Getting Melee combat right

[Dangerious P. Cats]

What makes Melee combat in a game work well? How would you structure a melee combat system if you were making a game?

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Die by the Sword had the most awesome melee combat ever.

Bushido Blade deserves to be mentioned as well.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Bubble]

The key to awesome melee system is kick. Just try dark messiah of might and magic, tons of hours of fun jsut kicking opponents down cliffs and stairs.

 

[Marcosn]

if you want melee, it was done best in Super Smash Bros Melee, or SSBB , maybe pokemon , but apart from my childishness i actually liked it in samurai warriors 2 and maybe God of War

 

[Bassman_2]

Nobody's gonna say it? I would have thought someone would say it by now.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

 

[Ze_Reaper_Of_Zeath]

Nobody's gonna say it? I would have thought someone would say it by now.

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Ninja'd. I totally agree, slow mo+ batman = WIN!

 

[Stoic raptor]

the God of War trilogy did it well. So did Condemned. Castlevania CoD did well too.

 

[Sark]

Dragon Age did it fairly well. Turn based games kill any sort of immersion with melee combat. Oblivion, when correctly modded, pulls off melee combat fairly nicely.

 

[TheGreatDirectorWatanbe]

I say Oblivion and I know it's a Western RPG but, the way the combat is done is rather amazing, if it was implemented into an FPS for melee attacks it would be perfect.

The key to awesome melee system is kick. Just try dark messiah of might and magic, tons of hours of fun jsut kicking opponents down cliffs and stairs.

Ahh, my favorite pastime in any game. Kicking people off cliffs and stair.