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3D Action Games and Mega Man by Lurker 15954 09/12/2014, 5:36pm PDT
Some people argue that most modern 3D action games are the result of arcade brawlers and/or fighting games from the 90's. I disagree! The heavy focus on dodging, counterattacking, and having secrets litter a mostly linear path are ALL Mega Man X concepts.

Most modern 3D actions games have you:

-Collect new weapons and powerups from dead bosses
-Find life power ups hidden all over the place, sometimes requiring boss abilities to reach them
-Do a LOT of puzzle platforming and jumping, even if it's mostly on rails
-Use weak, fast attacks or slow, strong attacks
-Use finesse to dodge everything instead of tanking hits and hoping to get a life powerup later

Just about the ONLY parallel I can see between arcade brawlers is that you're fighting hordes of enemies in flat arenas.
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Lords of Shadow 2 by Lurker 15954 09/12/2014, 5:22pm PDT NEW
    3D Action Games and Mega Man by Lurker 15954 09/12/2014, 5:36pm PDT NEW
    It falls off pretty fast at the end by Lurker 15954 09/13/2014, 9:50pm PDT NEW
        Too bad, I loved SoTN and it would have been nice to have a sequel. by blackwater 09/14/2014, 12:38am PDT NEW
    Re: Lords of Shadow 2 by Mysterio 09/15/2014, 1:52pm PDT NEW
 
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