Hack and slash

Description

Games with hack and slash gameplay focus on combat with hand-to-hand weapons as opposed to guns, even though the presence of guns as additional weapons does not exclude the use of the genre. It is predominately used in action role-playing games and action games with RPG elements.

Limitations

Beat 'em ups / Brawlers (think Streets of Rage) and Fighting games (think Street Fighter) have their own, specific genre and do not use this one.

Hack and slash games are often played from an bird's-eye or behind view because there is strategy to the combat. Typically, side-scrolling 2D platformers do not receive this genre because of the straightforward combat, unless there is an extensive amount of depth to the mechanics.

Popular examples of games using Hack and slash gameplay are the Diablo games, the Devil May Cry series and the God of War games.

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Artax Android (2020) and Oculus Go (2020)
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Astral Chain Nintendo Switch (2019)
Asura Linux (2017), Windows (2017) and Macintosh (2017)
Asura's Wrath Xbox 360 (2012) and PlayStation 3 (2012) Asura's Wrath is an action game where the player controls the titular Asura. He is one of the eight elite...

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Hack and slash

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