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Yo, what about God Eater?

Hmm… this is common in action games and soulslikes, I think: Arkham in Devil May Cry 3 and Centipede Demon in Dark Souls come to mind. Those fights are all about positioning.

I feel as if this is a common solution to large boss fights in most games with melee combat; whereas humanoid enemies can typically either quickly turn, do sweeping 360 attacks, or teleport behind you (oh hi Vergil) so it’s less about positioning and more about pattern recognition and quick reflexes.

That said, it’s possible I misunderstood what you mean because I haven’t played older MH games or Xenoblade.

Hmm… I thought I knew what you mean, but you said MH and now I’m confused. Monster Hunter is mainly dodge and hit? I’m not an expert, but this is how I played World/Rise. How different were older MH games?

A new shmup port! Nice, thanks for sharing.

Depends on the genre. Not every genre gets a boatload of new good games every year.

We only got like 2 action games last year and one of them was not so warmly received (Lost Soul Aside) and a handful of indies in early access.

By action, I mean Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, Ninja Gaiden… etc. not the broad, useless Game Awards definition.

Not many new good shmups or fighting games either.

When a suit talks all I hear is: oink, oink, oink.

It’s one of those games where the power level is so high that almost the entire roster is viable. You really can’t go wrong with any of the 3 characters you named. All powerhouses in different ways.

In a hypothetical three-layer scenario:

1. Highest rated games, regardless of genres. (RDR2, The Last of Us, Portal… etc.)
2. Highest rated games, that happen to belong to my favorite genres. (Bayonetta, GGPR, Hi-Fi Rush… etc.)
3. Games that belong to my favorite genres, but aren’t necessarily highly rated. (Hellsinker., Soulstice, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax etc.)

Highest rating doesn’t guarantee I’ll like anything in layer 1, and not every game in layer 3 ends up being good enough. Layer 2 is the happy middle ground and the highest chance of finding games I’ll enjoy.

+R mentioned, nice

Ayyy, let’s go. Who do you main?

Is this an ad for Backloggd?

On a serious note, there’s a happy middle ground between my favorite genres and the highest rated games, and this is typically where I have the best experience.

Examples: Bayonetta, Guilty Gear Plus R, or more recently: Hi-Fi Rush.

Yeah, I am saying I think it comes down to personal preference, not arguing against your point.

It all comes down to personal preference.

But sophisticated graphics also can make a game.

This is not the case for any of my favorite games, for example.

I think it could be useful in edge cases and the user needs to be skilled at whatever they’re using it for.

Reality is it is predominantly used by rich assholes to cut corners and get around hiring and paying workers.

From Software could kill the entire soulslike genre with one lawsuit. Like, just pick the biggest non-From Software soulslike and sue the publisher.

I feel like this shit is cyclical. Like, we’ve been here before and we’ll be here again.

The question is: are we ever going to evolve past this nonsense before we go extinct. Historically speaking, the answer has always been “probably not”

We’re just getting closer and closer to the end so it’s more frightening now, I feel.

Fuck, I don’t like most video games so I can throw a rock and hit one, but I’m gonna go with the genres I like just to make it interesting.

Fighting games: Mortal Kombat—I’m sorry, I like the hyper violence as much as the next guy, but the gameplay doesn’t do it for me at all. Entertaining to watch, but it stops there for me.

Action games: Suda51 overall. Like, play No More Heroes but steer clear of the rest. It’s mediocre combat wrapped in nonstop nonsense.

Shmups: ZeroRanger. I can’t stand that game.

Can we not use “roguelite” and “arcade” in the same sentence? Roguelite is the anti-arcade.

Arcade games don’t reward you with permanent power ups for losing runs, that’s just modern gaming nonsense, which you can enjoy, just get your terminology right and don’t mislead people.

Beat’em up != arcade.

Hmm… I think this one is gonna be personal because people enjoy genres to varying degrees.

For me, it’s Konami’s PES (eFootball now, or FL2025 if you’re modding)

Start career mode, buy players, play a season, forget about it, and repeat like a month or two after. It’s a fairly mindless activity to me and I do it when I wanna give my brain a break.

Damn, that’s unfortunate. I’m glad Steam is cooperating though—a lot of platforms would try and bury this.

I hope this ends up being a blessing in disguise for them. Heart-wrenching to lose 10 years to a project and see little return because of a bug you’re not even responsible for.

Conan did a Clueless Gamer playing it and the game crashed halfway through 😂 Not even making it up, it’s on YT.

TIL broken is a premium feature 😂