A Critical Thought on When Video Game Difficulty Becomes Cheap

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Nioh
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Nioh (2017)
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For today's Critical Thought, we return to the topic of difficulty balance and when the line gets crossed. Trying to figure out when something is just unfair to the player is tough, but playing through Nioh, I was able to find a few good examples of this and what usually ends up happening.
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