Wccftech’s Best Action Games of 2023 – Heavy-Hitters and Underdogs Duke it Out
29.12.2023 - 10:45
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On paper, 2023 perhaps wasn’t a landmark year for action games, at least of a more traditional hardcore variety. That said, if you really look at this past year’s release calendar, you’ll find a diverse array of action games both big and small, including the much-anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, big-budget superhero sequel Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and scrappy underdogs like Hi-Fi Rush. Limber up and get ready to battle through Wccftech’s Best Action Games of 2023!
Note: For the purposes of Wccftech’s Best Of lists, any game that requires combat in order to progress is filed under action. There are three exceptions -- games that put a particularly heavy emphasis on roleplaying (beyond the standard action-adventure skill trees) will be reserved for our Best RPGs of 2022 list, games that aim to scare you are saved for Best Horror Games of 2022, and games that require more serious shooting skills are reserved for, you guessed it, Best Shooters of 2022. So, if you feel there’s something missing here, there’s a good chance it’s simply on another one of our lists.
Also in Wccftech's Best Games of 2023 lists: Shooter, Fighting, and RPG
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 may not have reinvented the open-world superhero wheel, but it didn’t need to. Insomniac took their winning formula and polished it to the nth degree, delivering a spectacle comparable to the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Wccftech’s Alessio Palumbo found the game to be a great evolution if just a bit on the safe side…
“Marvel's Spider-Man 2 feels like the perfect, albeit safe, evolution of the formula first introduced with the 2018 game. With a highly emotional story, much-improved traversal, great visuals and performance, and industry-leading accessibility, this sequel is very likely to win over most fans of the original. However, a bigger shake-up may be needed for the inevitable Spider-Man 3.”
In the past, numerous games have attempted to mix action with rhythm game mechanics, but few have done it with as much style and verve as Hi-Fi Rush. Coming from Tango Gameworks, a studio best known for dark horror-tinged games like The Evil Within and Ghostwire Tokyo, Hi-Fi Rush is a great argument for letting developers leave their comfy boxes and stretch their creative legs a bit. Wccftech’s Ule Lopez found the game to be an approachable yet challenging blast in his full review…
“Hi-Fi Rush is a fantastic game that combines two very popular genres and makes a wonderful and innovative game with a low skill floor but a high skill ceiling. The game is both accessible to newcomers to rhythm games and very challenging for veterans looking to be tested in several other areas that don't necessarily have to do with just rhythm games. The combat is