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 2018
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure
April 20, 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
94/100
God of War is a continuation of Kratos's adventures in the slasher genre from a third-person perspective. The events unfold in the snowy mountainous region of...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Free game, Slasher
November 7, 2018
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
7/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Lost Ark is a multiplayer hack-and-slash action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. Unforgettable journeys of heroes both by land and by sea...
Hack and slash, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game
April 24, 2014
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment — You will take on the role of Kirito, the hero of the popular anime series Sword Art Online, and explore a vast fantasy...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Adventure
December 14, 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
57/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Below is an arcade role-playing action game with a top-down view in a fantasy setting from the creators of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP and Super TIME...
Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Roguelike, Casual game
March 28, 2013
Steam:
65/100
Metacritic:
65/100
This action role-playing game follows Pupuru, a magic academy student tasked with retrieving the Madokyuu from Mado Tower as a condition of graduation. Instead, she...
