Rank Them - This, Stellar Blade, DMC 5, Bayonetta 3, Nier: Automata

[Shady_Milkman]

Feel free to omit ones you haven't played. Add ones I might have missed.

[Kashra Fall]

Bayonetta, Nier, DMC, This, Stellar blade.

[Dou B Jin]

DMC (2), Bayonetta (1), Nier (Automata), This, haven't played stella, hoping for a PC release.

Don't get me wrong Wu Kong is great but DMC, Bayonetta are basically pioneers of popular elements in action games, and Nier is....well I'll be frank, I'm a 2B simp.

[Nerogarden]

To me is: BMH, Stellar Blade, Nier: Automata, Bayonetta 3, DMC 5.
I hate the humor in DMC 5, it is so cringe that I cant believe that people like that. And the combat is meh, I don't like the combo system in general - But that is just MY opinion.

[Yuki Terumi]

Definitive tier list:

DMC 3 > DMC 5 > DMC 1 > DmC > Nioh 2 > Nioh 1 > Ninja Gaiden 2 > FF SOP > Rise of the Ronin > Onimusha 3 > Sekiro > Nier A > WoLong > Bayo > Granblue re: link > Stellar Blade > Wukong > Heavenly Blade > Dark souls stuff > Witcher

[Frid]

This, Sekiro, Neir Automata, Another Crab's Treasure

[Rust Vendor]

Neir is literally just button mashing it's the worst combat of any of those by far. People just like looking up 2B's skirt.

[Joonjitsu]

Concord > dustborn > wukong.

[Mike]

DMC, Ninja Gaiden, Soulstice, Bayo,....etc (not including games like Nioh, WoLong, because they are more action RPGs then pure character action games).

The combat in this games does not hold a candle to games like DMC, Soulstice, Bayo, and should not even be mentioned in the same sentence as them.

Literally a small indie DMC clone like Soulstice has more combat depth, more weapons types, more in depth movelists, more mechanical depth, ...etc then WuKong. WuKong is much closer to a sekiro where the combat is basic repetitive and the only depth is the varied boss fights.

[Fresh]

Originally posted by Rust Vendor:

Neir is literally just button mashing it's the worst combat of any of those by far. People just like looking up 2B's skirt.

Excuse me, as a member of the cultured weeb sugoinnymous i would like to offer a second opinion.
there is specifically an achievement and it is to highlight Her mole

please look into "mushoku tensei". and the popular idiom "mushoku tensei is my sensei".

in kind regards,
you can also enjoy a particular jen ne se quoi, and turn into a man of culture.

in not so kind regards, i have to rebuttal about the combat, the weapons have combos in the weapons, fast and heavy attacks, in a 3,4,5 hits in a combo. which is a much better way of handling what games had envisioned with stamina based combat.
each weapon handles and performs different with completely different combos, while being simple to the point of only being upgradable 4 times.
simplicity is the greatest form of sophistication. the only reason you think it was spammy, is because you didn't get very far and have a biased opinion.
it's like hitting a boss with your beginner staff and saying "why is the combat so spammy?".

[M4N]

DMC 5 > everything else. Incel blade is just a trash tier garbage.

[Phobos]

Pizza

[Fresh]

Originally posted by R4P70R:

DMC 5 > everything else. Stellar blade is just a trash tier garbage.

I can respect you having your own top favorite, the reasoning behind stellar blade being ranked low is atrocious. she's modeled by a real person and that korean is a babe. so that's kind of like saying you don't like real girls. and since you chose DMC.. i guess you like dudes? why shame dudes who don't wanna be gay then? oh cause they're not like you. i get it.
you need to get over that.

[DanielMeurer]

As far as combat goes. DMC V is the best imo (if it weren't for V it would be a 10/10 game). Nier Automata is peak video game narrative and its my personal favorite of all time, so it's no competition in this regard. I haven't played Steller Blade since I don't own a ps5.

[Tr3m0r]

I haven't been able to get into DMC 5. Is it a slow start? Honest question, what makes you love DMC 5 as maybe I just have to give it more time to play out and upgrade? I just felt the combat was very flashy and fast but nothing was keeping my interest.

[DanielMeurer]

Originally posted by Tr3m0r:

I haven't been able to get into DMC 5. Is it a slow start? Honest question, what makes you love DMC 5 as maybe I just have to give it more time to play out and upgrade? I just felt the combat was very flashy and fast but nothing was keeping my interest.

the combat is extremely deep once you unlock everything (impossible in one single playthrough). The game is rewarding simply for mastering the combat and the enemies, being as stylish and competent as you can. look for high level players gameplay and you'll understand.