Any good crowd combat games?

[johnmasterlee]

That got me recollecting a game from the early days of Xbox 360 called Kingdom Under Fire. Was lots of fun, especially with co-op, but never quite took off.

It seems that games that do crowd combat well end up more of a top down or isometric viewpoint, ie. Diablo. Most of the games that go into 3rd person mode or 1st person mode never quite break out into becoming successful series, ie. Serious Sam, Dynasty Warriors. Not saying these games didn't perform well, just that they seem to be missing something that make them top sellers.

 

[johnmasterlee]

Diablo 3 ( for console)You got tons of enemies to kill in that game . On the higher difficulties (like master 1-5 ) you need to be patient , use crowd controle , and think . Not just got in a press buttons .

Drakengard 2. I haven't played the first so i don't know about that one . But the second got you fighting tons of enemies with different skills, kinda like dynasty warriors . Also , you get to fly a dragon and kill shit . It's fun.

I want to say chaos legion also . But no one knows that game .

Chaos Legion was awesome! Fairly challenging in places, too. Probably the first game I played in that style. Drakengard 1 was more... interesting than 2, but the gameplay is far, far, far far worse in every single way.

There was another PS2 game like this that I played, but I can't quite remember the name. Crimson Sea, I think?

Try Vikings: Battle for Asgard? Huge wars, but you have to trudge through a lot of stuff to get to the wars. It's impressive though.

Viking is really fun, too. I really liked exploring the open worlds, building up my army before the big battles. It was a little formulaic, but very enjoyable. It was the first game I played from this generation that made me think "this wouldn't have been possible last gen" with its gameplay. There were just so many people on screen at once.

I guess that's my challenge here. Games like Chaos Legion, Viking did big battles and there were elements of fun in them. But they never quite became big hits, or even spawned a movement where people wanted these sort of games. Which means it's hard to refer to these games to inspire people to "imagine a game like Viking... but with...!"

 

[DanielBrown]

Hm, my memory might be incorrect, but I believe Dead Island: Riptide and Sleeping Dogs does this quite a lot.
From what I recall you face way more, and tougher, zombies in DI:R than in Dead Island. I had to go tactical quite often, rather than just mashing attack.

In Sleeping Dogs there are plenty of sections where you gotta martial art your way out of trouble while facing lots of opponents that circle you. Not exactly skirmishes, but it's what I got.

 

[Thr33X]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Anarchy Reigns. It's decent. Could have been better, but it's a nice slice of...well...anarchy. And it's got Bayonetta. Everyone loves Bayonetta.

 

[johnmasterlee]

What about the concept of horde mode? A sweep of enemies invading your turf, and you gotta build defenses, factor in terrain, etc. to fight back an invasion.

The concept of "Minecraft + Horde Mode" struck me as pretty cool!