MilesBeyond
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An odd thing I've noticed over the years of being an RPG fan is that there doesn't seem to be any sort of consensus on what makes for good combat. I've seen a lot of RPGs, from Fallout (old or new) to BG to Ultima to Wizardry be both praised and condemned for their combat. I feel like even ToEE, which often seems to be the go-to example for RPG combat, has its fair share of detractors (though one has to wonder why you're playing it if you don't like the combat).
Obviously the source of this is that there's a lot of opinions on what makes combat good, and what makes it bad. So I thought it would be cool to get an idea of what people think are games with good combat and why.
I do think it's important to root it in actual games. We can easily have a theoretical discussion of the best possible combat system, but I think this will work better if we're looking at concrete examples.
I've included a poll asking which of the Codex top 10 games has the best combat, but that's more just for fun, as many of them are games where I find it hard to imagine that they'd have the best combat.
Obviously the source of this is that there's a lot of opinions on what makes combat good, and what makes it bad. So I thought it would be cool to get an idea of what people think are games with good combat and why.
I do think it's important to root it in actual games. We can easily have a theoretical discussion of the best possible combat system, but I think this will work better if we're looking at concrete examples.
I've included a poll asking which of the Codex top 10 games has the best combat, but that's more just for fun, as many of them are games where I find it hard to imagine that they'd have the best combat.