How can we save action games? Why didn't they merge with jrpgs?

souls killed them

>>713256458 (OP)
just add pvp

>>713256458 (OP)
>Why didn't they merge with jrpgs?
They did, we got nioh. Now we getting nioh 3

Quit making them fucking gay. Quit adding unnecessary particle effects and flashing lights to placate the zoomoid. Quit making blood that looks like Jell-O. Quit putting an unnecessary amount of clothes on women.

>>713256458 (OP)
>Why didn't they merge with jrpgs?
But they did. Soulslikes, Tales of, Dragon's Dogma, even Final Fantasy now. All action jrpgs.

>>713258286
>merged
>souls
A more accurate term is action rpgs devolved into souls

>>713256458 (OP)
they already had progression. only reason action games declined is because casual faggots cant play them well.

>>713258440
but actual dogshit like the games in op pic getting shafted for the gigakino souls formula is the greatest thing to have happened in gaming in the past 20 years

>>713258576
>gigakino
Souls stagnated the second prepare to die edition dropped despite it never being mechanically interesting or engaging

>>713258576
Only good souls is nioh and that tries to be closer to action games.

>>713258830
nioh gets mogged by even lies of p
just a trash game

>>713258873
Lies of p has to be the most dull game to follow the formula. No idea why koreans just can't make a good game

I'm so tired of this "Souls killed action games myth". Souls didn't start really taking off in popularity until 2015. Meanwhile:
>Ninja Gaiden committed seppuku in 2013
>DMC reboot also happened in 2013
>Bayonetta moved to a console with very few people interested in action games
Never mind that these games never sold massive numbers to begin with, CAGs were always a niche genre.

>>713256458 (OP)
They did and we're about to get game of the decade because of it

NG and NG2 are disqualified from the running for GOAT action game due to the dogshit swimming sections. Thank God modern games stopped these half baked "adventure" elements

>>713257836
That's just fighting games

>>713256458 (OP)
They merged into the Soulshit we have now and are shit at being JRPGs and shit at being action games.

>>713256458 (OP)
Punching bags ennemies are boring
Endless combos are boring
Single player games are boring

>>713256458 (OP)
Action games, since the 8bit sprite era, have not changed. You play as a glass cannon who dies in a few hits and the boss has a mile long healthbar to inflate the playtime despite having just a few interactions that get repeated over and over again.

>>713258873
rough around the edges TwinkBorne. kys faggot

>>713259164
cant wait

>>713260536
sure anon, lets just have linear corridors with random waves of enemies spawning periodically.

>>713257836
did you play NG3RE's pvp? I used to play it on the wiiu, was pretty good

>>713266913
Yes, now you're getting it

>>713256458 (OP)
Add hot sexualized female characters with coomer outfits

>>713256458 (OP)
By having good enemy design again. Something no modern dev is capable of.

Is 2 Black a significant upgrade over 2 Sigma?

>>713257836
Devil's Third had a PVP version.

>>713263676
That's why the best games are designed around crowd control.

how long until i get rise of ronin for $20?

>>713267567
Significant? No. It's better than Sigma 2 but not by much.