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Combat peaked in GoW3 and it's definitely the best western action game, IMO. OG trilogy badly needs a remaster and PC port, which I read is in the works, so that's good.

I liked the freedom of expression GoW3 gave me. Like, you get one opening and you can fuck up the enemy in all sorts of ways in true action game spirit. Really good stuff and more western action games should've followed suit.

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MudMan@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Frankly, I don't think any of the originals are particularly good, and I was done with the new one just before the first one was over. They aren't terrible, but I've always found the praise and hype for the series entirely disproportionate to the content.

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- mohab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  Frankly, I don't think any of the originals are particularly good
  
  In terms of what? And what's your relationship like with the character action genre?
  
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  - MudMan@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I don't particularly love the floaty, sloppy "just put some damage in this 180 degree arc" basis of the combat system much. I am also not at all on board with most of the early teenage edgelord narrative stuff in there. Maybe I was a bit too old by the time these came out.
    
    The Harryhausen references are neat and some of the boss fights are cool set pieces that did set some of the groundwork for later AAA action games, but I would much rather spend time in the more expressive, free-flowing Devil May Cry side of things if I'm going for snappy, precise combat... or all the way into Musou slop, I suppose, although I'm not much into that, either.
    
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    mohab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    I don't particularly love the floaty, sloppy "just put some damage in this 180 degree arc" basis of the combat system much.
    
    I'm not sure what this means, to be totally honest.
    
    I am also not at all on board with most of the early teenage edgelord narrative stuff in there. Maybe I was a bit too old by the time these came out.
    
    I don't care what anyone says, narratives in character action games are shit 😂 I'm never gonna defend it, and always find it odd that people cared about their stories. They're not good vehicles for storytelling, IMO.
    
    There's a reason GoW (2018) had to change genre to shift focus to storytelling, for example.
    
    I would much rather spend time in the more expressive, free-flowing Devil May Cry side of things if I'm going for snappy, precise combat
    
    Hmm… this makes me wonder how much time you spent playing around with GoW3's combat system because it clearly takes a lot of inspiration from DMC.
    
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knokelmaat@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Nice to see some more GoW3 love. I adored this game from beginning to end and loved the variation the different weapons brought to the table.

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