Your top 5 character action games.

[Leynos]

Kaunisto said:

I've hardly played anything that qualifies, being PC retro gamer (=generally never having hardware to run anything made within a decade).

Closest thing may be Batman: Arkham Asylum. Anything else wold be platformers or Double Dragon style beat'em ups. And I don't have great favorites among those, except Okami.

Die by the Sword?

No. DMC invented the genre. DMC. Ninja Gaiden. Bayonetta. They have complex combo systems, and the game ranks you after every encounter/stage. D-SSS in DMC. Bronze-Platinum in Bayonetta. Karma points in NG.  I almost don't put the No More Heroes series on the list as the combat is fairly simple, but it does have a ranking system. Hi Fi Rush is another in the genre with the added Rythm mechanic but the games structure follows DMC progression. The entire point of these games is to kill everything you see while maintaining a combo and getting your highest rank/grade. Stylish action is a subgenre of action/hack n slash/beat em up. Same umbrella but it's a very specific type of game that fits in.

Last edited by Leynos - on 01 March 2025