I've actually never liked the term Hack-N-Slash. That's one that's pretty vague to me. Having played games forever I know what they are. There's really no good explanation for someone that hasn't played a game before when talking about a Hack-N-Slash.
Because you also have Action, Brawler, Beatem-up, and I might even add fighting in there. How do you explain the difference to someone who's never played a game? What qualifies as a Hack-N-Slash exactly? God of War? Or is that just an action game because it has actual combos? But technically every game is an action game.
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