"hack-and-slash" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hack-and-slash.wav Forms: hack and slash [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hack-and-slash (not comparable)
  1. (roleplaying games, video games, informal) Having a focus on violent combat rather than strategy. Tags: informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games
    Sense id: en-hack-and-slash-en-adj-ssvBjXQd Topics: video-games
  2. (literature) Shallowly devoted to the gory details. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Literature, Video game genres
    Sense id: en-hack-and-slash-en-adj-VSTCrLGN Disambiguation of Video game genres: 40 60 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Topics: literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hack-and-slasher Related terms: murderhobo
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