Best Hack'n Slash RPG Other Than Diablo Series

Titan Quest and Sacred are worth playing.Delius

Second that, though if your looking to purchase..Wait till Sacred 2 comes out this fall...

http://www.sacred2.com/

Check out the graphics..Its both pc an xbox bound..Looks great to me..

The Witcher - the best RPG in years!biggest_loser

Agreed.

Titan Quest has an awesome atmosphere. It's the best Diablo clone.

Also, try Fate. It's Diablo + Dungeon Siege, and I say it's better than both.

I have been playing The Witcher for 2 weeks. The game is good, but I dont want to read or listen to uninteresting conversation. After I finish The Witcher, I intend to play Sacred or Might and Magic VI.

Thank you for your comments.

The Witcher isn't Hack'n Slash, right?:?Baranga

It most definitely is. You point you click - there's a bit of timing involved. But its a hack 'n slash baby!!

[QUOTE="Baranga"]The Witcher isn't Hack'n Slash, right?:?biggest_loser

It most definitely is. You point you click - there's a bit of timing involved. But its a hack 'n slash baby!!

It's sorta hack 'n slash. The combat definately is action hackin' and slashin' but the game as itself can't be defined just by that since it has a whole lot to it. As in a very deep storyline and tons of stuff to do in the cities. If you are looking for a Diablo clone, this sure isn't it but it is an extremely good RPG. There will be a May enhanced version that should fix the numerous problems with the game.

The Witcher is NOT a hack'n'slash game. It is an RPG with a 'timed clicked' fighting system. Hack'n'slash games usually lack in-depth stories and have simplified character development. The Witcher has one of the best story lines of any recent RPG. You will development relationships with other characters and become truly emerged into the world. It is a GREAT game, but please do not insult it by calling it hack'n'slash.

If you are looking for a Diablo type game, you MUST try Fate. You can download the demo absolutely free and try it out. Best of all, the game only costs $20 if you decide to by it.

The Witcher is NOT a hack'n'slash game. It is an RPG with a 'timed clicked' fighting system. Hack'n'slash games usually lack in-depth stories and have simplified character development. The Witcher has one of the best story lines of any recent RPG. You will development relationships with other characters and become truly emerged into the world. It is a GREAT game, but please do not insult it by calling it hack'n'slash.

If you are looking for a Diablo type game, you MUST try Fate. You can download the demo absolutely free and try it out. Best of all, the game only costs $20 if you decide to by it.

ShadyKidd

What the....

Hack and Slash does not automatically mean that it will have a lack of story. Thats absurd. A game could have hack and slash gameplay and still have a deep story. The Witcher is evident of that.

Lets not split hairs here about the "timed clicked fighting system". No one calls it that - no offence. Its hacking and slashing, very much like Diablo, ableit with a bit more depth given you can change stances and there's a little bit of timing.

Any suggestions other than Diablo, Diablo II and expensions?retro82

Guild Wars, without question, though it can only loosely be called hack-and-slash.

Here's the one to get:

http://www.amazon.com/NCsoft-FG-XP-GWPLT-057-Guild-Wars-Platinum/dp/B0013EEJM2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1208706040&sr=8-5

MU online,nox,sacred

Asking what the best hack 'n' slash RPG other than Diablo is is like asking what's the best penis receptacle besides a woman.

There is one thing and then there is everything else, and the two should not be compared.

titan quest! might as well have been called diablo 2.5.

dungeon siege and divine divinity are also diablo-esque, but they're nowhere near as good as titan quest, imo.

Asking what the best hack 'n' slash RPG other than Diablo is is like asking what's the best penis receptacle besides a woman.

There is one thing and then there is everything else, and the two should not be compared.

mfsa

Hahahah CLASSIC XD

[QUOTE="ShadyKidd"]

The Witcher is NOT a hack'n'slash game. It is an RPG with a 'timed clicked' fighting system. Hack'n'slash games usually lack in-depth stories and have simplified character development. The Witcher has one of the best story lines of any recent RPG. You will development relationships with other characters and become truly emerged into the world. It is a GREAT game, but please do not insult it by calling it hack'n'slash.

If you are looking for a Diablo type game, you MUST try Fate. You can download the demo absolutely free and try it out. Best of all, the game only costs $20 if you decide to by it.

biggest_loser

What the....

Hack and Slash does not automatically mean that it will have a lack of story. Thats absurd. A game could have hack and slash gameplay and still have a deep story. The Witcher is evident of that.

Lets not split hairs here about the "timed clicked fighting system". No one calls it that - no offence. Its hacking and slashing, very much like Diablo, ableit with a bit more depth given you can change stances and there's a little bit of timing.

I would disagree.

Hack 'n' slash is a term commonly used to define roleplaying games which have a strong focus on combat. The label exists to make a distinction between pure blooded roleplaying games and 'action' roleplaying games.

If all roleplaying games were defined by their style of combat, we would go around calling Fallout and Baldur's Gate turn based roleplaying games - but we don't, because it is not the style of combat that defines a roleplaying game, it is how prominent that combat is.

Games like Diablo, Hellgate and Titan Quest are hack 'n' slash roleplaying games - combat is in all three cases the predominant element of gameplay. It defines the game. The Witcher is just a plain old roleplaying game, because the general roleplaying elements are the primary focus of gameplay.

Bloodlines has hack 'n' slash combat (far more so than The Witcher), but to define it as a hack 'n' slash roleplaying game would be to put it in the same corner as games like Diablo and Titan Quest, and that would be like putting Battlefield 2 and Half Life 2 together - they are clearly at opposite ends of the genre's spectrum, and the sole purpose of the subgenre label is to define the game's position on that spectrum.

According to your opinions and mine my alternatives are:

Titan Quest

Guild Wars

Fate

Hellgate London

Sacred

Divine Divinity

Nox

Dungeon Siege

Might and Magic VI

any other suggestions?

Umm... scratch Hellgate.

It's more like Crapgate.

Or mind-numbingly-stupid-I-can't-believe-this-guys-worked-at-Blizzard-gate.

Well I guess now everybody figured out why they don't work there anymore...

Divine Divinity is pretty good, it's more complex than the Diablo series, but still a good game. It has more of a story than most hack and slash RPGs.

I played the Titan Quest demo and it was really cool, similar to the Diablo series but with better graphics.

I also played The Witcher demo, and that was good also, but it has more timed combat, and a little bit more of a story than most hack and slash RPGs, and it seems like a really good game.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]The Witcher - the best RPG in years!SimpJee

Agreed.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="ShadyKidd"]

The Witcher is NOT a hack'n'slash game. It is an RPG with a 'timed clicked' fighting system. Hack'n'slash games usually lack in-depth stories and have simplified character development. The Witcher has one of the best story lines of any recent RPG. You will development relationships with other characters and become truly emerged into the world. It is a GREAT game, but please do not insult it by calling it hack'n'slash.

If you are looking for a Diablo type game, you MUST try Fate. You can download the demo absolutely free and try it out. Best of all, the game only costs $20 if you decide to by it.

mfsa

What the....

Hack and Slash does not automatically mean that it will have a lack of story. Thats absurd. A game could have hack and slash gameplay and still have a deep story. The Witcher is evident of that.

Lets not split hairs here about the "timed clicked fighting system". No one calls it that - no offence. Its hacking and slashing, very much like Diablo, ableit with a bit more depth given you can change stances and there's a little bit of timing.

I would disagree.

Hack 'n' slash is a term commonly used to define roleplaying games which have a strong focus on combat. The label exists to make a distinction between pure blooded roleplaying games and 'action' roleplaying games.

If all roleplaying games were defined by their style of combat, we would go around calling Fallout and Baldur's Gate turn based roleplaying games - but we don't, because it is not the style of combat that defines a roleplaying game, it is how prominent that combat is.

Games like Diablo, Hellgate and Titan Quest are hack 'n' slash roleplaying games - combat is in all three cases the predominant element of gameplay. It defines the game. The Witcher is just a plain old roleplaying game, because the general roleplaying elements are the primary focus of gameplay.

Bloodlines has hack 'n' slash combat (far more so than The Witcher), but to define it as a hack 'n' slash roleplaying game would be to put it in the same corner as games like Diablo and Titan Quest, and that would be like putting Battlefield 2 and Half Life 2 together - they are clearly at opposite ends of the genre's spectrum, and the sole purpose of the subgenre label is to define the game's position on that spectrum.

But the Witcher does have an enormous focus on combat...Yes Msfa I have only played the demo but thats what you do there: You hack up monsters, with some exploration...

guild wars isent hack'n'slash

The Witcher - the best RPG in years!biggest_loser

The Witcher, even though a very very great game, is by no means a hack and slash RPG and is never similar to Diablo games. It's a true RPG. TC, I would suggest NoX.

I don't consider The Witcher a hack & slash ether. Generally I consider 2 major things to determine a h&s game, simple click mashing combat and mass loot drops. The Witcher lacks both.

That all said, The Witcher is a great game if your looking for a good story in a game.

I don't consider The Witcher a hack & slash ether. Generally I consider 2 major things to determine a h&s game, simple click mashing combat and mass loot drops. The Witcher lacks both.

That all said, The Witcher is a great game if your looking for a good story in a game.

Delius

You don't think the Witcher has click mashing combat...

[QUOTE="Delius"]

I don't consider The Witcher a hack & slash ether. Generally I consider 2 major things to determine a h&s game, simple click mashing combat and mass loot drops. The Witcher lacks both.

That all said, The Witcher is a great game if your looking for a good story in a game.

biggest_loser

You don't think the Witcher has click mashing combat...

So does Dark Messiah.

It's not mindless mashing, you need timing and attention. And after an hour or so you certainly recognize Geralt's moves, so you don't have to pay attention to the icon.

Also, a hack'n'slash game is mainly combat and quest fetching. The Witcher is a lot more complex, it's closer to Neverwinter Nights or Gothic.

Oblivion, I don't know that it counts as a Hack 'n Slash, but you can definetly hack and slash in the game.

I really loved it.

[QUOTE="mfsa"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="ShadyKidd"]

The Witcher is NOT a hack'n'slash game. It is an RPG with a 'timed clicked' fighting system. Hack'n'slash games usually lack in-depth stories and have simplified character development. The Witcher has one of the best story lines of any recent RPG. You will development relationships with other characters and become truly emerged into the world. It is a GREAT game, but please do not insult it by calling it hack'n'slash.

If you are looking for a Diablo type game, you MUST try Fate. You can download the demo absolutely free and try it out. Best of all, the game only costs $20 if you decide to by it.

biggest_loser

What the....

Hack and Slash does not automatically mean that it will have a lack of story. Thats absurd. A game could have hack and slash gameplay and still have a deep story. The Witcher is evident of that.

Lets not split hairs here about the "timed clicked fighting system". No one calls it that - no offence. Its hacking and slashing, very much like Diablo, ableit with a bit more depth given you can change stances and there's a little bit of timing.

I would disagree.

Hack 'n' slash is a term commonly used to define roleplaying games which have a strong focus on combat. The label exists to make a distinction between pure blooded roleplaying games and 'action' roleplaying games.

If all roleplaying games were defined by their style of combat, we would go around calling Fallout and Baldur's Gate turn based roleplaying games - but we don't, because it is not the style of combat that defines a roleplaying game, it is how prominent that combat is.

Games like Diablo, Hellgate and Titan Quest are hack 'n' slash roleplaying games - combat is in all three cases the predominant element of gameplay. It defines the game. The Witcher is just a plain old roleplaying game, because the general roleplaying elements are the primary focus of gameplay.

Bloodlines has hack 'n' slash combat (far more so than The Witcher), but to define it as a hack 'n' slash roleplaying game would be to put it in the same corner as games like Diablo and Titan Quest, and that would be like putting Battlefield 2 and Half Life 2 together - they are clearly at opposite ends of the genre's spectrum, and the sole purpose of the subgenre label is to define the game's position on that spectrum.

But the Witcher does have an enormous focus on combat...Yes Msfa I have only played the demo but thats what you do there: You hack up monsters, with some exploration...

It doesn't have a disproportionate amount of combat like games like Diablo and Titan Quest have. It's in line with standard roleplaying games. All roleplaying games have a lot of combat - it is a part of what roleplaying games are, but how proportionate it is wihen compared with the other gameplay elements is what matters, I suppose.

The Witcher certainly has hack 'n' slash combat, but it's not a hack 'n' slash RPG. It may be a bit of a misnomer and we should stick to the term 'action' roleplaying game when talking about games like Diablo and Hellgate, but that's just not the way things developed.

Asking what the best hack 'n' slash RPG other than Diablo is is like asking what's the best penis receptacle besides a woman.

mfsa

.....that women's sister?? whats the answer?

[QUOTE="mfsa"]

Asking what the best hack 'n' slash RPG other than Diablo is is like asking what's the best penis receptacle besides a woman.

ct1615

.....that women's sister?? whats the answer?

There isn't one - that's the point. Diablo is king.

Well, I guess you could try a fleshlight - I suppose that's what Titan Quest is.

Yes, Titan Quest is a fleshlight.

Ok, I wasnt sure what a fleshlight was so I googled it...and my conclusion is Hell no Diablo is still king. :D

[QUOTE="ct1615"][QUOTE="mfsa"]

Asking what the best hack 'n' slash RPG other than Diablo is is like asking what's the best penis receptacle besides a woman.

mfsa

.....that women's sister?? whats the answer?

There isn't one - that's the point. Diablo is king.

Well, I guess you could try a fleshlight - I suppose that's what Titan Quest is.

Yes, Titan Quest is a fleshlight.

Hahahahaha

[QUOTE="ct1615"][QUOTE="mfsa"]

Asking what the best hack 'n' slash RPG other than Diablo is is like asking what's the best penis receptacle besides a woman.

mfsa

.....that women's sister?? whats the answer?

There isn't one - that's the point. Diablo is king.

Well, I guess you could try a fleshlight - I suppose that's what Titan Quest is.

Yes, Titan Quest is a fleshlight.

I think those who view The Witcher as a hack'n'slash game are really missing the point of the game. The Witcher has a beautiful story line, deep characters with emotions, conscious-splitting decisions, and multiple role-playing paths.

In the genre most people would define as a hack'n'slash game, the hardest decision you make the entire game is whether to return to town to sell your loot. And combat is MUCH simpler in HnS games - you just click and click until the dozens monsters on the screen are dead. In the Witcher, you have to time your attacks, switch between styles and sword types, and then incorporate strategic magic attacks (and you never fight a dozen+ enemies at once).

it may be just a fleshlight, but it's a damn good fleshlight. far better than an ugly woman! ;)fireandcloud

You, Sir, now have my utmost respect.
TQ ain't perfect, but it sure quenches a pesudo-D3 thrist that no ARPG has ever done.