{"id":3295,"date":"2020-11-29T03:26:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T03:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/ghost-of-tsushima-combat-designer-discusses-the-difficulties-of-katana-balance\/"},"modified":"2020-11-29T03:26:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T03:26:39","slug":"ghost-of-tsushima-combat-designer-discusses-the-difficulties-of-katana-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/games\/ghost-of-tsushima-combat-designer-discusses-the-difficulties-of-katana-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Of Tsushima Combat Designer Discusses The Difficulties Of Katana Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the big challenges when designing a game based largely around realistic sword combat is finding the right balance so that attacks feel powerful without combat relying on one-hit kills (unless you take the Bushido Blade path). When designing PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima, Sucker Punch Productions had to find the right balance, and now the game&#8217;s senior combat designer has provided a deep dive into what their process looked like.In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Theodore Fishman has delved into some of the issues they faced while designing the game&#8217;s combat. A term he uses throughout is &#8220;lethality contract&#8221;&#8211;the player&#8217;s understanding that if they cut an enemy with a sharp blade, they&#8217;ll likely die. While it&#8217;s possible to make silent kills and standoffs instantly lethal, getting the balance on standard combat was difficult.&#8221;When we did our early playtests we received very negative feedback that enemies felt like &#8216;sword sponges,'&#8221; Fishman recalls. &#8220;My favorite quote from players was &#8216;I felt like I was hitting enemies&#8230; Click below to read the full story from GameSpot<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/ghost-of-tsushima-combat-designer-discusses-the-difficulties-of-katana-balance\/1100-6484913\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the big challenges when designing a game based largely around realistic sword combat is finding the right balance so that attacks feel powerful without combat relying on one-hit kills (unless you take the Bushido Blade path). 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