Just like the popular Diablo series, Sacred takes a hack'n'slash approach to RPG games - it's noticeable when you start the game, as there's no character creation with stats allocation process present after selecting the single player campaign from the main menu. Instead, you're given a chance to select one of the following six heroes, some likely, some unlikely: a Gladiator, a BattleMage, a Dark Elf, a Wood Elf, a Seraphim, and a Vampiress - with the only customizable parameter being the character's name. That's probably even for the better, as each of the characters not only (obviously) possesses unique stats, attacks and/or magical abilities, but also starts the game with a different story, and from what I've seen later on has some unique sub-quests and obviously loot.