How Action Games Encourage Skill

How do amazing action games like Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden, and Bayonetta encourage players to do more than just mash the X button? Let's find out inside The Game Design Archive! Support the show being ad-free! • https://www.patreon.com/NickolaiBoulton Twitter! • https://twitter.com/NickolaiBoulton Twitch! • https://www.twitch.tv/nickolaiboulton Instagram! • https://www.instagram.com/nickolaiboulton Thanks to Vash for his help with DMC4 • https://twitter.com/VashTSB • https://www.twitch.tv/vashtsb ? Tunes? Ninja Gaiden 2 OST - Track 31 - Precipitation Ninja Gaiden 2 OST Track 12 - Pursuers Devil May Cry 4 OST - The Viper (Combat) Ninja Gaiden 2 OST - Track 27 - Enter Nightmare Metal Gear Rising: Revengence OST - Rules of Nature Instrumental Ninja Gaiden 2 OST - Track 7 - Apparition Ninja Gaiden 2 OST - Track 29 - Lost Civilization Theme Song by Ace Waters - https://www.youtube.com/user/acewatersthe3rd SOURCES Sun Tzu's The Art of War - Chapter IV: Tactical Dispositions Extra Creditz on First Order Optimal Strategies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitZRLt2G3w