God of War III
God of War III is an action-adventure, hack and slash, single-player video game for PlayStation developed by SCE Santa Monica Studio. The game is the fifth entry in the fabulous series of God of War. The game takes place in ancient Greece and focuses on Greek Mythology. The player can take on the role of the protagonist named Kratos, who is a former god. The game puts the player on an epic adventure to fight against gods, monsters, and Titans to find Pandora.
The gameplay is similar as compared to its previous entries and based on combo-based combat. Kratos equips with his main weapons, such as Exile and Blades, to slaughter monsters and vicious gods. There are different types of creatures such as harpies, Cyclopes, sirens, and more. It is capable of climbing, jumping, running, and swinging by using ropes. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant visuals, and a superb story, God of War III is a wonderful game.
#1 Bayonetta
Bayonetta offers a brilliant amalgamation of unique Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash elements and allows you to get into the character of a Witch named as Bayonetta. Laced up with sharp edged weapons, Guns and Magic, Bayonetta fights against the Angelic enemies and allows you to enjoy a fast-paced action and thrill filled game-play. According to the story, the game kicks off in the city of Vigrid, where you control the character of Bayonetta and engage yourself into epic Long and close range combats (Melee Combats), use your special magical powers, swords and guns in order to kill the enemies, summon a number of different unholy and gigantic creatures, monsters etc. to fight off the enemies. With an edge of superior powers, Bayonetta lets you devastate your enemies completely along with capturing their weapons and powers. With every Angel kill, the game awards you with skill points that you can use to buy upgrades (Weapons, Magic and Skills etc.). With a wonderful Hack and Slash game-play, cool visuals and mechanics, Bayonetta offers an amazingly addictive and immersive experience ever. Do try it out.
#2 Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden 3 offers a brilliant Combination of Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, RPG and Ninja Assassin aesthetics. The game features the protagonist Ryu who gets summoned by the Self Defense Force (SDF) of Japan currently fighting against a massive Terrorist Organization run by the most notorious leader The Alchemist. Ryu joins the Self Defense Force of Japan, starts fighting against the Alchemist forces and himself, captures him in East London. After the Capture of Alchemist, another group of terrorist’s attacks Ryu, The Alchemist gets free and Ryu gets beaten and wounded badly. The Alchemist flees the scene leaving Ryu at the scene, alive but with severe injuries. A chunk of time passes, Ryu gets himself right, follows the Footsteps of The Alchemist and finds him taking refuge in the Rub-Al-Khali, a desert covering almost the Third of the Arabian Peninsula. In order to eliminate The Alchemist, Ryu fights off hordes of his accomplices and finally reaches to Alchemist’s Den where he gets into a One on One melee Combat with The Alchemist and kills him after a long run of bloody fight. Ryu Returns to Japan and the Story Concludes after the demise of Alchemist and his Terrorist organization. Ninja Gaiden 3 offers a fantastic mix-up of multiple genres such as Action, Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash elements along with a wonderful story, great visuals and an immersive game-play.
#3 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is an Action, Role-playing, Co-op, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Capcom. The game introduces underwater combat and features new character classes such as a bow, gunlance, dual sword, and hunting horn. It features harder monsters and G-ranking system. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate takes place in the fantasy world, and the player can select his character from different classes, and the ultimate task is to navigate the world from a third-person perspective, fight against monsters and vicious foes using different weapons and complete a set of challenging quests. The game rewards the player with XP points as he level-up. He can create tons of armor and weapons using different items and participates in the battle to fight against larger-than-life monsters and foes. The player can unlock further features and modes using his XP points. With enhanced gameplay, story, mechanics and visuals, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#4 Bayonetta 2
Bayonetta 2 is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game produced by PlatinumGames for Nintendo platform. It is the sequel to the Bayonetta video game released in 2009 by Atsushi Inaba. The game introduces a titular character named as Bayonetta, new costumes, and multiple modes. The story revolves around a female protagonist’s struggle to fight against different demonic forces and angelic using the mixture of gunplay and melee attacks. It takes place in the stunning world full of mind-bending puzzles, and a variety of objectives. The game introduces new features, by using this, the player can dodge enemy attacks at the last second, slow down the enemy speed around him/her, and can quickly solve the environmental puzzles. The player equips with special abilities called Torture Attacks, using special moves the player can trap enemies on infernal gadgets for more points. Through customization, the player can modify his/her weapon using a different combination and make them more efficient. During exploration, the player can gather power-ups to upgrade his/her weapons and use them against enemies to smash them all. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and brilliant graphics, Bayonetta 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#5 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.
#6 Monster Hunter Tri
Monster Hunter Tri is basically the third great inclusion to this amazing series. The game is a wonderful blend of Action-Adventure, Tactical-RPG, Hack and Slash and Multiplayer Co-Op game-play that lets you be a Monster Slayer from a guild of gladiators. Your duty is to save the village of Moga from the wrath of the monsters and other enemies. A continuous threat from a nearby island is what is bothering the people of Moga badly, you must go against the monsters, kill them all and let the people of Moga live in peace. Monster Hunter Tri offers great adventure quests, a lot of cool weapons, skills and a number of characters to choose between along with an engaging game-play, superb visuals much more. Monster Hunter Tri is a marvelous Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash game to play and enjoy. Do try it out if you love playing Hack and Slash and RPG games, it’ll definitely entertain you well.