Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II is an Action Role-playing, Hack-and-Slash, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment for PlayStation 2. The game is the sequel to Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance released in the year 2001, and it takes place in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting found in D&D. However, the gameplay follows the rules of Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition released in the year 2000. The game serves as the direct sequel to the previous title, and it comes with a story revolving around five adventurers who are struggling to rescue the Baldur’s Date from an evolving evil and his dark forces. The player finds himself in the 3D environment where he can control the rotatable camera. In the start, the statistics of the chosen character is present, with the player capable of selecting from one of five character races or classes combinations such as a human Barbarian, a Drow Monk, and more. The player can change the appearance of his character and statistics through gaining experience points from taking down enemies. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II includes key features such as Overhead Perspective, Hack-and-Slash Gameplay, Detailed Graphics, and more.
#1 Legend of Grimrock
Legend of Grimrock, created by Almost Human Ltd. is an Action-Aand Hack and Slash video game. The game provides with a lot of dungeon crawling and strategically special game levels in which the player gets fit into the role of a prisoner who is thrown into the Pit of mount Grimrock. You after taking over the character of the protagonist must crawl through the dungeon, fight off the monsters and other dangerous prisoners, interact with objects, solve puzzles and find and repair the machine that opens up the portal to the outer world. Your life depends on the actions you perform so be careful. You must also find out the hidden equipment in order to fill up your inventory and gain the experience points. After the portal machine gets repaired, you must go through it and find the Tomb of the Creators who then will lead you to the Undying One and you’ll be able to complete the objectives of the game after blowing up the great Mount Grimrock. Legend of Grimrock is an amazing game to play and enjoy. For a super exciting Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play, do play this awesome game. You’ll definitely like it.
#2 Dark Souls
Dark Souls is an RPG game packed with Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements. It is developed and published by From Software. This game provides an open world environment, enhanced graphics, challenging game-play, an updated user interface, and an advanced A artificial Intelligence (AI)I system. You can play it on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4. The game takes you to a fictional and mysterious world.
The player starts his journey with many weapons and rations and a little gathering of companions, and on his way to the badlands, he engages with the creatures. This game features realistic and eye-catching graphics, and the open-world allows him to interact with people, objects, and other things. Playing Dark Souls will definitely be a good experience because of its amazing story, addictive gameplay, and brilliant visuals. These features make Dark Souls among the top choices of combat gamers.
#3 Darksiders 2
Darksiders 2 is a brilliant Hack and Slash, RPG and Action-Adventure video game by Vigil Games. This game belongs to the Darksiders series and lets you be the protagonist Death, one of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. The game amalgamates interactive puzzle elements with the super thrilling Action, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play and tasks you to go through various environments consisting of things such as Doors, Elevators, Portals, and Platforms etc. In an open world environment, Darksiders 2 lets you explore the game world on foot or your special Horse named as Despair, traverse through a number of dungeons, complete a number of quests and side quests, engage in epic boss fights along with thrilling PvP melee combats with other enemies and enjoy immersing yourself into a brilliantly engaging game-play. Darksiders 2 offers multiple means of travel and one of them is teleporting from one location to another. Your primary weapons are two sharp edged Scythes that you can use to slice up your enemies or you can use your secondary weapons (Hammers, Axes, Maces etc.) as well. With a very interesting and very well-written story line, fantastic visuals and an immersive game-play, Darksiders 2 is one of the best games of Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash genres. Do try it out.
#4 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a Third-person, Fast-paced Action and Thrill filled Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Mercury Steam. The game is set in the year 1047 and tells the story about the epic Alliance between Earth and Heaven that was threatened by the mighty and evil Lords of the Shadow. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow allows you to be the main protagonist Gabriel Belmont a skilled warrior who uses advanced skills and up to 40 unique Unlockable fighting combos and his special sword fighting abilities to kill the enemies. Your task is to use all the weapons along with secondary ones such as Knives, Holy Water, and Hammers etc. to eliminate your enemies. Laced up with all the advanced melee tactics and weapons, special magical spells, you’ll have to attack your enemies in a fast-paced manner and kill them before they get you. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow offers ultra-HD visuals, a well-written story and an engaging game-play. Try it out if you really love playing Action-Adventure and RPG video games and you’ll definitely love it.
#5 Bastion
Bastion is a Wonderful Action-RPG video game developed by Supergiant Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game lets you control The Kid, move though floating platforms in a fantasy-based environment, fight enemies, collect Shards of Rocks, Use magical powers and different weapons (Swords, Hammers, knives etc.) in epic enemy encounters, explore and solve puzzles in World of Caelondia and enjoy the ultimate fun. With wonderful graphics, and challenging game-play, Bastion is a wonderful game to play. One brilliant feature of the game is the Dynamic Voice-over presented in a beautiful 2D environment and the Isometric Camera view makes it even more involving. For all the hardcore Action-RPG enthusiasts, Bastion offers hours of pure entertainment, so do try this one out.
#6 Mount and Blade: Warband
Mount and Blade: Warband is a superb hack and slash, action, role-playing, a strategy video game by TaleWorlds Entertainment. You are free to explore the thrilling game world by making your teams with multiple online players up to 250 characters. Furthermore, the game provides the option to enjoy the combat in different modes like Team-Death match, Conquest, Capture the Flag, Siege, Deathmatch, and Battle.
It also offers the player to be group leader by convincing the lords of that group and giving them a particular land area. The game seems easy in the beginning but gets harder when you move to the advanced levels. Furthermore, the protagonist can design his own maps to battle and earn money by fighting against enemies. So, complete your tasks in multiple equipment systems and enjoy this great platform.
#7 DungeonLand
DungeonLand is a Multiplayer, Co-Op Action-RPG and Hack and Slash video game with similarities to the popular Castle Crashers. The game is set in a medieval era and allows you to select your character from a number of classes (Warrior, Mage, Rogue and Hero) and go on an amazing journey through a Medieval themed park, team up with your fellow heroes and assimilate the evil Dungeon Maestro along with all of his might and save the tragic kingdom. DungeonLand offers amazing Co-Op multiplayer game-play, amazing visuals, good story and a lot of other great things.