Poll: Glorious bloody battle (recommend me a game)

[Benpasko]

As little fuss as possible with managing pary members and silly nilly tactics. Just me and my double headed war axe, head first into combat.

A game like skyrim or oblivion. Where I can just safely ignore all the things that aren't pointy things made for killing without it being detrimental to the gameplay.

Seriously man- Mount and Blade: Warband. It is all you need.

He says he doesn't want party management or fussing about with tactics, and the entire thread recommends Mount & Blade. Mount & Blade pretty strongly discourages just attacking things, which is what I think he's looking for. I takes a long time to get to sieges and warfare unless you just use cheats. Not specifically singling you out, Squilookle, just everyone seems to be ignoring this part of the OP.

 

[dragonswarrior]

As little fuss as possible with managing pary members and silly nilly tactics. Just me and my double headed war axe, head first into combat.

A game like skyrim or oblivion. Where I can just safely ignore all the things that aren't pointy things made for killing without it being detrimental to the gameplay.

Seriously man- Mount and Blade: Warband. It is all you need.

He says he doesn't want party management or fussing about with tactics, and the entire thread recommends Mount & Blade. Mount & Blade pretty strongly discourages just attacking things, which is what I think he's looking for. I takes a long time to get to sieges and warfare unless you just use cheats. Not specifically singling you out, Squilookle, just everyone seems to be ignoring this part of the OP.

You can play Mount&Blade without worrying too much about tactics, depending on your play style and difficulty level. Especially if you're just looking for a power trip with a lot of head chopping.

EDIT: Also, there is always multiplayer.

 

[SoreWristed]

As little fuss as possible with managing pary members and silly nilly tactics. Just me and my double headed war axe, head first into combat.

A game like skyrim or oblivion. Where I can just safely ignore all the things that aren't pointy things made for killing without it being detrimental to the gameplay.

Seriously man- Mount and Blade: Warband. It is all you need.

He says he doesn't want party management or fussing about with tactics, and the entire thread recommends Mount & Blade. Mount & Blade pretty strongly discourages just attacking things, which is what I think he's looking for. I takes a long time to get to sieges and warfare unless you just use cheats. Not specifically singling you out, Squilookle, just everyone seems to be ignoring this part of the OP.

Yup, you got the point. The videos i've seen of mount&blade are basically what i don't want. Whenever i get put into those kinds of open battles i feel like i'm only there as a token. I sometimes think i could put down the controller and let the AI war it out amonst themselves.

What i do want is me, alone, against a buttload of things that are trying to kill me.

Look up Bloodborne. Very fun, very bloody.

Thanks for the suggestion, but no thanks. I really didn't like dark souls and looking at footage of Bloodborne, I see very little difference between it and Dark Souls. It looks shinier and you have guns now. Guns that do nothing...
The boss fights, and the entire game, make me feel weak and underpowered. I have to hit a boss 40 times for it to go down, while it would have been clear that i understood the mechanics of the fight after the first ten hits.
And just to be clear, the difficulty of the game does not bother me. The fans and the community surrounding it bother me. Whenever you watch a youtube vid or a stream of any of these games, the comments are always filled with stuff like 'you suck, don't you know [arbitrary game fact #7516], it's said by [npc #621] if you talk to him 76 times!" and "lern2play nub". That put's me off the entire series of the game, forever. There's a toxic elitism in Dark souls, players who beat it feel unjustly superior because they feel like they beat a difficult game. I felt like after dark souls the devs only had fanservice in mind when creating a new game.


What i am looking for is games like this :

- Skyrim (double handed axe, and i almost never need anything else except the occasional healing potion)
- Oblivion (see above)
- God of War (if they fixed the fact that my swords need way too many hits to take down even the weakest enemies. Isn't kratos supposed to be powerful and strong?)
- Prince of Persia (the sands of time trilogy)
- Assassin's creed I and the Ezio games (and for the record, I don't like AC3 or any of them that came after that, the combat was still good and perfect, but all the bits inbetween were stripped of all fun. fuck naval combat, where are my narrow streets and rooftops?)
- Devil may cry series (but the same with the kratos problem, too many sword swings, too little impact)

I know these criteria sound confusing and harsh, but if it was easy to find what i'm looking for, i wouldn't have to ask around.

 

[Benpasko]

What i do want is me, alone, against a buttload of things that are trying to kill me.

Have you ever tried a Melee build in the Fallout series? You say you like Skyrim and Oblivion, and the melee works the same as there, except you can sever limbs and explode people's heads.

Another good one to try would be the first Dead Island game. It kind of falls apart later on, but the melee combat is some of the most satisfying and impactful in a first person game ever. Breaking both of a thug zombie's arms and watching him flail never gets old.

I'm not sure if you've tried Gauntlet, but it definitely fits your request for a buttload of things trying to kill you. Multiplayer is recommended, but optional.
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[JohnnyDelRay]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but Shadow of Mordor can get pretty bloody and crazy in the thick of battle if you just wade into herds of orcs, forgoing the stealthy stuff. Extremely visceral and bloody, and very nice combat system to get into which just gets more frenetic and satisfying the better you get.

And though I haven't played it, the gameplay of Mount & Blade also looks quite up your alley in every sense.

 

[Dandark]

Have you considered Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance? You play as a cyborg who wields a sword and spend the entire game just chopping things to pieces while rule of cool applies to everything. You can also slice up enemies however you want, you can cut their limbs off, behead them, mash the controller madly to just chop them up into tiny pieces etc...
It's a really fun game that I love playing when I'm in the same mood as you and just want some epic battle without worrying about tactics or story.

This is a video of someone taking out the tutorial boss without taking damage. The game was originally developed for Xbox 360/PS3 but the recent PC port is of pretty good quality and well worth playing if you prefer PC.

 

[Inglorious891]

Skyrim with the Warzones mod would be right up your alley if you like Skyrim. Running into large, 50+ man battles is always a messy riot.

My personal addiction, Shadow of Mordor, would also be appropriate, especially if you're playing the Bright Lord DLC. Regular SoM doens't have large "battles" as it's normally just you vs 30 guys, but the fight is satisfying bloody and taking down 30 orcs by yourself is pure enjoyment. The Bright Lord DLC focuses on "branding" orcs (i.e. mind controlling them) and getting them to help you in fights, so you can get some big battles going.

If you don't mind guns, Running with Rifles also has some big battles. Imagine a top-down (well, not quite top down; the camera floats over your head but it's not directly on top of you) Battlefield with a bigger focus on infantry combat and the ability to lead a squad through the chaos and call in support (tanks, artillery, etc.). Depending on how many NPCs you put on the map, you can have some huge fights going on.

GTAIV with the bodyguard mod can lead to some big fights. Having 4 bodyguards helping you fight against 5 stars can lead to some exciting gunfights.

 

[Squilookle]

As little fuss as possible with managing pary members and silly nilly tactics. Just me and my double headed war axe, head first into combat.

A game like skyrim or oblivion. Where I can just safely ignore all the things that aren't pointy things made for killing without it being detrimental to the gameplay.

Seriously man- Mount and Blade: Warband. It is all you need.

He says he doesn't want party management or fussing about with tactics, and the entire thread recommends Mount & Blade. Mount & Blade pretty strongly discourages just attacking things, which is what I think he's looking for. I takes a long time to get to sieges and warfare unless you just use cheats. Not specifically singling you out, Squilookle, just everyone seems to be ignoring this part of the OP.

You can play Mount&Blade without worrying too much about tactics, depending on your play style and difficulty level. Especially if you're just looking for a power trip with a lot of head chopping.

EDIT: Also, there is always multiplayer.

And instant action.

Yup, you got the point. The videos i've seen of mount&blade are basically what i don't want. Whenever i get put into those kinds of open battles i feel like i'm only there as a token. I sometimes think i could put down the controller and let the AI war it out amonst themselves.

What i do want is me, alone, against a buttload of things that are trying to kill me.

Easy. Just don't recruit anyone then. Ride around solo, adjust the difficulty to your liking, and proceed to open a can of whup-ass on any enemies you meet, whether a small band of thieves, or a whole King's army. Easy to do, if that's your thing.

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[Xan Krieger]

W40K Space Marine, you get health from executing the enemy up close and personally, there's no cover system, plenty of enemies, and enough blood to fill a thousand swimming pools. Besides your standard weapon for much of the game is the chainsword because swords are cool, chainsaws are cool, so combine the two for cool squared.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

Sounds like hack & slash games are what you're after. Diablo, Titan Quest and Divine Divinity, for example. Just charging through hordes of enemies and battering them to hell and back with nary a tactical thought.

 

[aozgolo]

There's an older game called Spartan Total Warrior on XBOX and PS2, it's you up against massive amounts of enemies at once, cleaving through them like butter.

For a more modern game, I would suggest Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. If you have the right player skill and have invested in the right runes you can walk into an enemy stronghold of orcs bold as you please and proceed to massacre them en masse with little regard to self preservation. There's no worry of parties, inventory management, or tactics, it's all about killing the way you want to, and Shadow of Mordor gives you A LOT of freedom in how you kill. You have a sword, dagger, and bow, but they are more than enough to experience the game however you like. Definitely check it out.

For a more robust RPG experience, try Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning. While in many ways it might seem a bit lackluster compared to other open world RPGs, combat is where it shines. Every style of combat feels great, and each fight often ends with a feeling of "awww, but I wanted more things to kill" as you are just having so much fun. I would highly recommend it for the combat alone, it's just a joy to play.


Mount & Blade Warband does indeed have fabulous combat but it falls flat out of context. There's no overarching plot to drive you forward, no real preset goal, and this works fabulous for a sandbox open world RPG that lets you do anything but not so good if you just want to dive into a hack n' slash marathon against enemies. Plus you WILL start out weak and puny even if you invest all your points into combat related skills, you won't stand much chance of going solo in battle, and you need to recruit an army to survive out there, most enemies you encounter are in large groups and they only get larger as the game progresses. I would not recommend this game solely for someone who wants to just go on a wild solo "me vs. the world" campaign, at least not if you don't like Dark Souls level of difficulty

 

[Shinkicker444]

W40K Space Marine, you get health from executing the enemy up close and personally, there's no cover system, plenty of enemies, and enough blood to fill a thousand swimming pools. Besides your standard weapon for much of the game is the chainsword because swords are cool, chainsaws are cool, so combine the two for cool squared.

That game was fun for it's mindless carnage. I will have to install it again. The story was kinda interesting, but the gameplay was very very linear from memory.

Still Chain-swording things to the face was viscerally fun.

 

[Vancleef]

Have you played the Borderlands games? Some of the classes can be very melee-oriented. Such as Brick from the first game. His action skill basically allows you go into a berserker rage and punch the crap out of any living thing close to you.

The second game introduced my favorite Vault hunter so far - Krieg. His gameplay mostly involves running around chopping enemies to bloody pieces while screaming bloody murder at the top of his lungs and spouting completely ridiculous lines. Stuff like "I HAVE THE SHINIEST MEAT BICYCLE!" and "MY STOMACH IS CLEAR AND MY MIND IS FULL OF BACON!" never get old.
Many of his skills synergise with being in close combat, such as doing more damage when your health is low/shields are down, increased melee damage at the cost of maybe hitting yourself instead, your action skill recharing faster when you take damage. And of course your health fully replenishes when you kill something with your axe.
I had so much fun playing Krieg. Full on murder and mayhem pretty much.

Zer0 (space-ninja-type) is pretty viable in melee too, as are plenty of the other characters.

 

[sagitel]

space marine. while it gets repeating you cut through waves of orks using chainswords and battle axes. you use rocket launching machine guns to blast them to smithereens. its bloody, visceral and manly!

 

[Whispering Cynic]

I'd recommend trying Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Source engine-powered, first person fantasy hack and slash thing. Swords, bows, magic, brutal fatalities, even stealthy carnage if you want, and it's one of the best iterations of first person melee combat I've encountered. Fun way to spend a couple of hours, if you want to blow off some steam.

 

[Wakey87]

Bloodborne, you can have a gun on your left hand but it does no damage at all it's only there to drop enemies to there kneees so you can pull their hearts out. Your characters gets absolutley drenched in blood aswell. Enemies don't take much to drop but then again you dont either so some strategy is needed to take on groups.

 

[TheSlothOverlord]

Yup, you got the point. The videos i've seen of mount&blade are basically what i don't want. Whenever i get put into those kinds of open battles i feel like i'm only there as a token. I sometimes think i could put down the controller and let the AI war it out amonst themselves.

What i do want is me, alone, against a buttload of things that are trying to kill me.

As someone mentioned you don't need to recruit a party in M&B, you can play solo. It's a bit tricky and I had to do things like riding around the enemy until they exhausted all their missiles. However I did that on the highest difficulty settings, save for manual blocking. If you knock down received damage to the lowest, get some good gear and a good horse (not at all difficult or time-consuming when you don't have to pay wages to a party) you can just charge and cut through waves of fools like nobody's business.
Nothing like riding around impailing baddies on your lance until you're covered head to toe in blood ^^.

 

[Mutant1988]

I'd recommend trying Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Source engine-powered, first person fantasy hack and slash thing. Swords, bows, magic, brutal fatalities, even stealthy carnage if you want, and it's one of the best iterations of first person melee combat I've encountered. Fun way to spend a couple of hours, if you want to blow off some steam.

Don't forget the glorious kick.

 

[laggyteabag]

Another vote for 40K Space Marine. Sure, it is set in the future and there are a lot of guns (really big guns), but there is also a small selection of melee weapons such as the Chainsword, Power Axe, and Thunder Hammer, which you can use to charge headfirst into the hordes or enemies, and slice them up.