The video games genres (ٍHack and slash)
Hi,in this series we will cover all of the video games genres to provide some basic gaming knowledge to beginners who want to have a deeper look on the types of games that attract their attention and provide them with enough information to make them capable of picking the right choices in their preferred genre so let's start with the start.
Start of the genre
The hack and slash genre which is a sort of beat’em up games, but with melee weapons like swords, it started in the retro era with games like ninja gaiden which was a 2d games were you fight with ninja and use ninja weapons to beat your opponents.
Development of the genre
When the 90's kicked in there was a very important leveling up in the sports games, the 3d games started to come out and with it came some new upgrades in gaming mechanics and there was some notable experiences in even the 2d games like ninja turtles turtles in time, which was a very good upgrade to the 2d hack and slash games with some good moving mechanics for a 2d game on the snes console .
The modern day applications of the genre
From the 90’s until now there had been some great improvement in the graphics and gaming mechanics and details, the overall gaming experience was much better due to development of games engines and that led to starting some of the best hack and slash games like god of war,ninja gaiden,devil may cry and much more.
The future of the genre
With the rising popularity of the genre and mixing it with fantasy and rpg aspects, there is much more improvement to be seen from this mix and with the rising interest in the vr games, who knows maybe we will see a full experience with the hack and slash games .
Nominations
Here we will enlist all the Hack and slash games that we think you should try if you have interest in the hack and slash games genre.
Sekiro
Devil may cry
Devil may cry 2
Devil may cry 3
Devil may cry 4
God of war
God of war 2
God of war 3
God of war betrayal
God of war chains of olympus
God of war ghost of sparta
Dynasty warriors
Dynasty warriors 2
Dynasty warriors 3
Dynasty warriors 4
Dynasty warriors 5
Dynasty warriors 6
Dynasty warriors 7
Dynasty warriors 8
Dynasty warriors 9
Darksiders
Darksiders 2
Darksiders genesis
Diablo
Diablo 2
Diablo 3
Diablo immortal
Nioh 2
Ninja gaiden
Ninja gaiden 2 the dark sword pf chaos
Ninja gaiden 3 the ancient ship of doom
Ninja gaiden black and sigma
Ninja gaiden and sigma 2
Ninja gaiden and razors edge 3
Ninja gaiden shadow
Ninja gaiden x
Ninja gaiden dragon sword
Ninja gaiden z
Middle earth shadow of mordor
Middle earth shadow of war
Ryse son of rome
Bloodrayne
Bloodrayne 2
Prince of persia
Prince of persia sands of time
Prince of persia warrior within
Prince of persia the two thrones
Prince of persia the forgotten sands
Dark souls
Dark souls 3
Fable
Fable 3
Fable the journey
Dying light
Positives of the genre
-The genre could teach the player basic weapon attacks which could be helpful in self defense in the real life.
-Could encourage the player to try weapons system martial arts in real life.
-The strategizing and principles required to beat an opponent is good for mental training.
Negatives of the genre
-Could be addictive if there is no time management skills.
-Could encourage some hyperactive actions if the user is not wise about understanding the nature of the genre.
-Could encourage violence if the player isn’t aware of the nature of the genre.
Types of the genre
-2d hack and slash games like the first ninja gaiden games series.
-3d hack and slash games like devil may cry.
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