This is separate from Screen Resolution, and Nioh doesn’t explain what this, or any of the other settings for that matter, actually means. The most puzzling item on that list is an option called Rendering Resolution that offers High, Medium, and Low. Nioh does not support unlocked frame-rate, your choices are either a 30 or 60fps lock, regardless of the settings and resolution set. The launcher keeps the Cinematic, and Action presets first seen on PS4, but also offers a Custom option where you’re free to pick a resolution and adjust a couple of other graphics settings. When you first start Nioh, you’ll be treated with a good ol’ launcher, which is the only way to change most settings. The PC port is definitely not as horrible as I feared, but it also makes no attempts to be a better version than its PS4 sibling. Having now played up to the game’s second area on PC, I am left relieved yet disappointed.

Why would there be a need for a mode like that? This was bizarre to hear, because one would assume - and expect - a standard resolution and graphics options screen on PC. In particular, the release mentioned that the two graphics options seen on PS4 – Cinematic, and Action – will return on PC. The short time between announcement and release had me a bit worried about the state of the PC version, but it was the language of the press release that got me fearing another terrible PC port of a beloved Japanese game.

The tactic worked, I suppose, and here we are, less than a year later with a PC release in a game-of-the-year-style Complete Edition. Conveniently, a PC version was never hinted at by Koei Tecmo until the moment it was announced. Sony’s marketing pre-release made sure the conversation was kept squarely about Nioh being a PS4 exclusive. Months later, after three betas and a combined 50 hours of playtime in the launch PS4 version, I never actually expected to someday be playing it on a PC.

Nioh, one of this year's best PS4 exclusives comes to PC, and I am both elated and frustrated.įrom the first time I heard about it, Nioh always seemed like a game that would fit really well on PC.

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