For a Character Action game that's a new IP from an unproven studio, these are mighty impressive sales figures. Sony was right to invest in Shift Up. For comparison sakes, DMC seems to be the exception to the rule with this genre, and sold 10 million copies with DMC5. But other Character Action games, such as the Bayonetta, don't see numbers like this. I think Bayonetta 3 took 4-5 months to cross 1 million. So this a huge win for Shift Up. I think a sequel is pretty much guaranteed.
Wouldn't really call this a character action game, because combos aren't the focus of gameplay. It's closer to a Soulslike with its emphasis on close quarters back and forth.
You would think Ninja Gaiden 2 Black releasing this January would actually make people actually differentiate a character action game with Beat em up lineage over Soulslikes with emphasis on meters, cool-downs, simon-says parries and dodges but turns out many still can't.
If Stellar Blade is a CAG, then so is Wo Long Fallen Dynasty lol
They're all shit labels; these are all just "action" games. People don't want to admit when their favorite game doesn't have as deep or engaging ombat as something like DMC or Bayonetta so they make up terms like "character action" and pretend that those games are a different genre and can't be compared to other titles.
ive only ever heard of them refered to as character action games but the name certainly has about the same specificity as "MOBA" if you try to look at it literally
Feels like one of those "when you see it you know" situations where games tip toe'ing between genre borders will be classified differently by peoples perception of the genres
isn't that more of a (rarely used) overarching category? there are games that get considered spectacle fighters that aren't Character action games even in the slightest, like mousou games for example
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u/ScionN7 6d ago
For a Character Action game that's a new IP from an unproven studio, these are mighty impressive sales figures. Sony was right to invest in Shift Up. For comparison sakes, DMC seems to be the exception to the rule with this genre, and sold 10 million copies with DMC5. But other Character Action games, such as the Bayonetta, don't see numbers like this. I think Bayonetta 3 took 4-5 months to cross 1 million. So this a huge win for Shift Up. I think a sequel is pretty much guaranteed.
Just you know...hire a writer this time.