Nioh 2

Overview

Nioh 2 is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by Team Ninja and Kou Shibusawa and published by Koei Tecmo for the PlayStation 4. It was released by Sony Interactive Entertainment outside Japan on PlayStation consoles. It is a prequel to Nioh (2017). Versions for PlayStation 5 and Windows titled Nioh 2: Complete Edition, featuring all previous downloadable content, were released on February 5, 2021. The game received generally positive reviews from critics and sold 2.5 million units by February 2022.

Similar to its predecessor, Nioh 2 is an action role-playing game. Players can create their own playable character, who is a hybrid born of a yōkai mother and a human father, granting the protagonist many abilities related to yōkai adapted from traditional Japanese folklore. Players are equipped with a variety of weapons such as odachi and kusarigama, and earn new skills and special abilities as they progress in the game. When players defeat a hostile yōkai, some of them may drop a "Soul Core". Soul Cores allow players to use yōkai abilities once the cores are purified by visiting a shrine.

Set in Japan during the late 1500s, most of Nioh 2 storyline chapters are a prequel to Nioh, while the end chapters of the story take place after the first game's last storyline following the Siege of Osaka. Players take the role of a character named Hidechiyo, a half-yōkai referred to as a "Shiftling" whose appearance and gender is decided by the player. Hidechiyo's journey through the Sengoku Era begins when they befriend Tōkichirō, an ambitious merchant seeking out Amrita, and Mumyo, a demon hunter of the Sohaya group, eventually playing a critical role in the rise and fall of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Nioh 2 was developed by Koei Tecmo divisions Team Ninja and Kou Shibusawa. Fumihiko Yasuda of Team Ninja returned as director after directing its predecessor.

Nioh 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, on review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 97% of critics.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Developer

Team NINJA

Publisher

Koei Tecmo Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Series

Nioh

Engine

proprietary engine [ by Team Ninja ]

Platforms

PlayStation 4

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

ACB

MA 15+

ESRB

M

PEGI

18

CERO

D

USK

16

GRAC

19+

CLASS IND

16

Release dates

Editions

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Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies95

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

5

Bronze

87

Total

95

Points

1935

Platinum time

100 to 200 hours

Difficulty

5 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Online trophies

0

• You Are Nioh
• Samurai of Legend
• The Beginning of a Samurai Reached level 10.
• Full-fledged Samurai Reached level 100.
• Dawn of a Dream
• An Electrifying Triumph
• Hideyoshi
• The Paths We Tread
• Dream's Toll
• Mother and Child
• What is Written
• Dream Within a Dream
• A Weapon's Mind Listened to the innermost thoughts of a Yokai Weapon.
• Sword Master Acquired mystic art for the sword.
• Dual Sword Master Acquired mystic art for the dual swords.
• Spear Master Acquired mystic art for the spear.
• Axe Master Acquired mystic art for the axe.
• Kusarigama Master Acquired mystic art for the kusarigama.
• Odachi Master Acquired mystic art for the odachi.
• Tonfa Master Acquired mystic art for the tonfa.
• Hatchet Master Acquired mystic art for the hatchets.
• Switchglaive Master Acquired mystic art for the switchglaive.
• Ninjutsu Master Acquired mystic art for Ninjutsu.
• Onmyo Magic Master Acquired mystic art for Onmyo Magic.
• Burst Breaker Used the Brute, Feral, and Phantom Burst Counters five times each to counter a Burst Attack.
• Match Made in Heaven Performed a Soul Match.
• Latest Masterpiece Forged an item.
• Remodeling Novice Remodeled a piece of equipment.
• Tea Connoisseur Appraised your tea utensils 50 times.
• Lover of Letters Displayed a calligraphy scroll in your hut.
• Trinket Triumph Used the Kodama Bazaar.
• Teamwork Completed 10 missions with NPCs or as Expeditions with other users. (Does not include Acolytes.)
• Help Wanted Summoned an Acolyte from a Benevolent Grave 10 times.
• Twilight Walker Completed your first Twilight mission.
• Spa Healer Bathed in first hot spring.
• Spa Lover
• Yokai Quelling Master Defeated all types of yokai.
• Kodama Leader
• Friend of Guardians Collected all Guardian Spirits.
• Sudama Swapper Exchanged gifts with a Sudama for the first time.
• Core Score Obtained your first Soul Core.
• Friend to the Kodama
• Soul Searcher
• Fuse It or Lose It Fused any Soul Core until it reached rank 9.
• Seasoned Traveler
• Let There Be Light
• Grazer Eraser
• Dungball Roller
• Hidden Hopes
• Clean Sweep
• Devout Believer
• Seven Wonders
• Feather Buster
• Bold Wrangler
• Schemer
• Peal of Ten Thousand Bells
• A Kindred Light Completed "A Song to Calm the Storm".
• The Will to Fight Completed "Eternal Rivals".
• Casting Out the Shadows Completed "Shadows Creep in Kurama".
• Genpei Samurai Completed all missions in "The Tengu's Disciple" on any difficulty level. (Does not include Twilight or training missions.)
• Genpei Demon Completed all missions in "The Tengu's Disciple" on Dream of the Demon. (Does not include Twilight or training missions.)
• Kodama General Collected all Kodama in "The Tengu's Disciple".
• Splitstaff Master Acquired mystic art for the splitstaff.
• Poetry in Motion Collected all of Saigyo's poetry cards.
• Spa Addict Bathed in every hot spring found in "The Tengu's Disciple".
• Sundering Arrows
• Heretical Glow
• Tengu Crusher
• Demonic Parade-Goer Completed picture scroll missions 10 times.
• The Demon and the Phoenix Completed "Suzune in the Flames".
• Guardian of the Gate Completed "The Blighted Gate".
• What Must Be Done Completed "Palace of the Damned".
• Heian Samurai Completed all missions in "Darkness in the Capital".
• Heian Demon Completed all missions in "Darkness in the Capital" on Dream of the Demon.
• Kodama Pathfinder Collected all Kodama in "Darkness in the Capital".
• Fist Master Acquired mystic art for the fists.
• The Flame That Lights the Darkness
• Spa Fanatic Bathed in every hot spring found in "Darkness in the Capital".
• The Ultimate Recognition Completed "The Dragon's Kin".
• Tsuchigumo Exterminated
• Behind the Bamboo Blinds
• True Atonement Attained 100% Penitence on a Stone of Penance.
• All Things Begin Completed "Dawn of the Demon".
• A Dream of Peace Completed "A Distant Dream".
• The Original Samurai Completed all missions in "The First Samurai".
• The Original Demon Completed all missions in "The First Samurai" on Dream of the Demon.
• Spirit Guide Collected all Kodama in "The First Samurai".
• Cleansing Caskmaster
• Scent of Danger Completed "The Alluring Ancient".
• Spa Connoisseur Bathed in every hot spring found in "The First Samurai".
• A Friend Indeed
• The Demons' Den
• Way of the Vanquisher Completed "Against All Comers" on Dream of the Demon or higher.
• Honoring the Dead
• The Path We've Taken

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Koei Tecmo Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Developer

Team NINJA

Released

2020-03-13

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 47.5 hours