Dissecting Design -- How Nioh is Pulled Between Two Masters

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Nioh
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Nioh (2017)
Duration: 1:03:49
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For this week's Dissecting Design, we're talking about Nioh. Despite Team Ninja's background in action design, Nioh features a lot of elements from ARPG games; for better and worse.

0:00 -- Intro

0:37 -- Basic Gameplay

17:10 -- Nioh's ARPG Design and Itemization

31:23 -- Nioh's Difficulty Imbalance

58:05 -- Final Thoughts
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