What game had the best combat mechanics?

I think they should borrow from a wide base IE take all the good features and turn them into your own cause this thread taught me no two people will agree on something like this

 

Oh I totally agree with you. I have warrior type character in neverwinter, I just love the combat feel and the fun things my character can do. I loved my bezzerker in tera but it really wore out my hand. Also I liked a lot about the combat in Lord of the rings, and I had a disciple in Vanguard that really was fun to play.

 

Darkfall had a really good combat system imo.
It would be very naive of me to say it's the best in gaming history sinse I've not played every game on the market.
However from the games I have played, Darkfall had the most enjoyable and memorable combat system for me.
Next up I would have to say Age of Conan, simply because at the time it was a ballzy move to introduce combos to the mmorpg genre and imo it actually worked well and suited the game.

 

Dark age of Camelot.

 

Elder Scrolls Online.

 

Barbarian of course. 8 Attacks vs 3 Defending options. Done.
You are focused on the screen , and not on the bottom.
You react to the enemy.

 

If there wasn't an NDA there, I could write a lenghty comment on this...

Anyway, I have enjoyed many different combat systems but found all of them somehow flawed so I cannot say which one is best. Maybe I could say Ultima Underworld, Morrowind and DDO (before the patches of the last three years) were the most enjoyable for me (all first person and PvE only - PvP in DDO was/is a joke).
UO pre-AoS was great at the time and would still be "ok-ish" today, for a third-person view game.

 

Oh, that was PvE and PvP With some luck and good timing you could win in just one move (back + fire button on C64).

 

Ultima Online circa UO:R when you couldn't heal through poison, Age of Conan comes in 2nd.

 

Everyone knows what the most popular and best selling game in the world is, but because it's not "cool" in this crowd, they won't say it for fear of being considered "un-sophisticated" or a casual who wants their hand held on/in a theme-park.

Facts are facts, and the truth is the truth.
The thread didn't say "In your opinion, What game had the best combat mechanics?"
So in that light, to deny is to lie...

*But if it did ask for personal opinion (which it didn't), I'd say GW2.

 

Most popular would be Candy Crush. But I assume you mean LoL, which simply dwarfs all MMOs as far as PvP combat.

 

Wrong, and wrong.

 

Not combat...is not...unless you're doin' it wrong...

PvP combat is, as you know, minor a sub-class of combat.
PvP is to equal to wiping off sweat on gym mats, compared to PvE in MMOs.
LoL is not an MMO (as in MMORGPG) either.

 

I really loved this combat system.

 

Assassin's Creed (the single player and online)

Edit: Also Dishonored, but that's single player.

 

I actually enjoy the combat mechanics of TSW

Final Fantasy XI, as much as I adored the story and characters/character models up to the end of CoP, was too macro based for me, then again being a ninja tank involved lots of shadow counting, casting / cancels, last resorts, mijin gakure ... yeah good times. Leaving and coming back just completely broke my brain after playing whack a mole in WoW. Skill Chains, unfortunately, are something we'll likely not see the like of again.

Absolutely can't stand the mouselook targeting games that showed up a year or two back, being TERA and NW. I find its one of the things along with subscription models and PvP that tends to split the gaming population nowdays. ^~ I know some folks like it just keep it away from me! XD

 

Ultima Online, pre Trammel And Felucca.

 

Yes UO:R had by far the best magic combat system and the game had become balanced since dexers (melee) could perform as well if not better then the mages.

 

I'll just leave these here.. (and these are older, too!)

Spoiler: df cougar fight

You charge at The Cougar!
The Cougar looks surprised by the ferocity of Your onslaught!
You punch The Cougar in the upper body with your right hand!
It is battered!
You collide with The Cougar!
You tangle together and tumble forward!
The Cougar is no longer stunned.
You punch The Cougar in the right rear paw with your right hand!
The shot glances away.
The Cougar stands up.
You punch The Cougar in the left rear paw with your right hand!
The shot glances away.
You grab The Cougar by the nose with your left upper arm!
The Cougar bites You in the left upper arm!
It is badly ripped!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
You break the grip of The Cougar's mouth on Your left upper arm.
The Cougar struggles in vain against the grip of Your left upper arm on The Cougar's nose.
You throw The Cougar by the nose with Your left upper arm!
The Cougar stands up.
The Cougar is no longer stunned.
The Cougar bites You in the right lower arm!
It is torn!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
You grab The Cougar by the throat with your left lower leg!
The Cougar shakes You around by the right lower arm!
It is badly ripped!
You break the grip of The Cougar's mouth on Your right lower arm.
You punch The Cougar in the right front paw with your right hand!
The shot glances away.
The Cougar bites You in the right lower arm!
It is mangled!
Your right elbow has been badly sprained!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
You break the grip of The Cougar's mouth on Your right lower arm.
The Cougar bites You in the left upper arm!
It is broken!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
You place a chokehold on The Cougar's throat with Your left lower leg!
The Cougar shakes You around by the left upper arm!
It is broken!
You break the grip of The Cougar's mouth on Your left upper arm.
The Cougar bites You in the left upper leg!
It is torn!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
The Cougar struggles in vain against the grip of Your left lower leg on The Cougar's throat.
The Cougar shakes You around by the left upper leg!
A chunk is torn away!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
The Cougar loosens the choke hold of Your left lower leg on The Cougar's throat.
You bite The Cougar in the tail!
The shot glances away.
The Cougar struggles in vain against the grip of Your left upper arm on The Cougar's nose.
You bite The Cougar in the right front leg!
The shot glances away.
The Cougar spits out the dwarf Chunk.
The Cougar bites You in the left lower arm!
It is torn!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
You break the grip of The Cougar's mouth on Your left lower arm.
The Cougar bites You in the left upper leg!
The shot glances away.
You bite The Cougar in the upper body!
The shot glances away.
The Cougar bites You in the right upper leg!
It is torn!
The Cougar latches on firmly!
The Cougar shakes You around by the right upper leg!
It is torn!
You place a chokehold on The Cougar's throat with Your left lower leg!
You break the grip of The Cougar's mouth on Your right upper leg.
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
The Cougar passes out.
The Cougar falls over.
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
You strangle The Cougar's throat!
The Cougar has bled to death.
You stand up.
It is raining.
There is a gentle breeze blowing from the east.

Spoiler: df grizzly fight

You charge at The Grizzly Bear!
The Grizzly Bear looks surprised by the ferocity of Your onslaught!
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the lower body with your Steel battle axe!
It is cut!
You collide with The Grizzly Bear!
You are knocked over and tumble backward!
The Grizzly Bear bites You in the right upper leg!
It is torn!
The Grizzly Bear latches on firmly!
The Grizzly Bear shakes You around by the right upper leg!
It is broken!
You are no longer stunned.
The Grizzly Bear shakes You around by the right upper leg!
A chunk is torn away!
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the right rear leg with your Steel battle axe!
It is badly gashed!
The Grizzly Bear bites You in the head!
It is badly ripped!
Your right eye has been torn out!
The Grizzly Bear latches on firmly!
The Grizzly Bear shakes You around by the head!
A chunk is torn away!
The Grizzly Bear spits out the dwarf Chunk.
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the upper body with your Steel battle axe!
The shot glances away.
The Grizzly Bear strikes at You but the shot is blocked!
You counterstrike!
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the upper body with your Steel battle axe!
It is broken!
The Grizzly Bear is propelled away by the force of the blow!
The Grizzly Bear spits out the dwarf Chunk.
The Grizzly Bear stands up.
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the upper body with your Steel battle axe!
It is mangled!
The Grizzly Bear is having trouble breathing!
The Grizzly Bear is no longer stunned.
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the lower body with your Steel battle axe!
The shot glances away.
The Grizzly Bear bites You in the head!
It is broken!
The Grizzly Bear latches on firmly!
The Grizzly Bear shakes You around by the head!
It is mangled!
You hack at The Grizzly Bear in the tail with your Steel battle axe!
The shot glances away.
The Grizzly Bear shakes You around by the head!
It is mangled!
The Grizzly Bear shakes You around by the head!
You lose hold of the Steel helm.
You lose hold of the cave spider silk cap.
You lose hold of the Steel shield.
You lose hold of the Steel battle axe.
The head is ripped away and remains in The Grizzly Bear's grip!
You have been struck down.
The Grizzly Bear spits out your head.

 

Will someone kindly tell me what the heck GW2 stands for? Please and thank you.