VXIII said:
IFireflyl said:
shikamaru317 said:
Yes, Witcher 3 is an action RPG, and I believe FFXV is as well. There are several key differences between an action RPG and a hack and slash in my opinion. Action RPG's are typically much longer for starters, much like other forms of RPG's. Action RPG's typically have some form of skill tree, stat based gear, crafting system, and levelling system, all things that hack and slash games usually lack. We know that FFXV is a huge game, much like other RPG's, and I know that FFXV has both a levelling system and stat based gear, because you can see both of those things in this video. I'm not sure if FFXV has a skill tree of some form or a crafting system, but I'd guess that it does.
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Typically and always mean two very different things though. Also, Diablo (I, II, and III) are hack and slash games. They have skill trees, stat based gear, leveling system, and crafting system. By your definition Diablo (released in December of 1996), which is known to be a hack and slash game, is not a hack and slash game. This "Action RPG" nonsense came around well after "Hack and Slash" (aka Hack'N'Slash). Stop telling people that it's an Action RPG when that term is pseudo-replacing Hack and Slash.
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- First released: December 31, 1996
- Platforms: PC, Mac
- Genre: Action RPG
- Players: 1-4
An unknown force of evil has swept across the land, plunging it into civil war and terrorizing the populace. A mad king, his missing son, and a mysterious archbishop are all pieces to the puzzle that faces you. You have journeyed to the source of the evil. The town of Tristram, now inhabited by only a handful of survivors. The cathedral there is built over the ruins of an ancient monastery, and now eerie lights and sounds are heard echoing through its abandoned halls.
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/legacy/
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shikamaru317 said:
IFireflyl said:
Typically and always mean two very different things though. Also, Diablo (I, II, and III) are hack and slash games. They have skill trees, stat based gear, leveling system, and crafting system. By your definition Diablo (released in December of 1996), which is known to be a hack and slash game, is not a hack and slash game. This "Action RPG" nonsense came around well after "Hack and Slash" (aka Hack'N'Slash). Stop telling people that it's an Action RPG when that term is pseudo-replacing Hack and Slash.
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Blizzard themselves classified Diablo as an action RPG, not as a hack and slash, as VXIII posted above me. Action RPG's evolved as a hybrid starting in about 1984 with Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer, not sure why some gamers still have difficulty recognizing it as it's own genre when it has a 30+ year history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_role-playing_game
BTW, nice username, avatar, and sig, always nice to meet a fellow browncoat. No power in the 'verse can stop us!
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It was a great show, and I'm sad it was canceled. 
On topic, I know Blizzard says it isn't a hack and slash game, but a ton of people agree that it is.
Ranker.com
Gamefaqs thread
Gamespot thread
Wikipedia
I did a quick Google search, and those were the links I found on page one. I'm not saying they're right or wrong. I am saying that if I make a new tetris game and I call it a First Person Shooter that doesn't necessarily make it a First Person Shooter. I personally feel like games can belong to more than one category. So you could call it a Hack and Slash, Action RPG. At least in my book.
