Fighting devolves into hack - and -
slash style battles everywhere except boss fights — which are a genuine treat — and the equipment players collect is pretty lackluster for a title mimicking a genre that often sees players dressed in armor that shines brightly enough to blind other characters.
Not exact matches
The single - player mode boasts of 400
battle scenarios, RPG -
style elements to spice up the hack and
slashing and loads of cut - scenes with full voice - overs too.
Players engage in melee -
style combat, hacking and
slashing at enemies;
battles are highlighted by cries of pain, impact sounds, and large splashes of blood.
Common tile - based
battles (AD&D Gold Box games, Ultima V, Betrayal at Krondor) offers the ability for the player to control each party member's movement, inventory, attack, and even attack
style (
slash, hack, bash).
What Final Fantasy XV's
battle system offers is hack - and -
slash lite, and what it lacks in strategy and depth it makes up for in its spectacle and
style.
It's hack and
slash heaven here, with sprawling, Dynasty Warriors -
style battles, strikingly animated characters and countless upgrades and loot stashes to trick out your gear and up your defense and attack attributes.