Is Novlus Combat Mod balanced?

[Wedor]

So i saw this video of Novlus Combat overhaul and it looked very badass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=114&v=IL7byRwUAIY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nolvus.net%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nolvus.net&source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDEzOTExNywyODY2Ng&feature=emb_logo

The thing is, in this one, as well as in the other videos that i saw, it looks a lot like the combat just devolved into spamming out combos until everyone is dead. Last time i played Skyrim i got some nice mods for magic and perk overhauls that made the whole combat much more tactical and fun.
This mod here looks very beautifully animated, but i think i'd get bored of it in a matter of a few hours if its not also challanging.

Does anyone have experience with it?

[ChrillBill]

It does look cool, but not for me. This is the type of mods I tend to avoid because it doesn't look or feel like Skyrim anymore. Best you can do is probably give it a try yourself. It's always one thing to watch these videos, which are edited to look and feel quite intense. But then when you actually try it in the game yourself, it might not be as exciting anymore o.o

[Radd]

Just go play the Witcher games again.

[crazy sexy cool]

check nexus collections, nolvus is overhyped imo

[Lathanx]

No it's not balanced.

Every mod that tries to turn skyrim into darksouls introduces weird block mechanics where combat is based on player skill and not your characters own competence.

Which inevitably leads you being able to take on enemies way above your level without taking any damage, making combat brain-dead.

All while doing swirly twirly melee combat ripped straight from an anime.

As a certified weeb, i think i'm qualified to call those mods wack AF. If you want skyrim with better combat, just use precision.

[Wedor]

Originally posted by Certified_Weeb:

No it's not balanced.

Every mod that tries to turn skyrim into darksouls introduces weird block mechanics where combat is based on player skill and not your characters own competence.

Which inevitably leads you being able to take on enemies way above your level without taking any damage, making combat brain-dead.

All while doing swirly twirly melee combat ripped straight from an anime.

As a certified weeb, i think i'm qualified to call those mods wack AF. If you want skyrim with better combat, just use precision.

Originally posted by ChrillBill:

It does look cool, but not for me. This is the type of mods I tend to avoid because it doesn't look or feel like Skyrim anymore. Best you can do is probably give it a try yourself. It's always one thing to watch these videos, which are edited to look and feel quite intense. But then when you actually try it in the game yourself, it might not be as exciting anymore o.o

Those things wouldnt really have to be mutually exclusive. I thought maybe you unlock those fancy combos while leveling your weapons skill, which would give you a nice feeling of progression and the possibility to visually distinguish a level 5 peasant from a level 50 dragon slayer.

But judging from your answers and the ones from others, that doesn't seem to be the case.

A real shame that is. Because the quality of those animations really get to the level of From Software titles and it is really amazing what those guys made. I'm just a little bit surprised, that with this level of work that went into those mods noone ever really stopped to think: "Hey maybe there are players out ther that dont just want combat porn while smashing a single button, but would actually like to play an RPG."

[Michael]

Originally posted by Certified_Weeb:

No it's not balanced.

Every mod that tries to turn skyrim into darksouls introduces weird block mechanics where combat is based on player skill and not your characters own competence.

Which inevitably leads you being able to take on enemies way above your level without taking any damage, making combat brain-dead.

All while doing swirly twirly melee combat ripped straight from an anime.

As a certified weeb, i think i'm qualified to call those mods wack AF. If you want skyrim with better combat, just use precision.

I disagree with this, vanilla skyrim combat is brain dead, you just slash till they die. At least things like sekiro combat and mods to increase enemy ai will give you a challenge. Vanilla did not give a challenge.

[BludThirstyYeti]

Originally posted by Wedor:

So i saw this video of Novlus Combat overhaul and it looked very badass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=114&v=IL7byRwUAIY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nolvus.net%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nolvus.net&source_ve_path=MTM5MTE3LDEzOTExNywyODY2Ng&feature=emb_logo

The thing is, in this one, as well as in the other videos that i saw, it looks a lot like the combat just devolved into spamming out combos until everyone is dead. Last time i played Skyrim i got some nice mods for magic and perk overhauls that made the whole combat much more tactical and fun.
This mod here looks very beautifully animated, but i think i'd get bored of it in a matter of a few hours if its not also challanging.

Does anyone have experience with it?

Anyone who finds Nolvus easy hasn't played Hardcore mode.

Nolvus difficulty is pretty customizable, the combat is excellent, though I do agree that it feels more like the Witcher, say, than it does OG Skyrim.