RPG Vault writes: " The agile, graceful Seraphim is a master of light and medium weapons. Clad in heavy or technological armor, the latter a link to the mysterious future from which her kind came to Ancaria long ago, she regards friends and foes through steady, penetrating eyes without pupils. Her race's mission was once to safeguard the land. The fallen angels did so faithfully for eons, but their devotion eventually waned, and their own needs took precedence. Now, all but a few have forgotten what they previously held sacrosanct. The rest no longer consider it their duty to fight for peace and justice.
Sacred 2 - Fallen Angel takes us back to the realm, now embroiled in a destructive civil war, where Ascaron's hit 2004 action RPG took place. This time, we have the option to adventure as the titular class or five others, the Shadow Warrior, Dryad, Inquisitor and High Elf. The latter race learned to harness T-Energy, the basis of all magic, but subsequently disagreed and fought over which of them should control its enormous power. While they battled, it somehow became corrupted, which caused parts of the land to become uninhabitable, creatures to mutate, and cities to fall into ruin."
The Koalition writes: "To be clear, this list is in regards to isometric-styled hack-and-slash action RPGs. If you've ever played a Diablo game or anything like that, then you have a pretty good idea. There are lots of games and franchises in this genre, but it also seems to be one of the most under-represented each and every gaming generation. Releases are few and far between, but each successive title seems to always garner praise and success. One of the most iconic franchises in all of gaming - Diablo - basically started the entire subgenre and it's still going strong to this day. With Diablo III finally set to release on consoles soon, I thought this was a good time to take a look back at all of the best the action RPG genre has to offer this generation."
Definitely looking forward to Diablo III on consoles. Very anxious to see what has been added and taken away from the PC version.
Good article. A bit sparse, it would have been nice to hear a bit more detail about each game instead of a short, basic description.
But good. I enjoyed the read.
Author is it in that order?
If so I would pick Diablo 1,2,3 as first three. Everything else comes after.
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is made by an UK-based gaming company “Ascaron.” It Is a prequel to Sacred which sets about 2000 years before the events of Sacred, the prequel has a lot more than Sacred, but does that mean Sacred 2 can top off the Diablo series or It will just stay to the “Diablo Clone” status?
Digitally Downloaded writes: "So you might be playing Diablo III. Or you might be seeing the number 37 in your nightmares right now. But either way it’s hard to deny there’s a thrill to the hack-and-slash lootfests that the original Diablo made so popular, and has been imitated so many times since.
But perhaps you have an old PC, or you stick to playing games on consoles. Well, never fear, you can still be looting along with everyone else. "
This guy is screwed in the head, the best dark ARPG/hack n slash/dungeon crawler atm is Path of Exile and the only game that looks good enough to compete with it is Grim Dawn but that is not even in close beta yet, the games those guy suggest suck big time some of them look really horrible like they r from the 90's, article fail beyond measure.
For a game that doesn't really look that great, 3360x2100 screenshots do nothing but serve as an injustice to the competence of the graphics engine.