Combat is not fun.

[NNoitora]

Combat is really bad. You cant menage hords. Distant enemies will hit you with 100% accuracy from ridiculous distance. Its immposible to fight in mele and avoid all "bullets"
Close combat is really not good, you cant proper fight and avoid damage.
I have 1500h in Vermintide and i know where is my skill issue and where mechanic is bad.
Combat is not fun :(

[Medicles]

Welcome to the Space Marine series, there is a reason why you heal through melee.

[FoulCreature]

You're not supposed to avoid all damage. That's why you have ways to regen hp and armor.

[Verios44]

Your not supposed to engage from range only. Heck thats the fastest way to wind up a goner.

It took me a little bit to get used to it, but you HAVE to use the melee combos too.

[Obtainable Spatula]

skill issue

[Tiberianus]

I liked the old "Enemys are MedPacks"-System more. Where you could just press a button, got a cool, short animation and health.
The armor system isnt cutting it for me and I'm dropping life extrem.
Its a skill issue, sure, but I think the SM1 system was more intuitive and fun.
But I will see, when I get better.

[Brother Atheos]

Melee just doesn't feel right. Too slow, too unresponsive. Feels like it does very little damage.

[Hexagoros]

I kind of agree. Combat "looks" good but feels horrible/

[Mini]

bro, seriously , you just start the game and complain that you are a noob which is fine and normal at start. AND its space marine , you not here to buy flowers and enjoy a sunset. ITS SPACE MARINE, you here to die.

[Malecite]

Melee feels clunky to be honest. There is this parry system but it only works some of the time, it doesn't seem like you can parry regular attacks and sometimes even when the blue circle does popup the parry doesn't work.

It feels slow and really not responsive at all , the gameplay is fun but I'm a little turned off by the melee.

[Swing]

Parry and perfect dodge is the most important skill to master for survival

[TopCat]

Yeah this combat system is clunky, unweidly and designed for controllers. Does not feel right on m&k . Too many people caught up in hype atm I feel. And why cant we use range better? its not unheard of tbh

[NNoitora]

Originally posted by Valyn:

Parry and perfect dodge is the most important skill to master for survival

They are to clunky IMO and thats my point. Combat is clunky i do not feel "ok i need to be faster, with better timing"

[DukeFavre]

Originally posted by NNoitora:

Combat is really bad.

It's kinda lackluster. Press something to counter the alien... I don't know.

I was hoping to be more dinamic and had better response.

I feel they try to do some elden ring thing.... Not fun.

ps: vermintide is AWESOME btw :D

[randir14]

Other than the clunky melee, some of the ranged weapons are outright crap. Like the bolter with grenade launcher - the grenade's damage and radius are pathetic.

[Nightmarian]

Originally posted by NNoitora:

Originally posted by Valyn:

Parry and perfect dodge is the most important skill to master for survival

They are to clunky IMO and thats my point. Combat is clunky i do not feel "ok i need to be faster, with better timing"

It's clunky, yes, just like the first game, but not as bad. Not sure what anyone was expecting from a dev with a mediocre rap sheet and a series that was known for jank.

You should be playing this for the same reasron as the first, which is mental space marine fantasy. A good game this is not, it's mediocre, which fits its average score of 80~.