I don't think they are the end all be all by any means but they have a certain niche. Heavenly Sword, DMC, Enslaved etc aren't trash games. I always confuse them with Team Ninja because they are like a knock off of that but are quality themselves. DMC was always Ninja Gaiden's mirror. Tecmo and Capcom I think. I don't know the whole history there but very similar and were obviously targetting the same niche market of hack and slash action adventures.

DMC and Ninja Gaiden I always considered linear hack and slash action adventure in it's purist form when it was at it's height.

Half the issue is it is the same developers thogh. These developers created those genres. You rarely see developers today creating new ones or more story driven action adventures in different ways. You have open world but they are all pretty watered down. There is a lack of new talent because AAA games are all controlled by major publishers.

You don't see people creating new genres today with that kind of budget. You do but they aren't necessarily good either. QTE and walking simulators isn't what I'm looking for.

Not much hype for HellBlade?

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