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bigtakilla on 05 July 2016
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GOWTLOZ said:
Chazore said:

That Sony IP was desfined as both action adventure and hack n' slash for the first 3 games and their spin-offs afterwards. THe current unreleased game however is not defined as a hack n' slash and is instead defined as "action-adventure", under that single definition it does not mean that it will "revive" another genre that it is not defined as. It's like saying one genre revives another but not reviving it's own first. 

If you want to argue now for the enw one being hack n' slash, then we can now argue the same for MH as it;s gameplay features a hack n' slash variety, especially with the latest one having multiple combat styles.

You don't need hundreds of millions of sales to revive a genre completely. As long as people make games for it then the genre will still go on. The RTS genre for example is still going on but we've yet to see a "base-building" C&C style RTS that rocks the world to come out yet.

I want to know where you get these definitions of genres from. Every hack and slash can be classified under the broader action adventure genre, but all God of War games so far clearly fall in this sub genre.

bigtakilla said:
This video is good and sums my feelings up nicely. Everything said may not represent my thoughts entirely, but it does basically hit up my general feelings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY6vIDCK7iQ

Basically just showing his distaste for the series and nothing more. I know some people like to hate on it, I would take his opinions with a grain of salt.

IkePoR said:
Probably not. The audience for the genre has matured, pressing the action button/QTE's until a door opens is very outdated and underwhelming these days. It is a niche now, with the Warriors series and Bayonetta filling it.

Except God of War has no action button lol, and doesn't focus on QTE's, they exist but they are not the focus, you have to learn the combat and enemy types to complete the games.

Oh that door opening thing? Yeah, I don't like that either but that's hardly ever been a problem, and so many other games like Uncharted have used it too.

And I know the genre is niche hence the title.

So you only see what you want to see. That's good.