What I haven't had in a long time is a game with truly satisfying melee combat. As I said, the balance gets a bit off Blast Sling being too good but sometimes you find a devastatingly satisfying combo I didn't care about the Rattler until I did the Tutorial Quest and took on a Fire Bellowback with Freeze Bolts, and suddenly I relished finding Fire Bellowbacks to destroy, whereas before they were something to be avoided because of the time they took to kill dodging and wearing them down. I'd say of the games I've played recently, I like the Horizon combat the most overall, especially with the toolbox available to you stealth, traps, override, elemental attacks, and some melee. Before thatI played Ratchet and Clank, and I love weapon upgrades, but few of the areas were truly challenging requiring any particular weapon. Before those, I played through Knack 2, that has surprisingly good combat for what is kind of a kids game it tries to have something for the adult to do to, and does so much better than Knack 1which just killed you in hits from anything on harder difficulty levels, without the toolset to be more effective offensively through mastery.īut I'd still call the combat 'okay. The former has much better ranged combat and a broader toolbox, while the latter has much more mobility.īoth have pretty sad melee combat.

I've been on a bit of a tear for me playing 3rd-person games, and it made me wonder if there's a game out there for me that I'm missing.

Skyrim better 3rd person combat