Sword Fighting refers to the type of gameplay incorporating combat element. The term Sword Fighting was used to describe the playstyle mostly in Role-playing games. In Action and Arcade-style video games, the term has different usage, revolving around real-time combat with hand to hand weapons as opposed to fists or guns. In Sword Fighting games, the player equips with a mighty sword, and maybe a shield and the player can use the sword to attack enemies to kill and use the shield to defend himself from the enemy attack. Most of the games are played from the third-person perspective while some of the games can be played from the first-person perspective. These games use the quest-based system, in which the player needs save his land from enemies by defeating them. Dungeon crawling is also the essential element in the Sword Fighting games, where the player defeats the monsters to earn points. Sword Fighting terms refer to weapon-based, action, and beat ‘em up video games.

24 Best Sword Fighting Games for Xbox One

#1 The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt: Blood and Wine

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The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt: Blood and Wine is the 2nd and final Downloadable Content Pack for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released in 2015. Created by CD Projekt Red. The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt: Blood and Wine was released for multiple platforms such as Windows, PlayStation, and Xbox. The game offers Action role-playing, Open World, Third-person Exploration and Single-player gameplay for hardcore players. The story centers in the protagonist named as Geralt of Rivia, as he traverses across the Toussaint, where the war takes place and strange monsters terrorizing the land. The player can assume the role of the protagonist, and his primary goal is to manipulate the world from a third-person view either on horseback or by foot. His character equips with a sword and a shield that he can use during the battle against monsters and enemies. During exploration, the player needs to solve mysteries, accomplish quests and earn experience points to unlock further features. With improved graphics, storyline, new environments and fighting style, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt: Blood and Wine is the best game to play.

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#2 Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires

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Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei Games. It is the 7th major title in the series of Dynasty Warriors game and the story based on the historical novel known as Romance of the Three Kingdoms of a Chinese writer called Luo Guanzhong. The game takes place in the open-ended world, lets the player move freely and played from a third-person perspective. There are several characters available such as Mao Chao, Bao Sanniang, Deng Ai, Cao Pi, Dian Wei, Xiahou Ba, and more. The player needs to choose his character and jump into the world where he or she has to fight against enemies using his mighty sword and kill them all to earn experience points and level up. The player can interact with NPCs and he needs to complete a series of missions to become the master. With improved graphics, addictive gameplay, and realistic soundtracks, Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires is the wonderful hack and slash game to play and enjoy.

#3 Dishonored: Definitive Edition

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Dishonored: Definitive Edition is a collection of multiple Downloadable Content Packs including Dishonored, Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall, Dishonored: Void Walker Arsenal, Dishonored: Dunwall City Trails and more. The game offers Action-Adventure and First-person Perspective video game with Stealth elements developed and published by Bethesda Softworks. It takes place in the breathtaking environment and puts you in the role of the protagonist named Daud, a legendary assassin who slaughtered the Empress. There are different missions and objectives in each title and you have to explore all of them to find new weapons, fight enemies and slay them to earn points. You manipulates the world from a first-person perspective and uses stealth element to kill the foes silently. It offers open-ended world full of non-players characters, enemies and their bosses. During the battle, you can use melee combat and weapons to take down enemies and can show off your abilities to your friends. Dishonored offers core features, engaging gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics. Try it out, and enjoy its gameplay with prominent features.

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#4 Castle Crashers Remastered

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Castle Crashers Remastered is a 2D Arcade, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game published by The Behemoth. The game mixes the Beat ‘em up, Role-playing, Action and Side-scroll elements. It takes place in the fictional medieval-themed Universe, where a dark wizard has stolen an ancient gem and abduct four princesses. Four knights are selected by the King to save the princesses, retrieve the gem, defeat the wizard and bring to justice. Before getting into the game world, the player needs to select his one of four characters and start exploring the game world where he has to complete a series of quests to progress in the match. In Co-op mode, up to four players can compete against each other to show off their skills and abilities and the player with the highest points will win the match. The game rewards the player with experience points by smashing the enemies which enable him to level-up. Castle Crashers Remastered includes core features such as up to Twenty-five unlockable Characters, Forty Weapons, Level-up System, Arena Mode, Mini-games and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#5 Super Dungeon Bros

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Super Dungeon Bros mixes the Action Role-playing, Hack and Slash, and Dungeon Crawling elements developed by React Games and published by Wired Productions for multiple platforms. The game focuses on Multiplayer combat and takes place in the fictional realm called Rokhem consists of different worlds such as Boeheim, Chillheim, and Cryptheim. Each land features a procedurally generated layout that offers different play style. It offers the similar gameplay to Diablo and lets the player select his one of four different characters and travel the labyrinth, explore the dungeon, kill monsters while collecting treasure. The game rewards the player for each completed objective, and he can use to upgrade his equipment and abilities. The player can navigate the land from an isometric perspective along with his other three friends, face monsters, and slay them to using special weapons to earn points. As the player advances through the story, the gameplay becomes tough to master. With addictive gameplay, excellent mechanics, and smooth controls, Super Dungeon Bros is the best game to play.

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#6 For Honor

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For Honor developed by Ubisoft Montreal is a mixture of Fighting, Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements for hardcore players. It supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and enables you to assume the role of the historical warriors and soldiers such as Vikings, Samurai, Knights, etc. within the medieval-themed world played from a third-person perspective. The game takes place during the historical period inspired fantasy setting. There are three different factions available such as The Chosen Samurai, The Blackstone Legion Knight, and The Warborn Vikings and these three factions offer samurai, Viking and knight respectively. Multiplayer mode offers the similar gameplay to Single-player campaign, featuring AI minions, Perks, Art of Battle System. Domination, Brawl, Duel, Skirmish and Elimination are five prominent modes in the game. You as the protagonist must explore the world, fight rivals and kill them to complete a variety of missions while scoring the highest points to level-up your abilities. For Honor includes core features such as Story Campaign, Battle Control System, Conquer Foes with Friends, and more. Try it out, if you are die-hard fan of hack and slash genre.

#7 Ryse: Son of Rome

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Ryse: Son of Rome developed by Crytek and published by Microsoft Studios is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game. The game takes place in the alternative version of Rome and follows the story of the protagonist named Marius Titus who wants to become one of the best leaders in the Roman Legion. It centers on the protagonist using the mighty sword to smash foes and shield to prevent attacks. It introduces Co-op Multiplayer mode, which takes you into battle against hordes of enemies in the large maps that are changing automatically. You can assume the role of the protagonist to fulfill your dream to become the greatest legend. Navigate the environment from a third-person perspective and set out yourself on an epic quest to take revenge the murder of your family. Take part in battles and fight against waves of enemies, slaughter them all using your sword and earn experience points to enhance your abilities. Learn new skills and become the master the by fulfilling your goals. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and fantastic graphics, Ryse: Son of Rome is the best game to play and enjoy.

#8 Darksiders Warmastered Edition

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Darksiders Warmastered Edition combines the Action Role-playing and Hack and Slash elements and brings a thrilling gameplay for hardcore players who love playing hack and slash games. The game supports Single-player mode only developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ Nordic. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse inspires the game, and the game puts you in the role of the horseman war and explores the environment form a third-person perspective. The atmosphere of the game is split into different locations with multiple areas initially locked until later in the game. The protagonist equips with a mighty sword that he can use to kill monsters, enemies and strange creatures to earn points and collect power-ups to maintain the health bar and raise the power. The team of evil is struggling to take over the world and destroy the humanity, but you are standing like a mountain in their way to control the land. Engage yourself in a real-time battle, and cut down enemies using your sword. Darksiders Warmastered Edition includes prominent features such as Apocalyptic Power, Extreme Arsenal, Epic Quests, Character Progression and more.

#9 Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom

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Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom is an Action, Hack and Slash, Third-person Perspective, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Koei Tecmo Games for Multiple Platforms. The game around the protagonist named Eren Yeager, his beloved friend Armin Arlert and his foster sister named Miskasa Ackerman and their adventures. The game embarks the protagonist on an epic adventure when the Colossal Titans breach the wall which guards his homeland and one of them slaughter and eat his mother and kill all the Titans. The protagonist and his friends join the military to take revenge from Colossal Titans to his mother’s death. The player can play as the Eren and can use different weapons, and items to kill monsters and foes. He can explore the world from a third-person perspective and can earn points by defeating Titans and their leaders. As the game progress, it becomes more challenging, and the player must unlock further features. With enhanced mechanics, new scenarios, weapons, exciting story, and addictive gameplay, Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

#10 Chivalry

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Chivalry is a Series of hardcore Action-RPG and hack and Slash video games developed by Tom Banner Studios. The game offers critically acclaimed and popular titles such as Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior (DLC Pack for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare ), and Chivalry: Complete Pack (Pack for both of the games of series). The series mainly focuses on Melee combats and allows the players to engage in the Epic Multiplayer Online gameplay. The series offers various types of game modes including Deathmatch, team Deathmatch, Team objectives, Duel Mode, Capture the Flag, Last team Standing, and King of the Hill, etc. Because of being the Melee combat focused gameplay, the games in the series are all about killing the other online knights and Combatants while using a number of different types of Melee weapons such as Swords, Hammers, Axes, and Spears, etc. Throughout the series, you’ll experience an entirely brutal gameplay, packed with hardcore melee action and thrill. Chivalry offers A DLC pack for the game named as Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior that offers more new characters, a new story, new weapons and stuff to the gameplay and allows the players to enjoy a remarkable experience of Action, RPG, and Melee Combat elements. For all those who love playing games With Action, RPG, and Hack and Slash elements, Chivalry has loads to offer. Do give it a try.

#11 Devil May Cry 4

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Devil May Cry 4 is the latest addition to the already trending and one of the most played series Devil May Cry. The game offers a marvelous combination of Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements and tells the story of a new character named as Nero. Nero possesses multiple demonic powers and is on a mission to encounter the main character, Dante. In the previous game, Dante assassinates the Demons from the Order of the Sword along with their Leader and removes them from existence. The story starts off where it ended in the previous game, and the player gets to control both Dante and Nero. Both of the main characters are now hunting down the Evil and have similar goals. Devil May Cry 4 focuses on close combats including the Melee and allows the players to use different weapons such as Firearms, Swords and loads of other things to Hack and Slash their way through the hordes of demonic enemies. Devil May Cry 4 offers an engaging gameplay, revamped game mechanics, and new characters and rebuilt graphics and offers a great Action-focused experience to all the hardcore fans of the series.

#12 Mount and Blade: Warband

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Mount and Blade: Warband is a superb hack and slash, action, role-playing, a strategy video game by TaleWorlds Entertainment. You are free to explore the thrilling game world by making your teams with multiple online players up to 250 characters. Furthermore, the game provides the option to enjoy the combat in different modes like Team-Death match, Conquest, Capture the Flag, Siege, Deathmatch, and Battle.

It also offers the player to be group leader by convincing the lords of that group and giving them a particular land area. The game seems easy in the beginning but gets harder when you move to the advanced levels. Furthermore, the protagonist can design his own maps to battle and earn money by fighting against enemies. So, complete your tasks in multiple equipment systems and enjoy this great platform.

#13 Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

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Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is an Action Role-playing, Third-person Perspective, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Monolith Productions. The game serves as the sequel to Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, released in 2014. The game starts the previous title’s narrative based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium and takes place after the events of The Lord of the Ring and The Hobbit. The game starts with the story of Talion and the elf lord’s spirit named as Celebrimbor, who shares the body of the protagonist, as they battle against Sauron. It offers open world environment played from a third-person view and cast you in the role of the protagonist who has unique natural athletic and combat skills, offering by the elf lord’s spirits. There are a variety of missions, and each mission contains a set of quests that you must complete at any cost using your parkour, stealth and combat abilities. The game features the hack and slash elements and lets you cut your foes into several pieces using your unique abilities and earn points. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War brings prominent features, highly detailed environment, advanced master, and more. Try it out.

#14 Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

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Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is an Action, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game with Beat ‘em up element developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei. The game serves as the 2nd downloadable content of the original title Dynasty Warriors 8, released in 2014. It introduces new playable characters, improved environment, and brilliant controls. It has two different modes such as Story and Free modes. The story mode offers the similar faction-based storyline and comes back with seamless cutscenes. Ambition and Challenge modes are also introduced in the expansion pack, which offers different arcade-style challenges. The player has to select his playable character and jump into the world full of enemies. He uses his unique abilities and fighting style to face hordes of enemies and kill them to earn enough points. The gameplay is explored from a third-person perspective while the player fighting enemies. Combine unique attacks to create the combos and beat waves of enemies to earn massive points. With prominent features, addictive gameplay and incredible graphics, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is the best game to play.

#15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan is an Action-Adventure, Hack n Slash and Single-player video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Activision. It serves as the part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The game brings the traditional hack n slash element with the cel-shaded art style and allows the player to control from one of four characters such as Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. He navigates the environment from a third-person view and can use his special abilities to take down enemies to crush them. According to the story, the four ninja arrives in the New York City to locate the Foot Clan, invading the city. There are a variety of missions, and each mission comes with a set of objectives that the player has to accomplish to progress through the game. It has different levels divided into three difficulties such as Easy, Normal, and Hard. The ultimate task of the player is to unleash custom combat skills to rescue Manhattan from the brutal dark forces. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan includes prominent features such as Fast-paced Gameplay, Original Story, different Characters, and more.

#16 Strider

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Strider is a marvelous new Action-Adventure, Platform, Stealth and Hack and Slash video game by Double Helix Games. The game offers an amazingly fast-paced and action filled game-play in which you act as the finest Ninja Assassin named as Strider Hiryu who works for the Strider Organization. The Strider Assign you the task to assassinate the Evil Grand maestro Meio who is taking refuge in his den in the city of Kazakh. In order to complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through the hordes of highly trained and fast acting enemy ninjas, kill them by the use of your great sword wielding and platforming skills and by using other sharp edged weapons like shurikan, knives etc. Strider lets you use the Cypher a plasma weapon as your main weapon that can kill multiple enemies with only one good blow. As you proceed to the advanced levels of the game, Strider allows you to use upgrades to enhance your weapons and skills and get blasted upon the enemies as a bolt of lightning, finally reach to the Grand maestro and assassinate him. With an amazingly fast action, great visuals, immersive game-play and a wonderful story, Strider is a great game to play and enjoy.

#17 Heart and Slash

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Heart and Slash brings an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, and Single-player gameplay with an emphasis on Beat ‘em up element developed by A Heart Full of Games and published by Badland Games. The game takes place in the stunning world where machines rule the world after human civilization. In the story, you assume the role of the Heart, a robot fighting to escape from the custody of the evil being looking like a machine named as QuAsSy. It offers a procedurally generated environment, and the game features permanent death elements. You explore the world from a third-person perspective, the battle against enemies using a sword and can destroy them using your abilities. There are three different worlds available to explore and fight against robot machines. Each world comprises a variety of unique enemies and bosses. It has dozens of hi-tech weapons available to use and customize. Heart and Slash includes prominent features such as Dozens of Weapons, Perma-death, Play your Style, 3 Worlds, and more. Check out the game and have fun.

#18 The Technomancer

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The Technomancer is an Action Role-playing, Third-person Exploration and Single-player video game developed by Spiders and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game takes place in the similar Universe like Spider and set two-hundred year after the event of human colonized Mars known as the War of Water. The player takes on the role of the protagonist named as Zachariah, who must explore the world from a third-person view, interact with environment and non-player characters to progress through the story. During the gameplay, the player can involve companions to his party, who is capable of leveling up. The player can improve his combat abilities and can make different choices about how to accomplish each quest. There are five different possible endings, depending on the decision taken by the player. Using crafting feature, the player can create his armor and weapons to use against foes during real-time battle. Four different skill trees available and the player must earn experience points to unlock additional content. Science Fiction Mars Environment, Dynamic Combat, Post-apocalyptic Red Planet, Three Combat Styles, Unleash Abilities, etc. are prominent features in the game. Try it out and enjoy.

#19 Warriors Orochi 3

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Warriors Orochi 3 is an Action, Hack and Slash and Single-player video game developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei. It is the fourth major entry in the series of Warriors Orochi. The game offers the similar gameplay like its previous titles and borrows its character from Dynasty Warriors 7. It takes place in the parallel Universe filled with different warriors, monsters, and demons. Get into the role of the protagonist who is a warrior and the ultimate task is to fight against foes and take down them to win the battle. Earn experience points by completing objectives and missions and use them to unlock other contents. There are over 120 characters, and each offers its unique abilities, weapons, and skills. The player can team up with up to three characters and immerse himself in team-based gameplay. He can use different combos, counter attack, melee attack and weapons to defeat his enemies. Warriors Orochi 3 offers best graphics, engaging gameplay, and exciting story. Try it out.

#20 Darksiders: Fury’s Collection

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Darksiders: Fury’s Collection is the perfect compilation of Darksiders Warmasterd Edition and Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition in single a pack. The game offers an exciting gameplay and takes place in the fictional environment. It combines the Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and Third-person Perspective elements. Each title in the pack introduces a brilliant gameplay and consists of a variety of levels. The player can assume the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to manipulate the world from third-person and fight against enemies to take down them. According to the story, a conflict breaks out between hell and heaven. One of four horsemen finds himself in the midst of the Earth. The game becomes challenging to play and unlocks further content, as the player progresses through the game. Each character has its unique personality, and play style. During the gameplay, the player needs to complete quests while solving a variety of puzzles to earn points. Darksiders: Fury’s Collection is the best game to play and enjoy.

#21 Disney Infinity 3.0: Play without Limits

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Disney Infinity 3.0: Play without Limits is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Avalanche and published by Disney. The game takes place in the Star Wars Universe and includes a variety of exciting characters. It features new characters to from the series and introduces a variety of challenging missions. Each character has its unique personality and weapons. The player needs to select his character and jump into the world where he has to fight against enemies using his weapons and explore the world from third-person view to find power-ups. The game is a mix of exploration, combat, platform, and racing elements. The game includes two new multiplayer expansion games such as Villain Takeover and Speedway. You can play alone in Single-player mode while can play with up to four friends in Local Network and with two players in local Multiplayer mode. With enhanced graphics, addictive gameplay, and superb features, Disney Infinity 3.0: Play without Limits is the best game to play and enjoy.

#22 Final Fantasy XV

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Final Fantasy XV is an Action Role-playing and Single-player video game created and published by Square Enix. The game takes place in the stunning open world environment called Eos and focuses on action-based battle system similar to Kingdom Heart. It is the fifteen main entry in the Final Fantasy series. The player can assume the role of the protagonist named Noctis and the story revolves around his struggle to retake his homeland and his magical crystal. There are other character who helps the protagonist during his journey such as Gladiolus, Prompto and Ignis. Final Fantasy XV uses real-time battle system focuses on action and lets the player navigate the open world consists of forests, mountains, villages, and more. Complete a series of quests, use a variety of weapons, battle against foes and their bosses to recover your homeland and it magical crystal. The game rewards the player with experience points and allows him to purchase different tools, equipment and more. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, excellent soundtrack, and lots of action, Final Fantasy XV is the best game to play and enjoy for those who love playing Role-playing games.

#23 Titan Quest

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Titan Quest combines action-RPG aesthetics with a hack and slash game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment and THQ. It focuses on a player-created character of the protagonist and takes the players to multiple locations such as Ancient Greece, Egypt, and China. The game offers various quests on all these sites and tasks the players to find the Titans who have broken out of the prison and are running loose while devastating everything in their path.

According to the story of the game, Titans once ruled the primordial darkness for a very long time until the Olympians defeated and exiled them to an ancient prison where they remained locked up for centuries. After centuries of imprisonment, a titan named Telkines broke the conduit of communication and linked Olympus to the mortal world.

#24 Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China

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Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is an amazingly addictive and immersive Action-Adventure, Side-Scrolling Stealth, RPG and Platform video game by Climax Studios and Ubisoft Montreal. The game is set in the year 1526 and features a female protagonist named as Shao Jun. Trained by the best of the bests, the great Italian assassin Ezio Auditore Da Firenze, Shen Jun returns to her birthplace only to fight against the Templar group known as Eight Tigers. She embarks on a mission to kill all of the responsible for the wipeout of the Chinese brotherhood. You are required to get into the character of Shao Jun, kill all the Tigers along with the final target named as Zhang Yong, by the use of your finest platforming, stealth and sword fighting skills. Other tasks are to be an assassin mentor, rebuild the brotherhood, assassinate the emperor named as JiaJing and complete the objecteives of the game. With a well-written storyline, great visuals, hardcore action filled game-play and othe great things, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.