Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital is the second DLC expansion for Nioh 2, developed by Team Ninja and released in October 2020. This expansion adds new story content set in the Heian period, where players join…

85 15 October 2020 ESRB M

What Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital is

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital is an adventure game developed by Koei Tecmo and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital is the second DLC expansion for Nioh 2, developed by Team Ninja and released in October 2020. This expansion adds new story content set in the Heian period, where players join forces with legendary historical figures to battle a new array of yokai and demons. It introduces new missions, weapons, armour, and guardian spirits, along with new abilities to enhance the combat experience. Darkness in the Capital further expands the lore and challenges of Nioh 2, offering players more content to explore and conquer.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Nioh series

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital is the 11th of 17 entries we hold in the Nioh series. The next entry was Nioh 2: The First Samurai in 2020. Its critic score of 85 is almost exactly the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Nioh: Bloodshed's End at 90.

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How it was received

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Nioh 2: Darkness in the Capital launched on 15 October 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition and Ghostrunner. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Genshin Impact, Mafia: Definitive Edition, Ghostrunner.

Cheats and codes

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