Getting Melee combat right

[Silent Eagle]

Melee combat? I thought that the Condemned series got that right above all other games that incorporated fighting systems.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

*points to Final Fantasy from X-2 and below*

Turn based strategic battles.

Turn Based Combat is the way to completely fuck up melee combat.

Want melee? Shadow Of Rome.

Well that is all opinion really as FFX-2 of one of the few things it did do right to its credit was the turn based combat. Personally for me there is 3 ways to do melee combat. Either turn based a la FF or similar styled(you get the drift), 3rd person a la DMC/GoW or 1st person Bethesda style. Each of these doing melee combat right each in their own way but each can be equally boring. Also Arkham Asylum I think did it quite well.

 

[RabidusUnus]

Pirates, Vikings, and Knights 2 makes it work.

Charging up attacks for them to do more damage prevents spamming.
Slower characters have better damage/HP and vice versa.
There's some ranged combat, to avoid same-ness.

Fuck year PVK2 rocks, balanced first person melee makes for a great MP game.

 

[BenzSmoke]

I think the secret to good melee combat is allowing the player to feel the force of a melee attack.

Thats why the Condemed games have a good melee combat system.

 

[AndyVale]

Banning the Eyelander?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Condemned 2 had a great melee system.

Pity about the cult...

 

[Reigar718]

actually, breakdown was in first person perspective

 

[dumblogic511]

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

Batman: Arkham Asylum

This was mine too. Simple yet enjoyable, easy to learn and difficult to master.