Nioh 3 Will Receive Improvements to Controls, Visuals, Game Balance, and More Following Recent Demo

Last month saw the unveiling of an initial demo for Team Ninja’s anticipated game, Nioh 3, which sparked a great deal of enthusiasm, even though it was only accessible for a limited duration. A few weeks after that, the developer disclosed the findings from their player survey and detailed upcoming adjustments and repairs. In essence, they aim to enhance the controls, addressing issues in control sensitivity and offering more customization options.

Here’s a more conversational way of explaining it: We’re making changes to make the “tricks and opponents” less unfairly tough, as well as tweaking the effectiveness and equilibrium of various moves. The clarity between stages and open areas will be enhanced, and screen notifications will no longer be overly distracting – you can even dismiss them with a click of a button.

Absolutely, those are just a few of the planned enhancements; Team Ninja aims to simplify control stick-based Martial Arts movements, boost Elixir action speed, reduce the recovery time for Burst Break, and much more. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the upcoming changes, with detailed information available here.

Next year, ‘Nioh 3’ will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC. Keep an eye out for further information and upcoming announcements, such as a possible new demo, in the upcoming months.

Overall Adjustment Plans

Improve controls in response to high demand from players.
Improve problem areas in control responsiveness.
Make controls more customizable by adding options.
Adjust gimmicks and enemies that were unreasonably difficult.
Add and improve tutorial visibility.
Adjust the performance and balance of various actions.
Improve the overall quality of background graphics.
Improve the visibility and balance of stages and the open field, and make exploration elements easier to understand and more well-balanced.
Make notifications and other elements that appear on screen during combat less distracting, and make it possible to dismiss such notifications via button/key input.
Improve the balance of progression elements.
Improve the quality of multiplayer mode.

Player Actions and Controls

Make it easier to perform Martial Arts that require the use of the control stick, and add an option to perform those Arts using buttons.
Make changes to prioritize Martial Arts rather than grappling when the player presses △ following a Quick Attack against an enemy whose Ki has been depleted.
Add an option to perform Guardian Spirit Skills with different inputs.
Decrease the negative effects that come from using Transformed Arts.
Enable the use of Ninjutsu after canceling Mist.
Increase the number of actions that can be canceled using Guardian Spirit Skills.
Increase the window during which a Guardian Spirit Skill can be canceled.
Make the motions for using Elixirs faster.
Make it possible to perform Martial Arts while using Living Artifact.
Increase the Martial Arts commands available for use with all ninja weapons, and increase the types of Martial Arts that can be set.
Make it easier to open the Gesture menu.
Make it possible to unlock the option to swap weapons, allowing the player to switch between two equipped melee weapons in each play style, through game progression.

Style Shift and Burst Break

Make it possible to change the method of differentiating Style Shift and Burst Break (by either pressing or holding the appropriate button) in the Options menu rather than the Skills menu.
Add an option to differentiate Style Shift and Burst Break via different inputs.
Shorten the recovery frame for Burst Break.

Summoning Seals

Make it possible to use Summoning Seals while moving and improve usability.
Add a skill to cancel other actions when the player uses a Summoning Seal.

Enemies

Make highly requested adjustments while maintaining the tension of encounters with formidable enemies.
Make adjustments to the performance of some overpowered enemies.
Reduce the HP for some overpowered enemies.
Make is so that Crucible Wasps can no longer movie to heights that are impossible to reach with jump attacks.
Adjust the movement speed and behavior of Crucible Wasps so that it will be easier for Ninjutsu attacks to land.
Reduce the target tracking abilities of enemies to make it possible to flee from them.

Level Design and Stages

Improve GI (global illumination) behavior.
Lessen the fog in some areas where it was too thick.
Adjust elements that look as if they have a matte texture.
Make it clearer which locations or elevations cannot be accessed.
Improve visibility in dark or shadowed areas like inside buildings or in the Crucible.
Reduce the amount of fall damage taken.

The Crucible

Improve replayability by making it possible for players to fully recover from Life Corrosion when their Guardian Spirits return to their side.
Make it possible to recover from Life Corrosion by using Elixirs via the effects of Jizo Blessings.

2025-08-04 22:12

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