Check Out These Top 10 Games Like DMC
Stylishly dispatching legions of enemies is one of the finer things in life, or so has Dante taught us. Sadly, we don't get to hang with our favorite demon hunter as often as we'd like, so here are ten titles to keep you company in his absence.
10. Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
Sargeant Titus demonstrates how they deal with enemies of the Emperor
Release date: September 6, 2011
Developer: Relic Entertainment
Genre: Third-person shooter
The squad, taking in the sweet scent of napalm in the morning
Filling the large boots of space marine sergeant Titus, the player must stop an ork attack upon an unprepared Imperial world. Expectedly, the situation quickly escalates into an even bloodier conflict against Chaos.
By using a steadily expanding arsenal of ranged and melee weapons , you are to lay waste to the foolish hordes of aliens who dare stand between you and whatever your destination is at the time. They don't call it a purge because it's nice.
Everyone wants to feel like a space marine from time to time, and this game delivers gloriously. Warhammer 40k's mix of magic and technology is always interesting, and the game's take on the whole health regeneration thing (instead of taking cover you have to execute enemies in order to recover HP) keeps the action flowing and fun.
9. Brütal Legend
Every metalhead's wet dream... In digital form
Release date: October 13, 2009
Developer: Double Fine
Genre: Action-adventure, Real-time strategy
The world's best roadie, indeed. Look at those wings!
Brütal Legend takes you on a journey through a fantastic, metal music inspired land that you must save from the tyranny of a tyrant named Daviculus.
While navigating the game's open world, you locate and activate the game's various missions, which take the shape of an action-RTS hybrid with you as the deadliest unit. Eddie can be controlled manually, enabling you to truly feel like a metal god among men as you lay waste to your enemy's armies while your men fight on, inspired by your brütality.
This title bleeds awesome. Although the action and RTS components could have been better integrated, this game is still one of a kind. Add to it the amazing audio and visual jobs, and you've got yourself a winner.
8. Lords of the Fallen
A slightly different kind of brutal
Release date: 28 October 2014
Developer: Deck13 Interactive, CI Games
Genre: Action role-playing
Harkyn takes on a huge, armored knight... What can go wrong?
Taking on the role of a former prisoner right after he is released and sent at the enemy, you are to prevent a demonic invasion.
Lords of the Fallen takes inspiration from the Souls series, and it shows. By slaughtering (and getting slaughtered by) increasingly difficult opponents, you make your way toward a visually impressive boss, where you suffer horribly until you finally learn how to take it down. Then, the cycle repeats itself.
Challenging, but less so than a certain other game, Lords of the Fallen strikes the perfect balance between difficulty and fun, thus it is easy to recommend to anyone in want of a good fight.
7. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Pretty in both visuals and sound, and very easy to enjoy
Release date: February 7 2012
Developer: 38 Studios, Big Huge Games
Genre: Action role-playing, Hack and slash
Just one of many spectacular moves this game has to show
After rising from the dead, the player character learns that they have become the Fateless One, the only individual in the world whose fate has not been preordained. This allows them to challenge dragons and godlike creatures in order to change the fate of the world.
Kingdoms of Amalur follows the tried and true formula: By killing monsters and completing various quests in the game's open world, you slowly upgrade your character, choosing between a huge number of possible upgrade paths. The number of combinations is more than impressive and it is just as fun to use them in game as you mow down monster after monster, ever hungry for that next level.
The combat is solid, the world is fascinating, the visuals are breath-taking and the sound is stellar. The game is just over-all impressive, and there is no reason not to give it a shot unless you absolutely hate the genre.
6. Ninja Blade
How do they treat viral outbreaks in Japan? With ninjas, of course
Release date: January 29, 2009
Developer: From Software, ND Games
Genre: Action, hack and slash
Parachute? A ninja craves not these things
As a souped up next generation ninja, the player is tasked with stopping a viral infection that turns people into monsters.
The gameplay is a mostly classical romp through a monster-infested city, interspaced with quick-time events, but consistently fun. Ken's acrobatics and insane moves make you feel more like the hunter than the hunted.
The absurd premise is not a detriment. The game consistently captures the esence of the modern hack and slash, and puts it in a neat, crazy little package for everyone to enjoy.
5. Prototype
He is both the disease and the cure
Release date: June 9, 2009
Developer: Radical Entertainment
Genre: Action-adventure
Make no mistake, Assassin's Creed this is not
A desperate man with nothing to lose, apparently carrying a new strain of the virus that's destroying the city, uses his newfound superpowers to learn who's behind it all.
Prototype is a superhero sandbox that lets you more or less do whatever you want in a decomposing, monster infested city. You are free to decide whether to move the story along, push back monsters or hit the military's outposts (army men are out to get you too). In the long run, it all just makes you stronger.
At the time, this title brought to the PC platform an unsurpassed sense of power and freedom that remains impressive up until today. Since then, other titles have come and gone, but we all remember Prototype.
4. Alice: Madness Returns
Madness can be beautiful too
Release date: June 14, 2011
Developer: Spicy Horse
Genre: Action-adventure
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Alice is back, prettier, deadlier, and crazier than ever before. And she needs our help. By travelling though a ruined Wonderland, we are to help our heroine remember her past and maybe, just maybe, save her future.
While advancing through increasingly surreal landscapes, the player has to adapt to each new zone's twisted take on logic in order to be allowed further passage and move the story onward. Fractured, nightmarish creatures bar the way, and need to be disposed of with a combination of unconventional weapons and stylish moves.
It is difficult to find a title as enticing as this one. Amazing visuals and sound, flowing combat, and raw creativity, make Madness Returns into an unforgettable experience.
3. Darksiders 2
Death the Horseman, living up to his name
Release date: August 14, 2012
Developer: Vigil Games
Genre: Action role-playing, Hack and slash
Our hero, in most of his glory (mount not included)
Taking place before during, and after the original, Darksiders 2 lets you play as the Death, the Pale Rider himself, on a quest to free his brother War.
A feat such as that, of course, requires him to slaughter everything that as much as looks at him funny. As is the norm, a boss enemy will appear from time to time, letting the player test how well they've mastered Death. A new feature in the sequel is the ability to equip items, which gives the game more depth.
This title takes everything that was good about the original and improves on it. Whether you are a fan of comic books, fantasy, or simply enjoy over the top action, Darksiders 2 was made for you.
2. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
The Prince of Darkness shows off what he can do
Release date: February 25, 2014
Developer: MercurySteam
Genre: Action-adventure
The graphics are almost as pretty as the demons are ugly
After hundreds of years, Dracula walks among us again, this time taking on Satan himself.
Our anti-hero can shift between two space-times: A hellish dystopian future, and a visually stunning but dangerous Castlevania from his memories. Enemies both old and new are there to prevent the Prince of darkess from finding redemption, but the only thing they will succeed in is feeding him fresh blood.
What is a good game? Is it a product without flaws? In that case, LoS2 is unimpressive. If, however, a good game is something that delivers on every level but fails in one (the stealth sequences), then Dracula's latest adventure is something you don't want to miss.
1.Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Fancy moves, big swords and a whole lot of metal
Release date: February 19, 2013
Developer: PlatinumGames
Genre: Action, hack and slash
With high maintenance hair like that, no wonder he's in need of that much money
Having found work in a private security company, our old friend (and Christopher Walken lookalike) Raiden is publicly humiliated by agents from a rival organization. Burning with rage, he decides embrace his inhiman side for the sake of vengeance.
Revengeance adds an amazing feature to a classic formula. Raiden can fight his opponents the usual way, or he can activate a special mode that allows him to freely move his blade in order to finely control what will be cut and how.
This feels absolutely amazing, but it is only after you realize that you can cut anything that is not hard terrain, that you truly notice the glory. Add a bunch of cybernetic ninjas into the mix, and you get a game that packs so much heat it should probably be illegal in some countries.
