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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best combat?

by Akela Talamasca May 1st 2008 at 8:00AM

Filed under: At a glance, Age of Conan, Fury, Game mechanics, PvP, PvE, Opinion, The Daily Grind

The upcoming release of Age of Conan has brought this question farther into the light, with its foray into real-time battle. Sure, there have been others -- the late, not-so-lamented Fury being a great example -- that have tried to redefine what MMO combat can be like, but many games are content to offer the tried-and-true click to attack model, with slight variations.

When it comes to fighting in games, surely the biggest defining factor is, or should be, "Is it exciting?" Given that singular criterion, then, which game has the best combat? Which one gets your blood racing? Which MMO really lets you, as the kids used to say, throw down?

Tags: age-of-conan, battle, combat, fighting, fury, tdg, the-daily-grind, throw-down

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

5-01-2008 @ 8:40AM

Alarie said...

I'd have to say DDO. The combat in there is different from any MMO out right now I believe.

Haven't played AoC, hopefully today when open beta servers go up, but from what I've seen would still have to say DDO.

5-01-2008 @ 9:08AM

Schad said...

DDO

5-01-2008 @ 10:30AM

Greg said...

Tabula Rasa has pretty awesome combat, it's just a shame there isn't any more to the game than that.

5-01-2008 @ 10:37AM

Lemmo said...

I just can't in good conscience back any MMO for its combat, knowing that games outside of the genre do everything they do but better.

But if I have to pick, I'll say Planetside, hands down. And in response to "yeah well, but it's basically an FPS", it's the scale of the battles that really puts it out there on it's own. A couple hundred people fighting in waves is an impressive sight. From hand-to-hand knife fighting to orbital laser strikes, this game covers the whole gamut of micro- and macro-scale combat.

5-05-2008 @ 1:21PM

Denzel said...

The problem with MMO combat is the humble dice roll the computer performs in the background. If it was a FPS you cast a fireball (gun, arrow etc) and your target moves, you miss.

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