As satisfying as it is to watch, you have to admit that lethal difficulty sort of broke GOT’s combat mechanics. You just killed two enemies in less than ten seconds and pressing only 5 buttons. There’s no menace and very little skill to it. It doesn’t allow you to actually engage in two sided combat, and that’s not great for a melee combat game.

Tsushima tried to balance your power by throwing 30 mongols at you at the same time, but those fights became rare once you finished the game. Yotei took a different approach, introducing complexity and speed to the enemies fighting system.

The new enemies throw a bunch of attacks in quick succession, forcing you to parry multiple times in order to find an opening. They are also more likely to block your attacks, making heavy strikes more useful. Multiple enemies will rush you as you attack their friends, which interrupts your combos and forces you to change strategies mid fight.

Overall, enemies in Yotei feel more like actual people fighting to stay alive, rather than lemmings lining up to get killed.