Rushing headfirst into danger probably isn’t the best way to go, but oh well. The Edo Period has long been an era popular in Japanese video game culture, and Nioh 2‘s pseudo-historical rendition feels like a near-perfect take. It’s never annoying when the game forces you to take a break to enjoy the story because the story is just that- enjoyable. Every little bit of lore fed to you-be it through an important cutscene or tidbits of information on the level select screen-feels deliberate and full of purpose.

However, what the game’s storytelling components lack in quantity is more than made up by the quality. Naturally, this is a good fit-I don’t think that anyone would want to have to sit around for 30 minutes in between levels. While the game essentially begins with your character wandering around and cutting down hostile Yokai-who have been appearing more frequently throughout Japan-it isn’t long before you find yourself teaming up with the merchant Tokichiro and embarking on a quest which-after years in the making-will ultimately help to decide Japan’s fate.īeing as action-oriented as it is, Nioh 2 isn’t a game that tries to beat its players over the head with an abundance of cutscenes and lore (which I’m not saying is bad for all games). Nioh 2‘s story could best be described as, well, storied! Taking place before the events of the original Nioh, Nioh 2 follows the story of the half-human half-yokai protagonist, nicknamed “Hiddy,” on their adventures throughout (most of) Japan’s Edo Period. But, as I said, at least it’s fun after you get through that. But it really sucks when games as great as Nioh 2 begin as sour, unplayable experiences due to technical errors. It does seem like they’re working on getting everything patched, and, so long as it’s taken care of, I guess it’s fine. Maybe I’m just unlucky or something, but I always seem to run into some sort of problem when I’m reviewing a game-and this time, it wasn’t just me. Now that that’s out of the way, I’d like to say that I am not a fan of PC gaming. I’m probably going to step on some toes here, so allow me to apologize preemptively. Fortunately, however, I was finally able to get the game to install and run properly. It was absolutely exhausting, and I never want to deal with something like it again. It took me to places that I wasn’t expecting and did not want to go to, threw waves of infuriating problems at me, and, if I’m being honest, made me want to just give up a few times. I don’t remember the last time I struggled with a game in the same way that I did with Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition.

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