The Nioh Collection (PS5)

So, I played the demo once and bounced-off hard: "too many buttons, too many menus, too much UI and too many mechanics!" I thought; I prefered Dark Souls/Bloodborne for its 'purity.' But one day nearly two years ago, I found myself playing the game again and it all just clicked. I wasn't very good but I did 'get the point' and yikes is this game under-rated and utterly compelling. I've beaten it and have all the trophies on PS5.An improvement across the board over Nioh 1 (which you can safely skip but is included in the collection), Nioh 2 is one of those 'hard' games that you have to 'git gud' at. That said, IT IS NOT A SOULSLIKE - it is its own thing so don't play it with 'SoulsBorne logic.' But trust me, its amazing and its honestly not that hard; its just that you might not know what you're doing at first, but observe enemies, learn from your mistakes, cultivate some reflexes and you'll be fine! If all else fails, call-in some fellow players or use built-in AI helpers.Nioh 2 is a historical-fantasy action game set in unification-Japan and features very fast combat that relies on quick, aggressive combos, switching stances and making use of all the tools at your disposal for victory: A dozen weapons with customisable movesets, magic spells, buffs, debuffs ninjitsu tricks and traps, a kind of demon rage form (yokai form), demon (yokai) abilities borrowed from their 'soulcores' housed in well over 20 different guardian spiritis, bows, guns, cannons, accessories, magic scrolls, consumable items etc. and armour with gearset-bonuses all to mix and match with your chosen guardian spirits and 'souls cores' to create almost an infinite number of builds. Play as you like!There's lots of tough fights, levels/missions feature classic 'shortcut-based' layouts, endless shiny loot, RNG up the wazoo, NG+ states, end-game content, secret abilities, collectables, optional PVP of a kind, and generous optional Co-Op. There's just so much in the game to do and to find; easily a game that could take you 1000 hours. As for the PS5 Collection, its just a remastered version so it looks prettier and runs smoother/faster, but its otherwise the same as the PS4 verisons.Lastly, I'll just say that you don't play Nioh 2 for story, characters or music. That stuff is very average IMHO. What Nioh 2 is about, is the gameplay. There's story, characters and lore to be had of course, but its not vital to anything and doesn't pique my curiosity like SoulsBorne but then, it doesn't need to.In conclusion, I won't lie, it takes time to learn and get used to and it doesn't really explain much (go to Nioh 2 community discord for all your questions of which you'll likely have many). There's also RNG nonsense in almost EVERY aspect of the game and just so much I wish I could reach-into the code and change for the better but overall its just such a (hidden?) gem. Its not for everyone to be sure, but well worth an honest try.My seller experience however was awful, but nothing to do with the game itself.

I have already bought this game twice before on PC and PS4.This version looks like PC version with all settings turned up much happiness is being had by me.

This game is advertised with the UK/EU rating but when I received the game it's the UAE version which is very misleading, as can been seen with the photos. Maybe it would have been better to actually state it's NOT the UK/EU Version? However, the game is in English and works fine on my PS5.

Very hard game but patinece is hugely rewarded with an exceptional gaming experience

like the collection. ps5 double disk. all-round great collection and long play gaming session on this edition

First of all, I've played and completed Nioh 1 on the PS4 Pro, it is an amazing challenging game. I own Nioh 2 (not played) on the PS4 too however I wanted an all-in-one physical copy. What better way than to buy the PS5 Collection which includes both games and all DLC.. well for me it was an ISSUE. I did further research and saw gameplay footage on YouTube for the collection which shows blood splatter effects have been removed from the 'Collection', so I returned this version, unopened, for a refund. For those who don't mind reduced gore effects, you will not have a problem with the Collection for those that do mind and love violence in video games, as it adds to the immersion, and respects the developers original art direction, don't waste your money and stick with the original PS4 versions, which hold up very well on a 4k screen. And are extremely VIOLENT

Fantastic game with a good challange.

A real challenge but rewarding when you git gud

Both games and their DLC are all here.. Makes me wonder when Nioh 3 will come out..

Value for money

Brand new game, It was in great shape, it's never been opened And it was a very good price online they wanted $70 for it For the digital copy And I got it for half that and the physical copy!

Packing was good and product was real and authentic.

Nioh 2 is the better game, first one has too many cheap levels including boss fight where you have pitfalls, very cheap to have such platform in a boss fight, 2nd is much betterBut overall there is lack of enemy variety and after about 20 hours it feels very reptitive, still worth playing nioh 2 once