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A user on 5ch’s Hardware & Industry (Geha) board posted a self-made “action game tier list,” and the thread erupted into a mix of praise and criticism. While titles like Sekiro, Devil May Cry 5, and Ninja Gaiden 4 landed near the top, many posters argued the list was “skewed” since it left out Nintendo-style and 2D action titles such as Mario and Astro Bot. Others claimed the combat in Devil May Cry 5 and Bayonetta is “just one-sided attacking,” broadening the debate into a bigger argument over what should even count as a good action game in the first place.
What people said
But is there any action game better than this?
Re: #7
Replying to himself
Sneaky, tucking it away somewhere nobody'd notice
As an action game it's pretty solid! The story's garbage though
Sekiro is the best action game out there right now
Nah, nothing beats Ninja Gaiden 4 and DMC5
No Astro Bot or Mario
No 2D action games either
Should we just toss Mario in there too? lol
A trash ranking that's blatantly just one guy's personal taste — not even worth looking at lol
Are you a From Software fanboy or something?
Well yeah, obviously
DMC is a game about forcing your own combos onto the enemy
That's NES-era game design right there
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Who are we even talking about here
It really is true that SEKIRO is the only one that plays like a proper action game. The Souls series leans heavily RPG.
Well, this is purely a rating of the action
Overall, something like Elden Ring would rank way higher
Please recommend me some other action games!!
Don't care about the rest
No way Bloodborne is S-tier
Or do you mean how fun it is?
How fun the action is!
No, it's you
I looked up 'Kizunaryuutsuu' and turns out he's some guy who gets clowned on over at Geha
There's literally only you
What a liar lol
They said PBZ isn't a Soulslike, so I'm hyped 🥺︎
Curious how Dusk factors into this
I want From Software to make a pure action game too
Can't help it, platformer action games are boring — they're basically fossils anyway
Guess putting FF16 and Ninja Gaiden at the top is supposed to make you look like a connoisseur or something
Background and Key Points of This Debate
On 5ch’s Hardware & Industry (Geha) board, user-made game “tier lists” get posted fairly regularly, and arguments over biased selection criteria have become a running theme. This time, because the list was limited to action games specifically, opinions split over whether a high-difficulty one-on-one action game like Sekiro can even be judged on the same scale as combo-driven, spectacle-focused action games like Devil May Cry 5 and Bayonetta. Some also pointed out that excluding 2D/platformer action titles like Mario and Astro Bot suggests the criteria lean specifically toward “hardcore 3D action.” Since fan-made rankings like this tend to reflect the creator’s personal taste, they’re worth reading with the understanding that they aren’t an objective measure.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware & Industry [Geha]) thread “Action Game Hardcore Fans Have Decided the Definitive Action Game Tier List!!.”
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