available from Gamesplanet USA. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NIOH2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1325200/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NIOH2\Savedata\<user-id>\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1325200/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay and menus at 21:9 resolutions. Cutscenes are pillarboxed.[7]. Use Nioh 2 Resolution for aspect ratios above 21:9 or any custom resolution. |
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4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | DLSS support is planned.[8] | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped to 120 FPS in gameplay and 30 FPS in cutscenes.[9] 30, 60 and 120 FPS caps selectable. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | Available in the Screen Brightness settings menu. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Equivalent controller inputs are shown in rebinding menu and are the only button prompts shown in-game. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Disabled when input is set to keyboard only. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | X-axis inversion also supported. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | Separate sensitivity sliders for aiming and other functions. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis inversion also supported. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Controls Type B. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | Controls Type A. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired V2 tested |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Remapping for a DualShock 4
Remapping for a Xbox One controller
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master volume, music, sound effect and voice. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 surround sound supported.[10] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Disabled by default, can be enabled in Basic Game settings. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 3 | Co-op |
Issues unresolved
Game slows down at low frame rates
Issues fixed
Large frame rate drops during combat
- Frame rates during combat encounters may see major drops depending on the amount of particle effects on screen.[13][14][15]
Set the Effect Quality setting to Low[16] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | Epic Online Services | [17] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.1, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4460 | Intel Core i7-6700K |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 85 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6 GB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | 16 bit stereo, 48KHz WAVE file can be played |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1325200/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1325200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Fextralife - What’s New with Nioh 2: Is it just Nioh 1.5? - last accessed on 2021-02-02
- ↑ Polygon - Nioh 2 adds more complexity, also lets you pet a cat - last accessed on 2021-02-02
- ↑ PCGamesN - Nioh 2 is coming to PC in February - last accessed on 2021-02-02
- ↑ Game Debate - Nioh 2 PC performance report - Graphics card benchmarks - last accessed on 2021-02-05
- ↑ Wccftech - Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition Review – The Grave is no Bar to my Call - last accessed on 2021-02-05
- ↑ The Mako Reactor - Nioh 2 on PC To Get DLSS and Keyboard and Mouse Control Button Prompts in Upcoming Patch - last accessed on 2021-02-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-31
- Tested at 2560x1080 21:9 resolution
- ↑ Wccftech - Nioh 2: The Complete Edition Interview With Team Ninja’s Fumihiko Yasuda - last accessed on 2021-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-31
- Editing the configuration file to set the cap higher than 120 causes the graphics settings to reset to their default values even when set to read-only.
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-31
- Tested using Razer Surround and confirmed using Special K
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-02-01
- This can be an issue on older GPUs since the game is heavy on them, especially when lots of effects are on screen. A good testing area is the fight with the Gozuki early into the game since a few of its attacks cause frame rate to plummet in my testing on a GTX 1070.
- ↑ /r/Nioh Subreddit - /u/JayHoroshura comments on Nioh 2 PC Tech Support / Bug Discussion - last accessed on 2021-02-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-02-06
- ↑ Steam Community - Everyone touting how smooth their game runs are spouting misinformation. - last accessed on 2021-02-06
- ↑ Steam Community - Massive frame drops when killing some enemies - last accessed on 2021-02-06
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-02-06
- No discernible visual quality loss is observed, but brings a frame rate that is much more stable. Test runs were conducted using the Gozuki enemy in the first level of the game, which on High could drop my frame rate by up to 35 FPS during some particle heavy attacks, but was not an issue when set to Low. Similarly, praying at a shrine was also used as a consistent test due to the effects present.
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-31
- EOSSDK-Win64-Shipping.dll found in game's install directory