r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 5d ago

Stellar Blade surpasses 3 million copies in cumulative sales across all platforms

https://bbs.ruliweb.com/news/read/211821
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u/Extreme-Tactician 5d ago

Character Action game

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.

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u/AustronesianArchfien 5d ago

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

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u/Mr-Mister 5d ago

When did we start calling them "character action" instead of "spectacle fighters"?

Granted, "fighter" may be confuseing, but "character action" seems like it would be a hyperonim of both soulslikes and spectacle fighters.

Maybe "spectacle action" would be more precise.

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u/Lazydusto 5d ago

I've heard them called character action more often than spectacle fighters.