From 'House of the Dragon' to 'God of War' to 'The Witcher,' shows are getting smacked by creators for seeming to stray from source material. And there are reasons it's happening now.
I mean, it is weird to completely switch up the tone and gameplay of a series like that, and not lost on me that it was to something more mainstream. And you really can’t blame character action fans for being offended they called the old gameplay “outdated” (luckily, DMC5 came out a year later and disproved the notion.)
God Of War was always kind of dated next to Devil May Cry though. It was quite typical of western studios trying to get in on a Japanese game style but only really getting the superficial elements.
e.g. you can pretty much complete the entire first game by spamming Prometheus Plume.
I mean, it is weird to completely switch up the tone and gameplay of a series like that, and not lost on me that it was to something more mainstream. And you really can’t blame character action fans for being offended they called the old gameplay “outdated” (luckily, DMC5 came out a year later and disproved the notion.)
God Of War was always kind of dated next to Devil May Cry though. It was quite typical of western studios trying to get in on a Japanese game style but only really getting the superficial elements.
e.g. you can pretty much complete the entire first game by spamming Prometheus Plume.