That’s not including the three expansions, or the pseudo new game plus mode that unlocks after completing the final mission.
On PC, it took me over 30 hours to beat just the main story again, whereas I remember it taking closer to 60 hours when I first beat it on PS4. In total, Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition includes over 25 main story missions, 100 sub and twilight missions, and the Underworld – a 108-floor endgame dungeon – which combine to provide over 100 hours of total gameplay. Since it launched, there have been three DLC expansions added to Nioh 2 that include new story missions, new yokai monsters, new onmyo magic, and ninjutsu skills. I think its launch was overshadowed by DOOM Eternal and Animal Crossing that came out the following week, and by the global pandemic that saw international lockdowns and quarantines put into place around the same time. When Nioh 2 launched last year on PlayStation 4, I picked it up on launch day and beat it within a week. What enticed me originally was the RNG loot system, but I was absolutely smitten with the Japanese setting and lore woven throughout. I was a big fan of the original Nioh when it launched in February 2017, not even a year after Dark Souls III came out. Thankfully, there is a character directory available from the player’s hut that offers succinct summaries in case you lose track of which historical Japanese figure is which. Most of these characters have small side stories that take you across neat sub missions apart from the campaign.
There are a lot of historical figures that make an appearance, like Akechi Mitsuhide, Honda Tadakatsu, and Hattori Hanzo which is really cool to see Team Ninja’s take on these characters.
After all, your whole purpose is fighting these mystical demons and, ultimately, defeating the big bad yokai at the end of it all. Of course, these battles all have a heavy dose of fantasy mixed in to incorporate yokai into them. Because of their prowess, they eventually meet the legendary Oda Nobunaga and are thrust into the forefront of some of the most epic battles in Japanese history. The silent protagonist, who is just called Hide in memory of their mother, is a shiftling – half-man, half-yokai – and fights against other yokai as a mercenary. Each subsequent DLC expansion goes even further back in time, as you learn more about the origins of your mystical sword – and of yourself. Nioh 2 is set in the late-1500s Sengoku-era Japan, before the events of the first Nioh.
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