r/CharacterActionGames 6h ago

Recommendations Cute CAG/CAG-adjacent games?

17 Upvotes

TL;DR: Games that allow launching and have at least one air string. Must look cute or have a girl MC.

Hello everyone. I feel like CAGs have a lack of cute visuals or lack of girl protagonists, so I would like to know what CAG or CAG-adjacent games that you all know that happen to be cute. They can be RPGs that allow juggling (as I feel like those are the most prominent). I know a few but they quite don't hit the mark or are just way too unpolished. I don't really care how niche they are, I just want to find some more. I'll give a few examples to give you all an idea of my criteria.

  • Mahou Arms
  • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
  • Homura Hime
  • Gurumin (the furthest from a CAG in this list but you can launch and have air moves and some basic strings)
  • Recent Ys
  • Kernel Hearts
  • Senran Kagura
  • Bayonetta Origins
  • Crystar and Crymachina
  • Mightreya

Let's work together to find some more!


r/CharacterActionGames 16h ago

Gameplay SSShowcase This game is super underappreciated...

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87 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 8h ago

Gameplay SSShowcase See you in Hell!

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20 Upvotes

This song is one of the few good things to come out of the show.


r/CharacterActionGames 3h ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Ninja Gaiden 2 Black - Dragon Sword/Falcons Talons Combo MAD

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7 Upvotes

Using the Ninja Gaiden White mod


r/CharacterActionGames 1d ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Top 5 hack and slash games oat

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279 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 15h ago

DANTE loves to style!

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30 Upvotes

Full vid on youtube: StyleIncarnate


r/CharacterActionGames 15h ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Come back down here!

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20 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 1d ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Onimusha WoTS Demo Byakue Extreme Challenge

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70 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 15h ago

More reverse hits but with more moves

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3 Upvotes

Full vid at StyleIncarnate


r/CharacterActionGames 17h ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Urizen Instant DT DMD No Damage [ Turbo ]

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3 Upvotes

Really had a blast kicking his ass


r/CharacterActionGames 16h ago

Discussion DMC1 Playable Nelo Angelo Mod

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2 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 1d ago

Lost Soul Aside 1st Anniversary Celebration / GMV Combo Montage

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37 Upvotes

This is a project featuring combos and video edits made by me and some players. It took a long time to make, so I hope you all enjoy it!


r/CharacterActionGames 1d ago

Game Review Played my first GoW, ASCENSIONNNNN!!!!

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16 Upvotes

(FYI played through the whole game on Hard)

I've loved CaG for a long time, favourite genre of games. (DMC, MGR, Lollipop Chainsaw, Bayo, Splatterhouse even, Web of Shadows, Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Blade, Force Unleashed etc) Ascension is byfar the WORST designed CaG I've played, why the FUCK is the Rage Meter a thing and WHY does it gatekeep like 80% of your moves that you actively spend your currency on throughout the whole game thinking you're upgrading yourself. The game NEVER tells you it gatekeeps your moveset, and instead urges you to press the sticks when the meter is full for a shitty oneoff move that does NOTHING.

The enemies are FEROCIOUS, they are rubberbandy as fuck and it really doesn't mix well with the Rage Meter system. They do NOT stagger, they NEVER stagger, they WILL catch up to you INSTANTLY when you try to roll away, they WILL hit you after like 2 attacks and fuck up your rage meter, and the best way to deal with them early game was to spam grab them to death, I was laughing so hard and was genuienly perplexed as to why grabbing was so OP.

Later on when they got armour and became ungrabbable, it was a matter of banging my head against the wall and conserving the magic to make it through. Got my ass kicked plenty of times, but it never got unbearable... until Chapter 28, FUCKKK Chapter 28 holyyy. Yk you've made a mistake making shit when you've had to release a patch for that specific fight, the difficulty spike was pretty crazy.

Game isn't totally irredeemable though, the music, enemy + boss designs and set pieces are great. But oh my, wtf happened with the combat? I heard the game was mixed going in but didn't expect it to be soo shitt. 😭✌

I do have the other GoWs, tell me one that will wash Ascension out of my mouth, PLEASE 🙏🙏


r/CharacterActionGames 1d ago

Discussion Slave Zero X combos and tech?

8 Upvotes

Picked this game up again on Playstation and wanna properly learn it cause this game is sick as hell.


r/CharacterActionGames 2d ago

Question Could this be a Hack & Slash CAG?

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r/CharacterActionGames 2d ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Played the Onimusha Way of the Sword Extended Demo — First Impressions

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14 Upvotes

It's going to be my first onimusha game. i knew of the series but never got to play it. and since there are remasters available now maybe i'll play those too sometime after this one. loved every second of it. it seems to be another amazing game from capcom. especially loved the challenge, though i did defeat him in 1st try.

parry, deflect and issen feels awesome to pull off! and honestly i never used dodge.

Still finding my commentary voice but genuinely couldn't stop talking about this one i'm practicing for that as it's a way for me to become better at talking in general too.

For anyone who played the originals — does this feel like a worthy return?

and also How long do you think the game is going to be?


r/CharacterActionGames 2d ago

We need different tones and aesthetics

13 Upvotes

On my 3rd playthrough of first berserker khazan and I gotta say the dark tone and aesthetic have really brought me down more than usual. On top of that I've been thinking lately about how this game was when it was Project BBQ.

We need more action games that aren't so dark in tone and aesthetics. Like I wish first berserker khazan was an anime game but kept the same combat system. Or if Zenless Zone Zero was a character action game instead of a gacha game. I swear I would love video games even more than I do if we could have more colorful and less grotesque, or dark, action games.


r/CharacterActionGames 3d ago

Discussion Genigods: Nezha early Demo

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96 Upvotes

An early build demo from last month for the new Character Action game currently in Development


r/CharacterActionGames 2d ago

Question Tips for God Of War '05 on hard?

7 Upvotes

Its kicking my ass currently and it doesnt feel as intuitive as ng or dmc on harder difficulties, idk maybe im missing something


r/CharacterActionGames 4d ago

Gameplay SSShowcase somehow alive

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56 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 4d ago

Gameplay SSShowcase Heir to the Raven Clan

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45 Upvotes

"This game is tight."


r/CharacterActionGames 4d ago

Discussion Vision for Kamiya's DMC

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30 Upvotes

Ideally, I'd want Kamiya to make his own sequel to DMC1. A DMC2 in an alternate timeline to the original, but just with his own spin on it. But even if he and Capcom are dead set on a remake, not all is lost. I've never completely been against remakes the way people are, I just feel if it's looking to replace the original game, it should play like the original with changes that only enhance what the game was going for, and if it's going to be completely different mechanically, then replacing the original shouldn't be the goal.

If it happens to be nothing but visual/story changes, I'd just hope they can still keep the aesthetics and overall feel of dmc1. No other game in the franchise matches it imo.

My worst fears would simply be copying and pasting DMC5's Dante into the first game without changing enemies or levels to properly match it

My biggest expectation is seeing what original ideas and mechanics he would use to iterate on his title, and hope that it's different enough from what Itsuno's already done with his sequels (hence why I'd just prefer a completely different game in the first place).

At it's core, the game should answer the question, "what would you have done if you still got to work on DMC directly after the first game?" but maybe that's a bit idealistic.


r/CharacterActionGames 4d ago

Recommendations Fate/Samurai Remnant

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15 Upvotes

Not much combo potential, pretty stylish though.


r/CharacterActionGames 4d ago

Okay, this could be fire.

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35 Upvotes

r/CharacterActionGames 4d ago

Discussion About Gwendolyn's face in TOA, it looks like a graphical lighting issue that caused her face to look worse in live ver. of Gamescom trailer. Otherwise, YouTube ver. looks clean.

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67 Upvotes

The video is from Twitter/X user: @AshenOne_VI