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The best Melee combat!

NaturalNarcissistNaturalNarcissist Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Games and Technology
Inspired by the amazing mods thread and my recent playthrough of Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (I'm a licensewhore), I've been craving 3d games where you can beat the holy hell out of enemies with the environment and weapons. The latest Indy game is a mixed bag at it's best, but it is the very definition of entertainment to slam an enemy into an aquarium and then take out his friend by throwing a squid at him.

I also had a good time with Jet Li's Rise to Honor, so I'm obviously not looking for objectively "good" games. No, these are the games that let you beat the everloving crap out of an enemy for no damn good reason.

Outside of Indy, I'd also put Riddick into this category. Punches feel like they have weight, even if the environment never really becomes a factor.

Any other games to get the blood pumping?

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  • Omega2112Omega2112 GW2 AKA: Robocow, Veristia Reaven Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mount&blade is win for medieval combat. You usually will be on a horse which leads to happiness when you impale someone with a lance at full speed. Also a hell of a lot of different mods.

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    X-Men Origins Wolverine is pretty great as far as slicing and dicing goes.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Zeno Clash. Go get it. NOW!

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  • Rhan9Rhan9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    If you like the combat in Riddick, you should try out Zeno Clash. It's got an excellent unarmed combat system, and it feels very dynamic.

    Edit:
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Zeno Clash. Go get it. NOW!

    Great minds etc.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Dark Messiah comes to mind.

    Mostly for the kicks.

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  • dispatch.odispatch.o Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Rune, God Hand, Oblivion, Drakken (ps2) and any Max Payne with Kung Fu mod.

    That last one is especially satisfying. Running off a wall only to drop on someone slow down time and kick them in the face after a backflip is just awesome when you do it right.

    edit: For Oblivion you kind of handicap yourself, but it can still be satisfying. The Gothic series always had strange but interesting melee as well in my opinion, mind the bugs.

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yeah, dark messiah is zeno clashes combat (zeno clash basically lifted it straight from dark messiah) in a game thats actually good

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb was pretty fun if I remember correctly. Nothing like punchin' some Nazis.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    -SPI- wrote: »
    Zeno Clash. Go get it. NOW!

    Really I think this should just be the whole thread.

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  • CowbombCowbomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    MadWorld is pretty awesome for fucking people up in imaginative, brutal, ways, sounds like it should be right up your alley.

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  • Torso BoyTorso Boy Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seconding MadWorld.

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  • VistiVisti Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seconding Rune and thirding Zeno Clash. I love me some Rune multiplayer. Vikings, axes and fun.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I liked dark messiah. I was looking forward to online having the same melee combat, but alas

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    God Hand?
    God Hand.


    Mad World's not bad either.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Ninja Gaiden II has the best combat I've ever experienced. The rest of the game has its share of flaws but its worth it if you can get it cheap.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    not sure if Prototype counts, but Prototype features a ridiculous amount of ways to really ruin someone's day

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    DMC4 has a pretty awesome combat mechanic going on (just getting to grips with Dante now, finally beginning to see how he works in comparison to Nero). If you've got a decent PC it also had a really awesome port.

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  • vader111vader111 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Prototype. Hands down. Incredibly satisfying. As seen on the front page, you can FLYING KICK A HELICOPTER. Eventually you can gib people by punching them.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Oni
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    And the kung fu mod for Max Payne
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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Oni's combat system was an absolute dream. Getting into a scrap with 3 guys and coming out unscathed felt like such an achievement.

    Shame about the rest of the game though. They really could have used some work on the level design.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    subedii wrote: »
    Oni's combat system was an absolute dream. Getting into a scrap with 3 guys and coming out unscathed felt like such an achievement.

    Shame about the rest of the game though. They really could have used some work on the level design.

    and an actual ending would have been super, too

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I remember when oni was getting hyped up. sounded so cool

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    it really was super awesome cool amazing

    apparently the mod scene for it is just taking off now

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I second Oni for h to h combat. There's also a pretty old game called Severance: Blade of Darkness, which has really fucking visceral medieval-esque combat. Grab the Gladiator/Arena mods for it to just set up duels without having to play through the whole game. You also want to use one of the difficulty mods to reduce how much damage you take from enemies (by default they do something like 200% more damage to you than the weapon's default, whilst you do about 75% to them).

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  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Oni is terrible and there should be a law against recommending it. Dark messiah is fantastic however.

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    Oni is terrible and there should be a law against recommending it. Dark messiah is fantastic however.

    Your opinion is wrong and also dumb.

    But DM was pretty good. Could have used a sandbox/gladiator-style mode though.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I second severance though the bastid CD won't work on my PC anymore. Darn.
    Also, Breakdown was fantastic, think Riddick only better melee. Shooting was pretty shitty. It was also good at making people nauseous thanks to its weird FOV. Then there's Condemned which is insanely good. Hitting someone with a 2x4 never felt so real...... 'Cept for that one night hanging with the boys.......... yeah.

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  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Ed321 wrote: »
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    Oni is terrible and there should be a law against recommending it. Dark messiah is fantastic however.

    Your opinion is wrong and also dumb.

    But DM was pretty good. Could have used a sandbox/gladiator-style mode though.

    You say that like someone is going to trust someone with a numbername.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Oni backbreak >>>> every suggestion.

    Including godhand moves.

    The sounds is just so fucking wrong.

    RISING FURY

    HAMMERPUNCH (?? might have forgotten that one)

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The only problem I had with Oni was the stupid gunplay. WHY!?

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Morninglord wrote: »
    Oni backbreak >>>> every suggestion.

    Including godhand moves.

    The sounds is just so fucking wrong.

    RISING FURY

    HAMMERPUNCH (?? might have forgotten that one)

    The best part was when it seemed to glitch and you did a backbreak in the middle of a fight, even though it's not supposed to work that way.

    Also, how awesome was being able to switch to any character in the game, all of which could be played with their proper moves, combos etc etc. :mrgreen:

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Wait what.

    You could get around to the back of the wrestler guys really easily. The ones who are basically super tanks.

    Back break, move on.

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Morninglord wrote: »
    Wait what.

    You could get around to the back of the wrestler guys really easily. The ones who are basically super tanks.

    Back break, move on.

    Really? I thought they were supposed to be unaware of Konoko for her to be able to use it. Anyway the wrestler guys were one of the easiest characters to play as, since half their goddamn moves made them temporarily invulnerable to attack.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Ed321 wrote: »

    Also, how awesome was being able to switch to any character in the game, all of which could be played with their proper moves, combos etc etc. :mrgreen:

    Almost. You could only switch to those characters if they were actually present in the level.

    Also: van de graff gun + backbreaker = win.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    DEVIL-SPINN-KICK!

    Two other great things about Oni - the move dedicated to kicking dudes straight in the balls, and the side-step+spinning jump-kick move. Once I'd mastered that one, I had endless fun with guys charging at me, missing, then getting kicked in the back of the head.

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    subedii wrote: »
    Ed321 wrote: »

    Also, how awesome was being able to switch to any character in the game, all of which could be played with their proper moves, combos etc etc. :mrgreen:

    Almost. You could only switch to those characters if they were actually present in the level.

    Also: van de graff gun + backbreaker = win.

    Bah, most of them appeared on in-level cutscenes anyway.

    BIGHEAD CHEAT!

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Good to see so much love for Oni here. A little while ago I downloaded something called Oni Custom Edition, which is a mod that makes it far more moddable, but the reason I got it is it unlocks every move from the first level. Which is absolute win.

    Also extra cheats like jetpack and whatnot.

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    LaCabra wrote: »
    Good to see so much love for Oni here. A little while ago I downloaded something called Oni Custom Edition, which is a mod that makes it far more moddable, but the reason I got it is it unlocks every move from the first level. Which is absolute win.

    Also extra cheats like jetpack and whatnot.

    Woah, woah, woah.

    Whut.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I wanted something like that way back when for so long. And now, years later, someone makes it.

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  • Ed321Ed321 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Linky?

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