action game help

[Lavosking3]

so my favorite game series would have to be devil may cry, and i have a big list of consoles ranging wayyyy back i was wondering does anyone know what games insipred or play anything like DMC? or just great hyper/twitch/chaotic action games on systems older than ps2 preferably 2d games. anything would be helpful as my searches havent been very good thus far cuz i need some extremely crazy 2d or old school 3d love of the non schump kind

[Dylan]

Zone of the Enders. If you liked Devil May Cry, there's no way you won't like this series.

[Breetai]

so my favorite game series would have to be devil may cry, and i have a big list of consoles ranging wayyyy back i was wondering does anyone know what games insipred or play anything like DMC? or just great hyper/twitch/chaotic action games on systems older than ps2 preferably 2d games. anything would be helpful as my searches havent been very good thus far cuz i need some extremely crazy 2d or old school 3d love of the non schump kind

Trying to make sense of this post gave me a headache.

The PS2 Castlevania games play a bit similarly to DMC, altough they aren't as good. Of course, the God of War games and their numerous clones are also similar.

2D games in this style? Ummmm.... ANY beat-em up from NES Kung Fu on up?

[Lavosking3]

yeah sorry it was really late at night/ early in the morning when i posted that. haha

also yeah i love zone of the ender and the ps2 castlevanias (though not as much as the 2d ones)

anyway what i meant to say was are...are there any older 2d games like DMC as in very action/combo oriented or did that whole stylized combat thing start with or around DMC on ps2/ninja gaiden on xbox

[darthbluntedone]

so my favorite game series would have to be devil may cry, and i have a big list of consoles ranging wayyyy back i was wondering does anyone know what games insipred or play anything like DMC?

resident evil inspired devil may cry. dmc was going to be a r.e. game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry


so yeah the next time you play it think of resident evil

[Lavosking3]

so my favorite game series would have to be devil may cry, and i have a big list of consoles ranging wayyyy back i was wondering does anyone know what games insipred or play anything like DMC?

resident evil inspired devil may cry. dmc was going to be a r.e. game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry


so yeah the next time you play it think of resident evil

actually i knew that and i do

[Luke]

Not exactly sure what you are looking for, but here are some suggestions that might fit your criteria:

Castlevania Curse of Darkness
Dead to Rights
Maximo
Star Wars Episode III


I can't really think of a lot of straight run and gun games.

[t0yrobo]

I think MDC is probably most closely related to scrolling beat em ups and fighting games. It's pretty much a combination of the two, I don't know if either of those on their own would be very satisfying to you though.

[Snickerd00dle]

legacy of kane for ps2 was a lot like DMC, you could always play the sequels, I think Onimusha was like that, someone correct me if I'm wrong( I haven't played them)-The second and third Prince of Persia games took after that kind of style IMO, less about puzzles more action and stuff, and current gen, CONAN!!!!

[J T]

River City Ransom. That was the first 2D beat em up that I remember blending in some RPG elements for different upgrades and fighting moves.