We Review Downloadable Games, Movies, Apps, Software & Music
Game Mods & Tools
CD / DVD / Blu-ray Tools
Disk Tools & Defragmentation
Audio Editors
Drivers & Updates
Drivers Update
Education & Hobby
Browser Add-ons
File Sharing & P2P
Mobile Apps & Games
Hack and Slash Games
In their most basic form, hack and slash genre games are action titles that emphasize weapons-based combat over that of fists or guns. Originally developing out of a descriptor used for role-playing games that were more action-oriented than other, hack and slash games today still emphasize action over turn-based combat but are not solely relegated to the realm of RPGs.
Indeed, hack and slash games can be as varied as the Devil May Cry series, Bayonetta, and even the Musou classic Dynasty Warriors series.
Borrowing elements from multiple genres, hack and slash titles take a little bit from role-playing games, action games, and fighting games with the amount from each determined by what the game is trying to achieve.
Similar to beat'em up games that emphasize martial arts as the primary way of defeating opponents, these titles can be as simple as repetitive button presses that generate combos to as complex as fighting games with moves to memorize.
For example, the Soul Calibur series would never be called a hack and slash game though it involves weapons and fighting. Then again, the arcade classic Dungeons and Dragons by Capcom could ostensibly be called a hack and slash title because it emphasizes weapons-based combat as does Sega's classic Golden Axe.
In general, hack and slash highlights a title's action-oriented gameplay structure more than anything else with the addition of weaponry being distinguishing though not a sufficiently defining factor.
Amalgamating a range of genres, hack and slash as a descriptor is gaming shorthand for lots of action with tons of cool weapons in its most basic form.
Jason Delacey December 13, 2019
As a huge fan of Darksiders, I was very disappointed when I heard that the next game in the series was going to be radically different. No longer was it a 3rd person Zelda style action-adventure ...
Jason Delacey September 10, 2019
Children of Morta is a roguelike RPG game and more proof that we live in a golden age of RPG's! Seriously, the worst thing about modern RPG's is that there are so many of them keeping on top of them ...
Jason Delacey June 11, 2019
Despite not knowing a great deal about the Warhammer universe I sure have played a lot of the games. Actually, it feels like the last few years have seen a lot of games bearing the Warhammer name ...
Jason Delacey May 8, 2019
I went into KurtzPel kind of blind, but I have always been interested in games that are based on or have an anime style to them. This is a free to play game that is currently in early access. It is ...
Pagan Online is a new action RPG (think Diablo or Lost Ark Online) that has (as I write this) just gone into early access. The game is being put out by Wargaming.net so you can play it over there or ...
Jason Delacey March 20, 2019
I have spent the last week putting some serious time into the PlayStation 4 version of Fate/Extella Link. This from what I understand is the third game in the series, but it is my first experience ...
Diablo was a game that I long admired when it was first released back in 1996. I never actually played the first game in the series on PC, only PlayStation. Now though I can play the original Diablo ...
Right Click to Necromance
Donnovan March 8, 2019
Right Click to Necromance is one of those unfinished, yet really fun games that you can always try and play to get the highest score. The game was developed in 2 days at an Indie Speed Run and Juicy ...
Jason Delacey March 7, 2019
Devil May Cry 5 is the best game in the series and is surely going to go down as one of the best games of 2019. If that is not a strong way to start a review I do not know what is! I actually liked ...
Donnovan February 10, 2019
For a while there were a lot of games that had female protagonists, however, not all of them were focused on insane and action-packed gameplay. The downloadable Bayonetta is definitely one of the ...
We Review Downloadable Games, Movies, Apps, Software & Music.
Check our social media channels:
2017-2019 MadDownload.com. ALL TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Terms of Use Privacy PolicyMedia Kit About MadDownload.com Contact