Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts III is an Action-RPG and Single-player video game developed and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game serves as the 12th title in the long-running series of Kingdom Hearts, acting as a sequel to Kingdom Hearts II and it is the final chapter in the Dark Seeker Saga. However, the game takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, making a return of the protagonist named Sora teamed up by Goofy, Donald Duck, Riku, and King Mickey in an epic adventure to search for the seven Guardians of Light. Their struggle revolves around the attempt to thwart the restored plan of Xehanort to bring about the 2nd keyblade War. Like its predecessor, the game retains the hack-and-slash combat mechanics. During the gameplay, the protagonist faces Nobodies, Heartless, and Unversed in-game with new types of enemies appear in the game. Different mini-games are also featured in the game to enjoy, and the player can explore the world from a third-person perspective, fight against enemies, and take down them for points. With detailed graphics, superb mechanics, and prominent features, Kingdom Hearts III is a good game to play.
#1 Okami
Okami, developed by Clover Studio, Ready at Dawn and Hexa Drive and published by Capcom is an Action-Adventure, RPG and Fantasy game released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Wii gaming platforms. The game thrives in the history of Japan and bases on many Japanese mythologies and legends. The story of the game tells us about a heavenly entity named Amaterasu who descends to earth and saves it from the darkness. It changes its appearance into a wolf and roams the land, kills all the hostile creatures and removes the dark spells and nourishes the land. Okami features an amazing game-play that resembles the one in Zelda, a super engaging and involving story, woodcut (Water color styled) 3D graphics and an open world. Having a close resemblance to Zelda this game is a wonderful piece of art and it will surely entertain you a lot.
#2 Okamiden
Okamiden is another great Action-Adventure, RPG and Fantasy video game. The game belongs to the popular Okami series but is not a direct sequel to its predecessor Okami. With a similar game-play and mechanics, Okamiden lets you get into the character of Chibiterasu, a small wolf who is destined to end the Evil. Despite hard efforts of Amaterasu, the evil remains at large and this time it’s your duty to end it once and for all. In order to complete the game objectives, Okamiden tasks you to explore the world, go through various dungeons and fight off the evil powers using your celestial weapons and special abilities. On your way to the core of the evil, you’ll have to meet specific characters and get help with your navigation, find all the relics and earn rewards. Okamiden offers the same balanced game-play and mechanics as it did in the okami and allows you to enjoy an immersive experience.
#3 Psychonauts
Psychonauts is another super addictive Action-Adventure, Interactive-Drama and Puzzle-platform video game. The game revolves around the character of a young Psych named Razputin who starts up his journey of becoming a Psychonaut. In order to achieve the goals, you’ll have to help Razputin break into the Psychonaut’s training center, make a place for yourself there, defeat the enigmatic villain who have kidnapped your fellow campers. It is now your duty to free your fellow campers by the use of your special abilities and psychic powers. You must focus on telekinesis, levitation and project yourself into the minds of the enemies, fight them off, sabotage their facilities and eventually free your friends. Psychonauts offers an amazingly twisted game-play, a great story to follow along with amazing visuals and a lot of other great things.
#4 Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil is a Sci-Fi Action-Adventure, RPG and Stealth-based video game developed and published by Ubisoft for multiple platforms like PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Nintendo GameCube. The story of the game revolves around the protagonist named as Jade who tries to search for evidence in different installations about a war with aliens. She roams in an open world and solves puzzles to reach the areas with photographic evidence about the incident. On her way to the installations, she encounters the enemies and engages in combats with them using her combat staff in melee attacks against the enemies. The story of Beyond Good and Evil is a super best combination of Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure and RPG elements. With a great story-line and enhanced graphics, Beyond Good and Evil offers a fantastic game-play experience. Do give it a try.
#5 Ni No Kuni
Ni No Kuni is a Fantastic Anime Themed series of Action, Role-playing and Strategy games. Developed by a renowned company named as Level-5, Ni No Kuni offers four main games in the series. Because of its versatility, Ni No Kuni offers playability on multiple platforms including Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and 4, and on Mobile devices. The games in the series include Ni No Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn, Ni No Kuni: Hotroit Stories, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and Ni No Kuni: Daibouken Monsters. Another game named as Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom is in the development and will be released in near future. Every game in the series follow a similar story but offers different Artwork, Specs and Graphics as well as enhanced mechanics and stuff. Throughout the series, the games follow a Boy named as Oliver, who journeys to another world in search of his mother and to stop the beckoning Dark evil that kidnapped his mother. In the four main stories, Ni No Kuni features the same protagonist but in the upcoming game, Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom, it features a different players character. The story of Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom focuses on the character of young King Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum who struggles to regain his kingdom with the help of Roland, a man from another world. Summing it up, Ni No Kuni series offers a plethora of great stories, adventures, and characters. Try them out and enjoy a whole new experience of Role-playing and Action elements.
#6 Tales of Vesperia
Tales of Vesperia by Namco Tales Studio and Namco Bandai Games, is a wonderful blend of Action-Adventure, MMORPG and Strategy elements and it is available to play on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game’s story follows the Protagonist Yuri Lowell who along with a noble entity named as Estellise journeys to find his friend Flynn. As the journey starts, the protagonist and a group of fellows characters goes on different missions to find protagonists friend and a creatures named Entelexia. The protagonist while in control of the player, goes on different quests and adventures and engages in battles and combats with enemies in real-time by the use of specially made weapons and battling techniques. Boosting up the Xp level by defeating enemies and pacing further, the protagonist finally reaches to his friend and frees him. Tales of Vesperia offers a well written storyline along with an engaging game-play and a variety of different characters.
#7 Fable 3
Fable 3 is an amazing game by Lionhead Studios that lets you experience the best mix-up of Action-RPG, Shooting and Hack and Slash elements. The game is set in the boundaries of a mid-era city Albion, where the protagonist tries to overthrow the King from his throne. You can be part of the game by setting yourself up in the character of the protagonist, form alliances with neighboring kingdoms and build support for the revolution. You must control all the affairs so you could successfully revolt against the king and his government, become a monarch and defend Albion from a great evil that is about to embark upon the people of Albion. Fable 3 allows you to gather up legions of armies and fight against the evil all together. The combats in the game are mostly closed ones so you must fight your enemy using melee weapons and techniques. You can buy upgrades and power ups to enhance your weapon inventory, skills etc. If you want to experience a true Action-Adventure and RPG marvel, you must play this super thriller video game. You’ll definitely like it.
#8 Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter is a 2005 hit Action-Adventure and RPG video game by Capcom. This Brilliant game is about a Hunter who gets tasked to complete different jobs, go on epic quests for glory, gather up items like Armors, Weapons etc., Fight and slay some of the most brutal monsters and craft items with their body parts, Team up with 3 more players using the Co-Op Multiplayer feature and enjoy being part of a wonderful world. The game lets you be a skilled Monster Hunter and tasks you to complete a number of different Quests such as Hunting Quests, Gathering Quests, and Capturing Quests all with their own missions and, monsters and tasks. in order to complete the game objectives, you must slay some monsters and craft different weapons and items with their remains such as their Horns, Bones and Scales etc. and go hunt down more monsters running wildly in the game world. Monster Hunter lets you create your own guilds in which you can recruit and train other hunters and make your own teams. Furthermore, Monster Hunter offers the Event Quests that you can enjoy while playing the game Online using the Multiplayer feature. With a fantastic open world environment, beautiful visuals and an immersive gameplay, Monster Hunter is one of the best ever Action and RPG games to play and enjoy.
#9 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.
#10 The Last Remnant
The Last Remnant is a cool Turn-based, Action-RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Square Enix. The game takes place in a fictional world and lets you choose a character from four different races and select the best skills for yourself. You act as Rush Sykes who goes on an epic journey against a huge army of monsters managed by antagonist, DAVID companies the protagonist Rush. Your objective is to go against the monsters as a skilled gladiator, kill all of them and free “Irina”. Irina is in possession of the monster leader and he won’t let her go away without a fight so you should give him what he wants, kill him, destroy the arks of Remnants and free your sister. The Last Remnant features a great action-packed game-play and good story and cool visuals along with a great ARPG and Hack and Slash experience that you won’t find in a lot of other games of this specific genre.
#11 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is a wonderful Action, Tactical MMORPG, Hack and Slash video game by Square Enix. The game is set in a fictional world of Hydaelyn and features the protagonist who after selecting the character and skill sets goes on wars against the enemies to save his part of the Realm. Your duty is to be a warrior and the savior of Eorzea and liberate your motherland from the worst economic and social crisis. The enemies after getting enough power and resources are getting closer day by day so you must gather a team of individuals like you, build your own guild and go on quests to eliminate the threats, loot the resources and serve Eorzea. With some of the most epic settlements and combats, a great action-packed game-play and a great story, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is a superbly addictive and engaging game to play and enjoy. Do give it a try.
#12 Final Fantasy XIV Online
Final Fantasy XIV Online, developed and published by Square Enix is a Massively Multiplayer Online – Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed for Microsoft Windows. The game is a fourteenth inclusion to the series and the second MMORPG in the whole series. Final Fantasy XIV Online is set in the fictitious land of Eorzea and blooms in time of an imminent attack from the Garlean Empire. Like most of the MMORPG video games, player gets admittance to the game world by creating a customized avatar of himself and adventures and quests in the time of conflict. Player tries to investigate about a prophecy which is pointed at the present time and foretells the fall of Dalamud and the role of the empire at that specific time. In a very short time the war begins and the player starts acting as the protagonist and continues to explore, interact with people and in-game objects, fighting and defeating the enemies. Player encounters different kinds of monsters, mutants, and with every enemy defeat he earns Experience Points (XP) and boosts up his level. The game lets the players use different weapons like swords, knives, shuriken and a lot of others present in player’s inventory. Final Fantasy XIV Online is a marvelous blend of Action, Adventure and MMORPG elements. Do try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the Ultimate fun.
#13 Radiant Historia
Radiant Historia is Nintendo DS specific Fantasy-based RPG and Turn-based Strategy video game (Similar to Advance Wars series games) that offers great Time Travel elements as a plus with the core game-play. Built by the top game developer, Atlus, Radiant Historia is set on the land of Vanqueur, once prosperous and powerful empire that destroyed itself by the use of an unstable energy named as Flux. The game allows you to be the ultimate savior by simply taking responsibility of two mysterious children who are the key to reverse everything that happened to the world of Vanqueur. The game tasks you to Travel in Time backwards and stop the Cataclysmic event from happening that destroyed everything. During the jumps to Parallel universes, you’ll have to encounter the enemies in order to eliminate them (3×3 battles), engage into epic combats with bosses and finally alter the history in order to save Vanqueur from the ultimate destruction. With amazing Time Traveling elements, amazing RPG experience, fantasy-based game environment and setting, epic combats and massive character development options, Radiant Historia offers great visuals, well-written storyline and an immersive game-play.
#14 Zenonia
Zenonia is one of the best games of this specific genre that offers a brilliant combination of Action-Adventure, RPG and Fantasy elements. Zenonia lets you be the protagonist named as Regret who embarks on a journey to know all about himself and his lost past. As you go on with the character, you’ll discover the ultimate evil plot of the game and the game itself will embed you deeply into the game-play. Your task in the game is to explore the world of Zenonia, complete a number of quests, interact with the NPCs, get your course of actions corrected and go hunting down the evil demons. With a number of character selection and development options that Zenonia offers, it lets you enhance your character and skills as you proceed to the more advanced levels of the game. Zenonia offers a well-written story, brilliant visuals and a marvelously engaging and immersive game-play. With multiple high fantasy sequels, Zenonia tops the ranks among best Action-Adventure and RPG games.
#15 Zenonia 4
Zenonia 4 or also known as Zenonia 4: Return of the Legend offers a rare and quite amazing combination of Action, RPG and Hack and Slash elements and takes you to a world where an unknown ancient evil power threatens to devastate the world. In order to save the world from the attack of Evil, Zenonia 4 tasks you to be part of a warrior legion including Regret, Lu, Ecne, Chael etc. and embark on the journey to eliminate the evil forces and to save the world of Zenonia. Zenonia 4 offers a huge game world to explore of which you can be part after selecting and customizing your online avatar, gear yourself and your crew up into the deadly weapons and armor, engage yourself into epic melee combat encounters with the enemy and destroy them in order to complete the game objectives. With ultra-HD visuals, an immersive game-play and a wonderful story, Zenonia 4 lets you enjoy Action, RPG and Hack and Slash gaming from a whole new perspective.
#16 Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts is a first and foremost game in the critically acclaimed and popular series. Developed by Square Enix, Kingdom Hearts offers a fantastic combination of Action and RPG (Role Playing Game) elements and it is available to play on PlayStation 2 only. The game actually made Walt Disney Company and Square Enix come together to work on a piece of art that later became Kingdom Hearts. It offers characters and game worlds from both of the giant’s universes and offers a truly remarkable experience of Action and RPG elements. The story of the game follows a Boy named as Sora, who gets thrown into an epic battle against the forces of Evil. Sora gets many characters on his side such as Donald Duck, Goofy and others and completes various quests to fulfill the game objectives. Packed with Substantial Action and Adventure, a great combination of the all-star voice cast, beautiful visuals, and all the amazingly revamped game mechanics, Kingdom Hearts is Playstation’s one of the ten best sellers of all times. The combat system in the game is Unique in a sense it allows the players to earn HP and MP points. MP points can be gathered by Melee attacking the enemies and by using “Ether” against them. HP can be used to monitor player character’s health, damage ratio and other things related to that. With a remarkable response from the players all around the globe and on a huge demand, Square Enix released more versions of the game. The series now includes Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 2, and Kingdom Hearts: Coded, Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts X. Furthermore, the series offers Kingdom Hearts Mobile for mobile platforms, Collections such as Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix. The company is working on two new titles Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom Hearts 3, and would release them in near future.
#17 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.
#18 Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 2, developed by From Software is a Hack and Slash, Action-Adventure and RPG video game that is set in a Hostile Drangleic world and allows you to explore it and engage in combats and battles against your enemies. Dark Souls 2 offers both PvP and PvE events for you to get into and fight against the opponents. Every kill means a win for you, the soul of the player who gets defeated by you, accumulates and turns into experience points and currency for you. You can use the experience points and currency to buy upgrades, power-ups, weapons and skills etc. Because of the open world nature of the game, you encounter a lot of enemies while exploring but you can always kill them with your mighty sword. Multiplayer gaming mode allows you to team up with other online players or go against them and fight them off of your areas. Dark Souls 2 is one of the best Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG games and it will definitely entertain you to the limits. Do try it out.
#19 Zelda
Zelda or The Legend of Zelda is an immersive Action-Adventure and High-Fantasy video game by Nintendo. The game offers a brilliant combination of Acton, Adventure and puzzle elements and is set in the Kingdom of Hyrule where it embeds the player into the character of the Protagonist Link who goes on a journey to save the Princess Zelda along with the Kingdom of Hyrule that is under the siege of Ganon, the Antagonist. In order to complete the objectives, the game tasks players to find 8 Fragments of an ancient relic known as Triforce of Wisdom, harness its powers and defeat the antagonist along with his accomplices, hordes of dangerous creatures and monsters. Zelda allows yo to use a special weapon “The Sword” in order to slay all the Shadow Beasts and to save the Kingdom of Hyrule. The Legend of Zelda offers a fantastic and quite immersive gameplay, a brilliantly well-written game story, beautiful visuals and all the cool scenarios. Zelda is available to play on Nintendo Wii only.
#20 Legend of Mana
Legend of Mana is a wonderful Single and multiplayer Action-RPG video game by Square. The game offers a non-linear game-play and lets you engage yourself into real-time battles with enemies, allows you to manipulate your surroundings simply by using the Land make System, Enjoy going on epic quests and have loads of fun. Legend of Mana is the Fourth main inclusion to the series of Mana that made presence in the markets after the popular Seiken Densetsu 3. The game is set in High Fantasy and allows you to be an unnamed hero who goes on epic quests and tries to restore the Land of Fa’Diel and the Tree of Mana. With its unique gameplay style, Legend of Mana allows you to shape the world around you as you like by using the unique Land Make System, generate and build new Regions of land, enjoy Non-Linear gameplay in epic quests and enjoy it to the limits. With millions of copies sold worldwide, Legend of Mana is a true predecessor of all the games of this specific genre and gameplay style. Legend of Mana offers beautiful visuals, addictive gameplay and loads of fun things to discover.
#21 Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank is a part of Series of games with Sci-Fi, Action-based Platform video games. Basically, Ratchet & Clank is a remastered version of 2002’s top-notch Platformer video game, and it now offers more room for gameplay, enhanced mechanics, revamped graphics engine and loads of other great things. Developed by Insomniac Games and Published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ratchet & Clank combines Platform, Shooting and Action elements together and offers a more entertaining experience. Players can either play as Ratchet or Clank (on particular portions of the game). The game tasks the player to navigate through unusual environments, encounter and defeat loads of different types of enemies, use a number of the various gadgets and weapons against the enemies while exploring the game world and running on different kinds of platforms. Puzzle solving and obstacle dodging has its own particular spot in the game. Players can complete various game levels, go through the obstacles, use Jetpacks to enjoy Flight elements and enjoy playing the game. With all the amazing environments, epic battles and skirmishes against the enemies, beautiful 3D game graphics and loads of other great things, Ratchet & Clank is one fo the best Action, thrill and Puzzle-Platformer video game to play and enjoy.