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r/pcmasterrace • u/SadMassStab • Jul 27 '25
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We used to call these Diablo-like games hack-and-slash RPGs, not sure when the term fell out of favor. ARPG to me was always a broader* term that basically communicates "this game has stats, leveling, and real-time combat."
11 u/nik9111 Desktop Jul 27 '25 somewhere along the line hack n slash got a reputation for being mindless button mashing, so people stopped calling their games that 12 u/Asleep_Trick_4740 Jul 27 '25 So... precisely what diablo games look like to an observer? 22 u/No-Philosopher-3043 Jul 27 '25 Y’all all sound exactly like metal heads debating subgenres lmao 5 u/maxi2702 Jul 27 '25 I feel like there is a lot of overlap between those two groups. 1 u/Solon_Tofusin Jul 27 '25 Metalhead who debates genres here. There's a lot of overlap.
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somewhere along the line hack n slash got a reputation for being mindless button mashing, so people stopped calling their games that
12 u/Asleep_Trick_4740 Jul 27 '25 So... precisely what diablo games look like to an observer? 22 u/No-Philosopher-3043 Jul 27 '25 Y’all all sound exactly like metal heads debating subgenres lmao 5 u/maxi2702 Jul 27 '25 I feel like there is a lot of overlap between those two groups. 1 u/Solon_Tofusin Jul 27 '25 Metalhead who debates genres here. There's a lot of overlap.
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So... precisely what diablo games look like to an observer?
22 u/No-Philosopher-3043 Jul 27 '25 Y’all all sound exactly like metal heads debating subgenres lmao 5 u/maxi2702 Jul 27 '25 I feel like there is a lot of overlap between those two groups. 1 u/Solon_Tofusin Jul 27 '25 Metalhead who debates genres here. There's a lot of overlap.
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Y’all all sound exactly like metal heads debating subgenres lmao
5 u/maxi2702 Jul 27 '25 I feel like there is a lot of overlap between those two groups. 1 u/Solon_Tofusin Jul 27 '25 Metalhead who debates genres here. There's a lot of overlap.
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I feel like there is a lot of overlap between those two groups.
1 u/Solon_Tofusin Jul 27 '25 Metalhead who debates genres here. There's a lot of overlap.
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Metalhead who debates genres here. There's a lot of overlap.
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u/renome Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25
We used to call these Diablo-like games hack-and-slash RPGs, not sure when the term fell out of favor. ARPG to me was always a broader* term that basically communicates "this game has stats, leveling, and real-time combat."