Whether through multiple play styles, emergent gameplay, or an unparalleled amount of freedom, these 15 titles offer tons of gameplay variety.
Just when you thought you were out, these games pull you back in with new mechanics, new enemies, new modes, and much more.
Team Ninja's hack and slash action RPG has sold and shipped more than 500,000 additional units worldwide since April 2021.
Easing the player in may work for some games but these 13 titles prefer the sink-or-swim approach with their opening levels.
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Whether it's real-time hack and slash action, looter shooters or big budget open world titles, these action RPGs are the creme of the crop.
Forget just having difficult bosses - the regular enemies in these titles will give you a hard time, to say nothing of their mechanics.
Nioh Complete Edition is currently free on the Epic Games Store, while Nioh 2 Complete Edition can be purchased for 20% off for a limited time.
Sengoku Warriors 5 (releasing in the West as Samurai Warriors 5) sells 280,000 units in Asia. Both titles helped drive an increase in revenue.
Red Dead Redemption 2 will also be available until November 1st as a downloadable title. Other titles include NASCAR Heat 5 and Moving Out.
A leaked ad suggests that Sony's cloud service is adding heavyweights like Red Dead Redemption 2, Nioh 2, and Judgment this month.
Team Ninja hopes fans will look forward to its "new titles."
More tweaks for the PC port of the action RPG.
More fixes for the latest versions of the action game.
Challenge, cranked up to 11.
120 FPS mode fixes are among the bunch.
Looks of new tweaks come with the latest update.
Several issues related to mouse sensitivity, crashes, and so on have been addressed.
The definitive way to play Nioh and Nioh 2.
The Nioh Collection is also out today for PS5.
The collection launches tomorrow along with Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition on PS4 and PC.
