[quote name='KingBroly']For Bayonetta, I hate to ask this, but what's the closest comparison this generation anyway for technical action games? Devil May Cry 4? A game that is only half a game, but has the series' best combat? Ninja Gaiden 2 was a broken, unbalanced shitfest of a game, and NGS2 was nerfed, not balanced. NG3...yeah, let's not go there. Saying Bayonetta is the best action game this generation makes it sound like there was an actual competition for it, when in reality it wins by no one else even trying. I'm not saying Bayonetta is a bad game, but it's pretty overrated.
I'm not trying to hate on BlazBlue specifically, but it's just an observation that a lot of fighting games have had this generation, and it deludes the fighting genre, just like Capcpom did back in the 90's with Street Fighter. I don't think "following Capcpom's lead" for fighting games does the genre any favors.[/QUOTE]
DMC4 was good, it just was kind of silly to make you replay all the levels as Dante. NG2 had very competent gameplay, it just wasn't technically competent in comparison to NGB. I didn't even realize there was an NG3, it sounds like "DMC2" when I say it. Bayonetta feels more underrated than overrated to me, but their only competition does seem to be themselves at this point. That still doesn't take away from the fact I consider it to be one of the greatest games from Japan this gen. Not just best action game, but best game.
Would you prefer no updates for fighters at all? How would you propose we treat the genre?
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Speaking of fighters, before I forget, 3sO patch details!
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/...online-edition-title-update-plan-and-details/