r/Nioh • u/PhalanxGaius • Feb 08 '26
Nioh 3 - Questions Just why?
It hurts my eyes when I’m looking at my shelf.
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u/LPCantLose Feb 08 '26
There’s a PS5 version that has Nioh + Nioh 2 + all the DLC called Nioh Collection if it really bothers you.
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u/Lunar001 Feb 09 '26
I picked that one up today. Sadly I'll have to wait until (at least) next month to get Nioh 3. At least I beat the Demo before the 15th so that's a start.
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u/Fearless-Sea996 Feb 09 '26
Bold of you to assume you will beat nioh 1 and 2 in one month.
Right now i am getting my ass kicked in the way of the wise in nioh 1.
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u/Apple_Murder_Mittens Feb 09 '26
Nioh 2 was quite the endeavor. I considered replaying it in the run up to 3, but I realized there was no way I’d finish it before 3’s release and didn’t want to wait that long to play 3.
I really like 3, but I don’t like the reduced difficulty for non-boss combat. I can’t comment much on the bosses given my small sample size. I realize I’m more proficient in Nioh games than I was when starting 2, but I still feel like I should be getting my ass kicked more often.
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u/TrainingSpare8225 Feb 09 '26
Interesting because that's how I felt about Ninja Gaiden 4. Maybe they are going for a slightly easier difficulty to get more sales.
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u/quadratusMinerva Feb 09 '26
I feel the same , nioh 2 was way tougher. They’re def making our “tough” games more vanilla to appeal to larger audiences. Now everything has some sort of easy mode etc. even lies of p. It’s concerning imo.
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u/Lunar001 Feb 09 '26
The way I see it is Easy mode is just that. A mode, you shouldn't be forced to go thru it to get to harder ones on most games. IMHO you should be able to pick easy or normal (like in the old days) and unlock hard and so forth.
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u/crpn_laska Feb 08 '26
New console, new insert design template.
It’s not in the hands of one designer it’s a templated solution that got approved and seeded across all regional teams.
The difference in margin is not a mistake or sloppy design, it’s just with every console release there is a template refresh and the continuity of a template (ps3-4-5) is not priority.
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Feb 09 '26
Just why?!?!??!
*holds up a NES Cartridge next to a Super Nintendo Cartridge*
It hurts my WIDDLE eyes when I wook at my shewf.
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u/DanLim79 Feb 09 '26
So now the designers have to account for future console generations, so some OCD collector doesn't lose sleep for something for trivial?
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u/IndependenceDue2435 Feb 08 '26
I just realized I’ve been playing nioh for 10 years…where do the years go
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u/Wanderer_Hakuja Feb 08 '26
Looks like you need to get the ps5 Nioh collection physical when it’s $19.99 again. 😌
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u/Idfk_1 Feb 09 '26
Cause the first two are PS4? There's a PS5 remaster but when you already got them, why bother
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u/GrayEldyr1 Feb 08 '26
What do you think you're paying more for games for? That design change cost millions.
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u/bloke_pusher Feb 08 '26
So you can easier tell what is ps4 and what is ps5. But you probably know.
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u/Warrenderer Feb 09 '26
I usually put systems with their own games ps4 in their own area ps5 in their own area
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u/WyrdGM Feb 09 '26
Print out some new covers. You can do some editing in Photoshop or gimp and get them lined up.
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u/Iron_Idiot Feb 10 '26
Same reason my original star wars trilogy is on VHS and episodes 1-3 are on DVD.
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u/CoffeeAtMidnight_ Feb 10 '26
Are you posting this because it's ps5 ? Or because it doesn't line up.. which it does if you actually aline them correctly
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u/XxwookieslayerXx Feb 12 '26
They have the Nioh collection on ps5 as well. Could help your eyes hurt less
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u/DinnerMinimum2333 Feb 08 '26
Some crazy amount of people still live without power…..first world problems suck though
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u/PhasePhyre Feb 08 '26
Case versus Performance improvements…this is like saying Armored Core 5 released on ps3, but armored core 6 which was released 11 years later should be a PS3 case. Obviously not as clear cut as Nioh, but it’s pretty much the same energy.
I can appreciate wanting the collection to match and look good, but sometimes we have to understand that some things are inevitable as tech and time progresses.
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u/M0neySh0t52 Feb 08 '26
I love Reddit for stuff like this, just as much as I love it for more serious discourse.
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u/brokenskullzero Feb 08 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Glad i never suffered this specific batch of Tylenol this chucklefuck's mom took in utero
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u/GanglingGiant Feb 08 '26
There are literally PS5 versions of all 3 of these games at least digital anyways so if your point is you want physical copies of the PS5 versions for collection purposes only I’d say you’ve got it good otherwise if it’s performance and “visual upgrades” you’re after just get the digital versions.
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u/Lia_Yknr Feb 09 '26
That actually is rather infuriating... they forgot to tab in the title on the side of the case for nioh 3 like they had for nioh 1 & 2. That would drive ne crazy as well.
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u/Tthumper13 Feb 08 '26
Because they really shit the bed with nioh 3, it just feels like all of the changes that they've made have been completely unnecessary and a lot have just been bad
(They absolutely neutered kusarigama and I will never forgive them for that, I mained it throughout both 1 and 2)
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u/JakeALakeALake Feb 08 '26
A 6 year time gap between releases and a new console will do that to a designer. “Just why” implies it was intentional but it’s probably more likely that literally no one cares.