The Mount and Blade games do massive (for a videogame) battles. A small battle might have 20 soldiers on each side. A big one, more like 200, with you only directly controlling one of them, either way.
Any good crowd combat games?
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Sengoku Basrara is very similar to DW, but it's covered in Capcoms signature style and flair. No where near as many characters as the DW series can boast, but most of the roster in Sengoku all play and feel different.
Drakengard 1 + 2 are both similar to DW as well, with the addition of being able to hop onto a dragon at any point in the fight and begin carpet bombing the area with fire.
Oooh, another one. Shining Force EXA for the PS2. If you can find it that is. Imagine Diablo ran through an anime filter with the enemy populations ramped through the roof. Sometimes it will spawn so many the game lags for a bit, but it only ever served to give everything a bit more gravitas for me.
Drakengard 1 + 2 are both similar to DW as well, with the addition of being able to hop onto a dragon at any point in the fight and begin carpet bombing the area with fire.
Oooh, another one. Shining Force EXA for the PS2. If you can find it that is. Imagine Diablo ran through an anime filter with the enemy populations ramped through the roof. Sometimes it will spawn so many the game lags for a bit, but it only ever served to give everything a bit more gravitas for me.
That got me recollecting a game from the early days of Xbox 360 called Kingdom Under Fire. Was lots of fun, especially with co-op, but never quite took off.
It seems that games that do crowd combat well end up more of a top down or isometric viewpoint, ie. Diablo. Most of the games that go into 3rd person mode or 1st person mode never quite break out into becoming successful series, ie. Serious Sam, Dynasty Warriors. Not saying these games didn't perform well, just that they seem to be missing something that make them top sellers.
It seems that games that do crowd combat well end up more of a top down or isometric viewpoint, ie. Diablo. Most of the games that go into 3rd person mode or 1st person mode never quite break out into becoming successful series, ie. Serious Sam, Dynasty Warriors. Not saying these games didn't perform well, just that they seem to be missing something that make them top sellers.
I guess that's my challenge here. Games like Chaos Legion, Viking did big battles and there were elements of fun in them. But they never quite became big hits, or even spawned a movement where people wanted these sort of games. Which means it's hard to refer to these games to inspire people to "imagine a game like Viking... but with...!"ScrabbitRabbit said:
Hm, my memory might be incorrect, but I believe Dead Island: Riptide and Sleeping Dogs does this quite a lot.
From what I recall you face way more, and tougher, zombies in DI:R than in Dead Island. I had to go tactical quite often, rather than just mashing attack.
In Sleeping Dogs there are plenty of sections where you gotta martial art your way out of trouble while facing lots of opponents that circle you. Not exactly skirmishes, but it's what I got.
From what I recall you face way more, and tougher, zombies in DI:R than in Dead Island. I had to go tactical quite often, rather than just mashing attack.
In Sleeping Dogs there are plenty of sections where you gotta martial art your way out of trouble while facing lots of opponents that circle you. Not exactly skirmishes, but it's what I got.
What about the concept of horde mode? A sweep of enemies invading your turf, and you gotta build defenses, factor in terrain, etc. to fight back an invasion.
The concept of "Minecraft + Horde Mode" struck me as pretty cool!
The concept of "Minecraft + Horde Mode" struck me as pretty cool!