Although it took a very long time to come back collectively, Team Ninja had a selected imaginative and prescient in thoughts for Nioh.
Nioh continually impresses anybody who will get to play it. From press-only demos at TGS 2015, to hands-on time with the most recent build, to not point out the 2 public betas, there’s a whole lot of optimistic buzz about Nioh.
But, those that get pleasure from it additionally recognise it is probably not for everybody. Like Ninja Gaiden earlier than it, Nioh is a difficult sport, and Team Ninja is aware of this. That stated, having performed each demos, some gamers got here away considering the sport was made simpler as response to fan suggestions.
“We believe ‘streamlined’ is the better expression. We are aware of such voices claiming that by improving controls and camera, the beta felt ‘easy’ to veterans from alpha demo,” sport director Fumihiko Yasuda instructed Destructoid.
“Nioh is meant to be a masocore game so during development, we consciously avoided making the game easy,” he added. The time period “Masocore” is derived from “masochistic” and “hardcore”, and customarily refers to difficult video games that will seem like area of interest, however are literally well-regarded in mainstream circles.
Yasuda feedback are attention-grabbing, notably when he brings up Ninja Gaiden three, and Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden, as each video games weren’t obtained effectively by followers of the sequence. He admits this was as a result of lack of focus, one thing which he hopes has been averted with Nioh.
The director additionally wasn’t shy in itemizing up to date in addition to traditional works that influenced the sport’s design, particularly the Soulsborne sequence, and even Diablo and Borderlands.
“Nioh was influenced by [the] Bloodborne and Souls series. For RPG/hack ‘n slash elements, especially the looting system, we looked to Diablo as well as Borderlands. As for samurai depiction, we took hints from movies such Lone Wolf and Cub by Kenji Misumi and Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa, as well as numerous Japanese period pieces,” stated Yasuda.
Nioh is out February 7 on PS4.
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