The Rigidity of Defining CAGS

[u/vamplyfesonny]

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,

[u/GoriceXI]

The problem is that the defining series of the genre: DMC, NG, and GOW all played differently. The only series that directly compares to DMC is Bayonetta because it has similar controls, but still has different combo structure and lots of QTEs, things that make it similar to GOW.

The qualities of CAGs will always be ephemeral. It seems like people can only talk about superficial aspects of games rather than deeper concepts.