Developer Spicy Horse drew its inspiration for upcoming action-RPG Akaneiro: Demon Hunters from many deep wells.
The game is a hack-and-slash action-RPG with a full range of customizations available to players.
Aethereus is described as an in-depth, low-fantasy, high action-RPG, with lots of customization and crafting elements.
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ChronoBlade (FREE) - Developed by nWay, a single-player demo of the upcoming action-RPG will be playable only with Atlas controllers.
But even the game, so far, looks to be shaping up into a solid, even slightly old-school, action-RPG.
Like its predecessors, the game is an MMORPG, but looks more like a top-down action-RPG such as Diablo.
Players of the action-RPG control a series of warriors who duke it out medieval-style with the terrible God King.
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Add this to a long and growing list of incredible looking action-RPG titles.
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Half action-RPG, half real-time strategy, the game is the latest brainchild of Chris Taylor, the man behind Gas Powered Games.
There is the action-RPG, for instance, which can itself be divided into multiple sub-genres from the click-and-loot variety to more story-driven affairs.
The fact that your main attacks are achieved through clicks makes the game sound much more like an action-RPG than most MMOs out there.
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Horn, an action-RPG designed for Android and iOS, is being billed as the action game that tablets and mobile phones have been waiting for.
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But I would still love to see a top-down action-RPG that requires something more in terms of combat strategy, that requires more than click-and-loot to progress.
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Both Tripwire Interactive and nWay are also bringing games to the OUYA, with the former working on two games and the latter working on one (action-RPG ChronoBlade).
Runic Games, the developer behind the long-awaited action-RPG Torchlight 2, has announced that they will be announcing a release date for the game this Friday at PAX Prime.
Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is something of a folkloric hybrid: half Little Red Riding Hood, half Japanese myth, the game is a lovely, highly-stylized action-RPG from developer American McGee and Spicy Horse Games.
Not only does the patch give players tons of flexibility over difficulty settings with the addition of Monster Power, it adds a huge new piece of end-game content to the action-RPG.
The action-packed fantasy RPG sold 302, 040 copies on PS3 in its first week in Japan, plus another 29, 024 on Xbox 360, making it the best week for a new IP in a decade.
Everything from Harry Potter and Dark Souls mods, to texture and weather overhauls have made the PC version of Skyrim far more than just a huge, open-world action RPG.
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The 8 free games for Mac gamers include retro-cool point-and-click adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky, action-packed top-down shooter Tyrian 2000, legendary RPG Ultima IV, and multiplayer FPS Warsow, among others.
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But there are other types of games that work much better with a controller, including platformers, fighters (although obviously an arcade stick is the best option there), beat-em-ups, racing games, and most action or RPG games that have a heavy focus on melee combat.
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Developed by Southend Interactive and published by Deep Silver, Sacred Citadel combines RPG elements with an evolving combat system to keep the arcade-style action from falling flat.
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But BioWare is also returning to its RPG roots with this game, so there will be a nice blend of action and role-playing.
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