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- adjective gaming, informal Having a
focus onviolent combat rather thanstrategy . - adjective Shallowly devoted to the gory details (of a book or a writer)
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Examples
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The Jirel stories were not hack-and-slash, they had complicated characters, with complicated emotions.
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Using an improved version of the conversation mechanism from Mass Effect 2 and battles that demand strategic thought alongside the more usual hack-and-slash technique of repeatedly battering the "attack" button, Dragon Age 2 manages an impressive story to complement its more involved combat.
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It was a virtual hack-and-slash that went on for some 30 minutes.
Gil Laroya: The Double-Edged Sword That Is the Internet Gil Laroya 2011
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Monster Hunter Tri isn't a simple hack-and-slash action role-playing game like Diablo or Torchlight.
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Basically, an inane afterthought to support the whole "not your typical hack-and-slash" sentiment.
Trailer for CG Zombie Film A.D. Hits the Web – Collider.com 2010
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It was a virtual hack-and-slash that went on for some 30 minutes.
Gil Laroya: The Double-Edged Sword That Is the Internet Gil Laroya 2011
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Game description: Warlords Heroes combines the good old hack-and-slash formula with strategy elements.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Trong Dungeons và Dragons (nay Pathfinder ) người chơi có thể giả định vai trò của các thầy lang (giáo sĩ), các nhà nghiên cứu (loremasters), sư (phù thủy, pháp sư, vv), ngoài việc có thể chơi một hack-and-slash, máy bay tiêm kích sức mạnh vũ phu .
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I noticed the lead fart that was McCain's Medicare hack-and-slash proposal didn't get any play last night.
Obama Hammers "Radical" McCain For Refusing To Say Health Care Is A Right 2009
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While the outer space energy beam smack downs aren't as realistically grisly as the hack-and-slash action of Wonder Woman, there are a few choice moments are genuinely gruesome violence.
Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Review: Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) 2009
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