I played Oblivion for over 100 hours and loved it, but the melee combat was no good.
You guys mostly seem like PC folk, but a game with the best melee i've encountered in an RPG is Demon's Souls. The weight of your weapons and armor + the stamina bar brings SOOO much depth to every single battle. Basically you have a stamina bar that deplets as you swing (Around 5-6 swings) and block attacks. When it deplets, your character can barely hold his shield up to block until it regenrates to a minimum level. It regenrates when blocking but MUCH faster when your in a neutral stance (weapons down).
Hope that makes sense. I think it works really well.
You guys mostly seem like PC folk, but a game with the best melee i've encountered in an RPG is Demon's Souls. The weight of your weapons and armor + the stamina bar brings SOOO much depth to every single battle. Basically you have a stamina bar that deplets as you swing (Around 5-6 swings) and block attacks. When it deplets, your character can barely hold his shield up to block until it regenrates to a minimum level. It regenrates when blocking but MUCH faster when your in a neutral stance (weapons down).
Hope that makes sense. I think it works really well.