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kitler53 on 30 January 2015
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IFireflyl said:
GribbleGrunger said:
IFireflyl said:

I am not wrong. If you can prove to me how I am wrong I will concede. I have given you examples of definitions/games that show that I have a valid point. You have said that I am wrong because you want me to be wrong. The one example you gave (Devil May Cry) has a battle system that is almost exactly like Bloodborne, yet somehow Devil May Cry is a hack-and-slash game, but Bloodborne is not? Your logic doesn't add up, and I will not admit that I am wrong to "faulty" logic.

You are the only person I've ever come across in ALL the threads on ALL the forums that thinks this is a hack and slash. We're discussing this RPG elsewhere at this very moment. And here's a little something for you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodborne

You clearly couldn't move along.

You just wanted to tell me I'm wrong because you think I'm wrong. You have given me no proof of anything.

Edit: And you still haven't explained how this gameplay is different from Devil May Cry which you cited as a hack-and-slash game. How is this gameplay different? Please tell me?

from your wiki link: "Hack and slash or hack and slay, abbreviated H&S or HnS, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat"

games like GoW and DMC are considered because the list of combat abilities looks like this.   it's long and full of combo options.

in the souls series that list is condensed to this: weak attack is R1.  Strong attack is R2.

the souls series has great combat in it but clearly isn't emphasizing combat.  there is a heavy emphasis on exploration and stategy.  that's what makes souls and bloodborne not a hack and slash.  it's an action rpg or maybe just an action game depending on your view of the rpg elements which are (to be honest) quite lite in the series.

 

also dungen crawling isn't really a genre.  genre's typically refer to the gameplay the user does,.. shooting, fighting, racing, ect.   dungen crawling can be done in many genres and is more like "cinematic".  you could have a cinematic shooter or cinematic rpg or cinematic action adventure game.  it describes the environments not the user interaction.  if anything is a sub-classification of a genre.