CitizenSnips
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I've been playing the Arena in Exanima exclusively for about a week. I tried the campaign once, ran into the first door on accident and tripped into a zombie who axed me to death. Overall a good experience, but I'll stick to the arena until I get bored with it (Won't be any time soon).
The combat is unlike anything I've ever seen. It's rewarding in a sense I've never realized was possible from a game, and the potential for mindgames and tricks is endless. I've played competitive Melee for about 5 years, and when I say this is the first game I've seen that could approach or even surpass the depth there I don't mean that lightly.
That being said, I have a few thoughts on what is lacking in the combat. As a 2H sword user, I often find myself getting really nicely spaced strikes to the neck with the tip of the blade that feel great. The blood spray adds a visceral sense of impact that really adds to the oomph of the hit and makes you feel like you really did something. However, I go on to see that my opponent simply takes the hit in stride and continues to fight with no visible detriment. While I understand that there needs to be a limit to realism (Programming fighting with both hamstrings cut would be a nightmare, I'm sure), I was wondering if there was to be any status effects or wounding that would appear on the target. Strikes to the neck, the back of the legs at the knees, and the eyes are the main areas that I find myself feeling a bit irked about when striking. I've heard rumblings about things like this coming into place, but I haven't seen anything official.
A second thought is on weapon modifiers. The engine seems really adaptable for concepts like this with the whole physics-based weapon combat. Adding counterweights and adding hilt-guards and the like seems like a really neat way to expand upon weapon variety. Of course, if weapons are not really a permanent possession and are meant to be acquired and discarded often, perhaps this is just too much to add. Again, I've heard talk of this before but nothing from official channels.
Finally, I was curious to see if there would be any type of disarming possible with a hefty enough motion. It's just an idle thought that's come across my mind during specific scenarios, but it would be neat to hear of any thoughts on the mechanic.
Thanks guys for sticking through with it. I backed this game in 2013 and I'm so hyped to see it already surpass my expectations. Great stuff, keep it up!
The combat is unlike anything I've ever seen. It's rewarding in a sense I've never realized was possible from a game, and the potential for mindgames and tricks is endless. I've played competitive Melee for about 5 years, and when I say this is the first game I've seen that could approach or even surpass the depth there I don't mean that lightly.
That being said, I have a few thoughts on what is lacking in the combat. As a 2H sword user, I often find myself getting really nicely spaced strikes to the neck with the tip of the blade that feel great. The blood spray adds a visceral sense of impact that really adds to the oomph of the hit and makes you feel like you really did something. However, I go on to see that my opponent simply takes the hit in stride and continues to fight with no visible detriment. While I understand that there needs to be a limit to realism (Programming fighting with both hamstrings cut would be a nightmare, I'm sure), I was wondering if there was to be any status effects or wounding that would appear on the target. Strikes to the neck, the back of the legs at the knees, and the eyes are the main areas that I find myself feeling a bit irked about when striking. I've heard rumblings about things like this coming into place, but I haven't seen anything official.
A second thought is on weapon modifiers. The engine seems really adaptable for concepts like this with the whole physics-based weapon combat. Adding counterweights and adding hilt-guards and the like seems like a really neat way to expand upon weapon variety. Of course, if weapons are not really a permanent possession and are meant to be acquired and discarded often, perhaps this is just too much to add. Again, I've heard talk of this before but nothing from official channels.
Finally, I was curious to see if there would be any type of disarming possible with a hefty enough motion. It's just an idle thought that's come across my mind during specific scenarios, but it would be neat to hear of any thoughts on the mechanic.
Thanks guys for sticking through with it. I backed this game in 2013 and I'm so hyped to see it already surpass my expectations. Great stuff, keep it up!
Glad to see I'm not the only one feeling that way.
