Video ka boeona e khutšoanyane, empa e matla. Ho eona, baqolotsi ba litaba ba IGN ba rorisitse Nioh 2 bakeng sa sistimi ea eona ea ntoa e makatsang. Destructoid e rehile morero letšoao la boleng ba maemo a holimo. PlayStation Universe e lumela hore likarolo tsohle tsa karolo ea bobeli ea filimi ea liketso li bontša hore re tobane le papali ea selemo. Basebetsi ba Eurogamer ba bitsitse projeke e pharaletseng ebile e ja tsohle.
Nakong ea ho phatlalatsoa ha thepa, tekanyo e tloaelehileng ea papali ho Metacritic ke 85% (litlhahlobo tse 76) 'me e tšoana hantle - ho OpenCritic (maikutlo a 79, 94% a khothalletsa ho bapala papali). Ea pele ho 2017 e ne e lekantsoe ke bahlahlobisisi ho 88%. Ka tsela, mohloling o le mong oa Metacritic tekanyetso ea basebelisi lipapali li tlase hanyane - lintlha tse 7,7 ho tse 10 ka likarabo tse 401.
Ho rona tlhahlobo ea morao-rao ea Nioh 2 Mikhail Ponomarev o fane ka lintlha tse 8 ho theho ea Team Ninja ho tse 10, a e rorisa ka mefuta e fapaneng ea libetsa le likhokahano tsa ntoa, libaka tse majabajaba, litlhaku tse ngotsoeng hantle le morero o khahlisang. Ho ne ho boetse ho e-na le sebaka sa mefokolo: lintoa li ka khathatsa ha nako e ntse e ea, sebapali se ka sehloohong se shebahala e le ntho e 'ngoe feela historing,' me karolo ea boraro ea ho qetela ea papali e huleloa ka ntle ho seriti.