| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dynasty_warriors_9_5.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Dozens of enemies fall to [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Guan Yu]]'s mighty blade.]] |
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| 4 | A Hack and Slash game is an ActionGame that resembles a BeatEmUp or ThirdPersonShooter, but instead of beating up enemies with your fists or blasting them away with a gun, the main hero instead hacks and slashes away close-range melee weaponry. This genre also resembles a third-person AdventureGame whereby the hero has a goal to accomplish, but the ''real'' goal of the mission level is just to kill as many enemies as possible. |
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| 6 | To increase the hero's casualty potential, the setting of the game may include large armies, and having the hero serving in one of them. Most of the enemies encountered on the field will be one-hit-and-they're-dead grunt soldiers, but occasionally, tougher bosses will show up, usually [[RankScalesWithAsskicking officers and generals]]. |
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| 8 | Since randomly killing large groups of enemies can become boring, most Hack and Slash games will often incorporate other genre elements into their gameplay. For example, the game may include a multi and single-player FightingGame mode wherein players can pick characters from the game and have them square up against each other in a tournament setting. They can also incorporate story modes which provide more of an AdventureGame feel. The StylishAction genre is more or less an offspring of the Hack and Slash genre born out of making the fights as cool and awesome as possible (not to say that regular hack and slash games can't look cool and awesome, they definitely can). |
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| 10 | Hack-and-slash games have roots in 1980s weapon-based martial arts [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame Arcade Games]], such as Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''Samurai'' (1980), ''VideoGame/Shinobi1987'' (1987) and ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' (1989). Meanwhile, RolePlayingGames with a Hack and Slash component have also been around since 1980s ActionRPG titles, such as ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' and ''VideoGame/{{Hydlide}}'' in 1984, and it is a mainstay of many WideOpenSandbox games. |
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| 12 | ActionAdventure games can have levels that are purely Hack and Slash built into them to mix up the game play a little -- and oftentimes, just to help the gameplayer relieve a bit of stress. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | A related genre can be found in the BeatEmUp, where the action is more oriented towards punching, kicking, headbutting, and so forth. See also ActionRPG for some more RPG-centric examples of the genre. |
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| 16 | Not to be confused with the comic ''Comicbook/HackSlash'', the BumblingHenchmenDuo from ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'', crappy slash fic writers, Music/GunsNRoses, or the video game ''VideoGame/HackNSlash'' (which is actually ''not'' this type of game.) Also not to be confused with [[SlasherMovie slasher films]], which are sometimes referred to as "hack-and-slash" horror. |
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| 18 | !!Games in this genre include: |
| 19 | [[index]] |
| 20 | * ''VideoGame/NineteenEightyX'' |
| 21 | * ''VideoGame/ActionTaimanin'' |
| 22 | * ''VideoGame/{{Aeruta}}'' |
| 23 | * ''VideoGame/AfroSamurai'' |
| 24 | * ''VideoGame/AgonyThePortal'' a game developed in flash |
| 25 | * ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'' |
| 26 | * ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' (combined with PlatformGame) |
| 27 | ** ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'' |
| 28 | ** ''VideoGame/AliceAsylum'' |
| 29 | * ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' |
| 30 | * ''VideoGame/AnimaArkOfSinners'' |
| 31 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimaGateOfMemories'' |
| 32 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimaGateOfMemoriesTheNamelessChronicles'' |
| 33 | ** ''VideoGame/AnimaSongFromTheAbyss'' |
| 34 | * ''VideoGame/ArabianMagic'' |
| 35 | * ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI Assassin's Creed]]'' (partly) |
| 36 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 37 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' |
| 38 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 39 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' |
| 40 | *** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation'' |
| 41 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' |
| 42 | *** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedFreedomCry'' |
| 43 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' |
| 44 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity'' |
| 45 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' |
| 46 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedChronicles'' |
| 47 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' |
| 48 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' |
| 49 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'' |
| 50 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedMirage'' |
| 51 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedInfinity'' |
| 52 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedCodenameRed'' |
| 53 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedCodenameHexe'' |
| 54 | ** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedCodenameJade'' |
| 55 | * ''VideoGame/AstralChain'' |
| 56 | * ''VideoGame/{{Astyanax}}'' |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' |
| 58 | * ''VideoGame/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
| 59 | * ''VideoGame/{{Backstab}}'' |
| 60 | * ''VideoGame/BaldursGateDarkAlliance'' |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' |
| 62 | * ''VideoGame/BattleAxe'', a top-down {{retraux}} entry made in 2022 |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' |
| 64 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' |
| 65 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 3}}'' |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/BerserkMillenniumFalconHenSeimaSenkiNoSho'' |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/BeyondSunset'' - first-person, you alternate between your katana or firearms |
| 68 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlueEntropyEffect'' |
| 69 | * ''VideoGame/BioMutant'' |
| 70 | * '' VideoGame/BitDungeon '' |
| 71 | * ''VideoGame/BladedFury'' |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/BladeMaster'' |
| 73 | * ''VideoGame/BladeOfHonor'' |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/BladeStormTheHundredYearsWar'' |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/BloodyBunnyTheGame'' |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/BloodKnights'' - well, you ''are'' a BloodKnight in this one |
| 77 | * ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'' |
| 78 | ** ''VideoGame/BloodRayne1'' |
| 79 | ** ''VideoGame/BloodRayne2'' |
| 80 | ** ''VideoGame/BloodRayneBetrayal'' |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/BloodWillTell'', based on the manga ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/BloodySpell'' |
| 83 | * ''Bleach: Soul Resurrección'' |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/BoundByFlame'' |
| 85 | * ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bujingai}}'' |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' |
| 88 | ** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' |
| 90 | ** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' |
| 91 | ** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' |
| 92 | * ''VideoGame/CatQuest'' |
| 93 | ** ''VideoGame/CatQuestII'' |
| 94 | * ''VideoGame/ChaosLegion'', though the hero can't change weapons |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/{{Chipmonk}}'' |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/Chivalry2'' |
| 97 | * ''Videogame/CloneDroneInTheDangerZone'' |
| 98 | * ''VideoGame/CodeVein'' |
| 99 | * ''VideoGame/{{Conan}}'' |
| 100 | * ''VideoGame/CrescentPaleMist'' |
| 101 | * ''VideoGame/CrimsonSea'' |
| 102 | * ''VideoGame/{{Croixleur}}'' |
| 103 | * ''VideoGame/CrossedSwords'' - in first-person, no less |
| 104 | * ''VideoGame/TheCrystalOfKings'' |
| 105 | * ''VideoGame/{{Crystar}}'' |
| 106 | * ''[[VideoGame/VirtualOn Cyber Troopers Virtual-On MARZ]]'' is a HumongousMecha ActionAdventure version. |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb'' |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/TheCursedCrusade'' |
| 109 | * '' VideoGame/CurseOfTheDeadGods '' |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/DantesInferno'' |
| 111 | * ''VideoGame/DarkMessiahOfMightAndMagic'' |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/DarkSeal'' |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' |
| 114 | ** ''VideoGame/DarksidersI'' |
| 115 | ** ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'' |
| 116 | ** ''VideoGame/DarksidersGenesis'' |
| 117 | * ''VideoGame/{{Darkspore}}'' |
| 118 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dauntless}}'' |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/DeadCells'' |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/DeadMeetsLead'' is a TopDownView version. |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' |
| 122 | * ''Videogame/DeathSpank'' |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/DeathtrapDungeon'' |
| 124 | * ''VideoGame/DemonChaos'' |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/DemonSkin'' |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/{{Demonsteele}}'': A ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' mod that's been lovingly dubbed Creator/HidekiKamiya's ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' -- also codified the StylishAction genre. |
| 128 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'' |
| 129 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' |
| 130 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' |
| 131 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' |
| 132 | ** ''[[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry DmC Devil May Cry]]'' |
| 133 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' |
| 134 | ** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCryPeakOfCombat'' |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/DevilsThird'', it doubles as a BeatEmUp and a ThirdPersonShooter with first-person shooter aiming. |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' - the TropeCodifier for [[ActionRPG Action RPGs]], before the term became used for a broader category of [=RPGs=] with real-time combat |
| 137 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}'' |
| 138 | ** ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' |
| 139 | ** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' |
| 140 | * ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld4'' |
| 141 | * ''Franchise/{{Drakengard}}'' (with mixes of [[SimulationGame Flight Sim]]) |
| 142 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' |
| 143 | ** ''Videogame/{{Drakengard 2}}'' |
| 144 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard 3}}'' |
| 145 | * ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' |
| 146 | * ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'' |
| 147 | * ''VideoGame/DragonUnit'' a.k.a ''Castle of Dragon'' |
| 148 | * ''VideoGame/DrivenOut'' |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''Tower of Doom'' and ''Shadow Over Mystara'' |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/DungeonMagic'' - a.k.a ''Lightbringer'' |
| 151 | * ''VideoGame/{{Dungreed}}'' |
| 152 | * ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWars'' - not to be confused with ''Dynasty Wars'' below |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' - based on ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', it would spawn multiple {{Spin Off}}s and a {{Crossover}}. |
| 155 | ** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' (based on the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod of Japanese history) |
| 156 | ** ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' ({{Crossover}} involving mainly ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Samurai Warriors'') |
| 157 | ** ''VideoGame/WarriorsLegendsOfTroy'' (based on UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar) |
| 158 | ** ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' |
| 159 | ** '' VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors'' |
| 160 | ** ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage'' |
| 161 | ** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' |
| 162 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesTheWorldTreesWoeAndTheBlightBelow'' |
| 163 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesIITwinKingsAndTheProphecysEnd'' |
| 164 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Attack on Titan|2016}}'' |
| 165 | ** ''VideoGame/BerserkAndTheBandOfTheHawk'' |
| 166 | ** ''VideoGame/WarriorsAllStars'' ({{Crossover}} involving multiple Creator/KoeiTecmo properties[[note]]Unlike ''Warriors Orochi'' that primarily pulls characters from ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Samurai Warriors''[[/note]]) |
| 167 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' |
| 168 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'' (based on ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'') |
| 169 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' ({{Sequel}} to ''VideoGame/Persona5'') |
| 170 | ** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' ({{Prequel}}[[spoiler:/AlternateUniverse]] to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'') |
| 171 | * ''VideoGame/AnEgyptianTale'' |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest'' |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/EternityTheLastUnicorn'' |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/EvilDeadRegeneration'' |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/EvilGenome'' |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/{{Extinction}}'' |
| 177 | * ''VideoGame/{{Fate}}'' |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/TheFirstTemplar'' |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/FlashOfTheBlade'' |
| 181 | * ''VideoGame/ForHonor'' |
| 182 | * ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'' (a [[BossGame boss-fight only]] example, fused with ShootEmUp) |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gaiapolis}}'' |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ganryu}}'' -- especially so for the sequel |
| 185 | * ''VideoGame/{{Genji}}'' |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/GenpeiToumaDen'' |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' |
| 188 | * ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'' (combined with StealthBasedGame) |
| 189 | * ''VideoGame/GhostRider2007'' |
| 190 | * ''VideoGame/GladiatorBegins'' |
| 191 | * ''[[VideoGame/GladiatorSwordOfVengeance Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance]]'' |
| 192 | * ''VideoGame/TheGladiator'' |
| 193 | * ''VideoGame/GrimDawn'' |
| 194 | * ''VideoGame/{{Godfall}}'' |
| 195 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' |
| 196 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' |
| 197 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'' |
| 198 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus'' |
| 199 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'' |
| 200 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta'' |
| 201 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarAscension'' |
| 202 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' |
| 203 | ** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'' |
| 204 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' (More of a [[UnbuiltTrope forerunner]] to the Hack and Slash genre, but the 2008 game ''Golden Axe: Beast Rider'' is a straight example of one) |
| 205 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenForce'' |
| 206 | * ''VideoGame/GoriCuddlyCarnage'' |
| 207 | * ''VideoGame/GotchaForce'' |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyRelink'' |
| 209 | * ''VideoGame/GrandChase'' |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/GreenLanternRiseOfTheManhunters'' |
| 211 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture'' |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' |
| 213 | ** ''VideoGame/Gungrave2002'' |
| 214 | ** ''VideoGame/GungraveOverdose'' |
| 215 | ** ''VideoGame/GungraveGORE'' |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hammerwatch}}'' |
| 217 | * ''[[VideoGame/HeartAndSlash Heart&Slash]]'' |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/Heidelberg1693'' |
| 220 | * ''VideoGame/HellbladeSenuasSacrifice'' |
| 221 | * ''VideoGame/HeroOfSparta'' |
| 222 | * ''VideoGame/HiddenDragonLegend'' |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/HuntedTheDemonsForge'' |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/HunterTheReckoning'' |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/HonorOfKingsWorld'' |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/Hours2020'' |
| 227 | * ''VideoGame/{{ICEY}}'' |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/ImmortalsFenyxRising'' |
| 229 | * ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing'' |
| 230 | * ''VideoGame/INinja'' |
| 231 | * ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'' (combind with FirstPersonShooter) |
| 232 | ** ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'' |
| 233 | ** ''VideoGame/JediKnightJediAcademy'' |
| 234 | * ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad'' |
| 235 | * ''VideoGame/JiuXiao'' |
| 236 | * ''VideoGame/KabukiZ'' |
| 237 | * ''VideoGame/Kabus22'' |
| 238 | * ''VideoGame/KamenRiderBattrideWar'' |
| 239 | * ''VideoGame/KillerIsDead'', a SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/Killer7'' |
| 240 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' |
| 241 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' |
| 242 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' |
| 243 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' |
| 244 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'' |
| 245 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' |
| 246 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded'' |
| 247 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' |
| 248 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' |
| 249 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIV'' |
| 250 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMissingLink'' |
| 251 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomUnderFireTheCrusaders'' |
| 252 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' |
| 253 | * ''VideoGame/TheKingOfDragons'' |
| 254 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsContract'' |
| 255 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheTempleInfernalCrusade'' |
| 256 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound'' |
| 257 | * ''VideoGame/KnightsOfValour'' |
| 258 | * ''VideoGame/KrutTheMythicWings'' |
| 259 | * ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainDefiance'' |
| 260 | * ''VideoGame/Legend1994'' |
| 261 | * ''VideoGame/Legend1998'' |
| 262 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryAxe'' |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'': SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' |
| 266 | * ''VideoGame/LostSoulAside'' |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/LuciferRing'' |
| 268 | * ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/{{Magatama}}'' |
| 270 | * ''VideoGame/MagicRampage'' |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/MagicSwordHeroicFantasy'' |
| 272 | * ''VideoGame/MakenX'' |
| 273 | * ''VideoGame/{{Malicious}}'' |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/ManaSeries'' |
| 275 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'' (''Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden'') |
| 276 | *** ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' (''Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu'') |
| 277 | ** ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' (''Seiken Densetsu 2'') |
| 278 | ** ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' (''Seiken Densetsu 3'') |
| 279 | ** ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' (''Seiken Densetsu 4'') |
| 280 | ** ''VideoGame/VisionsOfMana'' |
| 281 | ** ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'' |
| 282 | ** ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfMana'' |
| 283 | ** ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'': Not part of the series but plays the same. |
| 284 | * ''VideoGame/MarlowBriggsAndTheMaskOfDeath'' |
| 285 | * ''VideoGame/MaximoGhostsToGlory'' |
| 286 | * '' VideoGame/MediEvil'' |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/MelfandStories'' |
| 288 | * ''VideoGame/MegatonMusashi'' |
| 289 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' |
| 290 | * ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' |
| 291 | ** ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'' |
| 292 | * ''VideoGame/MinecraftDungeons'' |
| 293 | * ''VideoGame/MitsurugiKamuiHikae'' |
| 294 | * ''VideoGame/MoonstoneAHardDaysKnight'' |
| 295 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' |
| 296 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004'' |
| 297 | *** ''Monster Hunter G'' |
| 298 | *** ''Monster Hunter Portable/Freedom'' |
| 299 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2Dos'' |
| 300 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedom2'' |
| 301 | *** ''Monster Hunter Freedom Unite'' |
| 302 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterFrontier'' |
| 303 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'' |
| 304 | *** ''Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate'' |
| 305 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'' |
| 306 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterOnline'' |
| 307 | ** ''Monster Hunter Explore'' |
| 308 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter4'' |
| 309 | *** ''Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate'' |
| 310 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations'' |
| 311 | *** ''Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate'' |
| 312 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'' |
| 313 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'' |
| 314 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWilds'' |
| 315 | * ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/{{Musya}}'' |
| 317 | * ''VideoGame/MysticHeroes'' |
| 318 | * ''VideoGame/MysticWarriors'' |
| 319 | * ''VideoGame/NanoBreaker'' |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'': The Hack and Slash-styled gameplay of the ''Ultimate Ninja Impact'' game for the Platform/PlayStationPortable has been carried over to this game for story battles. |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' SpinOff games: |
| 322 | ** ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaUActionUnleashed'' |
| 323 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaTagmensionBlancPlusNeptuneVsZombies'' |
| 324 | ** ''VideoGame/CyberdimensionNeptunia4GoddessesOnline'' |
| 325 | ** ''VideoGame/NeptuniaVirtualStars'' |
| 326 | ** ''VideoGame/NeptuniaXSenranKaguraNinjaWars'' |
| 327 | ** ''VideoGame/NeptuniaSistersVsSisters'' |
| 328 | * ''VideoGame/NewLegends'' |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' |
| 330 | * ''VideoGame/NieR'' |
| 331 | ** ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' |
| 332 | * ''VideoGame/NigateTale'' |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasOogiesRevenge'' |
| 334 | * ''VideoGame/NightmareCreatures'', especially if you're playing as Nadia |
| 335 | * ''VideoGame/Nightshade2003'' |
| 336 | * ''VideoGame/NightsOfAzure'' |
| 337 | * ''VideoGame/NinetyNineNights'' |
| 338 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaBlade'' |
| 339 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' |
| 340 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden2004'' |
| 341 | ** ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenDragonSword'' |
| 342 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden II|2008}}'' |
| 343 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Ninja Gaiden 3|2012}}'' |
| 344 | ** ''VideoGame/YaibaNinjaGaidenZ'' a SpinOff of the series. |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' (mixed with SoulsLikeRPG) |
| 346 | ** ''VideoGame/Nioh2'' |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' |
| 348 | ** ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' |
| 349 | ** ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'' |
| 350 | ** ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII'' |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/{{Omensight}}'' |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/{{Onechanbara}}'' |
| 355 | * ''VideoGame/{{Onimusha}}'' |
| 356 | ** ''VideoGame/OnimushaWarlords'' |
| 357 | ** ''VideoGame/Onimusha2SamuraisDestiny'' |
| 358 | ** ''VideoGame/Onimusha3DemonSiege'' |
| 359 | ** ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams'' |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/OtogiMythOfDemons'' |
| 361 | * ''VideoGame/OverlordFellowshipOfEvil'' |
| 362 | * ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/PiratesTheLegendOfTheBlackBuccaneer'' |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/PirateHunter'' |
| 365 | * ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' |
| 366 | ** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' |
| 367 | ** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' |
| 368 | ** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'' |
| 369 | ** ''[[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008 Prince of Persia (2008)]]'' |
| 370 | ** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' |
| 371 | * ''VideoGame/{{Princess Crown}}'' |
| 372 | * ''VideoGame/ProtectMeKnight'' (combined with TowerDefense). |
| 373 | * ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/PunishingGrayRaven'' |
| 375 | * The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series: |
| 376 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI'' (1989 as Hero's Quest; 1990 re-release with new name) |
| 377 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'' (1990) |
| 378 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'' (1992) |
| 379 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' (1993) |
| 380 | ** ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' (1998) |
| 381 | ** ''VideoGame/HeroU'' (2013) (Set in the same setting but not a direct sequel) |
| 382 | * ''VideoGame/RagingBlades'' |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rastan}}'' |
| 384 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ravenbound}}'' |
| 385 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ravenswatch}}'' |
| 386 | * ''VideoGame/RavenswordShadowlands'' |
| 387 | * ''VideoGame/{{Redeemer}}'' |
| 388 | * ''VideoGame/RemiLoreLostGirlInTheLandsOfLore'' is one half this, and one half {{Roguelike}}. |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/{{Risen}}'' |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheArgonauts'' |
| 391 | * ''[[VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai Mark of Kri and Rise of the Kasai]]'' are a mix of this and a StealthBasedGame. |
| 392 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheRonin'' |
| 393 | * ''VideoGame/RisingZanTheSamuraiGunman'' |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rune}}'' |
| 395 | * ''VideoGame/RyseSonOfRome'' |
| 396 | * ''VideoGame/RyuGaGotokuKenzan'' |
| 397 | ** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin'' |
| 398 | * ''VideoGame/RWBYGrimmEclipse'' |
| 399 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'' |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}}'' |
| 401 | ** ''VideoGame/Sacred2FallenAngel'' |
| 402 | ** ''VideoGame/Sacred3'' |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/SacredOdysseyRiseOfAyden'' |
| 404 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' |
| 405 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiMaiden'' |
| 406 | * ''[[VideoGame/SamuraiWayOfTheWarrior Samurai: Way of the Warrior]]'' and its sequel, ''Samurai II: Vengeance'' |
| 407 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWestern'' |
| 408 | * ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' |
| 409 | * ''VideoGame/ScourgeBringer '' |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/SDGundamBattleAlliance'': The game has plenty of shooting, but the primary attacks are based heavily on hack 'n slash gameplay. |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' (a unique example that focuses primarily on defensive mechanics) |
| 412 | * ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' |
| 413 | * ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' |
| 414 | * ''VideoGame/SeveranceBladeOfDarkness'' |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/ShadeWrathOfAngels'' |
| 416 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowForce'' |
| 417 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowOfRome'' |
| 418 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shank}}'' |
| 419 | * ''VideoGame/Shinobi2002'' |
| 420 | * ''VideoGame/SevenSamurai20XX'' |
| 421 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sifu}}'' |
| 422 | * ''VideoGame/{{Silverfall}}'' |
| 423 | * ''VideoGame/SkeletalAvenger'' |
| 424 | * ''VideoGame/SkeletonWarriors'' - Playstation spinoff of the cartoon |
| 425 | * ''VideoGame/SkullAndCrossbones'' |
| 426 | * ''VideoGame/SkulTheHeroSlayer'' |
| 427 | * ''VideoGame/{{Slashout}}'' |
| 428 | * ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' |
| 429 | * ''VideoGame/{{Soukaigi}}'' for the [=PlayStation=], with some RPG elements thrown in |
| 430 | * ''VideoGame/{{Soulframe}}'' |
| 431 | * ''VideoGame/{{Soulstice}}'' |
| 432 | * ''VideoGame/SoulOfTheSamurai'' |
| 433 | * ''VideoGame/SouthParkSnowDay'' |
| 434 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceGladiators'' |
| 435 | * ''VideoGame/SpartanTotalWarrior'' |
| 436 | * ''VideoGame/SpawnArmageddon'' |
| 437 | * ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' |
| 438 | * ''VideoGame/SplatterMaster'' |
| 439 | * '' VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroANewBeginning '' |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIJediPowerBattles'' |
| 441 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsObiWan'' |
| 442 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' (2005) |
| 443 | * ''Star Wars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' |
| 444 | * ''VideoGame/StellarBlade'' |
| 445 | * ''VideoGame/StoriesPathOfDestinies'' |
| 446 | * ''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin'' (also SoulsLikeRPG - made by the same dev team as ''Nioh'') |
| 447 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'' |
| 448 | * ''VideoGame/SwordsOfDestiny'' |
| 449 | * ''VideoGame/TheSwordOfEtheria'' |
| 450 | * ''VideoGame/SwordOfSodan'' |
| 451 | * ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheBerserkGutsRage'' |
| 452 | * ''VideoGame/TaintedGrailTheFallOfAvalon'' |
| 453 | * ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' |
| 454 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' |
| 455 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' |
| 456 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' |
| 457 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'' |
| 458 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' |
| 459 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' |
| 460 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' |
| 461 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' |
| 462 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' |
| 463 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' |
| 464 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld'' |
| 465 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' |
| 466 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' |
| 467 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' |
| 468 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' |
| 469 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' |
| 470 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' |
| 471 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'' |
| 472 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheRays'' |
| 473 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'' |
| 474 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tanzer}}'' - a GenreThrowback released in 2019 |
| 475 | * ''VideoGame/TecmoKnight'' |
| 476 | * ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantsInManhattan'' |
| 477 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'' |
| 478 | * ''VideoGame/ThorGodOfThunder2011'' |
| 479 | * ''VideoGame/TitanQuest'' |
| 480 | * ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight}}'' |
| 481 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Torchlight II}}'' |
| 482 | * ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbuWarriors'' |
| 483 | * ''VideoGame/{{Toukiden}}'' |
| 484 | * ''VideoGame/TransformersDevastation'' |
| 485 | * ''VideoGame/TrinityFusion'' |
| 486 | * ''VideoGame/{{Trojan}}'' |
| 487 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tunche}}'' |
| 488 | * VideoGame/UltraAge |
| 489 | * ''VideoGame/WantedDead'' - an action game that's officially touted as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/DevilsThird''[[note]]More so to its original concept trailer and not the final product released on Wii U.[[/note]] |
| 490 | * ''VideoGame/WarInTheNorth'' |
| 491 | * ''VideoGame/WarhammerChaosbane'' |
| 492 | * ''VideoGame/WarriorsOfFate'' |
| 493 | * ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' |
| 494 | ** ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai4'' |
| 495 | * ''VideoGame/WildBlood'' |
| 496 | * ''VideoGame/WoLongFallenDynasty'' (another Soulslike mixture, once again made by Team Ninja) |
| 497 | * ''VideoGame/TheVagrant'' |
| 498 | * ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' |
| 499 | * ''VideoGame/UndeadKnights'' |
| 500 | * ''VideoGame/UntoldLegends'' |
| 501 | * ''VideoGame/UtawarerumonoZan'' (''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' meets ''Senran Kagura'', without the forced {{Fanservice}} of the latter.) |
| 502 | * ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' for the Playstation, based on the manga of the same name. |
| 503 | * ''VideoGame/{{Vampyr}}'' |
| 504 | * ''VideoGame/VanHelsing'' |
| 505 | * ''VideoGame/VictorVran'' |
| 506 | * ''VideoGame/VikingBattleForAsgard'' |
| 507 | * ''VideoGame/{{Vindictus}}'' |
| 508 | * ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'' (combined with ThirdPersonShooter) |
| 509 | * ''VideoGame/TheWindRoad'' |
| 510 | * ''VideoGame/WutheringWaves'' |
| 511 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenrai}}'' |
| 512 | * ''VideoGame/XBlades'' (Russian-made and is considered by many to be a PantyFighter) |
| 513 | ** ''VideoGame/BladesOfTime'', the spiritual sequel |
| 514 | * ''VideoGame/XenaWarriorPrincess'' |
| 515 | * ''VideoGame/XKaliber2097'' |
| 516 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 517 | ** ''VideoGame/X2WolverinesRevenge'' |
| 518 | ** ''VideoGame/XMenTheOfficialGame'' |
| 519 | ** ''VideoGame/XMenOriginsWolverine'' |
| 520 | * ''VideoGame/YashaLegendsOfTheDemonBlade'' |
| 521 | * ''VideoGame/YoungSouls'' |
| 522 | * ''VideoGame/ZenlessZoneZero'' |
| 523 | * ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders'' |
| 524 | [[index]] |
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