Nioh survey results show its alpha favoured by westerners

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Earlier this month Koei Tecmo release an alpha demo of Team Ninja's third-person combat game Nioh to much acclaim. It was downloaded by over 850k people and survey results show that most really enjoyed it. However, its punishing difficulty was criticised by players in Asia, while westerners largely found the challenge appealing.
In Europe 34 per cent of players said the difficulty and game balance were very good, with another 34 per cent claiming it was just good. 13 per cent thought it was okay (or "normal"), while only 19 per cent didn't like it.
Players in the Americas were even more keen on its sadistic challenges. 37 per cent thought it was very good, 35 thought it was good, and 13 found it normal. Only 14 per cent weren't in favour of it.
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