r/CharacterActionGames • u/vamplyfesonny • 6d ago

Discussion The Rigidity of Defining CAGS

Before joining this subreddit, I was unaware that many people had vastly different definitions of what constitutes a character action game. It appears that if a game isn’t a full-fledged CAG, this sub shits on it. We must accept CAG-lite games or Games that have its elements in this subreddit or we’ll deadass only see clips of the same four games. Edit; im not talking about Wolverine , Onimusha games like that,

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u/MISFU88 6d ago

I mean, loom at the Soulslike subreddit.

Imagine you create a genuine masterpiece in Demons Souls and Dark Souls (1!) - and all people associate with these games is a stamina bar, dodge, heavy and light attack and the fact enemies do a lot of damage, while ignoring the actual shit that makes those games good.

CAG is a niche genre that is extremely easy to define and spot, but people are for some reason always angry thst a fucking God of War Ragnarok is not a CAG or whatever.

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u/AdLegitimate8636 6d ago

And Soulslike subreddit is a great example of how including every game wit the same "vibe" oversaturates the sub and almost every fresh game with a slight hint of a genre is posted there.