# September's five best games before GTA 6

> Publishers rush five major releases before Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives in November, from horror to fantasy to action.
- Title: September's five best games before GTA 6 · NPR | Shortify
- Summary: Publishers rush five major releases before Grand Theft Auto 6 arrives in November, from horror to fantasy to action. Five major games launch in September…
- Keywords: onimusha: way of the sword, blood of the dawnwalker, silent hill: townfall, fire emblem: fortune's weave, control resonant, capcom, remedy entertainment, nintendo, konami, rebel wolves, video games, september 2026
- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/09/22/nx-s1-5971441/review-control-resonant-silent-hill-best-biggest-september-games
- Published: 2026-09-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: onimusha: way of the sword, blood of the dawnwalker, silent hill: townfall, fire emblem: fortune's weave, control resonant, capcom, remedy entertainment, nintendo, konami, rebel wolves, video games, september 2026
## September packed before GTA 6
Publishers rush five major games to market before Grand Theft Auto 6 launches November nineteenth.
## Onimusha's combat feels incredible
Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword delivers the best-feeling action game ever, with fluid dodge, parry and counter mechanics.

> Never has a dodge, parry, or frame-perfect counter felt so dang good.
## Onimusha's action like cutscenes
Capcom turned cinematic action from previous games into playable gameplay with choreographed martial arts movie feel.
## Onimusha stumbles on pacing
Re-used bosses and half-baked open world design create unnecessary fatigue, unusual for Capcom's typically lean releases.
## Dawnwalker fixes open world bloat
Blood of the Dawnwalker from Rebel Wolves uses a clock mechanic to force meaningful quest choices instead of endless map icons.
## Day and night shift gameplay
Play as Coen the Dawnwalker, swinging swords by day and transforming into a vampire at night to climb walls and teleport.
## Townfall explores Scottish island
Konami's Silent Hill: Townfall is a first-person spinoff set in fog-shrouded St. Amelia in nineteen ninety-six.
## Pocket TV scans for monsters
Simon Ordell uses a CRTV pocket television to detect enemies and gather hints while navigating the deserted town.
## Townfall's stealth becomes tedious
Weak combat forces stealth, but relentless enemies and the need to scan multiple TV channels turns thrilling into tedious.
## Fire Emblem demands time management
Nintendo's Fortune's Weave has you manage four heroes across parallel timelines, spending more time on errands than arena battles.
## Fortune's Weave sprawls over 100 hours
More ambitious than Three Houses, with more characters, more story and more drama across a bloated one hundred plus hour runtime.
## Control Resonant shifts to Dylan
Remedy's sequel to the two thousand nineteen original puts Dylan as the main character, now wielding shape-shifting melee weapons in a shattered Manhattan.
## Key takeaway

Five major games launch in September ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6's November release, offering action, horror and fantasy across multiple genres.