Hack and slash
The subgenre of role-playing games "Hack and Slash" implies a focus on the action component. The player, controlling a character, must destroy huge hordes of various enemies using weapons or magic. To do this, it is necessary to constantly use abilities, strikes, and spells, "clicking" on enemies. The cooldowns for skills are usually either very short or completely absent, raising the dynamics of combat to the maximum. All quests usually boil down to exploring locations or killing a required number of specific enemies. The genre is characterized by complete narrative linearity and a lack of deep dialogues.
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Best Games in the Hack and slash genre of 2017 (Game released)
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world
Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2011
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
94/100
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is a role-playing game with action elements in an open world. It was developed and released by Bethesda for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, PC → 12 September 2013
Players:
7/10
Metacritic:
77/100
This action RPG collection follows Sora, Riku and Disney characters including Mickey, Donald and Goofy. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix contains HD remasters of KINGDOM...
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 20 June 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
73/100
Dungeon Defenders 2 is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of online play, action, strategy, hack-and-slash and free-to-play game from the masters at...
Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval
Game released: Wii, Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS → 2 August 2012
Dragon Quest 10 — continuation of the classic multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of Dragon...
