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A dark action RPG with spectacular battles and a politically charged fantasy story.
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The closest matches for Final Fantasy XVI are Skydance's Behemoth, God of War: Ghost of Sparta and God of War III. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Final Fantasy XVI special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A VR action adventure where you play the hunter Wren and take down colossal Behemoths in a cursed, fallen kingdom. It centers on weighty melee fights against giant beasts and a bleak atmosphere.
94 %
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Kratos searches for his mother and lost brother Deimos across Atlantis and Sparta in this PSP entry. It delivers brutal hack-and-slash combat and epic boss fights on the scale of the console games, wrapped around a surprisingly personal story.
94 %
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Kratos' savage war on Olympus delivers colossal boss fights against gods and titans, fluid combo-driven combat and presentation that was jaw-dropping for its era. Puzzles and climbing sections break up the carnage.
93 %
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Kratos' first handheld outing on the PSP packs the series' brutal blade-chain combat, QTE finishers and towering bosses into a compact, console-quality adventure. This prequel is set ten years before the original game, while Kratos is still serving the gods.
93 % 29.99 €
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You play Gabriel Belmont as Dracula in a dark hack-and-slash adventure that shifts between medieval castles and a modern city. Heavy combat with blood and shadow weapons meets a dramatic vampire saga.
92 %
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Kratos wages a vengeful war against Olympus, allied with the Titans, in a brutal combo-driven hack-and-slash. Its colossal boss fights, like the Colossus of Rhodes, and its inventive environmental puzzles pushed the PS2 to its limits.
92 % 11.99 €
Fantasy setting
A 2.5D action-adventure in the Castlevania universe where you whip your way through gloomy locations while following a multigenerational Belmont story. The HD version improves visuals, adds a boss rush mode and drops quick-time events in boss finishers.
92 % 59.99 €
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A blistering kung fu action game set in a dark 'Kungfupunk' world, where the dying assassin Soul unravels a conspiracy through fast, parry-heavy blade combat. Its fights feel like choreographed wuxia cinema.
91 %
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You ride a war dragon through massive aerial and ground battles against huge armies in a war-torn fantasy world. It delivers epic spectacle, though its motion-based controls were famously divisive.
91 % 59.99 €
Action-packed real-time combat
A first-person shooter where you wield three colors of magic instead of guns, fighting through a cinematic fantasy campaign. It pairs fast spellcasting combat with a skill tree and a linear, story-driven plot.