Just about every enemy had specific nuances to their design, and if you knew those nuances, it would either make them much easier to fight, or provide Kratos some sort of utility. Great combat, great story that wraps up a trilogy, amazing music, and one of the most visually impressive games of the PS3 era. Bayonetta succeeds on just about every level as an action game. Its action is over the top, challenging, stylish as all hell, but most importantly, it rewards a skillful balance of offense and defense.
In a lot of other action games, the reward for having a good defense is not taking damage and perhaps getting an opportunity to attack. But in Bayonetta, every time you execute a perfect dodge, you trigger Witch Time, which allows you to deal dramatically more damage thanks to the slowed-down action. It leads to a super fun style of combat that is built not only on non-stop action, but also on that super cool feeling you get when you just get out of the way of a big attack.
Few things can trigger a rush of dopamine and endorphins in the brain like blocking a giant Metal Gear arm with a tiny sword, then hurling it into the air, cutting it in two with one clean strike, all while Rules of Nature plays.
Metal Gear Rising is just effortlessly cool, with superfluid movement and combat, the ability to slice through just about anything, and a fast ninja run that makes you feel like a Jedi with the ability to deflect bullets automatically.
Beyond that though, Metal Gear Rising also has a unique combat system that, like Bayonetta, relies heavily on carefully timed defense, but instead focuses on parries instead of dodges, and also throws in a slick as hell technique called Zandatsu that allows you to slice open your enemies in specific spots, grab their cyber hearts, and crush them to refill your health and energy.
Put simply, Devil May Cry 3 had been one of the gold standards of the action genre ever since it was released back in The mark that it has left in the action genre is absolutely indelible.
Hacking tends to be relegated to a mindnumbing mini-game in most titles, but Ubisoft gave players the necessary tools to cause wide-spread chaos in a massive urban playground. While the mechanics are enjoyable, the same cannot be said about the story, characters, or driving. Apparently, the damage was done, as the superior Watch Dogs 2 struggled to find an audience. After dropping the ball with its first sequel, Devil May Cry returned to the scene with arguably the hack-and-slash subgenre's magnum opus.
Set prior to the events of the original game, Dante's Awakening 's combat mechanics bestow the player with seemingly endless methods to dispatch enemies, while the style meter provides constant reinforcement for the player's hard work. With a suitably over-the-top storyline and a gothic environment to explore, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening remains the series' high-point and Devil May Cry 5 needs to be practically perfect to match its predecessor's excellence.
God of War III climaxed with Olympus in ruins and the world on the brink of destruction, so Santa Monica desperately needed to step away from Greek mythology. While this eventually happened with 's God of War , initially, the studio took a detour with a prequel set prior to the events of the first game. By itself, Ascension is not a disaster, but there was no shaking the feeling that this was nothing more than a side-story.
With Kratos achieving his revenge on the gods, God of War III was definitive; as a consequence, this full-priced prequel felt closer in spirit to the PSP titles than any of the console-based entries. Are we jumping the gun by including such a recent release?
A Metroidvania action-platformer with adaptive levels that allow for endless replayability, Motion Twin's Dead Cells is destined to be hailed as a future classic!
Responsive controls are a must for any decent action game, but this necessity is crucial when dealing with 2D platformers. There are still a couple of potentially brilliant titles set to come out by the end of the year; however, we cannot imagine any of them matching Dead Cells ' intuitive gameplay. As Bungie disappointed fans with Destiny , Industries strived to reach the lofty heights set by the Halo series.
Putting aside the almost fraudulent marketing , Halo 5: Guardians shouldered the burden of being one of the only incentives to purchase an Xbox One. Unfortunately, the short and unspectacular campaign left a mostly negative impression on players, while the dumbfounding omission of a split-screen mode muddied the multiplayer's shine. For all of its shortcomings, 's gameplay has mostly hit the mark, but the rest of the package needs to be up to scratch.
Established in , Ubisoft's Rainbow Six is synonymous with polished gunplay and exhilarating team-based battles. Picking a single entry worthy of representing the franchise is no easy feat, but 's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas might be the ideal place to start. Published towards the start of the seventh generation, Ubisoft's FPS served as a precursor t0 the genre's gradual dominion over the industry; nevertheless, few succeeding titles came close to matching Vega s ' satisfying mechanics and stellar presentation.
Even if the combat suffered from a bit of floatiness, it was still undoubtedly fun to engage in lightsaber duels. Admittedly, the first game peaked with its opening mission , but there appeared to be a firm foundation capable of producing a much-improved sequel. In terms of combat, The Force Unleashed II plays better than its predecessor, but LucasArts rushed the title out of the gate and effectively ended the series. With Batman: Arkham Asylum , Rocksteady Studios proved that licensed and superhero games were not predestined for awfulness.
Building on the brilliant framework set by its predecessor, Arkham City tweaked the combat and threw the Dark Knight into a gorgeous open-world littered with goons to fight. With the exception of a handful of Spider-Man movie tie-ins, the Arkham trilogy is the ultimate dream come true for comic book fans. Gotham might be the worst city in the world, but it feels good to fly across the sky as history's grumpiest vigilante! As a counter to BioShock , Metroid: Other M 's engaging combat is dragged down by a shockingly misguided plot which reduces Samus Aran into a parody of herself.
Even with the more story-driven Prime trilogy, Nintendo acknowledged that actions speak louder than words, and restricted Aran to a couple of phrases.
In a baffling move which nearly derailed the storied franchise, Other M 's bounty hunter refuses to be quiet for even a second. This might have been forgivable if she had anything noteworthy to say, but Samus' dialogue chiefly boils down to out-of-character panicking and teenage angst.
Sitting with an impressive 94 on Metacritic, Ninja Gaiden Black is a tough-as-nails adventure that pits the soft-spoken Ryu Hayabusa against an apparently endless carousel of dangerous humans and monsters. Devil May Cry 's combat rewards stylish takedowns, but Team Ninja's release focuses more on efficiency. Fast paced and incredibly punishing, Ninja Gaiden Black is challenging on the lowest difficulty, but completing a level feels genuinely gratifying. With a surprisingly long campaign lasting more than 10 hours, Ninja Gaiden Black contains almost TOO much action for its own good!
When discussing movies or games, subjectivity is always going to play a defining role. Votes: 22, After a century of hibernation, Link reawakens to once again save a ruined Hyrule from a great evil.
Votes: 6, M Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Set in BC during the Pelopenesian War, play as either a male or female mercenary as you embark on your own epic odyssey to become a legendary Spartan hero in a world where every choice matters.
Votes: A man must travel the nine circles of hell to save his beloved wife and repent for his own sins. Votes: 1, T Action, Adventure, Crime. In this sequel of Marvel's Spider-Man , you can play as Miles Morales as a new and different Spider-Man while he learns some stories about his will of fighting crime and serving justice by his mentor and former hero, Peter Parker. Votes: 4, Believing light and darkness must remain in balance, Master Xehanort seeks to spark war against the "tyranny of light" to restore equilibrium.
T Action, Adventure, Drama. Set shortly after Revenge of the Sith, the player takes on the role of a Jedi padawan being hunted by the Empire after Order Votes: 8, M Action, Adventure, History. Desmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope. M Action, Adventure, Western. A deputy is sent to the town of Hope County to arrest Joseph Seed, a corrupt evangelical religious leader who rules the town with the help of his disturbed followers.
M Action, Adventure, Horror. In , a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed. Votes: 18, Two years after a devastating global pandemic, bounty hunter Deacon St. John faces a brutal struggle for survival, and a reason to live. Votes: 5, In , the first successfully-bonded Big Daddy is reawakened to save his Little Sister from the clutches of Rapture's new leader, Sofia Lamb.
Votes: 9, M Action, Adventure, Crime. Prison inmates Vincent and Leo initially clash, but after Vincent helps Leo win a fight, they warm up to each other and decide to escape together. Votes: 2, M Action, Drama, Mystery. Votes: 14, Assemble a team of Marvel Heroes from a huge cast including the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men and more to prevent galactic devastation at the hands of the mad cosmic tyrant Thanos and his ruthless warmasters, The Black Order.
A video game where you play as sailor, privateer and assassin Edward Kenway exploring on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 17th century.
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