"Dark Souls" with a feudal Japan flavor will soon be enjoyed by PC gamers, as "Nioh: Complete Edition" has been announced for the gaming platform after months of being a PlayStation 4 (PS4) exclusive.
Developer and publisher Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. have also announced the minimum and recommended system requirements of the said PC port on its Steam page. Players will need a capable gaming machine to be able to run the game even at its minimum settings.
The minimum system requirements for "Nioh: Complete Edition" on PC entail an operating system (OS) of either Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or Windows 7, all of which should be 64-bit. A processor that is at least i5 3550 or newer is also necessary; the Advanced Micro Systems (AMD) equivalent which was not mentioned. A staggering 100 gigabytes (GB) of free hard disk space will also be consumed by the game, and to load the game's resources at an acceptable speed, 6 GB of random access memory (RAM) is required.
As for the graphics processing unit (GPU) requirement, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 280 VRAM is needed, and both should have at least 3 GB of video memory, a surprisingly tall order for minimum system requirements.
PC owners who want to play the game at its highest in-game graphics settings are recommended to have at least a Windows 7 64-bit OS, an Intel Core i7 4770K or newer, 8 GB of RAM, and for the GPU, at least an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB version or AMD Radeon R9 380X 4 GB version to ensure that the game will perform smoothly even on maxed out settings.
Since part of "Nioh's" gameplay experience is tied to multiplayer, PC owners are also required to have a broadband internet connection.
"Nioh: Complete Edition" on PC will include the base game and all its downloadable contents such as "Dragon of the North," "Defiant Honor," and "Bloodshed's End," along with a Steam Exclusive Bonus — a "Dharmachakra Kabuto" helmet in-game that can be claimed in the shrine by selecting "Boons."
"Nioh: Complete Edition" for PC will be available on Steam on Nov. 7.
