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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.

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.

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.

Dante’s Inferno is a fantastic Single and Multiplayer Hack and Slash and Action-Adventure video game by Visceral Games and Artificial Mind and Movement. The game features the protagonist Dante, a Crusader laced up with his primary weapon Death Scythe and the Holy Cross. According to the Storyline, Dante goes on a mission to eliminate the Hell’s Minions and engages into epic Combats, Platform and environmental Puzzles. The story takes another turn when the King goes on to search for a Holy Relic that is hidden under the folds of mystic environments. The king entrusts Dante with all the prisoners but Dante kills the Prisoners and the King sends him to find the Holy Relic as to punish him. Dante embarks on an epic journey to find the Holy Relic and reaches down to the Palace of King Saladin where he gets stabbed multiple times by the Assassins. Wounded badly, Dante returns back to Florence, Italy to his Father and his one true Love Beatrice, but instead finds them dead. Beatrice’s Soul appears in front of him and tells him all about how she and Dante’s father got killed. Dante Vows to revenge and descends into an opening into the ground at the spot where Hell and Earth borders. Dante reaches to the Hell’s Gate where he encounters the Minions of Lucifer, starts killing them selflessly, encounters Lucifer and kills him after a series of fast-paced and Action-filled melee combats. Dante then finds the Holy Relic and the game concludes. With a very interesting story, state of the art visuals and a super thrilling game-play, Dante’s Inferno is a wonderful game to play.

Killer is Dead lets the players enjoy a Futuristic Story that takes place in a world of Technological Advancements and Space Travel. Presenting Hardcore Action, Thrill and Hack and Slash elements, Killer is Dead focuses on the main character named as Mondo Zappa, a skilled Marksman, and an Executioner who works for the Bryan Execution Firm. Bryan Execution Firm is controlled by a Cyborg known as Bryan Roses, who commits himself to finding and killing all the dangerous Criminals in the world. Mondo takes jobs of killing various Criminals from Bryan and acts according to the storyline of the game. The game offers different types of weapons that the players can use while combatting against the criminals. The Weapons include a Katana Sword and various firearms that can be accessed by manipulating the Cybernetic Left Arm of Mondo, the protagonist. With all the amazingly addictive and Fast-paced gameplay, beautiful locations and 3D graphics, Killer is Dead offers a truly remarkable backstory and a futuristic Action and Hack and Slash experience for all the lovers of both Sword Fighting and Shooting genres. killer is Dead is available on various platforms such as Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with an emphasis on Hack and Slash elements developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. The game takes place in the breathtaking world of Lordran, where the player will unearth the storyline when Knight Artorias still lives. It introduces new bosses, online matchmaking system, and PvP Arena. During the gameplay, the player assumes the role of the protagonist who must navigate the environment from a third-person perspective, fight brutal monsters and slay them before they kill the player. A dark fantasy world full of thrilling dungeons, fearsome enemies, and online interaction. The ultimate task of the player to overcome obstacles, avoid murderous traps and progress through the game by killing the numerous monsters and enemies to score the experience points and use them to unlock additional content. DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition includes prominent features such as Network Play, Mastery Earns Progression, Seamless World, Character Development, and more. Try it out.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an Action-Adventure, Hack-and-Slash, and Single-player video game created by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game mixes the combat and exploration elements and both element made of the acrobatic agility and capability of the Prince. Throughout the game, you as the protagonist must struggle to travel the palace by running across the walls, descending or ascending chasms by jumping back, overcoming obstacles, avoiding traps, jumping from platform to platform, and climbing structures. You can explore the stunning environment from a third-person view where you have to solve mind-bending puzzles, find objects, and battle against foes to kill. In the sequel, the acrobatic skills of the character have been improved, and now the player can launch himself off walls at 45 degrees. The plot takes place after the Price of Persia: Warrior Within’s event, in which the player kills the antagonist named as Dahaka, rescues Kaileena and fend off the Sands of Time from being created. Two Distinct Characters, Choose your Path, Dominate Enemies, Dramatic Story, etc. are prominent features to play.

Heavenly Sword by Ninja Theory is a great Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game. The game lets you be a female protagonist named Nariko who possesses a Super Weapon called Heavenly Sword and is destined to eliminate the Evil Raven Lord. In order to complete the game objectives, Nariko goes through a Dark open world where she encounters all the mystical forces of Raven Lord and slashes her way through the enemies using melee tactics and her special weapon Heavenly Sword. As the main objective of the game is to kill the Raven lord, you’ll have to kill all the enemies one by one and enhance your skills by consuming their powers. Finally encounter the Raven Lord and kill him by the use of your sword and advanced combat skills. Heavenly Sword offers an amazing war like environment, open world environment, a great story along with brilliant HD visuals and an immersive game-play.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a great Mix Up of Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, RPG and Beat ‘em’ Up aesthetics. The game is based on the character of the same name Wolverine and kicks off with Wolverine Being hunted by a group of soldiers, in order to save his life he must fight them off or they will kill him with the modern tech weapon. X-Men Origins: Wolverine tasks you to be the protagonist Wolverine save yourself from the hunters and get back to the agency where you’ll be assigned different tasks and in order to complete the tasks you have to use your Titanium Claws, futuristic weapons and your hands to knock down the enemies in epic Melee combats. X-Men Origins: Wolverine with an amazingly addictive game-play, a great story and visuals plus open world gaming environment is a super thrilling game to play and enjoy. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is one of the best Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG games to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

Transformers: Devastation takes the Transformers series games to further limits and offers an entirely Unique Concept of Action and Hack and Slash gaming. Developed by the famous Platinum Games, Transformers: Devastation features a fast-paced Brawler, Shooter and Action oriented gameplay and combines it with a brilliant Hack and Slash routine to offer more room for gameplay. With the amazing Comic Book styled visuals and environmental approach, Transformers: Devastation lets the players engage themselves into hardcore Robot action, Vehicular Combats and an entirely immersive experience of Shooting elements. The game offers five playable robot characters (including Optimus Prime, Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Grimlock) and allows the players to control them to wreak havoc on the Decepticons. Transformers: Devastation offers plenty of room for the gameplay and allows the players to enjoy five different difficulty levels, overhauls for enemy compositions, a unique character and skill customization system, enhanced game mechanics, and loads of other great features, upgrades, and perks. With all the intense combats, action and thrill and the best 3D graphics, Transformers: Devastation is a great game to play and enjoy.

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is a cool Third-person Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, RPG and Beat ‘em’ Up video game from the Ninja Gaiden series. The story of the game revolves around the character of Yaiba Kamikaze, a Ninja with special Ninja and Skills and abilities. After an outrage in the Clan, Yaiba Kamikaze turns against all of his Clan Elders and kills them and soon after that challenges Ryu Hayabusa, the leader of the clan. After a series of combats, Ryu Hayabusa slices up Yaiba’s left arm and that results in the death of Yaiba. After being resurrected, Yaiba Kamikaze emerges from the dead and follows the trail of Ryu Hayabusa, encounters him one last time and kills him. After killing Ryu Hayabusa, Yaiba finds out that the Forge Industries is manipulating every event from the very start and the recent Zombie outbreak is one of its doing. Yaiba travels to Ukraine where Russian Army invades Ukraine and the protagonist teams up with the Ukrainians and fight off against the forces and zombies all together and finally brings down the Forge Industries along with all of its owners and plotters. With great story, an amazingly engaging game-play and a lot of other cool things, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is a great Action-Adventure and RPG game to play and enjoy. try it out and you’ll love every bit of this brilliant game.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a great Action-Adventure and RPG game with super thrilling Hack and Slash elements. The game sets you up into the character of the Fateless One who after being resurrected gets destined to go against the Winter Fae, a dark entity with dark abilities and skills. Your task is to get out of the Lab before Winter Fae Swarms up the place, find Octienne, get the info about Winter Fae and eliminate em before its too late. Other tasks of the game include, exploration, find weapons and skills, go on quests to fight against the vicious enemy, and earn skill points to buy upgrades and stuff. This game is all about close combats and melee fights, so you’ll have one of the best experience of hardcore combats and the use of melee weapons like swords, hammers, knives etc. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a great Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG video game to play and enjoy.

Arcania: Gothic 4 is a cool Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game set in the southern seas. The game features the protagonist, a war hero who gets his wedding ruined because of a neighboring king’s attack. His wife gets killed and he vows to avenge her death. In order to fulfill the game objectives, the protagonist journeys to the land of evil to fight against the dark forces who led the king to devastate his kingdom. This is where you get into the play and your task is to explore the evil lands, fight against the huge and mighty forces of enemies, eliminate them, absorb their powers and finally kill the king. Arcania Gothic 4 features an amazing Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play ain which you are allowed to use weapons such as Swords, Axes, Hammers etc. and engage yourself into the most epic combats of the time. With a well-written story, enhanced visuals and sounds and a lot of other cool things, Arcania Gothic 4 is a wonderful game to play.

Diablo 3, the third installment in the Diablo Game series is developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo 3 is an Action-Adventure and Role Playing Game (RPG) and is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gaming platforms. With a huge fan base, Diablo 3 sold over 15 million copies worldwide and is still persistent in markets. The game features a much similar game-play to its predecessors Diablo and Diablo 2 but the storyline is a bit different. With the block buster Expansion pack Reaper of Souls this game is topping the Ranks among big names of the time. The game is set in the Dark Fantasy in the Sanctuary and allows you to choose your character from 6 different choices (Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor, Monk, Crusader, Barbarian and Wizard), select the best skills and spells and go explore the game world to uncover the plot about the extreme power you can have and eventually start ruling the realms once more. The story focuses on Deckard Cain and Leah investigating about the ancient texts when suddenly a mysterious star falls on the Cathedral, makes a huge crater and Deckard Cain disappears in it. Your task is to go to the Cathedral, Start investigating about the star that struck the cathedral and the sudden disappearance of Deckard Cain. After the Rescue of Cain you must go fight and defeat the King Leoric Aka. The Skeleton king because it’s the only way to reach out to the fallen star. In order to complete the objectives, you must first find out the three pieces of the Sacred Sword, forge a Mighty Sword and kill the Skeleton King with it and eventually reach to the Fallen Star. Diablo 3 is a wonderful game of this specific genre and provides with a wonderful game-play, cool visuals and a great story.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is an amazing Multiplayer Online Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Tom Banner Studios. The game is set in Medieval Era and offers a Half-Life 2 and Age of Chivalry type of game-play and focuses on Melee combats primarily. It allows you to engage yourself into amazingly bloody battles against the enemies from a first or a third person perspective and enjoy Hacking and Slashing your way through the hordes of enemies using your swords, bows and arrows, Maces and Catapults etc. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare offers Ballistae, Catapults and Boiling oil as the secondary and the most damaging weapons as well and allows you to use against the enemies when waging wars and leading the troops. Because of the Multiplayer nature of the game, Chivalry: medieval Warfare lets you enjoy objective-based gameplay and take part in multiple game modes such as Free for All, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Last Team Standing, King of the Hill, Capture the Flag and Team objective etc. Chivalry Medieval Warfare offers a number of character classes as well and lets you choose the character you like from Archers, men at Arms, Vanguards, knights etc. The game offers a whole load of amazing weapons all based up on the character you select along with all the special character specific abilities and skills. With a wonderfully engaging and quite immersive gameplay, fantastic story, brilliant visuals and DLC, Chivalry Medieval Warfare is one amazing game to play and enjoy.

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.

Overlord 2 continues the unique and a bit humorous adventures of the Original Overlord. This time the series offers a more enhanced and quite brilliant version of Overlord game and allows you to be an unnamed Overlord (the son of the Overlord of previous game), who tries to set his mark by overtaking the Glorious Empire. Your task in the game is to simply go against the Emperor Solaris who is keen to remove all the dark magic that is engulfing the whole empire day by day. Overlord 2 offers all the cool things that you enjoyed in Overlord such as your multi colored minions, your towers, all the powers your dad had in the previous game along with your adviser Gnarl. With a number of weapons, all the mean powers and your advanced minions, your task is to simply overthrow the Emperor, seize the throne and continue with the story-line to finish the game. Overlord 2 offers enhanced game mechanics, a new world based on the Roman Empire like environment, Amazing dark powers to experience along with beautifully created visuals and an addictive game-play. Try it out as an alternative to Gothic and you’ll be amazed at what this game will offer.