Man in charge of Diablo thinks we should start calling games that he thinks are like Diablo 'Diablo-likes'

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zip · 7 days ago

Man in charge of Diablo thinks we should start calling games that he thinks are like Diablo 'Diablo-likes'

ryathal · 7 days ago

I thought we used arpg for that already.

DarkThoughts@fedia.io · 7 days ago

Hack’n Slay. arpg feels more like an umbrella term for any RPG with an action combat system. It’s at least how we described it back during SNES times with games like Secret of Mana, opposed to games like Final Fantasy with their turn based combat.