Here is why Hack and Slash games don't sell

[JWeinCom]

GOWTLOZ said:

JWeinCom said:

I haven't actually played Dark Souls, but the reasoning that it has a limited moveset is pretty poor.  

http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presumption/no-true-scotsman/

If you disqualify any hack and slash game that does sell well, then yeah, hack and slash games don't sell.  If you mean that games in the DMC style don't sell, then maybe you'd have a point.

Hack and slash games are all about the moveset, same way a fighting game is all about the moveset. Take that away and almost every game with melee combat could be considered hack and slash.

You need to play both games you mentioned to know the difference. You can't call it a logical fallacy if you don't even know enough about both games to compare them.

I can, because I'm judging your reasoning, not the games.  Whether or not the games  should be considered hack and slash, the argument you're using to distinguish them is a no true Scotsman fallacy.  I can't see any justification for defining hack and slashes as games with a lot of moves, except that those are the ones you like.

A fighting game is a fighting game regardless of what moveset you have.  Dive kick is most certainly a fighting game.  Has only one move.  Doesn't change anything.