With nothing worth playing on the horizon, I've been revisiting old favourites. A lot of them have been character action and hack 'n slash - a nice change from the endless stream of Soulslikes.
I've made it through OG God of War, Godhand and am onto Ninja Gaiden. Anyone have any recommendations for follow-ups?
There was a really cool 1 v Army game called Drakenguard for the ps2 that I remember fondly. It was made with solid 2000's JP sensibility. The main mechanic was achieving combos on the field, getting huge bonuses and benefits that you can work into the rest of the combo to keep it going. It was mindless fun. I don't remember the story, it was only an excuse to get your guy on the field with a dragon so you can begin murderization.
I think it was either a predecessor to or knock off of the Dynasty Warriors games (like Hyrule Warriors) but I always loved drakenguard and never warmed up to warriors games, which I feel are all shapeshifter IP cashgrab bullshit titles. But maybe I am just underestimating the number of mainline dynasty games that arent skinsuits. Slapping one game's aesthetic onto a generic engine pisses me right off.