The Surge
The Surge is a Sci-fi, Action Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Deck13 Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game serves as the spiritual successor to Lord of the Fallen, released by Deck13 Interactive. It comes with many new gameplay elements and involves the player using an exoskeleton to fight enemies. During the gameplay, the exoskeleton can be modified by using the modular upgrades. The epic combat enables the player to target multiple parts of the enemy’s body to kill. It offers dystopian future where the game takes place and revolves around the well-written story, in which the human has exhausted the resources of the lands, leading the environment diseases and strained social service. The player can explore the land, interact with non-player characters and can earn experience by completing a variety of quests. Experience points can be used to unlock new quests, characters and more. With engaging gameplay, detailed graphics, and brilliant visuals, The Surge is the best game to play.
#1 Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is a brilliant Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by the popular Bandai Namco Entertainment. This is a modernized release of the earlier edition of the game, Dark Souls 2 takes you to an unforgettable journey and immerses you into the core game-play in which you as the protagonist will witness a breathtaking world where it’ll assess your abilities of survival by throwing you into the most unexpected realities ever. As the main protagonist, the game lets you go on to fight off the Aldia, The scholar of the First Sin, encounter a number of enigmatic and all the gory monsters and enemies, traverse through a number of environments, rival against or be a companion to the fearless NPCs and enjoy immersing yourself into an epic experience ever. Dark Souls 2; Scholar of the First Sin offers beautiful visuals, a fantastic story along with a number of unique characters, Upgrades, DLC and an engaging game-play. As compared to the previous versions of the game, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin offers online Multiplayer game-play. Try it out if you really want to experience a totally different and one of its kind Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play.
#2 Arcania Gothic 4
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.
#3 Lollipop Chainsaw
Lollipop Chainsaw is an Action-Adventure RPG, Hack and Slash and a thrilling video game by Grasshopper Manufacture. The game is set in an apocalyptic era and features a female protagonist Juliet who fights off the zombies. With a chainsaw as the primary weapon, Juliet melee attacks the zombies and gets engaged in close combats. Her friends got locked up in a facility and she is their only hope. She sets out to free them and on her way to finding her friends, she fights off and kills the hordes of zombies. With every level up, she gets some upgrades and continues the hack and slash routine until she finds her friends. After the rescue, the friends also pick up the weapons and they continue the cleaning mission during which they encounter some hostile human fractions, some of them not friendly. Lollipop Chainsaw is filled with hardcore action and adventure and will surely make you feel like being a part of the game world. Try Lollipop Chainsaw, it’s really fun to play. Lollipop is one of the best new Action-RPG and Hack and Slash video game.
#4 Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a brilliant open world Action-Adventure, RPG, Hack and Slash video game by Monolith Productions. The game allows you to enter into the massive world of fun. You are going to enter into real hardcore battling world against the most powerful and strong monsters including different creatures of evil forces. You have a chance to test your skills and abilities here. You can customize your character by gaining experience points, multiple upgrades of weapons and skills. You have to control a character with amazing skills and abilities to fight against the enemies and after defeating them, there will be new addition of features for your character to improve heath, abilities and skills. By completing different quests and exploring the game world, you will unlock new levels to fight with the evil forces. Story of the game is based on the revenge of a murder of a family and wife of the hero. You have to be strong enough to survive and get it done. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is an attractive game to play and enjoy.
#5 Heavenly Sword
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.
#6 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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.
#7 Dragon’s Dogma
Dragon’s Dogma is another wonderful Action-Adventure, RPG, and Fantasy-based Hack and Slash video game. The game allows you to be the protagonist (Male/Female) who emerges from a deep crater temple after defeating the Chimera, reaches to a village Cassardis where a strange dragon appears, calls him Chosen One, tears out his heart and flies away. The protagonist gets revived without his heart as the Arisen and starts his journey. He reaches to Gran Soren and starts working as a soldier, kills the Hydra and gifts its head to the king of Gran Soren. King sends him to Everfall where he meets Wyrm Hunt. Teams up with Wyrm and starts killing the members of a cult named as Salvation. The cult turns out to be the believer of Grigori (The Dragon). After a great journey The Arisen reaches the lair of the dragon and kills him after a dreadfully long and bloody battle, retrieves his heart and goes on. Dragon’s Dogma offers an amazing combination of Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG elements along with beautiful graphics, enhanced mechanics and an impressive game-play.
#8 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
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.
#9 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.
#10 Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
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.
#11 Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry video game series is a story of a character named Dante whose ultimate goal is to avenge the murder of his mother by eliminating the demons. The protagonist goes through heavy combats with the devils hacking and slashing all the evil forces using his battling tactics and all the available resources like weapons, skills and objects. With a huge success, Devil May Cry sold multi million copies worldwide and recently the company rebooted the series with another blockbuster game DMC: Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry is co-developed by Capcom and Ninja Theory and published by Capcom for multiple platforms like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and iOS. Do try this game out and enjoy the ultimate fun and thrill.
#12 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is an Action and Role-Playing Game (RPG) video game. The game sets in the fantasy world of Skyrim located in the territory of Tamriel, in which the protagonist roams in an open world and fights with the enemies. The game focuses on a war that started almost 200 years ago between Stormcloaks and Imperial Legion. The game kicks off with the protagonist being transferred for execution along with other Stormcloak soldiers and their leader Ulfric Stormcloak when a dragon suddenly comes and interrupts the procession by attacking and devastating the whole town. The protagonist runs and takes refuge in a nearby village of Riverwoods and starts gathering items and weapons and a place to live. Upon returning to Dragonstorm he slays a dragon and absorbs the soul of the dragon to use the abilities and fight against the Legion. The story continues and the protagonist continues his search of Paarthurmax. After finding Paarthurmax, player gets to the land of Legion and kills their lord and this installment of the Skyrim Series concludes. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim provides with an amazingly addictive and quite engaging game-play, a beautifully embedded and character oriented story along with super realistic graphics. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as an absolutely fantastic creation of Bethesda Softworks that will surely entertain you enough. Do try it out.
#13 Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones is a Wonderful Single-Player Action-Adventure and RPG video game by Cyanide and Atlus. The game is based on the story of a novel of the same name written by George R. R. Martin. Game of Thrones allows you to witness the politics, diplomacy, foreign affairs, wars and much more and lets you be part of 7 mighty kingdoms, fight for glory, make legions, engage in amazing quest-based game-play and enjoy a wonderful gaming experience of this specific genre. According to the story of the game, the game features two main character Alester Sarwyck and Mors Westford and allows you to switch between them just as the situation demands. The story gets to highs with the rebellion of Robert who becomes a priest and returns back to Riverspring at his father’s funeral. Meanwhile Mors Westford becomes an outlaw after denying a direct superior order and gets thrown off of the duty of Night’s Watch. Soon after the demise of Robert’s father, Robert learns that his brother Gawen has killed his father and his half brother, a Bastard named as Valarr is going to br the next King. This discovery enrages Robert and a huge riot occurs and Alester travels to King’s Landings to arrest Gawen, Valarr sets him up and he gets detained by the City Watch. After the release Valarr becomes friendly and sets up a meeting with Queen Cersei who them tasks Alester and Valarr both to go hunt down and kill Harry Waters, another bastard who is helping a woman survive. This is where you get into the play and your task is to simply go on mission given to you by Cersei, find the targets and kill them, defeat Valarr and keep on pacing through the twisted story of Game of Thrones. Filled with hardcore drama, a great story and characters, Game of Thrones offers a fantastic Action-RPG experience for all the enthusiasts. You should totally try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy it to the limits.
#14 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.
#15 Dynasty Warriors 8
Dynasty Warriors 8 is a Fighting, Hack-and-Slash, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Omega Force. It is the eighth main installment in the Dynasty Warriors series and requires the player to follow the same gameplay. Throughout the game, the player has to make progress through the battles and improve the character’s ranks.
A new game mode, named Ambition Mode, is where the player has to create a social base for peasants. To raise the tower’s status, the player must participate in different battles such as Skirmish battles and Raid battles. Skirmish battles give materials to construct the tower, whereas Raid battles increase fame.
Large-scale battles allow the player to recruit new partners. The game introduces a bodyguard system, where the player comes with three playable characters instead of one character to battle. The game has five mini-games, and each of the game rewards the player with customizable weapons as the player completes the challenges.
#16 DARK SOULS: Prepare To Die Edition
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.
#17 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
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.
#18 Blades of Time
Blades of Time is an Action-Adventure, Hack-and-Slash, Single-player and Multiplayer video game, created by Gaijin Entertainment and published by Konami for multiple platforms. The game brings an exciting story, in which the hunter named as Ayumi discovers herself trapped on the mysterious island. In the game, the female protagonist is wielded with dual sword which he can use to take down enemies. As the player advances through the plot, soon she finds that there are thousands of deadly secrets are buried on the island. During the gameplay, the player must struggle to find a way to take down the insane armies of menacing villains while avoiding treacherous traps to break free of the possessed grasp of the island. The game introduces a new ability, known as Time Rewind, in which the player turn back in time and creates a clone that replicates the last actions, the player has created. The player manipulates the environment from a third-person perspective, battle against enemies, score the points and face the brutal bosses to advance through the game. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and brilliant mechanics, Blades of Time is the wonderful game to play.
#19 Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a superb Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Snowblind Studios. The game is set in a medieval era and it allows you to select your player character from a number of choices Such as Humans, Elves, Dwarfs and Orcs, explore the game world and engage yourself into epic Combats with enemies, defeat them and complete the game objectives. Lord of the Rings: War in the North lets you build and control your own army of finest warriors, select 3 main characters (Online Friends or NPCs), control them during the game-play and switch between them to use their special abilities whenever you need them. The game offers a unique mechanism that allows you to develop both your skills and character as you further with the story, unlock a number of upgrades and enjoy immersing yourself into the most fantastic game-play ever. Lord of the Rings: War in the North lets you enjoy the game solo or you can team up with your friends in Co-Op multiplayer mode and enjoy the game. With only one main objective of Survival and Defeating the enemy forces, Lord of the Rings: War in the North offers a brilliantly immersive game-play, beautiful and realistic visuals and a well-written story-line to enjoy.
#20 Bound by Flame
Bound by Flame is a brilliant new Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Focus Home Interactive that sets you up into the character of a Skilled Mercenary possessed by a Flame Demon in a world devastated by the Seven fearsome Ice Lords and Their Dead Army. Your task is to either use your demonic powers to destroy the world or simply calm your inner demon and reject all the destructive urges of the monster within yourself and go against all the Satanic powers and destroy them for good. You must develop your abilities, combat skills, and weapon fighting techniques in order to defeat your enemies. By Dual wielding your weapons (Swords, Daggers etc.), and your flame spells, you aer destined to destroy the forces of the Ice lords and restore the order in the realm. Bound by Flame allows you to recruit more companions who will fight, live and die besides you and will eventually help you win the war against the most difficult enemies. Bound by Flame offers great story, wonderful visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy. Do try it out.
#21 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is a great Fantasy, Action-Adventure, RPG, Hack and Slash and Co-Op Multiplayer video game by CDV Software Entertainment and Deep Silver. The game is set in the Fantasy world of Ancaria where an Unstable Substance named as T-Energy holds everything together. The T-Energy was previously protected by the Seraphim who over time lost the interest and gave the control to High Elves. High Elves became the most dominant and powerful race of Ancaria and because of that power, The two factions of High Elves, Nobility and Clergy started epic rivalries. As the result, heavy chaos and destruction made its way to Ancaria and T-Energy became out of control, started destroying the cities, killing the innocent and devastating everything. Your task is to be an ultimate tamer of the T-Energy and the peace maker between the fighting races, Unite them once again and restore the order in the World of Ancaria. You must restore the order into the realm of Ancaria. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel provides with a wonderfully engaging game-play, a great storyline and superb visuals.
#22 Risen 3: Titan Lords
Risen 3: Titan Lords is another brilliant Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes. Risen 3: Titan Lords features a new unnamed protagonist and allows you to get into his character start your journey to find out the truth about the destruction and chaos that swallowed everything in the realm. After the invasion, the Titans left the humanity in ruins and the responsibility now lies on your shoulders. You must choose a path from three choices and fight against the Titans to destroy their Might and reclaim what solely belongs to you. Risen 3: Titan Lords provides with a lot of quests to go on and explore the whole game world, create your own Warrior Guilds, gather up individuals like you and recruit them to be your fellow warriors, use you skills, sharp edged blades and get into the most epic combats against Monsters and Enemies ever. Graphics, story and Game-play are so engaging that they will definitely leave you spell bound for quite some time. Do give it a try.
#23 Diablo 3
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.