$49.99Nioh: Complete Edition Fast swordplay against demons of Sengoku Japan
A brutal action RPG set in a demon-haunted Sengoku Japan. Fight warriors and yokai with fast, technical swordplay, stance switching and piles of loot, and die a lot while getting better. The Complete Edition adds three story expansions on top of a very long campaign.
Is Nioh: Complete Edition worth it?
Nioh: Complete Edition is worth it if…
- you want fast, technical melee combat with real depth rather than slow, deliberate poking
- you like hard games and do not mind dying often while learning enemy patterns
- you enjoy loot with rarity tiers and building a character around a specific weapon and magic
- you have played Dark Souls and want something familiar that plays noticeably faster
- you want a very long campaign, with three expansions on top, to sink weeks into
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Combat that rewards aggression
The fighting is fast and technical, built on three stances (low, mid, high) you swap between mid-fight, and a stamina system with a timing trick called Ki Pulse that turns recovery into an active skill. Panic dodging gets you killed; playing aggressively, with timed stance changes, is what makes it click. Once it does, fights become quick, fluid and deeply satisfying. There are seven melee weapon types, from katana to kusarigama, each with its own moveset and skill tree, plus ninjutsu and onmyo magic for slowing enemies, turning invisible or setting mines. The combat is the part of the game that shines brightest, and it goes deep.
A war-torn Japan full of yokai
You play a lone traveler who lands on the shores of Japan in the age of samurai and fights through vicious warriors and supernatural yokai to find what he seeks. It feels like being trapped in a war-torn country where demons attack from every side. Cutscenes stage the story with a cinematic touch, and the enemy designs, drawn straight from folklore, are both authentic and unsettling.
Punishing, but never helpless
This is a difficult game, made to be difficult, and it punishes button mashing. But it also hands you more tools than most games in the genre: magic that slows enemies, ninjutsu that grants a second life, a Living Weapon mode that makes you briefly overwhelming, and gear that reveals enemies and treasure on the map. Death sends you back to a checkpoint and costs your amrita, the game's currency. Learn each enemy's patterns, build around one weapon and one style, and the wall slowly becomes a door.
Playing together, and against each other
Beyond the singleplayer campaign there is co-op and PvP. You can summon help for a fight that keeps flattening you, or join a lobby and take on missions alongside a friend, coordinating builds and timing instead of dying alone for the fourteenth time. Later, the Abyss offers co-op challenges at the deep end of the game, including two-boss fights that test everything you have learned. If you are the kind of player who likes comparing notes on builds and weapon choices, there is plenty to talk about: seven weapon types, three stances, and more gear than any one person will ever wear.
