I thought DMC5's sucess would be a hope to revitalize it in the industry, but until now we're still stuck on 7th gen obsessions like ubishit open wolrds, snoy like movie games and soulscrap.
Why is the Character Action genre still dead?
Jackson White
Jordan Roberts
>Character Action genre
no such thing
Blake Hill
what are some non character action games?
Jace Sanchez
>DMCfag/action game thread
Weren't you suppose to seethe about other action games not being DMC until Ninja Gaiden avatarfag comes and becomes a more massive faggot in every thread?
Nathaniel Turner
Sekiro.
David Gonzalez
>Sekiro
not an action game
Lincoln James
Because they need to have mechanics that are actually good to be successful.
DMCV is literally a PvE 3d fighting game made by the company with over 40 years of fighting game experience on their backs. The amount of knowledge they need to have to pull a game like dmcv is insane.
If you don't have this knowledge at best you'll end up with something like Sekiro which is laughed at for being a "one button masher" or a "rhythm game". That if you have serious people behind the game, else you end up with the trainwreck that is DmC.
I'm not saying that Sekiro is bad (i liked it), but the likes of DMC or Bayonetta, etc are far more complex than one can imagine despite being fun and quirky games on the surface.
Elijah Turner
but you play as a character in sekiro
Dylan Young
The character action genre is extremely tribalized so there is no reason to make new games for it.
Jaxon Perry
Assault Spy was made by one dude. So is Ultrakill. Even if people hated it for how trashy it was, Ninja Theory's DmC was a decent stand alone action game.
AAA companies just aren't trying.
Adrian Williams
> So is Ultrakill
>ea trash
Lol
Aaron Powell
DMC5 sold well because its DMC, not because the genre itself is particularly popular or a good return on investment.
Michael Rodriguez
And most of those sales were either nostalgia-driven sales or just people curious due to the internet hype.
Almost none of those people would buy another character action game.
Blake Lee
they're not very marketable for the casual normalfag, which is why they're fun to play
Wyatt Garcia
because honestly they are not THAT fun. Games like Bayonetta and MGR:R are heavily carried by the plot and interesting characters.
Lucas Ramirez
Show us your awards in Bayonetta
Aaron Phillips
Play Scarlet Nexus. Easily the best character action game of 2021 and one of the best released in years.
Chase Myers
I'm playing a certain game Any Forums hates and I'm having a decent amount of fun with it.
Nathan Martin
Name of the game? If Any Forums hates it, it must be a decent game at worst.
Nicholas Rodriguez
>she doesn't have 4chanx
Liam Kelly
No wait, found it.
Yeah, Any Forums hates the fuck out of it. I think I may give it a try.
Parker Morris
If you're playing a game that gets the chimps on this site mad period you're already doing much better than they are. Keep doing it.
Carson Parker
One day indies will have such versatile tools (and asset creation options) that they will usher in a ps2-esque 3D action game renaissance.
You can only revert to Souls simplicity or Arkham-style homogeneity for so long. Eventually you'll have to start exploring more nuanced 3D combat systems to stand out.
And titles such as DMC/NG/Godhand/Bayo/etc are all there to be copied.