hack and slash

video game genre that emphasizes combat with melee-based weapons
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hack and slash

Summary

hack and slash is a video game genre[1]. It draws 277 Wikipedia views per month (video_game_genre category, ranking #38 of 139).[2]

Key Facts

  • hack and slash's image is recorded as Crawl Steam branding image v2.gif[3].
  • hack and slash's instance of is recorded as video game genre[4].
  • hack and slash's subclass of is recorded as beat 'em up[5].
  • hack and slash's Commons category is recorded as Hack and slash games[6].
  • hack and slash's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025tk5r[7].
  • hack and slash's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hack and slash games[8].
  • hack and slash's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-469[9].
  • hack and slash's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as hack-and-slash_res-20cdf018-89c5-11e8-a7cb-00271042e8d9_(Neologismi)[10].
  • hack and slash's Fandom article ID is recorded as gamicus:Hack-and-slash[11].
  • hack and slash's PCGamingWiki ID is recorded as Glossary:Hack_and_slash[12].
  • hack and slash's OLAC video game genre vocabulary ID is recorded as 1036[13].
  • hack and slash's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/HackAndSlash[14].
  • hack and slash's MobyGames genre ID is recorded as 68[15].
  • hack and slash's UVL group ID is recorded as hackandslash[16].
  • hack and slash's Lutris genre ID is recorded as 17[17].
  • hack and slash's GitHub topic is recorded as hack-and-slash[18].
  • hack and slash's Glitchwave genre ID is recorded as hack-and-slash[19].
  • hack and slash's RetroAchievements game ID is recorded as 8322[20].
  • hack and slash's IMDb keyword is recorded as hack-and-slash[21].
  • hack and slash's RAWG tag ID is recorded as hack-and-slash[22].
  • hack and slash's RAWG tag ID is recorded as hack-n-slash[23].
  • hack and slash's VideoGameGeek genre ID is recorded as 2751[24].
  • hack and slash's Steam tag ID is recorded as 1646[25].
  • hack and slash's GamersGlobal genre ID is recorded as 57[26].
  • hack and slash's TechRaptor genre ID is recorded as hack-and-slash[27].

Why It Matters

hack and slash draws 277 Wikipedia views per month (video_game_genre category, ranking #38 of 139).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . rawg.io. Retrieved . rawg.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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