• Hack and slash, also known as hack and slay (H&S or HnS) or slash 'em up, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat with melee-based weapons...
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  • you enjoy fantasy, are tired of 200-hour adventures and hack-and-slay is your style." Dungeon Hack won Computer Game Review's "Most Replay Value of 1994"...
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  • deliberately intended to be distanced from the prevailing hack-and-slay AberMUD style, and the "D" in its name was said to stand for "Dimension" (or,...
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    deliberately intended to be distanced from the prevailing hack-and-slay AberMUD style, and the 'D' in its name was said to stand for 'Dimension' (or,...
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  • "Hack 'n' slay", alternate term for the Hack and slash video gaming genre Hacktivist News Service, a French alternative news service HNS, IATA and FAA...
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    deliberately intended to be distanced from the prevailing hack-and-slay AberMUD style, and the "D" in its name was said to stand for "Dimension" (or,...
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  • relief from a 'serious' RPG campaign, and will definitely appeal to 'hack and slay' merchants. Dedicated rule lawyers and wargamers will hate it. Overall,...
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  • Bandai for the PlayStation 2. The four games, .hack//Infection, .hack//Mutation, .hack//Outbreak, and .hack//Quarantine, all feature a "game within a game"...
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  • that perhaps players "preferred the hectic hack-and-slay action of Fighting Fantasy to the more leisurely and lengthy descriptive sections of Grailquest...
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    "Excellent" for online play and stated that "once you take away interaction with live friends and foes, Yserbius is just another hack-and-slay adventure game, lacking...
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  • the late 70's, being a true dungeon hack-and-slay job" but liked its "completeness, thought provoking problems and the sheer fun of it all." However, Murphy...
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  • were plenty of good opportunities for roleplaying, rather than just "hack-and-slay" and the module contained several interesting new monsters. However, Rose...
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  • "NHS hack warning issued to everyone in Dumfries and Galloway". www.bbc.com. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-20. "In systemic breach, hackers steal millions...
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  • an interesting adventure, and will be enjoyed by players who prefer thought, investigation and roleplaying to hack-and-slay [...] Within their limitations...
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  • were deadlier than those in The Sentinel and not avoidable by good gameplay, leading to too much hack-and-slay adventure in the early stages. Staplehurst...
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  • (formerly Bandai), being best known for its work with the company on the .hack series, along with a series of fighting games based on the Naruto franchise...
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  • .hack comprises "Project .hack" and ".hack Conglomerate". It is a Japanese multimedia franchise primarily developed by CyberConnect2 and published by...
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  • Bikini Zombie Slayers (お姉チャンバラ Revolution, OneeChanbara: Reboryūshon) is a hack and slash action horror video game developed by Tamsoft and published by...
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  • He concluded with a positive recommendation, saying "Not one for the hack-and-slay brigade, but like Wintersfarne, worth a look if you happen to like thoughtful...
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  • it one of the best "hack-'n-slay" games because of its "simple, but highly playable action and superb presentation." Computer and Video Games gave it...
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  • Cassandra "Cassie" Hack is a fictional character that appears as the main protagonist in the Hack/Slash comic books published by Devil's Due Publishing...
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  • called it a "dungeon in the traditional sense" and quoted Gygax's preface, describing it as 'mainly hack and slay'. Hunter criticized "the feel of an early...
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  • Gauntlet is a hack and slash dungeon crawl video game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. A reboot...
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    genre was cemented with Slay the Spire in 2017. The creation of roguelike games came from hobbyist programmers and computer hackers, attempting to create...
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  • "Game Design Essentials: 20 RPGs – Dragon Slayer". Gamasutra. p. 13. Retrieved March 2, 2011. "Hack and Slash: What Makes a Good Action RPG?". 1UP.com...
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  • it more interesting than the general run of hack and slay adventures. It's quite heavy going, and I think it might give a party of up to 10th level a good...
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  • you want to die. Training, employment and other real-life aspects make Bloodstone more than just a hack and slay product." Scorpia (November 1993). "Hi...
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    Hacktivism (redirect from Reality hacking)
    Hacktivism (or hactivism; a portmanteau of hack and activism) is the use of computer-based techniques such as hacking as a form of civil disobedience to promote...
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  • Bloodforge (category Hack and slash games)
    peace, making him slay his own family. Bloodforge is a hack and slash game in which the player must use various weaponry to attack and defeat the enemy...
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