Torillian on 16 September 2009
I think one thing that makes for a good Action RPG is the necessity of dodging. If you can just stand there and smack enemies while they hit you without a worry then it'll get boring, but if you have to dodge or mitigate pretty much every blow from the enemy then you have a much more exciting system. Examples are SMT: Devil Summoner 2 and Demon's Souls.
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