Nioh 2: The Complete Edition

Nioh 2: The Complete Edition

Developers
	Team Ninja
	Koei Tecmo
Publishers
	Koei Tecmo
Release dates
Windows	February 5, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy, Japan
Series	Nioh

Nioh
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 to a predefined protagonist as seen previously, and the addition of supernatural yōkai spirit forms and abilities. It also sees the return of cooperative multiplayer with the new addition of summoning other players' characters as AI-controlled allies.

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.

Reviews around the game's release date praised the quality of the game's conversion to PC, however, there was criticism related to instances of poor performance of particle rendering, and little improvement in graphical fidelity over the original console release of the game.

The developers indicated that future updates for the game would include keyboard and mouse button prompts and Nvidia's DLSS technology, with the latter arriving in an update in the weeks following the game's release.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
		Not available from Gamesplanet USA.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

The "Valve" helmet is exclusive to the Steam version of the game, while the Epic Games Store version has an exclusive "Raijin" one.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NIOH2\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1325200/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NIOH2\Savedata\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1325200/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Limited to a set of predefined 16:9 resolutions. Use Nioh 2 Resolution for custom aspect ratios or resolutions.
Multi-monitor		Use Nioh 2 Resolution
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and menus at 21:9 resolutions. Cutscenes are pillarboxed. Use Nioh 2 Resolution for aspect ratios above 21:9 or any custom resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS
Vertical sync (Vsync)		No option available in-game to turn Vsync off.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped to 120 FPS in gameplay and 30 FPS in cutscenes. 30, 60 and 120 FPS caps available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR needs to be turned on in Windows.
Ray tracing (RT)

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  Basic game settings

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  Menu settings

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  Example of the game at 16:9 aspect ratio.

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  Example of the game at 21:9 aspect ratio.

Input

Keyboard and mouse settings

Camera settings

Controller settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		KB/M prompts can be turned on by changing Control Icons to Keyboard/Mouse.
Mouse acceleration		Forced mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		Separate values for Normal, Aiming and Other.
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		Interact action is locked to B. Confirm and Cancel in menus can be swapped.
Controller sensitivity		Normal Camera and Aiming Camera sensitivity can be changed separately for each axis.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Normal Camera and Aiming Camera y-axis inversion can be set separately. Both also have X-axis inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Controls Type B.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts		Controls Type A.
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired V2 tested.[citation needed]

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Button prompts are locked to one type, can be changed via the Control Icons option.

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

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  Key bindings for action inputs

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  Key bindings for menu inputs

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  Remapping for a DualShock 4

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  Remapping for a Xbox One controller

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate volume sliders available for Master, Music, Sound Effects and Voice.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1 surround sound supported.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		On/Off toggle.
Royalty free audio

Language settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Online settings

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		3	Co-op
Asynchronous multiplayer		Other players can be summoned as AI-controlled characters as part of a feature separate from the real-time co-op.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	27015-27030, 27036-27037
UDP	4380, 27000-27031, 27036

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Game slows down at low frame rates

The game speed slows down when the frame rate drops below 30 FPS.

UI drifts after loading a mission at certain resolutions

The game UI drifts by a small cumulative amount every time a mission is started, until it finally flips and stabilizes. It only happens with the resolution of 3840x1440. A game restart is required to reset it.

Issues fixed

Frame rate drops during combat

Frame rates during combat encounters may see drops depending on the amount of particle effects on screen.

Set the Effect Quality setting to Low

Mouse inputs randomly swap function in game and menus

This issue is primarily caused by using "order emotes" functionality of the gesture menu. Mouse functions are swapped, light attacks usually also cause dodge whilst heavy attacks trigger Yokai Shift, mouse functions in menus is also altered.^{[citation needed]}

Avoid using "Switch mode" (default MMB/scroll wheel press) while in gesture menu[citation needed]

Low FPS on Nvidia graphics cards

Nvidia GPU users may experience lower frame rates compared to equivalent or weaker AMD GPUs.

Set the in-game frame rate cap to 60

Game crashes to desktop on Windows 7

Create support file[citation needed]
Go to %WINDIR%\System32\. Create a copy of xinput1_3.dll and rename it to xinput1_4.dll.

Low quality textures when using DLSS

Nioh 2 mistakenly uses the lower DLSS rendering resolution to determine which mips to display

Manually modify LOD bias
Open Nvidia Profile Inspector. Within the Profiles drop-down menu, select Nioh 2 The Complete Edition Under the 4 - Texture Filtering section, modify the Texture filtering - LOD Bias (DX) value (by default, 0.0000) to -0.5000 (or any other negative value of your choice). Modify the Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias value to Allow. Select Apply changes.

System lockup on ALT+TAB

Some Windows users may have their entire OS freeze when another window is drawn on top of Nioh 2.

Disable Administrator privileges[citation needed]
Navigate to <path-to-game> Open the Properties of nioh2.exe. Uncheck Run as Administrator in the Compatibility tab.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	Epic Online Services

System requirements

Windows
	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, 48 KHz WAVE file can be played

A 64-bit operating system is required.