/vr/ - Retro Games

Player expression has always been at the core of the appeal of hacknslash games. Yes, you can go through the game pressing 2 buttons like a mongoloid if that's the extent of your iq, but functioning people derive enjoyment from seeing how far they can extend their combos and the on-screen action by mixing attacks.
The same is true of beatemups

>>7006083
>This was considered the pinnacle of Slash n' Dash?
It's popular because it's Devil May Cry for people with 2 digit IQs.

>>7006083
That shit literally doesn't work on the harder difficulty settings. If you aren't juggling or discovering the optimal combos for each opponent, you get your shit kicked in.

SST against satyrs will be block punished 95% of the time.

>>7006104
They don't play the same at all, but go on.

>X X triangle
>X X triangle
RIKU!!!!!!!
>X X triangle
>X X Triangle
ANSEM!!!!!!!
>X X triangle
>X X Triangle
ANSEM AGAIN!!!!!!!!
This was considered the pinnacle of Slash n' Dash?

>>7006083
>Slash n' Dash
Please tell me this is some kind of retarded meme. What was the GodHand one again, hike and fight?

These are all just 3D brawlers FFS.
>>7006131
>They don't play the same at all, but go on.
COPE.

>>7006252
>>Slash n' Dash
>Please tell me this is some kind of retarded meme. What was the GodHand one again, hike and fight?
I do believe it was kike 'n' dyke.

not retro

For me, it's gotta be Rygar: The Legendary Adventure.

>>7006083
There's an alternate ending where you can kill zeus before ever confronting ares

>>7006458
This is a pretty based answer.

>>7006458
The game literally too ahead of its time for its own good

Rygar shits on GoW.

>>7006526
Rygar gave birth to GoW

>>7006083
Ey we gotta start somewhere

>>7006083
>This was considered the pinnacle of Slash n' Dash
yes, for normies anon. you have to remember that 'general consensus' and bullshit that is mutually hiveminded amongst masses is all because of normies. 75% of something will always be shit, that includes people and their tastes limited to their own skills. the true peak of slash n' dash was ninja gaiden black/sigma 1 and god hand for the ps2.

>>7006252
If you want to compare apples to apples, God of War has a million more things in common with Lament of Innocence than DMC.

3D action/adventure beat 'em ups were the brown 'n bloom FPS games of the 6th gen.

>>7006083
based

>>7006104
>Devil May Cry for people with 2 digit IQs
So Devil May Cry?

>>7006083
there's nothing more cringe than people who complain about old god of war games
>BUT LOOK HOW DEEP MY CHARACTER ACTION GAMES ARE
who the fuck cries over god of war? has this game threatened your genre?

>>7006083
>This was considered the pinnacle of Slash n' Dash?
Just for production quality, never really for the gameplay. The director for GoW even said the actual gameplay was shallower than DMC because they wanted players to be able to focus on the cinematic stuff and all the extra little mechanics the game had. But overall the gameplay itself was never the main selling point.

>>7006986
seethe

>>7007695
cope

>>7006083
It's just fun to play, not complex and combat mechanics focused like DMC. It's more about giving you a sense of adventure with all the scenarios you are put on an cutscenes.

>>7006986
In a sense, it led similar games like Lament of Innocence or Rygar to being written off as clones, even though Lament of Innocence came out before God of War.

A product that suddenly is a major influence on the rest of the genre can in fact hurt the genre. You can see that in, say, the effect of Halo on shooters, or in Half-Life popularizing use of scripted events for story.

god of soi is garbage

I never understood why Dynasty Warriors was always met with such critical disdain while the equally shallow button masher God of War was hyped so heavily. At least the enemies in Dynasty Warriors don't take 10 trillion hits to kill and it has a good story.

>>7008160
or Doom popularizing the garbage fps genre and overshadowing masterpieces like Ultima Underworld and System Shock.

>>7008340
are you expecting a reaction

>>7006083
Play it on the hardest difficulty, and you WILL use those handy moves. God of War 2 on Titan was an absolute fucking nightmare at the start but once you beat Theseus (jfc slamming the door on his head was SO FUCKING SATISFYING) it goes from bullshit to challenging.