There's only action games with good gameplay (DMC, Bayo, Ninja Gaiden etc), mediocre ones (Souls, Sekiro, Monhun, etc) and bad ones (Ass Creed, Zelda, Witcher).
What does cuhracter action means? You're controlling a character and there's action/fighting? You can control a character and fight in the Sims 4, does that mean Sims is a character action game? There is no reason to separate games with top tier action gameplay as separate genre. DMC/Bayo/NG get judged by their perceived mediocre/lackluster story, so any games involving 3rd person melee combat should also be judged relative to the standard set by DMC, Bayonetta and Ninja Gaiden
I argue that Bloodborne has better gameplay than DMC.
David Long
Different taste for different people, but I respect your opinion if you think dodging in and out and games with high mistake cost like Souls constitute good gameplay.
Personally I disagree. DMC has a lot more techs you can play with. Parries, juggle, timestop, cancels, reversals and inertia (admittedly the later two were bugs). You realize how shallow bloodborne is when you're fighting OP NPC hunters and PVP.
Kevin Edwards
there were adventure games. then to differentiate adventure games with action (so no slow point and click stuff) they made action adventure. then people said RPGs also have action and adventure so they came up with character action to reinforce the concept that you play as a specific character and its action oriented,
Noah Martinez
Combat is only a part of gameplay, not all of it. BB has better levels, exploration, monsters, and bosses, not to mention DMC is a snoozefest until SOS/LDK, which usually can't be accessed immediately, meaning you have to slog though arbitrary default difficulty.
Zachary Richardson
Where's the Ninja Gaiden 3 video Charlie
Kevin Taylor
Apples to oranges.
Carson Fisher
>DMC >good gameplay
Nathaniel James
That's sort of the point. OP is making an argument that combat = gameplay, but I disagree.
Christian Hughes
I like oranges more than apples. Some fruits are better than others.
