Games like Borderlands, but with melee?

[inglioti]

Haven't read the entire thread, so might have already been ninja'd. I'd have to say Demon's Souls, as it is pretty much as melee as you can get.

Loads of loot, heaps of customisation built into the character design, and thousands of enemy types. No sense of randomness though, and it's more hack n' slash than a lot of the RPGs you described. But definitely worth it.

 

[CobraX]

Dead Island, It's basically Borderlands meets Dead Rising.

Damn, I was gonna say that.

but Yeah just Get Dead Island, however be warned it's buggy.

 

[Issurru]

Did Hellgate: London ever come back to life? I know it was dead for a while, but it was basically Diablo meets FPS with some melee classes.

It came back as a pretty fun F2P MMO. Played a bit of it today.

Shit, that came back, well now I think i'm going to have to re-install it, I liked that game a lot but I never knew anyone who played

OT: I might say just wait for Dark Souls, or potentially Skyrim. Albeit I haven't done a lot of research on it but I thought it was going to have better dialogue and such (although I honestly don't think it could have gotten any worse since Oblivion was terrible for Voice Acting and dialogue)

Also what system did you get Borderlands for? I've been having a small craving for it but nobody I know ever wants to play that either

 

[Baralak]

Did Hellgate: London ever come back to life? I know it was dead for a while, but it was basically Diablo meets FPS with some melee classes.

It came back as a pretty fun F2P MMO. Played a bit of it today.

Shit, that came back, well now I think i'm going to have to re-install it, I liked that game a lot but I never knew anyone who played

OT: I might say just wait for Dark Souls, or potentially Skyrim. Albeit I haven't done a lot of research on it but I thought it was going to have better dialogue and such (although I honestly don't think it could have gotten any worse since Oblivion was terrible for Voice Acting and dialogue)

Also what system did you get Borderlands for? I've been having a small craving for it but nobody I know ever wants to play that either

I got GOTY on Steam during the summer sale, and a friend just traded me his 360 GOTY copy for my Pokemon SoulSilver. Sadly, he neglected to inform me that he's already used up the codes for the DLC...Still, enjoying the game, so far.

 

[Liquid Paradox]

I have to say, you're asking for a lot. Best I can offer is Hell-gate: London. This game takes so much from Diablo, that when I played Borderlands, I thought: "Meh, I played this before, only better." Basically, Diablo, with better third or first person (depending on how you play), less isometric view (read: none), and in a post demon-apocalypse pseudo modern world.

Only one problem with the game, though it doesn't really effect me at all: Due to lack of players, there is no longer multiplayer support. However, the game is playable solo. Like Diablo, the enemies and loot are randomized. Some magical properties are ripped directly from Diablo (you will know them when you see them), there are harder to kill "named" mobs, like a zombie with a different colour (say, pink or blue) who has a special effect (like "charged" for example. also ripped directly from Diablo). You can choose to go ranged, with guns and bots, go melee with swords and related melee gear, or go magic. All modes are fun.

Graphically, this game was outdated even when it was new, and certain kinds of areas get more then a little bit repetitive (what do you know: ANOTHER derelict sewer!) but the game is still fun, and the writing isn't bad, either.

Suddenly, I want to play Hell-gate again.

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

Did Hellgate: London ever come back to life? I know it was dead for a while, but it was basically Diablo meets FPS with some melee classes.

Nah Hellgate is still dead and buried shame too i loved that game. Theres still single player i suppose... >_>

OP: Oblivion is probably about as close as you can come to a melee borderlands.

 

[Reaper69lol]

Dead Island, hands down. Its basically Borderlands, dead rising, and l4d mixed into one awesome bowl of awesome and zombie guts.

 

[Baralak]

Did Hellgate: London ever come back to life? I know it was dead for a while, but it was basically Diablo meets FPS with some melee classes.

Nah Hellgate is still dead and buried shame too i loved that game. Theres still single player i suppose... >_>

OP: Oblivion is probably about as close as you can come to a melee borderlands.

Again I say, it's now a totally F2P MMO, I see people online all the time.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

I just got Borderlands, and I like the graphical style, and the randomized, Diablo-style loot, but I'm more of a melee guy than a shooter. So, I was wondering, does anyone know of a game similar to Borderlands, but with a greater emphasis on melee combat? I don't mind dungeon crawlers, but I'm not a fan of the isometric viewpoint, so I'm not the biggest fan of say, Torchlight, or Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. Although torchlight would be better on PC if I could use a controller, oh well. I just hate controlling everything from movement to attacking with a mouse.

I have all the current gen consoles and a good gaming PC, so, any game suggestions?

EDIT: Maybe I should clarify a bit, that the game doesn't have to be first person. Basically, I want a game like Diablo, or Torchlight, or Borderlands, but non-isometric camera views, and, if it's on PC, to be controller compatible, or easily mapped to a controller.

Mount and blade warband isnt like borderlands much but the feel i can tell you are describing is there. You start as a single dude with nothing and slowly fight your way through bandits, recruit an army of peasants 10 strong, train em, double your numbers, win some tournements, purge larger bandit groups, they drop some sweet armor and weapons, find some companions and then you can tear shit up however you want. I took over the ENTIRE WORLD. Because i can.

 

[cainx10a]

Guild Wars and Sacred 2 both have chase-cams. Sacred 2 is certainly a Diablo clone, and a great one (IMO) at that.

I played the crap out of Sacred 2. Good game. Real buggy, though. Same with Guild Wars, sans the bugs.

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who played that hidden gem.

And yeah, I edited my last post to mention Hellgate.

Heh, S2 might be one of the best Diablo clone out there. Just listening to the little dialogues your avatar have to say is a treat. And there's dragons, lots of them in S2. > . >

OT: Playing Fallout: New Vegas with a melee focus character on lower difficulties is really fun.
And if you don't mind TPS, on the PSP, Phantasy Star Portable 1/2 are pretty much diablo-style game with tons of loot and classes that can use a great set of melee weapons like normal swords, scythes, giant anime swords etc ...

I just got Borderlands, and I like the graphical style, and the randomized, Diablo-style loot, but I'm more of a melee guy than a shooter. So, I was wondering, does anyone know of a game similar to Borderlands, but with a greater emphasis on melee combat? I don't mind dungeon crawlers, but I'm not a fan of the isometric viewpoint, so I'm not the biggest fan of say, Torchlight, or Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. Although torchlight would be better on PC if I could use a controller, oh well. I just hate controlling everything from movement to attacking with a mouse.

I have all the current gen consoles and a good gaming PC, so, any game suggestions?

EDIT: Maybe I should clarify a bit, that the game doesn't have to be first person. Basically, I want a game like Diablo, or Torchlight, or Borderlands, but non-isometric camera views, and, if it's on PC, to be controller compatible, or easily mapped to a controller.

Mount and blade warband isnt like borderlands much but the feel i can tell you are describing is there. You start as a single dude with nothing and slowly fight your way through bandits, recruit an army of peasants 10 strong, train em, double your numbers, win some tournements, purge larger bandit groups, they drop some sweet armor and weapons, find some companions and then you can tear shit up however you want. I took over the ENTIRE WORLD. Because i can.

Hear hear! M&B:Warband is pretty cheap as well, and it was on sale on steam a few days ago. M&B is a pretty unique medieval warfare simulation game as well, and if you really just want to crack skulls and teabag whores (totally not a quote), hop on the multiplayer and play some DM with bots that offer a fun challenge too. There's ton of mods for that game as well.

 

[Supertegwyn]

Snup

Hm... Have you played Titan Quest?
It's a hack n slash made to be like Diablo II with much better graphics and it's own setting(greek/roman). It's pretty damn long compared to Diablo II iirc. I played it a lot before and I never even manage to complete the game.
Anyways, it's just like Diablo II, but with a pretty nifty class system.

Yeah, but that's Isometric.

Ah, sorry. Foreign word to me. :/

That's quite alright.

 

[ksn0va]

Sorry dude but Dead Island is the only game that's similar to Borderlands.

 

[Eccentric_Jon]

Oblivion's great, but with Skyrim coming out in next couple of months you'll need to consider that what you'll be playing won't necessarily be the cream of the crop.
That said, it doesn't make much difference, apart from personal preference. I still prefer Daggerfall to all but Oblivion in the Elder Scrolls games, and even to Oblivion in quite a few areas....

You could always play Borderlands as Brick. Your berserk should come up more than often enough to satisfy the craving for pummeling enemies to dust.

 

[Hawgh]

Divinity 2 is a decent hack 'n slash game.

Dungeon Siege 3 is not strictly isometric. Also decent.

I think Hellgate: London singleplayer should work as well. Although in my opinion it's a good bit below decent.

 

[Ralphfromdk]

Good old Diablo 2.

Lot's of melee if you pick the right classes, quests that are just there to give you a reason to murder a ton of local wild life, and lots and lots of sweet loot.

 

[Moeez]

Haven't read the entire thread, so might have already been ninja'd. I'd have to say Demon's Souls, as it is pretty much as melee as you can get.

Loads of loot, heaps of customisation built into the character design, and thousands of enemy types. No sense of randomness though, and it's more hack n' slash than a lot of the RPGs you described. But definitely worth it.

Yup, Demon's Souls is what I would recommend if you're into dungeon-looting and melee.

 

[Baralak]

Good old Diablo 2.

Lot's of melee if you pick the right classes, quests that are just there to give you a reason to murder a ton of local wild life, and lots and lots of sweet loot.

Yeah, but it's isometric, and requires much mouse clicking. Not interested. I just find clicking my mouse to do EVERYTHING like that to be really tedious. It's why I don't like Torchlight on PC.