Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25555436-20150613000756/@comment-25555436-20150627162317

-So I noticed. You should see my argument with Mercen in the FF7 Remake thread, it's beautifully disastrous.

-Ah yes, the "It's character action, not hack and slash, baka!" stuff. Aaah, kids these days with their unique titles to stand out from the other people and not be equals. These are all Hack and Slash, people only invented that "Character Action" genre so people didn't put their favourite game with the Murican ones like God of War or Dark Souls (yes, I know DS is actually japanese, but feels extremely western).

Besides, "character action" is such a dumb title IMHO. I mean, "character action"? With such a title it could refer to just about every action game in existence. If you want to divide it in sub-genres, do it in a good, reasonable way. For example, GoW and MGR are Hack and Slash focusing on impressive moves and kills (in different ways, but still), So call them Brutal HnS or Violent HnS (let's be honest, Raiden's way of killing people in MGR is pretty violent at times. Thankfully they're bots, so who cares). Or Xtreme HnS.

DMC and Bayonetta are "Stylish HnS", focusing less in impressive, violent kills against mighty oponents and more on making stylish combat moves that follow Rule of Cool to the letter, with more focus put on getting high Scores and looking cool than just normally hacking your way through.

Monster Hunter, Bloodborne and Dark Souls fall under "Tactical HnS", having a much slower gameplay were speed and style isn't the focus, but on planification and timing, were each hit may not look good, but can have a greater impact. Those are just a few examples.

-I honestly think Maki, that you just had fun playing those games because you're a fan of the genre. It's like with CoD players; they play the same game over and over, which would seem like it has good replay value. But it doesn't. Then why do they keep replaying it? Because they love it, and are willing to play it again and again and again.

Beyond having multiple dificulties with noticeable changes, they don't have much replay-value. But their fans love them, which is why they are willing with no problem to replay all those games many times, and have fun while at it.

Also, Bayonetta is available on the X360 too you know. It actually runs better than in the PS3 (better FPS and all).