Poll: fps gaming and melee attacks, which style do you prefer?

[mighty_wambat]

obviously theirs lots of variation like in halo which has the swords or in battlefield which leaves it out after you use it; so i simplified basically to ask: how powerful should melee attacks be? (in fps games)

in killzone 3, if you try it to much or near too many players or something, you are bound to get shot the instant the eye gouging animation stops. in call of duty modern warfare 2 you start with a fast knife move and can use perks to make it your primary attack. in halo you can get melee weapons that will make you lunge forward and always kill instantly from behind.

and what do you think this says about the 'realism' because, clearly neither "infinite sprint" and bringing a knife to a gun fight are realistic, but frankly neither is using your thumbs to crack a a gas mask and kill someone, really, it would suck to lose your eyes but it would not be lethal.

my personal favorite was in the new medal of honor, it was faster then counter strike or killzone but slower then cod and not very accurate, who did it best so far and what could be done to make it better?

 

[Radeonx]

I think that it should be like Halo, in which it takes more then 1 hit to kill unless it is in the back.

 

[newguy77]

I personally like it when it's not an instant kill, it just does a certain amount of damage. I hate that I can be shooting someone in the face and then die because they pressed one button.

 

[Levi93]

I perfer the counter strike method of your knife being a seperate weapon that way you can only really use it as a last resort.

 

[Fenring]

Why did you talk about Halo yet not include it in the poll?

And Halo does it right. It doesn't kill in one hit, and only has a tiny lunge range.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

At least the Killzone option is plausible with the one hit KO. You're slashing throats, Eye gouging, or neck braking. Hard to get up from those. The little stabs in COD shouldn't be one hit.

My personal favorite? BRICK SMASH!

 

[Trolldor]

Counter-strike does it right, and did it right before Halo did.

From the back, aka stealthkill, it's a one-hit wonder. From anywhere else you're liable to lose your face.

 

[OakTaooper]

I didn't vote, because that's not a lot of choice. As the ninja's have already stated, I prefer the Halo style of melee (not one hit unless low on shield/health or to the back).

 

[The Blue Mongoose]

I like the Condemned style of melee combat. Work that into a shooter and I'll be happy.

 

[Mr. Omega]

I like the Bad Company 2 method: sure, it's one-hit kill, but the animation is so slow, you might as well have shot him in that time.

 

[-Samurai-]

CoD1 had it right. Use the butt of your rifle, pistol whip, or smack them with your grenade, and it isn't always a 1 hit kill. Hitting someone with a grenade was hilarious. It usually took 4-5 hits to kill.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

Halo. I WOULD like COD's system, but it's really easy to do on accident get fucked up. I HATE that, especially on the harder difficulties. And multiplayer, obviously.

 

[WanderingFool]

Well, if we stick to melee being a knife, it should be its own weapon, that needs to be drawn, like what BFBC did (I chose this game because its the only one I knew that did it.) With the knife out, you cant shoot, and while you can slice guys, unless its a stab in the back, chest, or head, and not a swipe to any part of the body, it cant kill. Also, I think there should be on hit kills when you use the knife on someone from behind, but its a long animation that leaves you open. Most importantly, I want the melee to be a serious risk, with little possiblity of reward if successful.

 

[Chibz]

How about games like Perfect Dark where melee combat is actually (for damage) weaker, but has other advantages? Instead of the "one hit kill" bullshittery you see so often...

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I love Halo's style: powerful, but not an instakill unless it's in the back.

So, I guess fast and powerful. Sort of.

 

[mighty_wambat]

Why did you talk about Halo yet not include it in the poll?

And Halo does it right. It doesn't kill in one hit, and only has a tiny lunge range.

i didn't include it because its more or less like cod, its only about 2 choices, should it be a weapon to use as much or more then your gun (cod) or only in certain situations (killzone), in halo if you are behind someone and melee its instant, if you are in front there is a really good chance you will be shooting, the shooting will lower the shield then you empty the clip and melee, its not 100% of the time but it is a lot of it. it also has the lunge, that is a big difference, you move because you trigger it. that is an advantage that was not in the old system like in counter strike. so halo is for the purpose of this poll, like cod

 

[Nouw]

Halo and Bad Company do it right. Both very balanced and works well in the appropriate game.

 

[Fenring]

Why did you talk about Halo yet not include it in the poll?

And Halo does it right. It doesn't kill in one hit, and only has a tiny lunge range.

i didn't include it because its more or less like cod, its only about 2 choices, should it be a weapon to use as much or more then your gun (cod) or only in certain situations (killzone), in halo if you are behind someone and melee its instant, if you are in front there is a really good chance you will be shooting, the shooting will lower the shield then you empty the clip and melee, its not 100% of the time but it is a lot of it. it also has the lunge, that is a big difference, you move because you trigger it. that is an advantage that was not in the old system like in counter strike. so halo is for the purpose of this poll, like cod

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It's a big difference. I've played both CoD and Halo a bunch. There is huge difference in how you play if you know you always can kill someone with a melee versus only from behind.

 

[linwolf]

As far as my taste go, no shooter in resent years have done it better than TF2.

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

As far as my taste go, no shooter in resent years have done it better than TF2.

As far as multiplayer games go, yeah. Zeno Clash wins for first person melee overall, though. If I could do stuff like that in other games, I'd be very happy, or even if they got just the feeling of it down half as well (without all the crazy combos and stuff).