Kannon you forgot about visual novels my dawg and there's only one game I consider peak in this genre snoot game and I wanni hug that gator by caveamon
Yo so as a tester for Enenra: this is an amazing game, and the main Dev is a great guy. He can get this done, we're just smacking bugs right now. We're glad you posted bro we saw the vid in the discord 😁
@@ok_listengenuinely great story and amazing characters even if you ignore the amazing combat and dungeons. Tons of unique and interesting sidequests and every song is a banger. Highly recommend one the only games I own on multiple platforms
Crosscode is peak everything in this game was perfect. I won't spoil, but the dungeons are incredible and the environment was also very well made the themes/ost of the game are pure art and the characters are really well done
@@Asdbyte_ I don't mean to be rude but maybe you're overexaggerating about the sidequests, they're merely basic fetch quests like "bring 5 icecles", "kill 15 x enemies" and "kill the powerful enemy in location y". But yes, the story is awesome, the combat is great and the music is nice, but people should be awere Crosscode is mostly a puzzle game than an action rpg.
I get so happy every time Crosscode is mentioned! It's definitely underrated, and is also in my top 5 games of all time! RadicalFishGames is also working on another game right now, it's called Project Terra.
A very underrated action rpg is NEO TWEWY. So much complex mechanics, incredible variety of "movesets", stylish af, and most importantly: Enemies actually react to being hit and you can actually interact with the bosses during combat instead of them just face tanking every hit
I was second guessing myself on the wording too, but when I asked, ppl kept saying the games were considered "ARPGs" and Character Action games were stuff in the vein of the OG God of War games. It gets very confusing fast ngl, so I just ended up cutting the middle man.
@@L_inkle There's already tons of video on the topic. "Character Action" is a really horrible way to categorize games, Old God of War and New God of War are both action games, one just has more RPG elements in.
Bro you are so right, I am tired of Fromsoft ware only action games these days man. Hi Fi Rush was the only one I popped off man for last year. I love Ninja gaiden, MGR Revengance, DMC5, Assault Spy, Bayonetta and all of Platinum games catalog.
I found your channel a week ago and instantly knew I found a channel that I fit in with heavily. We have the same taste in both music and taste and I'm glad to be here for the ride. Keep it up dawg.
I have a recommendation/something to put on your radar! you should totally check out the upcoming indie Airframe Ultra by the developers of Rain World. It's like playable Akira with the racing and bike melee combat, it's got a fire retro aesthetic and FUCKING crazy good music in the trailers already. These guys are mad innovators, Rain World is such an underrated masterpiece if you can give it the time and space for it to click with you. These developers do beautiful stuff with worldbuilding, art direction, music and like... wild physics-based/procedural animation, which you can totally see in one of their most recent trailers for the game, where they're like zooming around on bikes and one player HOOKS another one with their pipe weapon thing, making the hooked player ragdoll and just fucking drags them along the ground as they speed away on their bike... brutal. Oh yeah that's the other thing, get excited because it's got SPLIT-SCREEN MULTIPLAYER STUFF IN IT. Which isn't as rare in indie games but is still rare in general! Tbh we don't know a lot about this game yet but the foundation looks pretty fucking hype
@@L_inkle oh awesome!!! yeah I mean it is still early days, their first game took like 7 years to develop, (but they had to kind of like, make their own engine for that game lol) but it looks like they've already done quite a lot, so who knows... anyway, definitely one to keep an eye on.
Appreciate the Hi Fi Rush shoutout. Justice for Tango... Jamphibian looks sick, Crosscode has been on my radar too, definitely will get around to playing that. Also I see that gladiators config fast vault at 8:48 👀
I haven't watched the video yet, but want to ask: Have the likes of -Soulstice, - Immortal: And the Death that Follows - Genokids - Cookie Cutter - Enenra - Gori: Cuddly Carnage - Yasuke: A Lost Descendant been on your radar? A number of action-heavy titles that are yet to pop up (or in Soulstice's and Cookie Cutter's case, has already been out. Cookie Cutter's a hand-drawn animated metroidvania but is fairly action-heavy with weapons ranging from metal fists to an electric guitar to a chainsaw and more.)
Bro I seen your videos back when you had 1k subs you steady growing more & more after each video you doin great, I love how you always tryna put ppl on peak you know ball fr I know fs you’re gonna blow keep grinding kannon we believe in you🫡🤝
One of the only RU-vidrs talking about games that are ACTUALLY not widely known, AND the games are good. Great video man, I’m always looking forward to your uploads.
Enenra is so good! been following the development since 2021 and it's come so far and the dev is aiming for an end of 2025 release. I've been so happy that indie games like Enenra are returning to a more straightforward action/character action game style. Other games I've been following that are carrying that flag Genokids, Sword of Symphony (which is now a spiritual successor to Hi-Fi Rush since Tango got closed down) and AIKODE (which is heavily inspired by the Nier games and even YOKO TARO HIMSELF is following the dev) If you're looking for dope heavy pop, The Home Team dropped their new album which is so far a banger. And if you want super heavy shit, In Hearts Wake dropped their new album too and that is a ripper!
Man, I remember when the Enenra dev was still working on the character's combos in a white void against generic enemies, cuz he had no levels, no nothing but the main character's model. He just started making the game, I wanna say somewhere around 2017? 2019?. Never thought I'd see the day where it looks like it's getting close to done. Real proud & hope the best for him.
yo I just found your channel and I'm already a big fan, I appreciate your enthusiasm & havin a different tone n' take than a lot of gaming youtubers. and the music recommendations, universally 🔥 Keep up the great work!!
The Action RPG Problem has already been fixed. It's called YS VIII Lacrimosa of Dana, YS IX Monstrum Nox, and soon YS X Nordics. And you just play those over and over again because they are amazing.
These are great picks! Love CrossCode! Here's some of mine: Final Fantasy games from XIII onwards have been action-based like Crisis Core, VII Remake, and VII Rebirth. Yeah and Stellar Blade of course, highest selling game of April and May. The art direction, skill trees, the bangin' outfits, and the music with vocals (man the music!) should not be missed by action RPG fans. Seriously if you have a PlayStation 5 at least play the demo!
dope vid and commentary, thumbnails is total chaos which i love, can definitely see you getting 100k subs in the near future and I can also see myself turning on a vid of yours while eating lunch or dinner i think thats probably a peak compliment to a content creator. Keep going, excited to see the growth of your channel, btw this vid got recommended so obviously you're doing the right things.
jamphibian looks really sick, also i didnt even know a bleach game was coming out, i love bleach. thanks again kannon (hollow knight is also one of my favs)
I would love to see a fromsoft souls style game where the world, bosses, lore, etc is all the same but it plays like a character action game. I feel like that has potential to go so hard if done right! Also love the vid, love seeing your uploads in my sub feed!
10:53 that was the most outrageous description for a song that I actually ended up listening to it. thank you for blessing my ears. i’m now gonna listen to more of their other songs i’ll give a band recommendation too: the band name is “coldrain.” they’re a rock band that I personally think strike the perfect balance between melodic and aggressive. they’ve done some songs for anime too. here’s a pretty good song from them which is “Vengeance.” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JUHgTYLyYuc.htmlsi=lhqprON4Ad-yKH_1
Props dude. You're now a part of my like weekly ambition to be rid of modern-incredibly shallow "3A" huge games. EVERYBODY is doing From Soft now and I feel like it's already 5 years too late. I was super into shooters a few years ago and I just couldn't do it anymore. Saturation, boring, no innovation, no inspiration, and awful business practices. I couldn't do it anymore (Ultrakill tho) and went back to my roots and played Bayo and Robotech Battlecry again. Picked up some odd stuff on sales all year and honestly I'm cleaning the plate now. Some anime arpgs, tried Hades and this craaazeeeyyy game BlazBlue Entropy Effect (>roguelites), and recently I've been playing Helskate which is this delicious mesh of Tony Hawk and like diet DMC, the devs are still working on it heavily so it's p rough around but the core keeps me playing and I can be pretty picky sometimes, so I def recommend Helskate on a deep sale. Anyway, honestly good work. Inspiring stuff man, keep at it. (bit the bullet on Pseudoragalia cause one of your vids. Premium.)
I love your videos so much dude they're interesting and its awesome how you share the music and stuff you care about Also it might be a bit different to your usual music but theres an ep called 'the girl, the cat and the tree' by lausse the cat and its beautiful if u get a chance to listen to it, keep doing what u do 💖
Crosscode is mostly a puzzle game than an action rpg. The combat and gorgeous pixel art might mislead many players but the gameplay is heavily puzzle-based, to the point where almost every room in a dungeon or the road to the next location has one or two puzzles to be solved, even the combat (mainly boss battles) can be considered an "action" puzzle. People interested should be aware about this beforehand since not everyone is fond of puzzles and the sheer amount of puzzles in Crosscode may cause burnout in many players.
@user-us2bb9xr9y Tbh, I don't really have one. I just get super lucky and keep up with devs, or sometimes my friends will let me know something crazy is dropping.
How does bro consistently find some of the best underrated games in their genres and some of the coolest projects. This must be witchcraft. The crosscode mention made me so happy, now I just wish youd talk about hyperlight drifter.
Yo KANNON, I don't know if this is the kind of game you like, but a new indie gem just dropped called "Until Then." Just finished it recently and it's genuinely one of my favorite stories told in any medium. Also the music is fire. Love the content, keep it up
Tbh croascode fighting was crazy good but goddamn the first free roam missions made me confused af. You gotta read and no pointers whatsoever, you gotta remembers tons of clues too. And that's the first free roam map, and you could get a ton of mission from it too. My dumbass brain could not comprehend all the information i have to remember lmao
i finally got another chance to shill falcom (they been in the game dev game for over 40 years and are actually one of the pioneers of the arpg genre with their game Dragon Slayer) if any of yall are interested, check out the Ys series (ys x should be comin out in the west sometime this or next year, but theres obviously more games that're out rn, heard many many many good things about viii) of course, im more of a turn based guy myself so if you're like me consider checking out their Trails series (genuine top notch character writing, worldbuilding, and stories in this series)
Most Action RPGs or Action Adventure games have interesting combat systems but fail at engaging characters, plot, worldbuilding, etc. 80% of them feel like most of the budget was put into the system and graphics. Enough to make me try them but not replay them. For me, a combat system is elevated by its world and story, each engagement with a foe has to make me "feel" like this fight matters. Very few games do that nowadays but a well polished system can keep you playing until that moment eventually comes years later.
ima need an automata vid from you cuz for the longest time automata got my fav story in a game but everytime I play it the gameplay never clicks with me. I need to hear someone who know alot about action rpgs feel about the combat, cuz you defo got the bible of action rpgs on you. good ass vid I needa peep enenra when it drop
I just want a badass game like bayonetta, dmc and neir automata with a unique aesthetic look and preferably a bad female lead. THAT i would cop instantly
You cant understand my genuine anger at Bleach getting a console game after 13 freaking years just for it to be an arena fighter No action rpg, no hack n slash, no beat em up...an arena fighter. The audacity of this company, we need someone to take away these anime IPs and give them to someone who cares
i finally got crosscode the other day, ive been DYING to play this game for years but idk, never got to it. gonna play it after I finish Persona 3. then you out of nowhere mentioned Asian Glow. check Downfall of the Neon Youth, project they did with Parranoul. it's fucking epic subbing, i fuck with your vibe bro. take it easy out there
Yo, NieR: Automata is also my fav with Hollow Knight being in my Top 5 games. I’ve got to go back and finish CrossCode, prob restart it. Nice recommendations btw KANNON 👍
....? That's never been stated and they specifically talked about story related things the entire panel. It having fighting listed as its genre on the Bandai site is just a by product of every other game having that, Kakarot had that pre release and its not an arena fighter. The game could be nearly anything.