Howdy fellers, today I’ll be writing stuff about…. combat graphics. What are exactly combat graphics? I barely have any idea - but let’s assume that it has to do with fancy sparks coming out of 2 clashing swords, people gargling on blood either in medieval times or the ‘65-75’s Vietnam, and the general cool stuff that you see during combat! Anyways, let’s get to it:
15. Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
One thing that you’ll love about AC: Odyssey is of course its incredible combat system - the ability to fight multiple foes at once, see the sparks coming out of clashing swords, awesome killing blows, and many more awesome visuals that will boost your dopamine levels. Awesome game!
14. CYBERPUNK 2077
Cyberpunk 2077. The game that made me cry and the game that made me happy. The view of floating cars and disappearing NPC’s was always a delight, but no one will be able to change my mind about the awesome combat - sneaking around with a suppressed firearm and collecting headshots as you wander around the colorful alleys that this game offers. Weapon textures, gore, and the ability to fight directly or from the shadows - one of a kind!
13. God of War 4
If you wanna play as a badass Kratos, swing your battleaxe at the enemies, throw it and watch it come back to you like a boomerang. The game has a well-built combat system that will keep you addicted and an awesome plot with incredible character development. You will also have a little rat following you, aka your rat, which will support you in your battles!
12. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
So here I was, walking down a dirt road in some forest when out of nowhere some idiotic bandits decided to whoop my butt. What did I do? I sneaked back into their camp and poisoned their stew cauldron.
Of course, the game also offers fancy combat - you can expect blocking enemy strikes, slicing them to bits, and finishing them off with your sword. The game offers combat in many ways, both sneaky and direct!
11. Deathloop
A game that came out very recently, some might consider it similar to Dishonored - and those people are right because Deathloop was made by Arkane Studios. What’s so mind-breaking about this game?
The ability to experience combat in 2 ways - directly and by stealth. A new set of magical abilities that will fire your robotic enemies into the sky, teleporting with cool effects and visuals, breaking necks - this game is just awesome. Each time you die, you backtrack to your previous area, hence the name!
10. Ryse: Son of Rome
You’ll be playing as a Roman soldier who got his family slaughtered by some barbarians. ‘Nuff said, now about the combat:
The combat system is satisfying and glorious - you can expect slow motion, a cool feature that lets you change targets in the middle of a fight, and of course, plenty of gore - dismembered legs, arms, and heads and many more cool features - try this game out for yourself, currently it’s 2$ on Steam!
9. Nioh 2
Nioh. Sounds silly, but the game offers satisfying combat and that’s all that matters - a complex combat system, multiple abilities that will make this game look alive with its explosion of colors, semi-gory gameplay, your weaponry will leave trails as you strike your opponents, both humans, and monsters. Try this game out and waste your whole life on it!
8. Black Desert online
This game is an MMORPG, so you can expect plenty of classes to pick and magical abilities that will leave you with no clue of what’s going on unless you’re regularly playing this game. Besides that, it also offers multiplayer in which you can fight monsters together or engage in friendly or less friendly, action-packed duels. Pure epicness!
7. Monster Hunter World
Do you see that creature in the distance? Oh, it’s coming towards you and it clearly wants to stomp you to death or eat you alive? Welcome to Monster Huner World, ladies, and gentlemen. Here you’ll face massive monsters that you’ll be able to kill in multiple ways - climb on top of ‘em, jab them a couple of times with your obviously oversized sword, and carve their hearts out afterwards - all of that with the incredible graphics that this game has to offer!
6. Dark Souls 3
This game is automatically associated with its brutal difficulty. You’re correct, to defeat a boss it will take you at least 30 attempts, plenty of tears and rage that will eventually motivate you to get to the next stage of the game.
It might sound boring, but its incredibly complex combat system, the ability to dodge upcoming hits and projectiles and a neverending list of foes, guarantees replayability and first of all, the awesome visuals that this game has to offer in terms of melee combat and magical abilities!
5. Remnant: From the Ashes
The world has been plunged into chaos by an evil force from an outer world. You’ll have to go on a journey and fight off creatures resembling demonic creatures - they’ll be equipped with weapons of their own, engage in combat with them either with your shotgun or any other weapon that you’ll acquire - graphically, the combat and the world itself will feel incredible - post-apocalyptic hellhole with an awesome atmosphere. A game that you must have in your Steam library.
4. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
What can be said about the combat in this game - it has slow-motion and the ability to cut your enemies perpendicularly or horizontally - with extreme gore, of course. Besides gore and awesome cutting/slow-motion mechanics, you will also see epic/colorful visuals when striking or parrying an attack. It also has a cool plot, but check it out for yourself!
3. Destiny 2
Once upon a time, a baddie named Ghaul decided to invade humanity - he, of course, won and completely decimated the human forces. The guardians, aka the guys that wish to stop Ghaul have to reunite and gather new powers to face Ghaul and the rest of the Red Legion.
That’s for the plot, for combat you’ll play against other enemy players in first-person with a massive array of Sci-Fi weapons. The game doesn’t really have that much gore, but it has awesome abilities and weapons that will keep you in this game for your whole life!
2. Ghost of Tsushima
Looks like Nioh, but with less magical stuff. You’ll engage in challenging combat with other samurais, unlock perks on the way, and defeat bosses. You can expect cool visual effects such as sparks coming out of clashing swords, realistic blood effects/stains, and superb graphics - the game is worth its price and your time. Get it!
1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Yup, most definitely the best game with the most appealing combat out of all the games I’ve mentioned so far. You’ll be playing as Geralt, an experienced mercenary that will use his excellent sword skills and multiple set of magical spells, my favorite being Igni, which lets you set your enemies on flames. Hooray!
Switch your targets during combat, dodge or parry, finish your enemies off with many cool death animations, collect armor and new weapons as you progress, unlock perks - this game has it all. Try it out, even though it was released 6 or so years ago, you’ll still love it!
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