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Re:Square-Enix sells all of its Western game studios and the... by morelisp on Monday May 02, 2022 @02:37PM (#31239041)
"Gameplay" is a non-criticism. The combat movement is clunky, especially by western it-sucks-if-I-can't-cancel-everything-all-the-time God of War standards. Plenty of other stuff is amazing.
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Re:Square-Enix sells all of its Western game studios and the... by bluefirebrand on Monday May 02, 2022 @03:46PM (#31239929)
> "Gameplay" is a non-criticism.

How is "Gameplay" a non-criticism of a Game? That makes zero sense.

Also, that gameplay you are talking about was arguably pioneered by Devil May Cry, which is a Japanese game.

So I don't know what you're on about "Western Gamers"

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Re:Square-Enix sells all of its Western game studios and the... by morelisp on Monday May 02, 2022 @05:00PM (#31240859)
GoW’s explicit design goal was “NG/DMC but easier and more cancels.” Which is fine, but the difference is there.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/combat-canceled-i-god-of-wa...

As for “gameplay” I’m not going to recapitulate the past decade+ of how we’ve learned to write about games. It’s semantically empty, say what you mean instead.

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Re:Square-Enix sells all of its Western game studios and the... by Jensson on Monday May 02, 2022 @03:43PM (#31239876)
> it-sucks-if-I-can't-cancel-everything-all-the-time

Western gamers loves Dark Souls/Elden Ring so that statement is definitely false.

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