Quote Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg View Post
Action is a tough one because it's so broad. For beat 'em ups, I'd say Turtles in Time.

Action-platformer is probably Donkey Kong Country 2 if that counts?

Action RPG is probably Legend of Mana

Trying to think of other action genres
I was kinda thinking the same thing. I believe shmups, hacknslash (if not being considered part of "beat em up" or "ARPG"), and of course action-adventure should count. But I like the idea of different sub-category favorites since I have so many lol. I am NOT counting Metroidvanias under action platformers, and I'm treating ARPG's and hacknslash separately (I mentioned this in another older thread, imo, ARPG.

And I'm cheating and including runner ups lol. Anyway, here we go:

Action Platformer - ScourgeBringer (runner up: Huntdown & Katana Zero)

Action Stealth - Mark of the Ninja (runner up: Metal Gear Solid 2)

Action RPG - Nier: Automata (runner up: Full Metal Furies & Dragon's Crown)

Action-Adventure - Hyper Light Drifter (runner up: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)

Hack-n-Slash - Diablo II: Lord of Destruction/Resurrected (runner up: Hades)

Beat 'em up - X-Men (runner up: TMNT: Turtles in Time)

Shoot 'em up - Jamestown+ (runner up: Ikaruga)

notes: I've never played the DMC games. I've played both Bayonettas, but not sure how to sub-categorize, tho they'd probably be a runner-up anyway. Not counting general platformers (DKC, Rayman, etc) or Metroidvanias as action platformers.

If I had to pick one out of all those? 3-way tie between HLD, Nier, and Diablo 2. But HLD would probably win out.