Hand to Hand Combat

Alatar · 2009-11-13T00:07:51

Hi everyone, I'm considering adding some close range/hand to hand combat to my FPS game. This would be sort of similar to Call of Duty Modern Warfare when the dogs attack you, or in World at War when the Japanese soldiers take you to the ground and you have to defend yourself. The basic idea is that enemy soldiers can choose to attack you with knives and fists, or try to hit you with their gun instead of shooting you (maybe they are out of ammo, or you are too close or something). You would then have to push the button that appears on the screen to counter the attack (like COD). So now that you have a basic idea, I have some ideas I would like some feedback on. Camera Type Should the camera stay as first person, or should it switch to 3rd person? Pros (for the switch): * The switch would give the player a better view of what was going on. * The defense would look better (think of the difference between the COD defenses and the Assassin's Creed counter attacks. Assassin's Creed looks cooler, in my opinion). Cons: * The switch might disorient and confuse the player, and cause them to react too slowly and potentially die because of it. * The animations would have to be better * 1st person would make it seem more realistic Speed Should the game stay at normal speed or should it slow down? The higher the difficulty, the less the game would slow. There could also be an option to enable or disable slow motion during hand to hand attacks. Pros (of slowing down): * The player would have more time to react to the attack Cons: * It might make it too easy, especially on lower difficulty settings Multiple Moves Should the player be able to do multiple attacks by pushing different buttons at certain times (sort of like Star Wars: Force Unleashed boss fights, where the button appears on the screen and you push that button which advances the fight) or should it be a one button defense (similar to COD, where one button kills the attacker)? Each stage of the fight could have several different attacks. For example, if the enemy tried to hit the player with their gun, the player could grab the gun and would then have the option to disarm opponent, kick opponent, or throw opponent to the ground. This would be accomplished by pushing different keys. Pros (of multiple attacks): * The player would have more options at each stage of the fight Cons: * More animations would be needed So, as gamers, what do you think about the above ideas? For each, which would you prefer to see in a game with hand to hand combat? Do you have any suggestions? Thanks

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Started by Alatar November 07, 2009 09:31 PM

11 comments, last by Iron Chef Carnage 15 years, 3 months ago

Alatar

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November 12, 2009 01:46 PM

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If an enemy is too close to shoot(for instance, if you have a long barreled gun and he is in grappling range) or if you are out of ammo, have the PC attack them with the butt of the gun. You'd only want to do this if they are aiming at that enemy, of course: otherwise they wouldn't be able to shoot the moment someone came too close!

I like this idea! Thanks a lot.

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highowl

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November 12, 2009 11:25 PM

Mirrors Edge had a nice hand-to-hand combat system in my opinion. It was first-person as was the rest of the game and also gave you the opportunity to steal the opponents weapon. Though the game was far from a FPS, I think this system integrated into a FPS would be nice and have the added benefit of increasing immersion rather than diminishing it.

Iron Chef Carnage

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November 13, 2009 12:07 AM

Good example. Mirror's Edge had the melee system integrated smoothly into the control sequence such that it didn't interfere with the action or flow of the game. Oni was mentioned above, and I think Mirror's Edge had a lot of the same feel that Oni had, and the first-person actually made a lot of the moves easier to pull off.

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