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26 June 2025
16 June 2025
18 May 2025
on second thought, removed Control as there isn't a true melee component, even a simple one; unified two limited-gun footnotes and applied the note to two more games
−152
added Tekken 4, 5 and 6; duplicated header row at bottom of the Oni-comp table because it's gotten so long
+918
17 May 2025
explaining "Yes" to "Female hero" for DMC4
m+83
added Alias and Buffy
+311
added Wanted: Dead and Zeno Clash
+241
added Control
+113
added the Star Wars Jedi games
+306
13 May 2025
10 May 2025
21 April 2025
18 January 2025
14 January 2025
rewrote lede; added 1 and removed 1 Oni-comparable
−45
merged Bayonetta and BloodRayne series of games into single entries; added 2 more comparables and removed 2 that just aren't that comparable
−242
oops, all of those are Oni-likes
−75
forgot the Bayonetta sequels
+210
+3 Oni-comparables
+365
abbreviations to prevent rows in second table from going double-height on screens that aren't very wide
m−20
removed "Deep melee" and "Gunplay" columns from Oni-like table now that it goes without saying; added "Third-person" column to Oni-comparables because some upcoming additions won't be third-person; removed "Score" columns because they're not very useful now
−167
broke Oni-likes into two tables in order to focus on the best candidates up front
−58
13 January 2025
added State of Emergency, corrected Mirror's Edge entries
+50
4 more Oni-likes; clarified some columns' usage
+833
12 January 2025
added Score column for Oni-likes
+310
added Enter the Matrix; adjusted Xbox One abbreviation
+104
oops, this isn't true anymore
m−48
added Ghost of Tsushima
+169
added Sifu to Oni-likes
+123
added Spine to Oni-inspired games, removed URLs for the released games are they are in the Oni-like table
−71
clarified some re-releases of these games
+247
forgot Gunnm!
+90
adjusted BloodRayne footnotes and corrected release years
m−49
put Oni-likes section at the top because that's probably what readers are most interested in, and none of the engine ports are active projects anyway
+15
4 more Oni-likes; clarified what "contextual" means
+1,180
5 more Oni-likes
+799
added some Oni-likes
+1,753
11 January 2025
alphabetized engine port table so that it doesn't shift distractingly after the auto-sorting JavaScript loads
madded new sections for Oni-inspired and Oni-like games
+1,352
Iritscen moved page Alternative engines to Oni-likes and engine ports without leaving a redirect: this page is broadening in scope
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