Nioh Pre-Order Bonuses Detailed; Director Says It's a Very Challenging Game

Squad Ninja's Activity RPG Nioh can now be pre-ordered via retailers and Sony's PlayStation Store. An official post on the PlayStation Blog announced this today while giving details on the pre-gild editions bachelor on the Store.

Standard Edition

The full game

Digital Deluxe

The full game

Weapon pack with five new weapons

PS4 Avatar

Season Laissez passer

Pre-order either edition to receive:

The Nioh armor to equip in-game, inspired by the ancient statues that stand up guard at temples beyond Japan.

And a Nioh Dynamic Theme for PS4.

In add-on, if you pre-order Nioh or the Digital Deluxe Edition on PlayStation Store or purchase in the kickoff two weeks after launch, you'll also receive the Cherry-red Master Armor, another in-game armor but this time based on legendary samurai Yukimura Sanada.

The web log post also contains a brief interview with Game Director Yosuke Hayashi, who mentioned that Nioh was designed from the start to be a very difficult game.

We created Nioh to be a very challenging game, so we put a lot of idea into the blueprint of its difficulty.

For example, we had an enemy that throws a quick jab at you and causes immense damage, and it was difficult to avoid and defend against. So now these enemies may nonetheless attack you lot with the same level of damage, simply we redesigned the movement of the jab itself so that it gives players a split up second to dodge or block.

Don't fearfulness death. While Nioh is a challenging game, if you carefully pay attention to the movements of your enemies, you'll be able to find chances for an opening.
And don't be afraid to seek help from other players online from our great community, every bit there'south e'er someone out in that location who tin offer guidance. Nioh is actually nearly cocky-comeback. And in an era of games where in that location'due south less lasting "death" in action titles, I want you to experience like you've genuinely accomplished something once you've completed it.

Hayashi-san also commented briefly on Nioh's PlayStation 4 Pro enhancements.

I've always felt that games on PlayStation were very visually compelling, but now seeing these games on PS4 Pro, my perception has exceeded that.

Gamers don't compromise on things like frame rate, and so nosotros really focused on maximizing the ability of those particular aspects and introduced lots of visual options. For example, i is to play the game at a targeted threescore frames per second at 1080p — information technology was great that I was able to realize this through PS4 Pro.

Nosotros've had an interview of our own with a colleague of his, Fumihiko Yasuda, just three weeks ago; don't forget to check information technology out.