A thread to discuss action games such as Wanted Dead, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Nioh, and more

>>715226213 (OP)
I fucking love GAMEPLAY DENSITY

Is Wanted Dead cool?
Or is it Devil's Third cool?

>>715226792
I think it is cool. But the gameplay is hot donkey diarrhea.

>>715226867
So....it's more Devil's Third, right?
Damnit.

>>715226792
no
>>715226603
same haha

don't worry, after dmc1 demake, they'll make dmc6 without itsuno

Did you see that larp insider today who said Capcom is remaking DMC 1-4 using the RE Engine? >>715195313
What was his problem?

>>715226983
I bought it for like 3 bucks on cdkeys. It's cool, but really short. I enjoyed it.

So excited for DMC 4 remake by Platinum

>>715226213 (OP)
>Action Game
The healing has begun
>Wanted Dead
So close...

https://youtu.be/zUsbki1ig5c

>>715228795
Fromsoft truly is the king of games

he's having a blast, why doy (you)?

.

>>715229345
Lady is really better with a cock.

>>715226213 (OP)
>>715226792
I finished Wanted: Dead this week. It's a good action game, but there's something weird: it seems it was cut short, a lot of things like characters and relations are very briefly introduced/show up/we interact and it clearly needed more content.
Not only it ends on a cliff-hanger but it also feels kind of rushed and unfinished.
It's like a cyberpunkish short No More Heroes; if it only had as much content... Eh, anyways, I got it at 80% off at this summer sale, so it was totally worth it; would buy the sequel or at least a DLC for some closure.

>>715226867
you probably got the worst abilities for the time and got stuck
or
git gud

I guess I can sum up what I meant here
>>715229912
with: there's basically no introduction, almost no development and definitely not an ending
it's just the "middle" of a game
and you basically have to search for "lore" in files spread through all the game's stages

>>715228168
>uses "—"
It's AI generated

>>715226213 (OP)
This game is anime but in a strip club

>>715226792
(You) playing Wanted Dead

>>715226792
It's cool and good.

1
>unless you have nostalgia it’s aged quite badly and considered boring and slow in 2025
2
>so bad it is universally hated in the fandom, you are not even supposed to mention it
3
>the only good game
4
>literally unfinished
5
>feels really repetitive even though it’s a 10 hour game, say the worst action game ever
Reboot
>almost as hated as 2

This franchise has too many issues dont you think? 3 fans are carrying the legacy on its back by themselves

>>715228293
Isn't the levels being shared a good thing? It means that you might be able to play the whole game as Ryu in Chapter Challenge or something similar

I honestly believe if the DmC Reboot went full edge like the first trailer implied it wouldn't be as hated as it is now.

>>715233002
>1
>>unless you have nostalgia it’s aged quite badly and considered boring and slow in 2025

>>715233413
>now
unironically no one hates it now, people always say it's good

>>715234552
I remember everyone hating it on release, both for the story and gameplay. But generally I only see retards hating the updated version with all the combat improvements. Personally I really like the aesthetic and the soundtrack a lot from the start, but the story is just garbage.

>>715234702
Yeah I agree, the game is pretty good

>>715226213 (OP)
ss

>>715226213 (OP)
ss

>>715226213 (OP)
Tranny game, bring back original op pic

Nioh 3 soon.

wanted dead isn't a cag btw, it's more like bad bmup

>>715226792
it got the same gameplay as deadpool on gen 7, just without the jokes. it even got the same hallways.

>>715226213 (OP)
>>715226792
Female characters has tattoos

No point of playing anything once you completed the ultimate action game SEKIRO

>>715237992
Lmao

An idiot admires complexity (devil may cry), a genius admires simplicity (dark souls 3)

>>715238689
Agreed

>>715238689
True (but not for souls, those suck)

>>715234702
the updated version is good, isn't that the consensus since it was released?
story? ass
if it wasn't a reboot and just a prequel, not fucking up the canon, it would've been way better - even if they could just throw the canon out anytime they wanted

>>715226213 (OP)
gem

I haven't played an action game in a decade

>>715230435
em dash is easy to type on mac and linux.

Play their game.

>>715238751
What's the deal with shinobi? Never played it but the cover looks cool

>>715242863
It's the perfect interpretation of 2d action to 3d.

>>715243254
lol

>>715238751
Was the red muffler based on this dude?

>>715243748
That's been the rumor for years yes.

I think I've ran out of CAGs to play..

>>715226792
Don't trust the fanboys, it's bad, and should be bought for $1 or downloaded.

>>715234552
The game is good, the only bad thing was the initial release unpatched. Most of the criticism is subjective, and the other minor issues were fixed in DE. In my opinion it's the 4th best game in the series.

>>715234552
nah

>>715244605
You haven't

>>715226792
for 5 bucks it is, hannah stone is sexo

>>715230435
Alt 0151 gifts you the most underrated punctuation mark on Earth after semicolons, use it well

>>715245012
name 100

Is NG4 really worth 70 bucks?

>>715246024
we will kill you if you won't buy it

>>715246024
No vidya is worth 70 eurodollars, wait for sale or buy at a discount from key sites or get it free on gamepass trial.

>>715242642
Origin was surprisingly good, there is something very satisfying about getting all the timings down to pull off the actual long combos. Lei is an extremely fun take on ranged characters, and the game is very pretty.
Not as deep a game as I would have liked, I do miss a lot of the character switching and crazy combos you could pull off in Z2 Chaos, and Saaya's chainsaw moveset especially.
At least we got the best final boss theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T_IQs1dfc8

>>715226792
it's a legit 4/10
don't listed to cuck underground dick riders

>>715247393
>listed
hello saar

>>715226213 (OP)
>Wanted:Dead unironically became /v/'s new favorite action game
If this is what you want then it's what you will get.

>>715246024
I am buying it day one to support these kinds of games being made UNLESS the performance is dogshit, in which case TN and P* don't deserve my money. But this is basically the only game I'm gonna get this year other than Ragebound which I liked the demo of.

>>715247531
>Aaaiieee he picked the wrong auto complete on his スマホ, he's indian
Fuck you bloody

>>715246024
I have my doubts even though I’m going to buy it

It looks like league of legends

>>715226792
Literally the worst game I've ever played if you don't count shovelware jank. Onechambara is less shit than this

Post good move animations now !

>>715247575
what the fuck are talking about, it's literally just 1 shitposter and mork

>>715252610
easily

>>715226213 (OP)
Is Wanted Dead actually good or were the bad reviews just tranny astroturfing because there's an attractive woman as the protagonist?

>>715255778
It's Devil May Cry 2 all over again: a very mediocre game that /v/ pretends it's excellent and a secret masterpiece out of sheer contrarianism.

>>715255778
it's a mid shooter and a mid action game mixed together, there are some cool ideas but it's pretty boring and not worth your time

>>715255909
>>715256237
filtered

not enough sandbag juggling for you?

>>715256237
it's a bad shooter, even with perfect aim you aren't given enough ammo to knock out even half of the enemies
guns in action games should be infinite ammo flourishes for keeping your combo up, not whatever they tried to do here

>>715257327
limited ammo was one of the few good things about the game, there would be no reason to engage with enemies in melee otherwise

>>715257497
Evil West is a much better mix of an action game and a shooter. Wanted: Dead is only good as ironic cringekino.

>>715258034
probably true, haven't played it yet, weird how /v/ "hardcore gamers" never mention this one

>>715258034
NTA but I dropped Evil West halfway through. I’ve never done that with any other games would rather slog through but just felt like a massive waste of time as it went on. The parasiter was a cool boss but pretty much the only good thing about the game. They should have stuck to the West setting, more cowboys and vampires in the desert it would have been actually kino. They had that for like 15 minutes, then it changed to too much boring ass dark swampy samey dungeon every fucking level. I don’t have an issue with the lack of enemy type variety if it’s fun to fight them, but they weren’t

>>715255778
It's just a worse version of Devil's Third with 1/3 of the content included because they ran out of funds.

What do we think of lock-on in action games? How much is it needed?

>>715258498
I enjoyed Evil West a lot but it was still flawed; I just kept using the electric grab because it was just way too efficient.

Honestly I should replay DMC5 one of these days.
People are so against that game these days I wonder if it's actually shit and I somehow didn't realize it.

>>715258987
>people
mentally ill contrarian /v/edditors are not people

>>715258769
bmups don't have lock-on so it's a shit design, soft lock-on/bayo style is the way

>>715226213 (OP)
>character arts are all the same except for palette swapping
fucking terrible art direction

>>715258792
Yeah I never said it was perfect, just that it was better than W:D. I liked the satisfying feeling of popping heads, kicking a vampire lord out of his attack, and then exploding them.

>>715258769
Depends on the game, either way it should be held instead of toggled imo like in DMC.

>new NG 4 clip
LETS FREAKING GO !!!!

he fucking raped these jujutsu kaisen looking mfs

>>715261094
The NG3 outfit looks good but I kind of wish it didn't have the grip of murder, they could have a toggle for it which would be great. Anyway I noticed that Guillotine Throw has proper collision when you throw one enemy into another which looks interesting, it might do the same wall bonus damage to the one thrown but the other guy gets a big stagger, maybe it does damage to him as well. The attack at the end just looks cool as fuck.

Senran Kagura

>>715261567
looks pretty sick not gonna desu

the best thing about platinum slop is that theor campaigns modes are relatively short and dont take much time to replay on subsequent playthrough, much better than the ~15 - 20 hour slog from ngb and the rest

>>715261586
Hoping for a toogle too. The more interesting part about GT is how he seemingly did it out of another move (in the first instance). Also he delimbs and OTs the guy with the same hit, what the hell.
>both blue and red afterimages
cool as fuck

>>715261567
Still no enemy aggression and animations are much worse than 3RE

>no enemy aggression
definitely mental retardation at this point

>>715262390
okay dmc bros you might wanna skip this one

>>715261567
REDEEM THE 90 DOLLAR DELUXE EDITION SAARS

>>715261595
Is garbage /v/ is infatuated with for some reason.

After playing NG2 and Razor's Edge I'm not enjoying NG1's combat any more.
04HH2

>>715261567
>only 1 weapon
>doesn't show Ryu's HUD/UI elements
>cynical deluxe edition outfits marketing

I know they buffed Ayane in a post-launch update for NG2B because she was fucking useless, but did they buff Rachel as well? I remember her chapter on Mentor was annoying and difficult on Mentor when the game released, but I just went through it on Master Ninja and found it quite easy.

>>715262171
Oh yeah that's pretty crazy. I wonder if it's just something you can freely cancel into as long as you're in the air or jumping forward. They definitely must have just made any heavy attack in any string immediately go into OT with how fast he does it, as well as making it an instant transition rather than an attack that triggers the OT. It'll maybe up the pace a whole lot at least, but it's funny how he OTs the other guy he's not attacking at the end.

>>715261567
Why do in some clips the corpses of enemies disappear instantly and in some clips they persist forever?

>>715226213 (OP)
>Wanted Dead
Dogshit

>>715263176
>post-release patches to make the "definitive" edition even easier than sigma 2
KT is fucking embarrassing

>>715263176
Both Ayane and Rachel's chapters had enemies nerfed.
>fucking useless
No, people are just extremely bad at using them and refuse to actually make use of what makes them strong, though Ayane's chapter also just consists of very difficult fights that would be hard with any character. Makes it all the more ironic that they whined so much about wanting it easier.

>>715262579
>for some reason
obviously it's because of the tranime girls

>>715262390
Wow, almost as hard as NG2 Ch1 on Acolyte

I love how Platinum is fixing Ninja Gaiden by making it play more like MGR and Nier Automata.

>>715263525
Probably optimization issues cause nu-platinum has indian devs.

>>715263579
I mean it was awful playing as Ayane in my experience. Her moveset was so bad you would whiff attacks against enemies right in front of you while getting raped from all sides because her moves had zero homing or tracking around her. Her weapon did such low damage and have the lowest delimb percentage out of any character. Her ninpo did genuinely fucking nothing at all, no damage, no delimb, basically just pushed enemies away from you to safety. The only way to play her without dying instantly was to throw flying swallow over and over and wait for a decapitation.

>>715261567
it's impressive how bad the OT transitions are

>>715264737
platinum is a small indian studio, please understand

>>715264737
>>715265985
LMAO even WD has better animation transition during into an execution and that was on a shoestring budget without any big studio funding.

I'm surprised that /v/ is so negative towards NG4.
>Platinum is /v/'s golden child; not even 2011 From Software is as beloved as Platinum
>Ninja Gaiden is /v/'s favorite action franchise
>It's not a "rollslopper"

I expected the board to be all over it but if these threads are any indication only the Itagaki fan will play the game.

>>715266712
if /v/ is one thing, it is contrarian

>>715266712
sorry you feel that way marketer, stick to reddit nex time

>>715266712
first two are false, and /v/ loves rollslop

>>715266712
I thought the Ayane shitter was as bad as it would get for painfully transparent ignorance, lying and gaslighting but this one really takes the cake. Though both have those subtle notes of shitty grammar so I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same person.

>>715266630
this so much this haha

>>715266712
First has been false for a while. Platinum fell off hard.

>>715266712
the only good platinum games not made by kamiya were vanquish and TFD.

>>715261567
Why are the bodies instantly vanishing? Honestly looks like a cheap UE5 game.

>>715265985
>Gamepass fodder

As expected microsoft wants to pump content no matter the quality

>>715266712
Ninja Gaiden has different gameplay feel. NG4 looks like platinum game wearing NG skin. NG4 was a total monkey paw moment

>>715266712
Because making NG4 a Platinum game was a fucking stupid idea. They should’ve got Itsuno to direct this instead since he left Capcom

>>715268621
I always knew it wouldn't be good

>>715268621
>>715268757
one post is more retarded than the last

>>715266712
/v/ unironically shills garbage like Nioh now and shits on genuine action game
The board has been overrun by zoomgroid normalfaggot filth

>>715268889
Nioh 3 looks immensely better than NG4 though. It’s not even a competition.

>>715268757
Then you'd bitch that "the enemies don't fight back" or someshit

>>715268932
No it doesn't. It looks like a game from 20 years ago and runs like an unoptimized piece of garbage coded by minimum wage indians

>>715268757
This is the most idiotic post I've seen in a long while.

>>715268757
NG4 problem is that Koei doesn't care and Microsoft is a shitty company. No matter the talent, the game would be a flop. Ragebound will only do well because it's a simpler game and harder to screw up.

>>715269062
But enough about NG4.

>>715269115
NG4 looks much better and will run much better too.

>>715268757
They should’ve let Team Ninja handle it. But Phil Spencer being a fucking retard thought that “Ninja Gaiden is an action game and Platinum is an action developer. Let’s get Platinum to develop Ninja Gaiden” without having knowledge of the intricacies of gameplay, animation, art differences between studios.

>>715269337
And he was correct. Modern TN can only make souls dogshit.

>>715268975
DMC5 could’ve used more aggression but the enemies are at least more aggressive than NG4

>>715269337
Anon, Team Ninja has probably given the project a hard pass as they are focusing on Nioh and DW. Ninja Gaiden is a thing of the past. MS hired Platinum because of Clout and because they're cheap.

>>715269203
They couldn't even bother to add corpses and keyframe transition during an OT, you are coping. >>715265985

>>715265985
Apologize to OG NG3

>>715269418
All those souls likes all have elements to make a good Ninja Gaiden game. NG3RE has one of the best combat in the action genre. But I don’t blame Koei Tecmo, Microsoft came with free money, and it would be stupid to not accept it.

>>715269605
There were persistent corpses in other clips so that may be a work in progress thing or a setting to disable them.

>>715268932
NG4's reveal trailer has 2 times the views of Nioh 3's
Sorry, but nobody cares about Team Ninja's third rate souls shite :)

>>715269570
Wo Long was such a waste of dev time.

>>715269709
Their director straight up admitted in an interview that they have no idea how to make real action games anymore

>>715270189
Everything they make is a waste of dev time. They should just close down the studio or focus 100% resources on the DoA gacha.

>>715270229
That’s bullshit. All their games can easily be made more like Ninja Gaiden with little bit of adjustment. What the director probably said is that they don’t have the manpower to distribute to another project. I suspect the original Japanese was probably more vague than they can’t develop due to lacking skills

>>715269960
>NG4's reveal trailer has 2 times the views of Nioh 3's
Let's wait and see if the sales are 2 times higher too.
Which are the thing that matter, not youtube views.

Given how Wanted:Dead became the character action thread's gold standard then I think it's safe to ignore the thread's opinions about NG4.

>>715261567
Was that some kind of UT?

>>715261567
>ryu can parry now too
it's so over. certified parryslop

>>715261595
It would be good if the enemy ai was smarter. As soon as you're airborne you're basically an invincible god

Finally got my last missile tank. Holy pogger kino elemino! Now alls I gotta do is find the energy tanks and boom! Done. Now I can take it sneasy and breezy. They don't make em like these any no more.

>>715272720
I do have to wonder if the people shilling Wanted Dead are just ragebaiting or doing it unironically because a D-tier e-celeb made a video saying "no no, this shit game is LE GOOD ACTUALLY" so now all the bots with no free will of their own have no choice but to parrot his opinion.

>>715273406
Sekiro was a disaster for gaming. MGR parries are not so bad though. How sloppy they are depends on the command to do so

>>715274331
I think it's both.

Just stopping in this thread because a few days ago I was in a Stellar Blade thread and some retarded autist kept insisting I come here. These threads are just as cancer as they were years ago, except now with the idiotic posting styles of a general.

>>715274160
>>715272720
>>715269418
etc. All retarded worthless post not worth reading.

I only hope that fucking loser is in this thread right now to see how fucking garbage this thread is, and why I, as a semi-functioning autist would not want to be a part of this retarded circlejerk. Don't bother replying to me, I won't respond.

>>715274429
who asked?

>>715226213 (OP)
>>715226792
>girlboss with tattoos
>girlboss with muh hecking wholesome kitty kot
>the yiik guy
>nigger
And dropped.

>>715274331
I really like Wanted Dead. It’s a fun game with glaring flaws that may be interpreted as quirks. Combat has a lot more depth to it than people think but the game doesn’t tell you what to do. Instead they just give you a training area expecting you to figure it out. You definitely need to do better than button mashing as you progress. Combat scenarios peak mid game with ninjas that come at you hard. Some bosses can be very punishing, unless you know what to do - my go to is dash attack stagger and headshot with appropriately upgraded gun. Third person shooting is good, but you can’t rely on it too much especially if you aren’t aiming for the head, you will be wasting a lot of ammo. You also need to upgrade your gun especially for certain boss fights. I think all the pointless weeb mini games are charming but some might not think so. I like the setting, cyborg zombie squad in Hong Kong, the story is nonsense and the voice acting is dopey. But the game lets you know that it is self-aware of it. I love it, but I can understand if some wouldnt

>>715274331
Yes to both.

>>715226792
It's just Devil's Third with a new set of assets slapped on top of it once again.
The new feature this time is some of the worst voice acting ever put into a non-indie video game.
https://youtu.be/burSyYOqv14?t=175

>>715261567
>attack into instant GT
lol what the fuck

>>715233002
Underrated post

>>715233002
NG has always and will always be the superior series.

DMC4 fucking sucks, why did /v/ lie to me

Looking at some of my old screenshots and damn, Vanquish didn't provide me with a final grade - I've got no clue where this score's placed by their standards. Does it give one only after completing God Hard or something?

>>715274429
>>715274160
>>715272720
okay bros our threads got too popular and now we are seeing some giga retards posting here, it's time to stop making these threads

KINO STATUS?

the combat in wanted dead is literally spamming strings and then doing guard cancels on reaction, holy shit, stop saying this slop is fun, it's ugly, poorly animated and insanely unfun

>>715283163
You don’t like a game they abandoned and released in an unfinished state to still get some money out of the fanbase?Shocker…

>>715283163
it's cool in bloody palace

>>715261567
>GT whiffs into an auto throw for the scrubs lmao
>Ryu doing so many after images he looks more like Vergil
>sound design is still horrid
>Ryu parries, enemy aggression can be circumvented too easily (see intercept in NG1)
>combos go into OTs which looks bizarre.

https://x.com/TeamNINJAStudio/status/1944049108278555076
>Making the Classic Blue Outfit DLC
Come on, man.

niggas really bringing up intercept and thinking they are smart...

>>715255778
I don't know if it even fits in these threads desu, but it was okay. It's a decent 3rd person shooter with action game elements, the setting and characters are fresh with enough to latch onto, gameplay feels unique and fluid, the levels are different enough that it doesn't become stale, etc. It's about as good as those forgettable but fun gimmicky action/shooter games from the 360 & PS3 days (including the randomly added gimmicks like rhythm games). It's like Astral Chain's cop setting in a kind of Tarantino film style, if you can find it dirt cheap you will probably enjoy it.
Also the protagonist isn't attractive, she's just not ugly.

Not the hecking afterimages...

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In previous Ninja Gaiden games After Images were supposed to denote I-framing through attacks. Adding them as a meaningless visual flourish muddies the functional readability of a fast paced action game

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>>715290258
>gets mogged by a 17 year old game
the absolute state of platinum

>>715255778
Parasocial fanboys throwing around buzzwords like Woke, Itagaki, Action games, women, good gameplay. Until you play the game and discover that it's a piece of shit

>>715293746
>buzzwords
>Action games
You meant CAGs