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1998PC

A third-person action game on the Quake II engine where you play Corvus, fighting through dark fantasy levels with a blade and spells while solving environmental puzzles. Its mix of melee, magic and adventure is backed by Brom's artwork.

  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Fantasy setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat
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God of War: Ghost of Sparta

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2010PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Heretic II: melee combat with weapons or fists, a fantasy setting and a dark atmosphere.

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.

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Rune

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A brutal third-person hack-and-slash from the early Unreal Engine era, sending Viking Ragnar through Norse mythic realms down to Hel with axes, swords and hammers. Dismemberment, rune powers and platforming sections define the experience.

Alundra

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A Zelda-style 2D action adventure in which you play the dreamwalker Alundra, entering villagers' nightmares. Tough dungeon puzzles and a surprisingly dark story set it apart.

Conan

Melee combat with weapons or fists

You play as the barbarian Conan, exploring five sprawling regions of Hyboria, from icy wastes to steamy jungles. Hidden temples and catacombs full of puzzles and foes reward your curiosity, while you fight with a wide range of blades, axes and maces and hunt down the pieces of the Atlantean Sword.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A dark gothic action-adventure where you alternate between the vampire Kain and the wraith Raziel. Brutal melee combat, environmental puzzles and a dense, layered tale of fate and vengeance define the experience.

Enclave

Action-packed real-time combat

A linear fantasy action game from Starbreeze where you play two campaigns, one for the Light and one for the Darkness, and choose from warriors, archers and mages before each mission. It looked impressive for its time and is known for tough melee combat.

Blade of Darkness

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A punishing fantasy action game with weighty, combo-based melee combat and four playable heroes, often seen as an early forerunner of Soulslike games. You carve a gory path through grim levels to stop the forces of Chaos.

Vanishing Realms

Action-packed real-time combat

A VR-exclusive fantasy RPG where you swing a sword and cast spells in hands-on melee against life-sized monsters while exploring eerie realms full of wards and lost artifacts.

Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A 90s first-person melee hack and slash where you fight through gloomy castles full of monsters with sword and spells, hunting for keys and secrets. Light RPG elements and a retro Build-engine feel.

Elderborn

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A brutal first-person fantasy slasher with heavy melee combat and light souls-like progression. You play a merciless warrior delving into a grim city full of ancient secrets.

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