In games, as in music and cinema, there are also certain genres and trends. Each beginner gamer can find something of their own. Some people like logical strategies that require players to have knowledge of economics and politics. Others will choose fast and dynamic races with chases and crashes. Still others will prefer to play action projects. But few know that there is another very exciting genre in the gaming industry. Slashers are projects of a separate focus, some aspects similar to the action, but still significantly different from all the others.
What is the difference?
First of all, games of this genre are distinguished by their gameplay. Here, the main technique of the game is built on the destruction of entire crowds of enemies through incredibly beautiful shock combinations and combo tricks. In other words, slashers are games in which the battle system and its animation are valued above the plot and graphics. Such projects, as a rule, do not contain a complex semantic component. They are designed to relieve psychological stress on the user, to relax his condition through numerous victories over hordes of opponents with one super blow.
Basically, the gameplay of these games is based on the use of melee weapons (melee weapons), combining various types of martial arts, which gives the project maximum dynamism and color. The most important thing in such a game is to quickly and timely press the appropriate keys in order to chop their enemies to shreds without stopping. The best slashers have another important component - a dynamic and energetic musical base. In the presence of such a pleasure from torn to pieces opponents guaranteed.
What is it worth playing?
Slashers on PC are mainly represented by a small number of projects, so we will analyze each one individually. What to play is the Devil May Cry series . This is just a stunning game with dozens of tricks and combinations, firearms and cold weapons, chic music and, attention, interesting plot. In a word, it contains all the best that a slasher can provide to an ordinary gamer. The next no less dynamic project is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. A game about one of the most powerful and tenacious heroes - Wolverine. Here, the plot revolves around his long past, which happened long before the first film, X-Men. The most important and bold plus of the project is an unrealistic reprisal against opponents.
The game will not let the user get bored even for a minute, exposing his sharp blades to an army of angry mercenaries, robots and mutants. Collapse is a post-apocalyptic slasher from Ukrainian developers. Pretty good game with combo tricks. God Of War is a classic of this genre. If you want to understand what dimensionless violence and crushing tricks are, just start this game and fully enjoy the colors of real battles. Slashers are primarily a series of God Of War games. Darksiders - a series consisting so far of 2 parts. It can be attributed to the slasher, but with RPG elements. Here the plot is beautiful, and the visual image of the world, battles and characters.
This is not the whole list of good projects of this genre, but all of them are among the best of the best. Slashers are a kind of psychological detente that provides the player with the opportunity to destroy entire armies of evil spirits, guided by their arsenal and skills.