Nioh 3

Based on the 5,281 most recent Steam reviews · updated 2 Oct 2026

• English reviews: 5,000, 8 Feb 2026 – 2 Oct 2026
• Russian reviews: 281, 6 Feb 2026 – 22 Sept 2026

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  161 h at review259 h total

  17 Feb 2026

  This was my first time playing Nioh, meaning I haven't played the previous parts. I really didn't know what to expect but I'm really happy I decided to buy this game. Definitely one of the best games I've ever played. They really put some effort in making this story, the surroundings, the character designs and even the outfits to get a real traditional Japanese feeling. The missions, the exploring and the collecting of every item available is so much fun...and it's really nice to see yourself grow in strength and skill througout the gameplay. Clearing out areas or camps with enemies or defeating waves of bosses is very thrilling and well designed. A really nice feature, for when you're struggling...is to summon a visitor (or 2), real people who like to help others...so if you want some help defeating that hard boss...that might be an option. However...if you like the challenge and want to become really powerful and skilled, you could try to take down the bosses on your own. I really like that the game let's you decide the difficulty for yourself this way. When I finished the game in Heir's journey I learned that a new game mode was available to turn things up a notch, The Shogun's Journey. At first I was sceptical but they made it very attractive to play the harder gamemode as well. So I went for Shogun mode too. New challenges, some other enemies and a lot more difficulty with levels up to 200+. Really a game that keeps you entertained for many many hours, even after completing everything. For example by helping others... Enjoy! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⣶⣿⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢠⡀⣸⣤⣾⣿⣿⣦⣠⣿⠀⡀⠀⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡷⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡇⠀⢰⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣀⣾⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣧⡆⢀⠀⢰⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⣴⣯⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢁⣦⢰⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣇⣹⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣿⠀⢀⣀⡄⢀⠤⢄⡴⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡿⣽⡯⡏⢹⣿⠾⣝⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡰⢁⢞⡟⠁⠀ ⠀⢀⡔⠂⠓⢬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⡓⠒⠁⠀⠐⢛⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠀⢀⡞⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠸⡀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠃⢠⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⢀⡾⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢹⣇⠀⠀⢶⣹⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠸⣿⠏⠈⠹⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠉⠉⠉⢿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⡏⠀⢰⢸⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠈⠿⡆⠠⡀⢣⠻⣿⣷⠀⠀⢠⣿⡄⠀⠀⠘⣿⡋⠀⠀⢀⣤⣤⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠏⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⢸⠀⢿⣄⠑⠘⢿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⣠⣿⣷⠀⣀⣼⣿⡏⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠉⣉⡀⠀⠘⢸⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠘⠒⣿⣿⣿⠀⢿⣿⠟⠁⠀⢀⣿⠇⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣠⠃⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⣀⣿⣿⡀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⢀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠘⢧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠤⠾⣅⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠷⠦⠄ ⠀⠀⠈⠝⠛⠛⡟⠉⣿⡿⠃⣠⣟⠛⠋⢉⣿⣿⣿⣀⡉⢀⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣯⣟⣿⣿⣻⠙⢲⠶⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⡸⡁⣁⠀⣷⠉⠉⡏⢹⣿⡿⣿⡁⠁⢀⣀⣾⣹⣿⣿⣿⠿⡉⠈⢿⣏⣿⡷⠿⣀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢉⡀⡇⣄⣉⣁⣄⣹⢊⣉⣛⣁⣈⣉⣀⣻⣙⣿⣇⣀⣉⣤⣾⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠬⡉⠀⠁⠈⡉⠉⢧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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  Games owned: 142 · Reviews written: 3

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• ▼ Not recommended

  52 h at review53 h total

  1 Mar 2026

  I have close to 300 hours in Nioh 1, and nearly 1000 in N2 across PS4 and PC. It felt like with Wo Long, Wild Hearts, and Rise of the Ronin that a new team of devs was getting its footing by working on some mechanics while not muddying up the core IP. I didn't really enjoy any of those games, so I was hopeful when I saw the first trailers that we were getting more Nioh and Things Were Back To Normal. I have to say now unfortunately after finishing the base game and all achievements that this game needs more time to bake. They took a lot of the wrong lessons from those games, and implemented them into the Nioh combat system largely to its detriment. Splitting off half the weapons and locking them behind one style is a baby-brained response to "there's too many weapons/skills" that serves no purpose than to alienate you from the game you wanted to play, and then they dripfeed you back the skills you wanted that were core in Samurai style by forcing you to explore every single nook and cranny in the open world. Ninja style seems ridiculously powerful by comparison almost out of the gate, with insane movement options and oddly much less ki management issues even though there's no ki pulse, because you can use guardian spirit skills while out of ki to recover and create spacing. Although onmyo feels much weaker overall, elemental damage and confusion are wildly overpowered - you can stack multiple confusion stacks and doing this to bosses combined with ninjutsu and backstab damage bonus trivializes most encounters. Weapon balance is also all over the place, which I am assuming will change and get better with time, but I'm not sure I want to hang around for that. I had some paralysis tonfas that basically carried me through the game and neutered nearly all human enemies, and the tonfas moveset felt the least nerfed from how I played in N1/N2 as compared to Splitstaff and Kusarigama which is what I largely rolled with in N2 along with fists. Samurai fists are ridiculous also and can easily stack massive damage with Arts Proficency and Versatility, which you now get fairly early in the game although it isn't as good as in prior games. If you do roll with Samurai style, the deflect system is extremely easy to use compared to Sekiro/Wo Long and also trivializes a lot of combat as well as it works on pretty much everything except enemy grabs. From a map design perspective, the open world often looks impressive but the performance is all over the place, and the enemy placement and variety is flat and uninspiring. I can't think of many areas of this game where you would have those same "oh I hate/love this part" compared to the prior 2 games because nothing is really challenging. I had far more deaths to cheap hidden yokai, falls from invisible walls, or random explosion carts than I did to bosses which is a stark contrast to prior entries in this series. The open world also is a problem from a NG+ perspective, as there isn't much incentive to re-explore the map since you have already unlocked all of the skills. This means your time will be focused on the most efficient areas for drop farming which the community is already using the power of distributed autism to solve. Speaking of performance issues, I have a 7900XTX, a Ryzen9 9900X, and 64GB of RAM, yet somehow the game cannot reliably hit 120FPS even on lower settings. They keep introducing patches to fix bugs and are also creating new stuttering issues as they're doing it. I sincerely hope performance is addressed at some point, because I never had these problems with N1/N2 and can run every other game out today without issues like this. It might be acceptable if the game was a pinnacle of graphics, but it's not, it looks like a high-end PS4 or launch PS5 title. The stuttering happens to spike at key moments like when bosses are launching special attacks and textures are loading in for the first time. There are also tons of threads on Reddit about inputs being eaten by the game, and while I had this problem occasionally in the first two games, it's very prevalent in this game. As an example, I've had my character get locked into incorrect animations where their head is facing 90 degrees away from where the body is facing/I am aiming while I am throwing kunai, and the kunai actually ends up on a vector somewhere halfway between what I am locked onto and what my head is looking at. This gets stuck until you stop moving and guard to cancel the animations. I've had cases where I am standing still and spamming the elixir button, and I see the button light up on the dpad screen, but nothing happens for 10-15 seconds. I've had similar issues with other skills or items, and changing which button is hit doesn't make a difference. These are just basic issues that shouldn't be present on what is like the 5th or 6th game on this engine. Storywise, it feels like we're retreading a lot of the same storyline from the prior games in slightly different eras and I felt it was the weakest of the 3. I'm not one of the people who felt the 2nd game was worse because there was no self-insert character (WIRRIAM) but the buildup of Hideyoshi's story felt a lot more earned and believable than literally having the same characters show up in 4 different time periods in this game. The overall variety of enemy and ally characters suffers as a result of this reuse, much like the run of the mill yokai you fight. The Bakumatsu era has some of the best music and vibes, but the level design is bland with the same yokai spikes/fire all over that you've seen for hours and hours by the time you get there. Overall, I would give the game a 6 or 7/10 after my first playthrough. I'd give the original a 9 and Nioh 2 for e is a 10 as it improved on literally every aspect of the original. I'll come back to check out the DLC later this year, but I doubt it will address the core game design issues present due to the open world and the style split. Get this on sale if you really need more Nioh, but it is definitely not a buy at the ridiculous launch pricing. If you thought the prior two games were way too hard but you liked the combat system, this is probably your game. It is not mine though at present, and I will go back to N2.

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• ▲ Recommended

  28 h at review38 h total

  10 Feb 2026

  I could say that I prefer the level design, story, and general vibes of Nioh 2 more but...man I don't even think that matters at this point. Every time I play a new Nioh game its like coming home again, or putting on the most form fitting glove of your life, or eating your favorite food from your childhood that mom used to make. Its one of the best combat systems ever put to a video game and Team Ninja knows it. The thrill of the fight is like crack, and I can never have enough. I love this series so much and I never want it to stop.

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  Games owned: 1,347 · Reviews written: 92

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• ▼ Not recommended

  1.3 h at review1.3 h total

  15 Jun 2026

  Alright, look at my rig: you literally cannot buy a better graphics card without dropping stupid money. 7900XTX and 9800X3D is the *BEST* case scenario for this game... But it still runs like crap!! I tried ultra first. Most areas were okay. But, during combat and whenever new things appear on-screen, the game lags and chokes badly. Also---this game pegs my CPU for some reason. I checked to make sure it is running through my GPU, and it is. For some odd reason, no matter what you do---fake frames, low settings, lowered FPS---this game just runs like dog poop on PC. Wo Long had the same problem for about a year or longer. I hope to God they patch this crap out because this is absurd. I am not bragging, but I've got a top of the line water-cooled gaming PC: this game should run GREAT on it, I do insane things on this rig without breaking a sweat, yet Nioh 3 *still* runs like a fossilized turd on a sunny day. Embarrassing! I am a LONG-TIME FAN of Nioh. I played Nioh 1 & 2 for hundreds of hours, played them until I was bitterly bored. Went through NG+ multiple times. Nioh 2 ran great on PC, by the way: this game has no excuse to run bad!! Especially not on this computer!! I am shocked and ashamed that the game was released in this state. My advice: go play Nioh 1 & 2 for about a year until they fix this game. I'll update this review if they do. I WOULD tell you about the gameplay (spoilers: ninja is broken easy-mode, the special red glow parry from N2 is back but using it switches your styles) but honestly don't even worry about gameplay at the moment. The game is going to run like crap no matter what you do. If it matters, I'm running Linux, but that operates via Proton which basically means I'm emulating Windows, so... performance should be the same on Windows. Judging by the other reviews on Windows system, they have the same problem. So, no, this isn't a Linux-specific issue. Fix the fkn game Koei, this is crap!!

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• ▼ Not recommended

  34 h at review34 h total

  17 Feb 2026

  You know when you're playing a game and nothing about it is really bad but nothing about it is very good or engaging either? That's Nioh 3 for me. The videogame equivalent of waiting for the bus. That sounds harsh, but every time I end a session of Nioh 3 I just think to myself "well that sure was another session of Nioh 3 that was very much like all the last ones". I think one of the things that kills it for me is the complete lack of anything surprising or interesting ever happening. It's a big, long game, but you've seen all of its tricks after just a few hours. It starts off pretty strong. The first open-world area of the game is by far its strongest. Instead of going for a giant map like Elden Ring or Breath of the Wild, Nioh 3 opts for smaller, denser spaces that are interconnected. It's not a true open world game in the sense that there are discrete maps per area, but those spaces themselves are large and contiguous. After the first area, however, these areas start to feel more like run-on levels connected by corridors. Corridors connected by other corridors, if you will. Exploration is rewarded by map completion, knick-knacks, absolute mountains of loot you will not need or want - typical Nioh stuff. I go hours and hours without looking at my loot, because nothing in the game poses a sufficient challenge for me to want to spend the mental energy to look at all this garbage with modifiers like "Quick attack ki consumption -1.8%". That's not an exaggeration, that's the kind of stuff we're dealing with here. The new Ninja stance feels cool and fun, but also trivializes every combat encounter in the game, bosses included. The game gives you so many tools - spells, ninjitsu, spirit attacks, transformations, items - that straight up let you bypass the typical soulslike song and dance of observing and reacting to enemies, that combat starts to feel rote and perfunctory. Yes, I could limit myself to samurai form only and experience a much more challenging game. But I'm not built that way, and the game should probably be balanced better if I have to not use the game's new feature to experience any sort of challenge or engaging gameplay. The level design is not aggressively bad, but it's rarely more than a wide corridor. Even Lies of P had more interesting level design, frankly. The game absolutely showers you with elixers and checkpoints, so you never really feel that tension of hoping you're close to a checkpoint. Encounter design is also largely absent. Having to fight more than one or two enemies at a time is so extremely rare, it basically doesn't happen until the final map. Enemy variety is also lacking. You'll see the same handful of enemies over and over again, and once you've discovered the best way to deal with them you can just keep doing that throughout the game. Maybe NG+ is where it gets suddenly challenging or interesting, but that won't fix the map design, and I don't think wading through 40 or 50 hours of an average game is a reasonable ask. I wanted to like this a lot more! I really enjoyed the demo and bought the game off of that, but that's basically the best part of the game. Sadly the full game left me feeling pretty disappointed. Like eating a meal and still feeling hungry. I'd only recommend this on a 50% or more discount.

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  Reviews written: 43

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• ▲ Recommended

  79 h at review79 h total

  14 Feb 2026

  Nioh 3: Monumental, Magnificent, and Marginally Overstuffed After years of refinement, Team Ninja has finally delivered their magnum opus, a game where the legendary combat system has been honed to absolute perfection. This is the series at its most confident, most polished, and most exhilarating. The combat is simply flawless. Building on everything that worked before, Nioh 3 introduces the brilliant duality of Samurai and Ninja styles, letting you switch between traditional stance-based warfare and lightning-fast aerial acrobatics on the fly. The depth is staggering, the flow is intoxicating, and the feeling of mastering its rhythm is unmatched. This is the absolute peak of the series' mechanical design. https://youtu.be/llA3DynUO7Y The move to interconnected open zones transforms exploration into a genuine joy. Exploration is genuinely rewarding, with every hidden path, enemy base, and optional boss feeding into a satisfying progression loop that constantly makes you stronger. The world is vast - almost too vast. I wouldn't have minded if they trimmed it slightly, because the progression system starts to lose its magic halfway through. When you've already unlocked most of your toolkit, the later hours can feel like going through the motions rather than genuine growth. Enemy variety is solid, with a good roster of foes to test your skills. However, the number of truly new enemies is surprisingly limited. The main story bosses, however, are spectacular- epic, challenging, and beautifully designed encounters that rank among the series' finest.The story? Sadly, it's the weakest link. Despite the ambitious time-travel premise, the narrative feels rushed and forgettable compared to previous entries. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3665504063 One persistent annoyance: the back hitbox for critical strikes in Ninja stance is infuriatingly small. Time and again, you'll position yourself perfectly behind an enemy, ready for those juicy critical hits, only to land regular, non-critical strikes instead because the game doesn't register your position as "behind." The hitbox for what counts as an enemy's back is absurdly narrow. After much frustration, I discovered a small life hack: always aim slightly left of the enemy's spine. For some reason, that's where the game actually recognizes you as being behind them. In a game this precise, such a finicky mechanic is genuinely frustrating. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3664366478 Despite its flaws, Nioh 3 stands as the series' crowning achievement. It takes everything that worked in its predecessors, polishes it to a brilliant sheen, and delivers the definitive Nioh experience. If you're new to the series, you can absolutely start here without missing a beat—it's that complete, that refined, that monumental. A flawed masterpiece that still soars higher than any game in the franchise before it.

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  Games owned: 2,648 · Reviews written: 187

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• ▼ Not recommended

  9.2 h at review9.2 h total

  27 Jul 2026

  Tutorial was nice, good gameplay. Just over the 2 hour mark the game becomes unplayable. Lags like hell. Edit: I wouldn't call my PC a Potato. It is still decently specced and lets be honest, a game the size of NIOH 3 and its graphics should run fine on even weaker setups. My pc runs Ghost of Tsushima without a single hickup and elden ring too and others.

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  Games owned: 338 · Reviews written: 20

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• ▲ Recommended

  7.6 h at review34 h total

  6 Feb 2026

  Я вернулась домой Наконец вышла третья часть 💜 я ждала ее несколько лет и не могла дождаться. Во вторую наиграно суммарно более 200 часов, она закрыта на платину и облизана с ног до головы. Честно, после ву лонга и ронина я очень боялась включать новую часть. Долго тянула с предзаказом, в ожидании демки. В итоге я ее прошла и отказалась выходить, наиграв 10 часов. Уж очень хотелось пройти бабку на ноу демедж 🤪 Что я могу сказать? Это ощущается, как возвращение домой. А уж когда мне наконец выпал мой родной и любимый посох... все, я пропала. Механика смены самурай-ниндзя пока не душит и не чувствуется обязательной. Мой билд из второй нио все равно не ляжет на местного самурая, так что цель — снова выполнить свой личный челлендж и пройти игру с max 20 в телосложении*. Никакой губки для урона, только стеклянная пушка, только хардкор. Игру на 10000% рекомендую фанатам первой и второй части и тем, кто хочет сыграть в лучший соулс лайк. Всем добра! P.S. Никаких жалоб на оптимизацию у меня нет. Игра на максималках летает, просадок не видела за 10 часов демки и 1 часа в релизе. Мои спеки: i7-12700F, 32 гига оперативы, видеокарта 4080 Super.

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  Games owned: 510 · Reviews written: 56

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• ▼ Not recommended

  40 h at review125 h total

  10 Feb 2026

  A visual performance from 2016. Yet it requires computer hardware standards from 2026. Even when using 2026 computer hardware, gameplay remains riddled with stuttering and lag. And you're telling me this game costs 60 bucks? Ridiculous.

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  Games owned: 281 · Reviews written: 32

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• ▼ Not recommended

  59 h at review59 h total

  23 Feb 2026

  Review after 60 hours and all achievements TL;DR play Nioh 2 instead, it is the definitive Nioh game, and action combat game. I can't believe I am writing a negative review for a Nioh game, I never thought this day would come but here we are. No, this isn't a review saying "performance is awful please fix and don't buy until it is." While it does have horrible performance on a 9800X3D and a 5090, this isn't that kind of review. But this is the poor performance warning out of the way. If the Devs fixed this game in the next hour to run buttery smooth, I would STILL not recommend this game. I am a huge fan of Nioh, I first played it back on the PS4 with the very, very first Alpha test; You know the one? The one where you didn't keep facing an enemy when locked on, enemies could sprint anywhere on the stage and not lose an ounce of ki, where whetstones were necessary from stopping your weapon from breaking and there was no familiarity system in place. Yeah, practically ten years ago when it happened in 2016. Ten years later we get Nioh 3. After I beat it and got all the achievements, I set my controller down and the first thing I said to myself was "what in the world did I just play?" The answer was not Nioh, honestly. This game went through some massive changes, changes that were made to appeal to a more mainstream audience. When a game tries to appeal to many people, it shouldn't really please anyone because it isn't targeting any specific demographic. Let's start with how the game and mechanics are introduced. In the first two games, you have the dead bodies that talk about how they died, or what you could do to help learn the game. When new things are added and introduced, the game told you about them, but didn't think you were dumb enough to be given a walkthrough on what to do. Everything to the Onmyo, and Ninjitsu; all the way to the skills and other mechanics. It was all introduced SLOWLY to not overwhelm a new a player. Well Nioh 3 mostly tosses that out the window I recall a minimum of three times you just get a text box dump tutorial and the game FORCES you to open your windows and do whatever it tells you to. So already they are treating the player like a dummy. The next complaint is the open world. I know people for some reason like open world with a cheklist of things to do. But for a game like Nioh? It hurt the game MASSIVELY. You get three open regions that is right three only. Each are roughly the size of a region and a half or so in Nioh 1 and 2. You are now given a jump button for the most worthless "exploration" possible. It's not worth it, it's not fun, it doesn't add anything and it isn't complex enough to justify its existence. Then on top of that you have those spirit veins that require other spirits to even traverse them. Like why? Why can't every region be self contained? Another problem the open world has is something that goes back to a complaint to the first two Nioh games. I always understood, but never really agreed with was level design. Everyone thought the levels were bland to look at. The problem was that the levels were mostly designed for fun encounters first, looks second. I would rather have a fun environment to traverse and fight in, rather than being the prettiest but intensely boring areas. Well unfortunately you get both of those with Nioh 3. You get extremely ugly environments, but they weren't handcrafted for a mission and they're horrendously boring. There were really only two missions in the whole game I actually finally felt like I was playing a Nioh game in. Of course this was coming, but difficulty. I can excuse easier difficulty if the the game was top notch fun. Unfortunately it just isn't it. It takes a lot longer to get going than any other previous Nioh game with the shortness of locks in the beginning to skill into things. Because of this I almost quit the game about 15 to 20 hours in because it was just so slow. Another thing is the entire butchering of a moveset since jumping and Ninjitsu forms exist now. Every ninja weapon was butchered and watered down to a single stance and three ninjitsu only. Another example of mass appeal by making the game less complex, but giving power to them so they can still do good damage. Now I suppose I am probably almost alone in this, I never used Ninja mode except to run around because I was faster as a Ninja. But 80% of graves are Ninja. So clearly Team Ninja realized a simpler game would be the better choice. A decision that wouldn't bother me if it was implemented in any game that WASN'T Nioh. Also, I did this in 60 hours. I remember Nioh 1 & 2 base games taking much longer than that. So this game has a severe lack of content on top of that. Also I felt like it had LESS enemy variety than Nioh 2 did at launch! They loved one Yokai so much they reskinned it FOUR times! Even by Nioh 1 standards which didn't have a huge roster, that is pathetic. Overall for a Nioh game it is painfully average, and a step down from its predecessors in every way. What was an intense mission based game with tight combat, stylized levels with their own gimmicks to make them interesting. Is now a boring open world game with a checklist of things to do, no difficult enemies anywhere to give you a challenge, and a completely butchered combat system. This game definitely is for the mass appeal, but unfortunately the reason I fell in love with the games to begin with is mostly all gone. I really hope they continue these experimental games outside the Nioh franchise, because if Nioh 3 is a glimpse of the future of the franchise, I would rather it comes to an end instead.

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  25 Jul 2026

  PLEASE for the love of god just stick to ONE formula and try to master it instead of throwing millions of useless and mid mechanics in every single new game

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  14 Mar 2026

  Alright, let's get this done... Nioh 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, but I tried to enter the newest game in the series with an open mind. Games age, mechanics can be improved, that kind of thing, so why not see what changes they can make for the better, you know? The problem isn't that Nioh 3 is terrible; it runs fine and looks great. The issue with this game is that it doesn't feel like a Nioh game. The elements are there, but by changing it to open world, the game feels more like Rise of The Ronin... only with demons in it. That's when the real problems start. With the rare exception of battle scroll missions, which mimic the forced play areas of a singular "level" as Nioh 2 used to do, Nioh 3 is a collection of fetch quests, including the horrendous sight of enemy camps that can be cleared out and add to an "exploration" percentage for increased rewards. It takes the worst of an Ubisoft open world title and meshes it with the reaction speed required of a souls game and, to be blunt, this game's combat system simply cannot handle what is being asked of it sometimes. The camera will get stuck, enemies will clip or get caught in level geometry when trying to move around you, and the ability to jump, which Nioh 2 (and 1) did not have, only makes most of the combat worse. There are interesting ideas here, such as the "Crucible", but for each good change, there seems to be a misstep. Those crucibles, for example, are really two types of very different design: A "Lesser" one, which is a glorified combat arena against enemy waves, or actual sealed Crucibles which are story-locked and more closely match entire levels of their own. In either one, you have a chance of finding the similarly named "Crucible Weapons", which have a special ability you can only get by maxing that items level (called "familiarity" in Nioh). The problem is the same as Nioh games always had; though loot drops often, finding what you want is random, and even boosting drop rates rarely helps unless you plan on farming for them. This is made worse by weapon classes, armor, and magic being locked to which "style" you are currently in. So, yes, let's get to the worst decision here beyond the open world and be done with it. In the first two games, you could equip any weapon or magic. In this game, you are limited by which style you are in: Samurai or Ninja. This also forces types of equipment, meaning that some heavier armor is only for the Samurai, while lighter armor you may want to use in that same style can only be used when playing as the "Ninja" instead. As for weapons, only the Ninja can use things like the Kusarigama (blade and chain), while the Samurai is the only one who can use most heavier weapons like the Odachi (large katana). It is a needless change that only seems to be there to force you to use the other style. In all honesty, unless I accidently held the style shift button too long, I did not use the Ninja set at all. It's a mess, and the locking of magic to the Ninja class means certain builds using Samurai gear are outright impossible now. And this is without getting into the issues New Game+ has, or that some individual moves, such as the counter ability of "Haze" sometimes missing when the camera shifts, are just infuriating to deal with on their own. This is all a very long way to say that it didn't need to be this way. Rise of the Ronin is already out, and it has the open world Team Ninja seemed to want to make handled, so pushing these changes onto Nioh as well doesn't make sense. Especially if they are going to function in a way that seems to run counter to the spirit of these games to begin with.

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  21 Feb 2026

  - Как хорошо фехтовать на природе... - Владыка Сёгун! АРМИЯ ТЬМЫ НА ПОДХОДЕ! Nioh...Легендарная серия игр, с которой несколько лет назад началось моё знакомство с соулслайками. Ничего тогда толком не получалось, ни о каких No Damage не приходилось даже мечтать, из за слишком низкого уровня навыков. Никогда не забуду свои долгие 8 часов вайпов на Годзуки в Nioh 2, чтобы просто его победить и пройти дальше :) И вот в 2026 году эта до боли в сердечке знакомая, волшебная, манящая вселенная, со своим фирменным акцентом на легенды и мифы древней Японии, триумфально возвращается в своей новой, обновлённой версии. Но правда ли, что всё новое здесь - это хорошо забытое старое? Давайте разберёмся. У настоящего самурая нет цели...есть только путь. Линейные, коридорные миссии из предыдущих игр серии в Nioh 3 сменились на огромный, открытый мир. Нельзя сказать, что таких миссий вообще не осталось, но они теперь строго необязательные и их стало значительно меньше. Мы получили полноценную карту локаций, на которой простыми и понятными значками теперь отображается местонахождение всех Кодама, Дзидзо, котиков и летающих хорьков, горячих источников, лагерей бандитов, эссенций и сундуков с сокровищами! Теперь Вам не придётся ( по сравнению с Nioh 2 ) с лупой в руках сидеть над гайдом и тщательно проверять, где именно спрятался очередной Кодама, так необходимый Вам на ачивку для платины. И этот открытый мир реально интересно исследовать, поскольку любознательность здесь щедро вознаграждается ценным лутом, дополнительными апгрейдами и очками навыков, позволяющими превратить Вашего самурая в настоящую смертоносную боевую машину. Нельзя сказать, что Nioh 3 удалось полностью повторить успех Elden Ring, но, по сравнению с недавней провальной Code Vein 2, открытый мир здесь получился ЗНАЧИТЕЛЬНО лучше. Зеркальце на стене! Кто верховный сёгун в нашей стране? Редактор персонажа в Nioh 3 сделан на совесть! Можно создать как грозного и сурового самурая, так и девушку своей мечты. Также присутствуют настройки прямиком из соулсов от From Software, позволяющие создать даже доктора Ливси, что лично мне очень понравилось и за это разработчикам отдельное уважение :) Кроме того, следует отметить, что повесточка тут полностью отсутствует, наделить женского персонажа мужским голосом в Nioh 3 НЕ получится ( и это прекрасно! ). Зато есть полноценная трансмогрификация ( изменение внешнего вида брони и оружия ), которая открывается после прохождения первой локации. Крадущийся тигр и затаившийся дракон Боёвка в Nioh 3 подверглась небольшому упрощению. Теперь смена стилей самурая и ниндзя способна отражать красные сокрушительные атаки врагов и боссов, Вам НЕ нужно использовать для этого трансформацию в ёкая. Да и сама трансформация теперь выглядит как отдельный полноценный бурст для сильного увеличения урона по противнику, а протагонист, применяя её, становится похож НЕ на ужасного демона из преисподней, а на рыцаря света в сверкающих золотом волшебных доспехах. Ничего, кроме искреннего восторга, это не вызывает :) С боссами здесь тоже интересно сражаться. К сожалению, в начале игры наблюдаются некоторые традиционные проблемы с балансом, из за чего такие боссы, как Демон кровавого клинка и Дзякоцу-баба, могут вызвать у Вас определённые проблемы. Но чем дальше Вы будете проходить игру и чем больше будете находить ценных апгрейдов, тем легче Вам будет играть и побеждать боссов в дальнейшем :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_CQ2qJ_IVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ2dgeEr-zE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-dih0b486E&t Упс! Что-то сломалось! Это всё происки ёкаев! Касательно оптимизации. Моя конфигурация ПК представлена ниже. Также она есть под каждым моим видео на моём канале Youtube, в этом плане мне скрывать нечего. 1. Процессор - i5-12400 2. Видеокарта MSI RTX 4060 ( 8 GB ) 3. Материнка - MSI MAG B660M Mortar ( DDR5 ) 4. 32 GB DDR5 оперативной памяти 5. SSD M.2 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro ( 1 TB ) 6. Full HD IPS монитор Machenike MKF27F165 ( 180 Гц ) 7. Windows 11 Каких-либо лагов/подвисаний/подтормаживаний я так и не увидел. Использовались настройки графики, рекомендованные каналом BenchmarKing ( кто умеет пользоваться поиском, тот найдёт ), всё летает без каких-либо проблем. Однако следует отметить, что память моей видеокарты ( 8 GB ) при таком раскладе загружена почти на всю катушку и даже уменьшение графических настроек не особенно влияет на ситуацию. Также игра ( как в демо-версии, так и сразу после релиза ) периодически выдавала Fatal Error с вылетом на рабочий стол и это было крайне неприятно. Но о данной проблеме знают и активно занимаются её решением. А значит и с оптимизацией тоже что-нибудь придумают, всё-таки сейчас 16 гигов видеопамяти в видеокартах на вес золота и вряд ли в ближайший годик-другой это изменится. А что там с нашим великим и могучим? Интерфейс и субтитры полностью переведены на русский язык. Каких-либо ошибок не обнаружено. Русская озвучка отсутствует, но она тут только на японском и английском, поэтому выдвигать какие-то претензии на этот счёт просто глупо. Такая огромная бочка мёда? И СОВСЕМ нет дёгтя? К сожалению, немного есть. Во-первых, помимо вышеупомянутой Fatal Error и проблем с балансом боссов, нужно сразу принять во внимание тот факт, что большинство противников в Nioh 3 ( в том числе и боссов ) перекочевали в неё из прошлых игр. Безусловно, есть и уникальные противники, ранее не встречавшиеся в серии ( та же Дзякоцу-баба ), однако их немного, по сравнению с повторами. Да ещё и, по классике, многие ранее побеждённые боссы встретятся Вам дальше по сюжету... Максимально ленивый подход, если честно. Хочется верить, что в DLC новых противников будет заметно больше и качество игры от этого НЕ пострадает. Во-вторых - ветки талантов для самурая и ниндзя оставляют желать лучшего. Они стали проще, по сравнению с Nioh 2, но по-настоящему интересных вариантов там немного, да ещё и в бою многие из них активируются неудобно. И в-третьих - цена на Nioh 3 действительно кусается. Мне с моим невысоким доходом стоило весьма непростых усилий собрать деньги даже на стандартную версию игры, хотя я ни о чём не жалею, поскольку соулслайки - это моя стихия и я их обожаю. Как будто этого мало, так ещё и уникальный набор демонического оружия, выдававшийся за предзаказ Deluxe-издания, теперь недоступен для отдельной покупки и непонятно, будет ли доступен в будущем! Я, блин, хотел его докупить отдельно, вместе с DLC, а теперь даже не знаю, будут ли его ещё продавать или нет! Ну зачем вообще так делать? И какой же диагноз, доктор? Несмотря на некоторые шероховатости, я возьму на себя смелость сказать, что Nioh 3 - это ранний претендент на игру года 2026 в Steam. В неё действительно увлекательно играть и её мир интересно исследовать, я ни капли не жалею, что потратил на неё свои деньги. К слову, мне так и не хватило времени закрыть Nioh 2 на платину. Ну что ж, значит будем исправлять это здесь, поскольку видео с боссами Nioh 3 ( БЕЗ получения урона ) выйдут на моём канале :) https://www.youtube.com/@dr_l1vesey И будьте уверены, что ВСЕ боссы, которые каким-то чудом останутся в живых, будут завидовать мёртвым! ;) 9 поглаженных сунэкосури из 10... ...А кто НЕ любит кошек - тот Мэдзуки! В комментариях работает МОДЕРАЦИЯ. ЛЮБЫE тoксичныe/прoвoкационныe кoммeнтapии от нулевoй-рaзбитнoй-спинномозговой шпaны, НE умeющей фильтрoвaть свои слова, будут УДАЛЕНЫ и приведут ТОЛЬКО к ПOЖИЗНEННOМУ БAHУ!

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  24 Mar 2026

  Nioh 3 is a game I like but struggle to love. Where Nioh 2 was one of those perfect sequels that does everything right and perfectly expands on everything you loved before, Nioh 3 goes in bold new directions that don't always hit the mark. I think this is a good and fun game, but it's a step back overall from what came before in many ways. Firstly, the gameplay. It's Nioh, so you know it's the cream of the crop when it comes to action combat in a soulslike. In terms of new additions, your large arsenal of potential weapons have been split in two; ninja style and samurai style, with samurai being the classic Nioh styled gameplay with ki pulses and stances and ninja being a fast, agile style with rechargeable ninja skills that can vary from projectiles to traps and are pretty fun to use. This new two style combat system compliments itself perfectly with samurai bringing the power and ninja bringing the utility; is what I would say if that was true but in reality ninja is just infinitely better than samurai. Not only is it much more ki efficient, despite having no ki pulse to restore ki it uses significantly less ki for its moves; it has a much better dodge that can restore ninja skills making it the better defensive option. It has no lack of offense either, as it's more than entirely replaced low stance by still having the power of mid stance, making your offense much faster than almost anything offered in samurai style. You're faster, stronger, have the better dodge and to top it all off still have the ninjitsu which offers even more offensive utility, unless you really love one of the samurai weapons it doesn't really feel worth using it. For me, I loved the tonfa in the first two games, which are now a ninja exclusive weapon which railroaded me into mostly playing ninja which really highlighted the imbalance here. Originally I was playing both stances off and on but eventually playing as the samurai just stopped feeling worth it. Other than this change the combat is mostly the same as Nioh 2, jumping is a positive new addition for both traversal and combat options; still the pinnacle of soulslike combat, just a little more confused this time around. The story is really unremarkable, I quite liked the story and characters of the first two games but seeing the same characters return for a third time is just starting to feel lazy, and the narrative centering around time hopping to different periods of ancient Japan mostly just makes it all feel disjointed, disconnected, and like most of what's happening isn't really that important. The player character is left in a confusing middle state between the typical silent custom character and actually being a guy, which doesn't help the disconnected feeling. Sometimes they'll talk or form their own thought, but most of the time they're just blankly standing there not saying, doing, or thinking anything and having it both ways makes it stand out more when they're just idling their brain. A contentious point has been every game in this genre pivoting towards open world formulas since Elden Ring, and as someone who also really doesn't like open worlds, I too was fearful of this aspect but was glad to find it mostly unobtrusive here. When Elden Ring came out I did one hundred percent completion, several playthroughs back to back, and was able to enjoy it because I had the important locations memorized at the time. Trying to go back to play the game again a few years later, I just couldn't stand all the riding around looking for things off the main path; open worlds just don't sit well with me and I prefer a more structured design. Fortunately in Nioh 3, the design is less 'one giant open world' and more three giant, really really big levels with several missions and areas to explore inside. There's a fairly straightforward main path to follow that will often lead you across the many sub-paths and side quests and other areas and bosses, while never feeling like you need to blunder around or waste time running across a bunch of nothingness waiting to find the fun stuff to do. You do have to do some exploring to unlock some skills for your weapons which feels like just taking content away from you that was available in the previous games to pad out the world with, but it's really not that bad as they're pretty easy to get and mean you're meaningfully rewarded when you do poke around. The real benefit to this structure, of course, is it gives you lots of time to enjoy the great soundtrack. Performance was a little shaky for me, I don't have the best computer in the world as you can see from my specs, but should have been able to maintain 60fps and for the most part I did, with occasional dips though the main issue for me was pop-in; sometimes areas and objects just in front of me would pop in and out of existence which was pretty distracting. Overall, it's a good game. I mean, it's just more Nioh, and Nioh rocks. This is still the best combat in the genre, it's fun to move around and jump and traverse areas; if Nioh 2 didn't exist, this would be an ideal sequel. Unfortunately, Nioh 2 does exist, and with so much reuse from it in this game the most important recommendation I can make is to play Nioh 2. If Nioh 3 is your first Nioh game, play Nioh 2. If you've never played a Nioh game and are on the fence with this one, play Nioh 2. If you played Nioh and Nioh 2 and just want more Nioh, Nioh 3 delivers. It lacks real innovation in moving the series forward, but gives you a good serving of Nioh for the Nioh starved.

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  6 Feb 2026

  Прекрасное продолжение шикарной серии Nioh. Боёвка как всегда на уровне, куча комбо, приём "Режущий волчок" на катане в нижней стойке делает красивейшие вещи, переключение между стилями, оружиями, просто кайф. Боевая система взяла всё лучшее из прошлых частей и дополнила геймплей новшествами. Отзывчивость прекрасная, никаких сжираний инпутов, всё активируется как тебе того хочется. Открытый мир не душит, чуть побегав на локации и собрав что-то тебе открывают ВСЕ коллекционные предметы на ней, не нужно тыкаться в каждый куст, шикарная система которая была и в Ронине. Локации приятные глазу, а некоторые пейзажики хочется поскринить. В Нио просто хочется играть и гриндить, это великолепная серия игр для тех кто любит красивые и местами сложные сражения, которая после первого прохождения обычно не заканчивается - а только раскрывается! Играть, играть и ещё раз играть, а так же ждём ДЛС. 10/10, чистое наслаждение от сражений и комбинаций приёмов.

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  10 Feb 2026

  Что делает Сёгуна Сёгуном? Ответ на этот вопрос буквально описывает всю сюжетку Nioh 3. Молодой самурай, путешествуя сквозь пространство и время по разным эпохам Японии останавливает жестоких претендентов на престол и устраняя заразу из мира ёкаев. Хардкорный соулс-лайк с кучей выбиваемого лута, красивой картинкой и крайне неудобным управлением. Сюжет запоминается слабо и кажется скомканным из-за бесконечных перемещений во времени, где встречаются свои герои и противники. Куча японских имен накладываются друг на друга и образуют вашу. Связь с прошлыми частями минимальна, хотя я крайне не рекомендую начинать с данной части, банально из-за цены и самой долгой продолжительности игры из трилогии. Если вы раздумываете над тем, подойдет ли вам Nioh - обязательно берите первую часть и оцените сначала ее, отличия в геймплее минимальны. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3662317767 Самурайско-демонские разборки на мечах и ружьях Теперь для незнакомых с миром Nioh. Это вполне классический соулс-лайк, где мы сражаемся с другими самураями и демонами-ёкаями. При этом есть и хорошие духи-хранители, одного из которых можно использовать для специальных приёмов. Вместо выносливости тут энергия Ки - расходуется на увороты и блоки, бегать можно сколько угодно. После каждого удара нужно нажимать определенную кнопку, чтобы сразу восстановить часть энергии. Причем вне боя тут сделали ускоренный бег, что радует. Сразу идет обучение основам боя и дают потестить разное оружие. Выбор достаточно обширный, от катан до разных топоров, причем на каждом оружии есть сразу 3 стойки для быстрых или более мощных атак. При этом есть еще и два режима: самурая и ниндзя. Во втором режиме даются более быстрые оружия, персонаж более быстр и получает способности ниндзютсу. Парирование ударов как раз происходит посредством смены стойки. Отразить или спарировать можно абсолютно любые удары, если хватит энергии. Прокачка идет на каждый режим отдельно, а также есть прокачка на каждый вид оружия по отдельности. Можно иногда встречать места смерти других самураев-игроков и вызывать их на поединок. Иногда можно также вызывать их в качестве помощников на ограниченное время и они будут помогать в сражениях. С водой у персонажа напряжные отношения: плавать он не умеет и моментально идет ко дну, но не против насладиться водичкой на горячих источниках, моментально раздеваясь, даже перед напарниками на миссиях. На некоторых миссиях также подключается помощник, на которого можно забайтить врагов. Иногда можно встретить даже массовые замесы людей против ёкаев и все против тебя. К тому же, в игре есть онлайн кооператив, но его не пробовал, поэтому не знаю, как там обстоят дела. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=3661571901 Бесконечные самурайские карманы В игре очень много лута. С каждого врага падает по 1-5 вещей, с боссов вообще может 20+ лута навыпадать. К счастью, инвентарь тут аж на 2000 экипировки, непонятно правда, где герой все это носит. Спишем на духа-хранителя. Иногда можно обыскивать трупов и находить их предсмертные воспоминания. Расходные же вещи по типу зелий, стрел или пуль свыше лимита просто отправляются на склад. Это приятно, когда можно лутать все подряд без надписи, что инвентарь заполнен. Периодически нужно проверять инвентарь и обновлять экипировку до актуального уровня. У шмоток есть требования по определенным параметрам, сила, навык, магия или что-то еще, нужно прокачивать определенные статы. Также они дают рандомные бонусы, чем выше редкость, тем больше этих бонусов. Если все-таки инвентарь забивается, шмот можно продавать, разбирать, перековывать. В настройках даже есть опция для автоматизации этого. Из приятного - уровни можно сбрасывать и перераспределять статы бесконечно. Во многих играх это делается платно или с определенными вещами. Что для кого-то хорошо, а для кого-то плохо - в игре есть перекач. То есть низкоуровневые враги не подгоняются под ваш уровень. Все миры поделены на области, на каждой написан примерный уровень, на каком туда лучше отправляться. Если вам трудно, вы можете качаться в одной и той же области, чтобы потом снести босса было проще. Или на поздних уровнях отправляться в ранние локации и там сносить мобов за пару ударов. Карта в игре максимально приятная. В каждой зоне есть "уровень исследования", до 4. Когда вы выполняете зачистку этой зоны, любые активности в ней, этот уровень растет, открывая как саму карту, так и все коллекционки и активности в ней. Это прям идеальная модель для карт открытого мира. Сразу хочется лутать и изучать карту на 100%, а не бегать по гайдам и интерактивным картам, здесь все это в самой игре. Плюсом будет лишняя прокачка и лут перед дальнейшим прохождением. За карту - респект. Графон в игре отличный. В начале есть конструктор персонажа, хоть и не особо удобный, но можно создать что-то своё для желающих. Анимации, различные эффекты, прорисовка ёкаев выполнены красочно. Разнообразие врагов хорошее, хоть и много кто взят напрямую из первой и второй части. Оптимизация тоже без нареканий. Ни единого лага за всю игру на ультрах. А вот фоторежим в игре хоть и есть, но крайне неудобный. Впрочем, как и вообще все управление. В игре даже нельзя поставить паузу одной кнопкой! Как будто я играю в мморпг, где даже в меню все действия продолжаются, и только повторный вход в дальнейшие настройки останавливает игру. То есть для фоторежима нужно заранее подбирать момент и заходить в меню и там его открывать. Управление под названием сломай пальцы Пробовал играть на клаве, так как хотелось пройти на ней. Все-таки в игре есть дальний бой, луки и ружья, и необходимость быстро целиться есть. Автонаводка работает далеко не всегда так хорошо, как мышка. Но это желание пропало еще на обучающих боях. Вам дают кучу различных комбинаций и механик, при этом, даже базовые из них кажутся неудобными. Сидеть и переназначать клавиши, когда еще сам не знаешь, за что они отвечают, желания мало. Пришлось пересесть на геймпад, хотя и тут привыкать пришлось около дня. К тому же, в настройках есть много полезных функций, которые запрятаны в глубине, на последних вкладках. О них можно узнать в середине игры по чистой случайности или вообще не узнать. Итог Это все тот же Nioh по подаче сюжета и геймплею с несколькими удачными нововведениями. Более длинная часть на порядок, а ведь это еще даже DLC не вышли, но и цена соответствующая. Одна из моих любимых соулс-лайк игр после Sekiro. Сомневался в покупке Deluxe из-за конской цены, но риск оправдался. Сюжетно практически не связан с прошлыми частями, но настоятельно рекомендую начать именно с них. Если вам они понравились - то велком. Много эпичных сражений с различными пафосными чуваками, которые нацелились на титул Сёгуна. Чешем пузико демоническим хорькам и начесываем демонических котиков. Графика и оптимизация радуют. Приятно зачищать карты, заодно прокачивать лвл, копить шмотки и получать достижения. Если что-то не получается - можно позвать NPC-самурая или даже напарника в онлайне. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=3662463301 ✅ Понравилось: - Красочная графика с разными видами эпох Японии и демонических ёкаев - Крайне приятная карта с уровнем прогресса каждой территории, на которой сами открываются все активности - Большое разнообразие оружия, приёмов и стилей боя ❌ Не понравилось: - Ужасное управление, как на клавомыши, так и на геймпаде. В игре даже нельзя нормально поставить паузу или открыть фоторежим одной кнопкой - Сюжет кажется смазанным, персонажи не запоминаются и постоянно сменяются. Не прям критичный минус, но чувствуется то, что можно было раскрыть больше потенциала

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  Games owned: 10,521 · Reviews written: 376

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• ▼ Not recommended

  36 h at review36 h total

  12 Feb 2026

  4/10 game I do not know why people are giving this game a pass on being good. The open world has done nothing to improve the overall quality of the game. The best thing I can say about it is that, it lets you go anywhere you want without holding your hand... But so has most every other souls like that has come out recently. The minimap they give you is worthless and is just a black orb that shows items you can pick up, why not just have it be like an actual minimap? The one positive I can say about the map is that it logs everything after you run through an area, so it eliminates you having to search for most stuff most everything will be logged for you so you don't have to put markers down to remember where things are. As for the enemies If you played nioh 1, or nioh 2, then you have fought every single enemy in this game, there is exactly 1 new enemy that they have added in the second area of the game and it is criminally easy. You will be fighting the same thing at level 1 that you will at level 200. It makes every single area in this game uninteresting and repetitive because it does not try to change up the formula at all and craft enemies for specific areas. The story is also meaningless as it is the SAME story from nioh 1 AND nioh 2. nioh 1 the story starts off with you getting betrayed by some guy you never met, nioh 2 you actually play with the guy who betrays you for 1 level, then in nioh 3 you get to do 1 training sequence with the guy, then he betrays you. It is tired and unoriginal. Then they start doing time hopping and the story just feels aimless and confusing after that. None of the characters really matter in it because after 1 era most of them you will never see again, so why bother remembering them. The best thing about this game and all the other nioh games is the combat. The way they have every weapon feel unique and interesting is masterful and the combos are so fun to do. The magic is also crazy strong in this game and the nina arts are awesome, that is the only reason to keep playing. But sadly you will find a weapon you like more than others and spells that are just objectively better than all the rest and it will get stale and boring because there is no new enemies to test your metal. So even the combat is sullied by the lack of variety. TL:DR: No new enemies, uninteresting open world, meaningless character, repeat of the same story from nioh 1 and 2. Combat is fun though but you will get bored of it after 20hrs when you beat map 1 of 5.

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• ▲ Recommended

  22 h at review60 h total

  8 Feb 2026

  Played Nioh 1 demo/alpha during ps4 days, instant buy on release, loved it Waited PC release +1year later, instant buy and completed on both platforms +dlc Same with Nioh 2, ps4 version first and completed it, waited 1year for PC release, same story. Finally Nioh 3 releases on consoles and PC at the same time. Game is fun and not basic "hur dur its roll slop soulslike" nope, its diablo loot mixed with ninja gaiden. Played so many "soulslike" games, and Nioh series is still far better in my opinion because the combat system with plenty of weapons and magic/ninjutsu + loot crazyness. Nioh 3 is now open world like Rise of Ronin from same company, its fun to explore and do stuff on your own pace, instead click on next mission node and so on. Highly recommend if you like these kinda games, Nioh 1 and 2 werent that popular unlike dark soul series, because the skill ceiling is much higher and learning curve, but its worth it imo.

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• ▼ Not recommended

  51 h at review53 h total

  27 Mar 2026

  A bit heartbroken leaving this review but I unfortunately was not the biggest fan of this game. Nioh 2 is my most played game (on ps5) and one of my favorite games of all time! The combat/bosses/enemies and mission structure was all perfect for me. Once Nioh 3 was announced I couldn't believe it and my excitement went through the roof! So I'll break this down in categories that are most important to me and assuming most Nioh players: Combat: 8.5/10 The combat is still amazing and the addition of ninja mode is interesting. It doesn't feel as tight as Nioh 2 but overall this is still excellent. I do feel like the weapons being tied to either samurai/ninja wasn't the best move. Would've rather maybe seen different moves attached to either samurai/ninja for the same weapons. Having a jump button I thought would be super cool but for some reason didn't add much as the enemies logic doesn't account for it. Parrying feels great in samurai mode. Bosses: 3/10 Nioh isn't necessarily known for the strongest bosses in soulsborne styles games but man the ones in this game were just poor. Not a single memorable boss and then repeating bosses from previous games that are much easier to defeat? It just feels lazy that they just chose to bring those back. Nioh 1/2 had a few memorable bosses where this game every boss fight feels the same. Enemy Variety: 4/10 This one might have been the biggest disappointment because you spend almost 80% fighting the same exact enemy types and the logic behind a crowd of enemies is that they take turns. I just felt burnt out fighting the same stupid skeletons over and over and was upset the newer enemy types hardly show up. Mission/Open Field Structure: 6/10 Initially during the first 8-10 hours I was very impressed with the open field and thought it was a more focused/tight feeling version of ubisoft games. But then at some point the importance of discovery was less important as you continue the game. Luckily fast travel is very easy and there are shrines everywhere. But level design to me tanked in the 2nd and 3rd area and those were more straight forward and for a game in 2026 I felt like they could've made it more interesting. Performance: 6/10 I played the demo and thought it ran beautifully and felt excited that we will finally get a big optimized game on launch! Unfortunately on launch and the more I played it was all over the place. Framerate was up and down and I am running a 4090 high spec build. I didn't have any crashes luckily but it was definitely a mixed bag. Graphically the game also looks a bit dated which im not too upset about for a combat focused game but performance needs to be much better. I wont rate the story because honestly I don't play any of these games for story but rather the topics I discussed above. Overall, I would say this is not a BAD game but comparing to 2 it is a step down. Maybe if you are playing nioh for the first time this might be the most approachable and your experience could be different.

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• ▼ Not recommended

  30 h at review31 h total

  21 Feb 2026

  Not Recommended f**k you team ninja for not caring about Linux players, in days where every respectable gamer moves away from Windows' sh*tty monopoly and AI slop. Why Not Recommended There's absolutely nothing I can complain in terms of gameplay, content, quality of open world, so I will skip these and get straight to the core. Note: All tests were done on 3440x1440 resolution Graphics are fairly outdated if that's something you care about. As in, they absolutely suck and lighting does all the aesthetic work. Turn off global illumination and you'll feel like playing a 2012 game. The game is, sadly, very unoptimized. I can run 60FPS native given global illumination set on low and volumetric clouds on low. But 120FPS stable? no chance. And it's extremely jarring that the game speed is related to a multiple of 60. You either go 60fps or 120fps, any value between affects the game speed in unexplainable ways. For example, 90FPS causes literal slow-mo. It's horrendous, it's jarring, and it's honestly dissapointing to see that in 2026. But yeah, this is what you get for 80 euros today. Re-tested on ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070Ti On Windows, I was able to run at constant 120 with 1% lows at 118fps, on full native. On Linux, the story is f**king sour. Ran like crap. 80-90fps, with 45 1% lows. Nvidia users are forced to play this game on Winslop, as Linux drivers for Nvidia somehow net around ~20-30% performance loss. Re-tested on Linux with AMD Radeon 9070 XT Sapphire Nitro+ Game ran like dogsh*t. According to ProtonDB, other users and me included are having horrible performance MAINLY caused by Linux because the devs did not bother doing jacksh*t for Linux users. On Windows it is fine. Finally... It's safe to assume that the game is just severely unoptimized for Linux. Very dissapointing. Have fun playing this game on a Steam Machine at more than 60fps. 120 will not be possible. Why? Because it runs Linux.

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