>>717737563
a good mixture of mechanics.
team ninja already did this with both nioh games and stranger of paradise; no single defensive method (spacing, blocking, dodging, or parrying) completely takes over the game and each has its own specific usage in the correct scenario but you CAN hyperspecialize into using one method of defense much more than the others if you want to build around it. when you're good at those games the fights flow naturally and you end up using all of them at appropriate times and not standing still waiting to catch enemy animations in their active frames with a roll or a parry