what action game has the best combat system

what game has the best combat system/most in depth....

Devil May Cry 3 vs. Devil May Cry 4 vs. Bayonetta vs. DmC: Devil May Cry (reboot)

Ninja Gaiden II

ryse

Dark SOuls. Simple yet complicated when u pvp

Remember Me.

DMC3, Shadow of Rome, Ninja Gaiden 2, Bayonetta, and Dark Souls.

Those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

Mount & Blade.

There are going to be three major answer groups:

1. Devil May Cry/Bayonetta
2. Ninja Gaiden (Black)
3. Demon's/Dark Souls

Personally, I am most partial to Devil May Cry's (specifically DMC3SE's) combat system. I haven't gotten far enough into Ninja Gaiden Sigma (yes, I know) and while Dark Souls is one of my favourite games from last generation, it isn't Devil May Cry 3.

Bayonetta

what about DmC reboot....can't you switch weapons at will in that game, how does that stack up to DMC 3 and Bayo

Dark/demons souls, ryse is good, lords of shadow, El shaddai

Demon's/Dark Souls

Chivalry

Just combat scheme?

1. Ninja Gaiden 2
2. Bayonetta
3. Devil May Cry 3

Really you could do that three in any real order you want, and it's all really correct. Because they all do one or two things better than the other.

Overall best action games?

1. Ninja Gaiden Black
2. Bayonetta
3. Devil May Cry 3

Chivalry is pretty fucking dope. Hell throw in some more beat em ups, I love me some Mount and Blade.

I don't know about "best" (technically, that is), but Bayonetta was the funnest to actually control out of any hack and slash action game I've played.

Wish it could get implemented in other games

I'll give it to DMC, because it gave birth to modern 3D action games. Without it, Ninja Gaiden, God of War, Bayonetta, etc wouldn't be...

DMC did to action games what GTA did to sandbox games.

Revolution.

out of DMC 3, DMC 4 and Bayonetta

Lollipop Chainsaw. Definitely not DMC3.

Mount&Blade: Warband. Gotta love how damage is being calculated by stuff like where the blow hits, your weapon's movements in relation to you and your enemy's movements, the high lethality, regional armor, the variety of weapons to kill people with, and the satisfaction of getting blows in.

Right now I am playing as a badass viking throwing axes on people as I close in on them, once I get close enough I give them a taste of my hammer.

Ninja Gaiden for sure

I'm gonna be a hipster and say that Red steel 2 has some of the most fun combat in any game ever. It's surprising that they managed to make first person swordsmanship work, but hey, they did it. Felt awesome.

Although there's something to be said with dark Souls' deliberate approach. In another game it'd just feel clunky but it feels right in the context of the game.

Has no one said the Arkham games? those are pretty awesome.

Vanilla Skyrim

Mount And Blade

Arkham City

@TheEroica: Arkham Asylum has some of the worst combat I have witnessed in any game ever. At least the predator sections were good, great even, but goodness me the combat sections were unbearable.

That pic summarizes my Arkham Asylum experience quite well in the non predator sections.

broken pic? Not saying its perfect, but given the confines of what that game does, its pretty damn satisfying...

@TheEroica: Whoops meant vid as opposed to pic, but yes it is broken. This is the vid that I meant to link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxIcklF-8hY

Devil May Cry 4 playing as Dante. 3 is faster, but 4's Dante can swap styles on the fly, opening thousands of new combo options.

Personally, I'm a DMC fan first, but Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising both have outstandingly good combat systems as well.

They are awesome games that make you feel like Batman, but they are woefully shallow. Sure, you have combo takedowns and quickfire gadgets, but the challenge rooms get old fast. The main combat system you play with for the first two thirds of the game is incredibly simple to use if you have a basic understanding of timing. It's not bad, but it lacks depth (which is not complexity per se).

It certainly doesnt have the complexity and variations of combat like some of the hack and slash games do.... though I still found it's combat quite satisfying when you find the groove... but yeah, it isn't a game that is going for precision like a Ninja Gaiden or Bayonetta is going for.

Dark Souls the thread?

this exactly (in the order listed)

Batman !

Bet you didn't see that one comin' !

Dishwasher 2: Vampire Smile

Ghost'n Goblins

It's gotta be Mass Effect

Ninja Gaiden 2

Of those I have played, Bayonetta was the game I enjoyed the most. I actually wouldn't put Dark Souls anywhere near the top. There was too much necessary repetition to make it enjoyable for me. Personal taste.

An Elder Scrolls game NEEDS Chivalry style combat. WOuld make it far more engaging and dynamic and make you feel involved. Rather than the floaty shit it has now

I could say all the usuals like everyone else (Dark Souls,DMC3 etc) but I'm gonna give a shout to Dragon's Dogma for combat. It has its issues but I'm playing through that game right now and the combat is a LOT of fun. I love being able to latch onto a cyclops and gash his eye like SotC

Metal Gear Rising is also damn fun to play combat wise but it's not as deep or detailed as some others

Ninja Gaiden Black

Can you be any more vague? You might as well ask what game has the best gameplay or something.

God of War 3 of course, nothing is more brutal than God of War 3. then DMC

Ryse

@challenger_155

Please tell me your joking

I like the most is Batman Arkham. The combat makes sense and if you're really that good, enemies can't touch you. I spend agreat amount of time trying to get 1000/1000 on the original one. Still good at Arkham City.