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[QUOTE="Some-Mist"][QUOTE="GD1551"]

Button mashing? QTE? Slow mo? This looks terrible.

[/QUOTE]button mashing is a play-style not a game-style.. so it's funny to see gamers mention this since this is obviously how they play hack-n-slash titles. you can play these games with precision if you're not a casual noob.[/QUOTE]

But if it is possible to play through a game with button mashing, the game is doing it wrong. Demon / Dark Souls are two of a few games that do melee combat right.

[/QUOTE]Sure, you can "hack" your way through the whole game. The mechanics give you the freedom to have "style", and they're tight enough to let you extend yourself a little and not be punished too much.

A game like The Witcher 2 (my closest reference to the Souls games), you have maybe 9 melee attacks, and the mechanics force you to never extend yourself, you can't catch any mistakes. Sit there guarding because "it's realistic".

Another game you can "hack your way through" is Mirror's Edge, or you can learn to side jump, do multipile spinny jump off walls things, land w/o rollling or stopping, use w/o the use animation, and how to get to places in odd ways.

DMC3 move list (Dante, swordmaster alone):

[spoiler]

------------1) Rebellion

			a) Stinger
			b) Hightime
			c) Rising Hightime
			d) Million Stab
			e) Helm Breaker
			f) Combo String I
			g) Combo String II
			h) Drive
			i) Air Hike
			j) Swordmaster
				I) Pop Shredder (both versions)
				II) Aerial Rave
				III) Sword Pierce
				IV) Thrust Kick/Flying Kick
				V)  Dance Macabre
				VI) Crazy Dance

		2) Cerberus

			a) Revolver
			b) Windmill
			c) Satellite
			d) Aerial Cross
			e) Combo String I
			f) Combo String II
			g) Swordmaster
				I) Flicker
				II) Air Flicker
				III) Crystal
				IV) Million Carats
				V) Ice Age

		3) Agni and Rudra

			a) Jet Stream Lv. 1 -3
			b) Whirlwind
			c) Rising Whirlwind
			d) Million Slash
			e) Sky Cross
			f) Air Hike
			g) Combo I
			h) Combo II
			i) Combo III
			j) Swordmaster
				I) Crossed Swords
				II) Sky Dance
				III Crawler
				IV) Tempest
				V) Twister

		4) Nevan

			a) Reverb Shock
			b) Bat Rift
			c) Jam Session
			d) Air Raid/Thunderbolt
			e) Vortex
			f) Tune Up/ Combo I/Volume Up (passive ability)
			g) Combo II
			h) Combo III
			i) Air Play/Bat Summoning (passive ability)
			j) Swordmaster
				I) Scythe Slash
				II) Air Slash
				III) Feedback
				IV) Crazy Roll
				V) Distortion

		5) Beowulf

			a) Straight
			b) Beast Uppercut
			c) Rising Dragon
			d) Hyper Fist
			e) Killer Bee
			f) Tame (passive ability)
			g) Air Hike
			h) Combo I
			i) Combo II
			j) Swordmaster
				I) Zodiac
				II) Hammer
				III) Volcano
				IV) Real Impact
				V) Tornado

          [/spoiler]