Rock,Paper,Shotgun
If you’re after a soulslike with incredibly deep combat, then Nioh 2 is the one. Yes, it’s brutally punishing and you need to be in a good mood to play it, but trust me, when you’ve found the weapon for you, it’s a nice feeling alright. Read more
VG247
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin’s concept is based on Final Fantasy 1, but is a story all its own.Speaking in an interview with Weekly Famitsu, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin’s creative producer Tetsuya Nomura, producer Jin Hujiwara, and director Daisuke Inoue spoke about the game, and how it’s using the original Final Fantasy as a motif.Watch on YouTubeAccording to Nomura, the game is based on Final Fantasy 1, where at the end of which, you learn who the Warriors of Light really are and where they came from.In Stranger of Paradise, Jack and his friends are under the impression they…
Rock,Paper,Shotgun
Rumours have swirled around Square Enix supposedly linking up with Team Ninja to create a Final Fantasy spin-off game that’s a bit Souls-y. And we may just see a reveal at this year’s E3 if we’re lucky. Count me intrigued. Read more
VG247
By Sherif Saed, Monday, 29 March 2021 13:07 GMT The anticipated Nioh 2 patch has arrived this morning on PC.Team Ninja has today released a new update for Nioh 2 on PC. Though update 1.27.1 doesn’t bring any big new features, it’s one PC players have been eagerly anticipating, simply because patch 1.27 broke the game for many.In particular, 1.27 introduced a weird bug that would sometimes cause text to disappear from the game’s menus, making it awkward to navigate. The update also brought on a number of random crashes, which caused Team Ninja to issue a statement saying that…
VG247
By Dom Peppiatt, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:55 GMT Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection will run at a 4K resolution and at least 60fps, a new listing on the Microsoft Store confirms.During the Nintendo Direct presentation back in February, the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection was announced for Switch – and shortly after, it was confirmed that the game compilation of titles is also coming PC, PS4, and Xbox One (with PS5 and Xbox One Series X/S players able to play the title via backwards compatibility).As per a listing on the Microsoft Store, though, it’s mentioned that Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and Ninja…
Rock,Paper,Shotgun
Say goodbye to those incorrect controller icons
Rock,Paper,Shotgun
Featuring Sigma, Sigma 2 and Razor’s Egde, alongside the old game modes and DLC
VG247
Frame rate issues and some problems with on-screen inputs are prompting some Nioh 2 PC players to leave negative feedback on the Steam game.Nioh 2 more than tripled the original’s Steam numbers at launch, proving incredibly popular with PC players and beating even Dark Souls’ concurrent player count record when it hit the platform earlier this week.But now, as players become more au fait with the title, Koei Tecmo’s hardcore action-RPG is receiving more negative reviews and currently sits on a “mixed” review rating as players lambast frame rate issues and on-screen input problems.As noted by Eurogamer, whilst the majority…
VG247
By Sherif Saed, Friday, 5 February 2021 14:42 GMT Nioh 2 has done much better than its predecessor on Steam from the off.The Complete Edition of Nioh 2 launched earlier today on Steam, and PS5. The Steam version was fairly highly-anticipated, even if publisher Koei Tecmo’s games tend not to get a lot of love on PC.This looks to be changing, though, as Nioh 2’s Steam debut is already bigger than the original game’s. Nioh 2 peaked at 31,343 players, which puts it just outside Steam’s top 30. Numbers continue to rise, too. Over the course of writing this tory,…
Rock,Paper,Shotgun
With all DLCs and performance enhancements
Rock,Paper,Shotgun
Souls-ish action RPG Nioh 2 is just around the corner for us PC folks after its original launch on PlayStation boxes last year. The original Nioh was quite a lot of fun, but the features and options on PC were pretty undercooked. Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja seem committed to coming out on PC strong with the sequel and have put out a shiny new trailer showing what Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition will bring to PC. (more…)
VG247
By Sherif Saed, Monday, 4 January 2021 13:12 GMT Team Ninja looks to be teasing a big year for the Japanese studio.Team Ninja, the developer of Nioh, Dead or Alive and many musou games, has revealed that it’s working on a number of unannounced games, set to be revealed this year.In 4Gamer‘s big year-end interview with leading Japanese development figures, Team Ninja’s longtime producer and game director Fumihiko Yasuda confirmed that the studio is working on “several new titles”, which will be announced over the course of 2021.It’s not clear if any of them are entirely new IPs, but Team…
VG247
By Sherif Saed, Tuesday, 8 September 2020 12:08 GMT We may not have gotten a new Ninja Gaiden game this generation, but a remaster of the classics is on its way.The website for Game Source Entertainment, a big video game distributor in Hong Kong, was recently updated with listings for Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, on both PS4 and Nintendo Switch.First spotted on Reddit, both listings have since been removed, though you can still reach a cached version of the Switch page. The release supposedly includes Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge. The collection is…