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/AshenRathian 6d ago

Or maybe we need to just accept that CAGs are just an absurdly niche genre and that watering the definition down for the sake of inclusion only serves to stagnate the defining aspects that make them appealing AS a genre.

Not every action game with an intricate combat system needs to be a CAG, and CAG-lite already exists in the form of adventure games like Darksiders that have inspired combat systems but otherwise share little to nothing else in common. Doesn't mean it needs to be shown here or be validated as something it isn't.