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!

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🎵 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 - acewatersthe3rd

SOURCES
Sun Tzu's The Art of War - Chapter IV: Tactical Dispositions
Extra Creditz on First Order Optimal Strategies - Balancing for Skill - The Link from O...