Dark Messiah - Retrospective Review

[JDR13]

I'd say combat in first-person is quite a bit different than third-person, but that's just me.

 

[Thrasher]

It feels different but the actual melee mechanics, no.

 

[Ripper]

Yeah, I'm talking about first person , specifically. I'd say the way you design the feel and movement of melee combat is quite radically different between first and third person, and Arkane are the ones I've noticed making a really good effort at first person.

 

[Thrasher]

Actually, I think the batman games are pretty great for melee combat, and an advancement over DMoMM. They are third person though.

 

[Ripper]

Yeah, and I think that a lot of devs find that third person is better suited to melee gameplay. I think it's harder to implement with a good feel in first person, but of course there are lots of advantages to first person gameplay, in terms of immersion and realism. Not many games have made a really good effort to make that combination work well. Skyrim isn't too bad at FPS melee, but still pretty thin IMO.

 

[Thrasher]

It's really hard to assess and execute group tactics from a lst person pov. Which is why DoMM was so much fun. Rather unpredictable, and crazy at times.