Happens with any industry that gets big, I think. More profits=more suits/vampires coming in and replacing artists/scientists or whoever is more qualified to make key decisions.
This won’t stop unless infinite wealth hoarding is tackled by governments, if ever.
Sure, but look at the PS2 catalog, for example—way more weird games with relatively high production for the time.
Daaaamn, DMC on GOG? Let’s go Capcom!!! Love seeing more action games on there.
i already own Bayonetta and The Wonderful 101 on Steam, but I wouldn’t mind double dipping if Platinum/SEGA follow suit.
Hmm… metroidvanias never really stick the landing for me, but I had fun playing through SotN back in the day, and I’ll shout out a couple of modern ones with fun combat: F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
I never posted anything from my PoP gameplay, but this is a clip showcasing on-the-fly weapon switching in F.I.S.T: https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/9ba87a0a-ae01-4931-8d74-58e38dddb621
Fun fact: I never ever even heard the name Toshiro Mifune.
I just can’t… why do people wear ignorance as a badge of honor nowadays?
I watched the highlights of dunkey’s stream the other day and laughed out loud a number of times, TBF.
I think Juzou and Genichiro is where I stopped. Game’s offense is so boring I realized I’ll have much more fun if I replay Ninja Gaiden 2 again, so I went and did that instead.
I’ve never paid more than $20 for a game.
And I wouldn’t play Borderlands 4 for free, TBH. If they pay me my hourly rate, I may consider it depending on contract length. Other than that, fuck off, Gearbox.
Hmm… sure, but ima die on the hill Mad Max should be a linear game with sole focus on vehicular/melee combat. I don’t really think it needs to be an open world game.
Assault Spy comes to mind.
And Mad Max maybe?
Running on water in NG2 is super fucking cool.
In The Wonderful 101, you can dive under water when you carry a hammer (heavy weapon), otherwise you swim on the surface.
Looks like you’ll to need to wait and see what the GrapheneOS team will recommend until they come out with their own phone. Maybe Pinephone for now? Or older Pixel, perhaps.
playing as V it felt like the winning strategy was just buttonmashing
How are we still making these criticisms in 2025 😔 This is why discussing action games in mainstream spheres sucks balls because half of the criticisms are as lazy as this. Y’all should do better.
Agreed, but extend that to cover action games in general. One playthrough is not enough to understand why everyone else is praising them.
OK, so I’m gonna say this about action games: if you approach them like you do every other game—one playthrough and you move on—most are gonna disappoint you. DMC5 in particular is possibly the worst culprit; however, if you’re willing to commit to exploring their depth and play on the highest difficulties, holy shit some of the best gaming you’ll ever experience.
This is why I cannot take casual reviews of action games seriously because any action game fan knows the first playthrough is the tutorial, while for most people it’s the whole game.
I can’t really fault people for wanting to move on after one playthrough, but when they say stuff like “I played DMC… and it’s not that good” I just wanna say: yeah, no shit, because you didn’t stick around to explore why everyone else is praising it—you played the tutorial and moved on.
We could argue whether this is bad game design, but the truth is not only does it work, I don’t believe there’s any way for a game like DMC or Bayonetta to feed all of its combat depth to players in one playthrough. Hell, it’s not enough for the muscle memory to kick in to get even close to mastering everything, so I cannot really blame devs that much.
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Well, damn. Go Kirkman!
Hmm… for me, it’s less about memory and more about helping myself see a pattern of what I like and what I don’t, which eventually helps me make better purchasing decisions.
Like, when I look at a list of my favorite games, I can conclusively tell you: I like challenging, replayable games with real-time action, synergy among their mechanics, and mechanical variety.
For me, this knowledge would not have been attainable if I didn’t sit down and put together a list of what I like/what I don’t like.
I use Gamebrary because it’s FOSS, so I suppose you could in theory clone the repo and self-host it, but IDK how self-hosting ready it is.
This take sucks. There’s a clear cap on what indies can do because they have a limited budget. Whatever their output is, it’s not comparable to big studios output.
What the market lacks is quirky games on a medium budget, which’s not what indie scenes provide.