Update – February 8, 2021 Koei Tecmo says it's "actively working on several updates" to fix some Complete Edition issues on Steam.
Souls-like game. However, the game's publisher has told us it's working on updates due to be released soon which should fix these issues.
At the time of this story's original writing, Nioh 2's action-adventure game.
"The issue is that this is a 'proper' action game, with loads of combos, special forms, secret abilities, rhythmic button-presses, etc. So not knowing where a button is is a pretty major problem," writes one review, another adding: "This is just an extra and completely unnecessary obstacle thrown in your way of learning the game's mechanics." The latter opens their review saying Nioh 2 is the first game they've ever refunded, entirely because the different prompts make it somewhat interminable.
Others are suffering bad frame rate drops, even on sturdy rigs, for unknown reasons. "I have a Ryzen and a 2080 and I regularly drop below 30fps and to make matters worse, the game speed is tied to the framerate," one review says, "so when your frames drop even a tiny amount the whole game starts to slow to a crawl."
These reviews often mention that Nioh 2 is great, but the port needs optimising to remove the inconsistent frame rate. "Game is so, so good but I can't recommend right now," says another . "Am running an RTX 3080 and R9 5900x and am getting frame drops to 25fps. Will update the review to recommended when it's fixed."
We reached out to publisher Koei Tecmo, and a representative gave us the following statement: "Thanks to everyone who purchased Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition. We have heard your comments over the past few days about various issues found inside the game. We are taking all of your messages into and are actively working on several updates planned to release during February and March to fix these issues."
The publisher told us the content of these updates includes:
- Several bug fixes
- Improvement of the performance of the game via the integration of DLSS
- The addition of keyboard and mouse prompts
Nioh 2 first came out on the PlayStation 4 in 2020, and this port is of the complete edition that also launched on the PlayStation 5.