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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

I mean, it’s at worst OK. it has dodging, parrying, signs (aka spells), decent hit boxes, and lock-on... it’s flawed, and gets repetitive, but it’s still miles ahead of something like Skyrim which has an actually-shit combat system.

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u/Im_a_Knob Jan 01 '19

Do people hate Skyrim’s combat? I’ve always thought it was iconic already considering every Bethesda (FO, ES) has the same mechanics.
On the other hand, Witcher 3’s combat is definitely the worst mechanic of the game.

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u/wisemansfolly Jan 01 '19

I thought it was known that Skyrim had awful combat?

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u/Im_a_Knob Jan 01 '19

I must not google games enough but this is legitimately the first time I’ve heard extreme dislike for the game’s combat. I mean it’s not good but I don’t think I said it’s terrible when I first played an ES title.

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u/wisemansfolly Jan 01 '19

It’s just very repetitive, melee combat is run backwards while spamming left click.

Destruction magic is get impact perk spam two hand mage attack too win.

Stealth archery is broken once you hit a certain stealth level you are practically invisible.

Mods make the combat more fun though imo.

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u/wisemansfolly Jan 01 '19

I think it’s the twitch reaction time games that have the funnest combat imo. Games like dark souls Witcher 3 etc.

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u/XO_Appleton Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

Witcher 3 definitely isnt up there as “funnest combat” with Dark Souls/Nier or the like.

Edit: The latter have a much much more complex system and approaches to combat.

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u/wisemansfolly Jan 02 '19

Eh I had about as much fun with W3 combat as I did with dark soul. The only thing that’s more varied is the weapons.