He pōkole ka wikiō ponoʻī, akā ikaika. I loko o ia mea, hoʻomaikaʻi ka poʻe nūpepa IGN iā Nioh 2 no kāna ʻōnaehana kaua phenomenal. Ua kapa ʻo Destructoid i ka papahana he hōʻailona o ka maikaʻi loa. Manaʻo ka PlayStation Universe e hōʻike ana nā ʻano āpau o ka ʻāpana ʻelua o ka moʻolelo hana ʻo ia ka pāʻani o ka makahiki. Ua kapa ʻo Eurogamer i ka papahana he nui a pau.
I ka manawa o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka mea, ka helu awelika o ka pāʻani ma Metacritic ʻo 85% (76 hōʻike manaʻo) a like loa - ma OpenCritic (79 hōʻike manaʻo, 94% manaʻo e nānā i ka pāʻani). I ka makahiki 2017, ua helu ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ka mea i loaʻa iā ia he 88%. Ma ke ala, ma ka waihona Metacritic like helu mea hoʻohana haʻahaʻa iki nā pāʻani - 7,7 mau helu mai 10 me 401 pane.
I kā mākou ka loiloi hou o Nioh 2 Ua helu ʻo Mikhail Ponomarev i ka hana ʻana a Team Ninja he 8 mau helu mai ka 10, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana iā ia no nā ʻano mea kaua a me nā hui hakakā, nā wahi nani, nā mea i kākau maikaʻi ʻia a me kahi hoʻolālā hoihoi. Aia kekahi mau hemahema: hiki ke hoʻoluhi ʻia nā kaua i ka wā lōʻihi, ʻo ka mea nui ke ʻano he mea ʻokoʻa wale nō i loko o ka moʻolelo, a ʻo ka hapakolu hope o ka pāʻani ua huki ʻia i waho.