This caused me a great deal of trouble after accidentally mapping the “accept” button to the down arrow on my d-pad, forcing me to scroll upwards through the menu to fix my mistake. Though I appreciate the ability to bind my settings to the traditional Dark Souls controls, adjusting the buttons for dodging or interacting with items inadvertently changes what buttons I use to navigate the menu.

My only real issue with the port is its confusing controller mapping. The game also offers medium and low settings for less powerful computers and a 30 FPS cap for those who aren’t bothered by fewer frames-per-second. While the game suffers from the occasional hiccup (most memorably in Hino-Enma’s first dive attack at the start of every grueling battle against her), my computer had little trouble running at a capped 60 FPS with high visual settings. Wary Dark Souls fans will have nothing to fear from Nioh: Complete Edition, which doesn’t need any additional fanmade patches to run smoothly or add stability. Nioh: Complete Edition includes three downloadable expansions that contain additional story missions to continue your adventure: Dragon of the North, Defiant Honor, and Bloodshed’s End.īefore I delve any further into this review, I feel like I should spare a few words on the quality of Nioh‘s port to PC.

As we begin to dig into our hefty backlogs for 2017, I argue that now is as good a time as ever to pick up the overlooked Sengoku-era action title packed with Japanese heroes, villains, and all the yokai in-between. It became easy for fans of the Dark Souls franchise to make the leap into Nioh‘s brutal combat and convoluted levels, but its added complexity made it difficult to appeal to a wider audience. While Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Persona 5 captured the attention and admiration of the gaming community, Nioh garnered a more niche following. Nioh was one of the first games left to the wayside as this year’s early months of instant gaming classics crashed like waves month after month. Only the darkest souls feed perilous yokai in Nioh, the Sengoku-era Soulslike

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