When you talk about good Hack & Slash games, you're usually talking about three groups of games: old school arcade games (Ninja Turtles, Simpson, X-men), Koei games (Dynasty Warrior, Samurai Warriors, Dynasty Gundam), and Capcom games (Devil May Cry, Onimusha, and I'm counting God of War and Bayonetta even though they are only tangentially related to Capcom). And that's not counting "click and die" Diablo style games, and RPG's with real time battles like Kingdom of Hearts, Rogue Galaxy, or Star Ocean.
It's hard to pick favorites with long running series like those, but let me try to name the top five you should play along with some reasons why you should:
5. Streets of Rage 2 - Is a Beat-'em-up the same as a Hack & Slash? In any event, this one is a classic from the old Sega Genesis. There's a character that fights with roller blades. Has co-op gameplay. You can also pick up weapons dropped or thrown by enemies.
4. Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny - A samurai legend fighters demons, with magic elemental weapons: lightning katana, flame claymore, ice spear, wind double-sided sword, earth hammer. Multiple story paths you can follow, which alters the ally that fights along side you and has playable missions. Allies to choose from include: a drunk monk, ninja, pirate with guns, and hot fencer girl. Plus you get the honor of fighting Gogandantantess, the greatest swordsman of all demons. Sorry Dante.
3. Devil May Cry - If you're looking for a difficult Hack & Slash, look no further . . . good luck at max difficulty. You're going to die. A lot. Dante fights with a lightning sword, flame brass knuckles, two pistols, a shotgun, and a grenade launcher. The first boss is a giant lava spider.
2. God of War - Why so many games nowadays have daggers on chains, quick time events, and giant epic bosses. With all the violence and tragedy turned into good gameplay you'd expect from David Jaffe, the guy who brought us Twisted Metal.
1. As previously mention, the best Hack & Slash is:
ahrnygoose said:
The game is a series of battles from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms." There is a giant counter of how many enemies you killed. Co-op gameplay, so you can be competitive with your count, Gimli and Legolas style.
Weapons include: swords (rapier, BFS, duel, saber, long sword, cutlass, etc), spears (pike, halberd, double-sided, trident, lance, etc), clubs (rod, duel rods, giant chuí mace, duel chuí, magic staff), scythe, fans, boomerang, claws, flute, chakrams, bows, horses, and ELEPHANTS. Needless to say the game has lots of playable characters, more than any other game of the series, each with their unique story with multiple paths of battles you can follow with each. The game also has a ton of unlockable items, the best requiring you to fulfill specific missions in specific battles.
Finally, you should probably run after you hear: "Is that who I think it is? It's Lubu. Lubu come to destroy us."
