Has there ever been a game where playing as the medic was actually fun?

[Aya]

Thought i'd make this thread cuz my memory of the Medic in TF2 involved constantly getting countered by random spam, and a more recent example being Chivalry 2's footman often getting dogpiled by five different guys before he can even be of any use to his team.

Meanwhile, the only game I can think of where a healing specialist can do a lot of damage in a satisfying manner was the Methuss from the now defunt Gundam Evolution, though its combination of offensive and supportive abilities were balanced out by being the largest mech in the game (translates to being easier to bodyshot to death)

[V3LTA]

I love to play medic in every team game :)

[D. Flame]

Final Fantasy 14, white mage could out DPS a lot of tank classes.

Also that new Furry Battlefield demo (Wild Assault) is fun to actually play as the medic. Other than the wolf sniper, the medic is probably the best character:

https://youtu.be/sUr6E-JmiwI?si=hwqDgyYjTS0RBImp

[Mizuki]

Kind of??
I feel like most people who say this are low attention span zoomers.

Anyway, pretty sure it depends on the person playing the class. I found it to be pretty enjoyable to play healers when I was bored of DPS/tanks in most of the mobas I used to play.

Also your enjoyment of healers often depends on your team, which is aids most of the time, but pretty satisfying with an actually competent group. Seems to be a turn off for most people.

[76561199793358131]

Space Station 13. If you can convince people to get that role that is.

Learning curve is ridiculous and the game's old-style interface does not help. But, the whole medical thing in this game is ridiculously deep. Highly recommended if you are courageous enough to try such a weird game.

[Aya]

Originally posted by Ichigo:

Also your enjoyment of healers often depends on your team, which is aids most of the time,

Honestly why i'm adverse to Chiv2's footman these days. I still play him on VEEEERY specific objectives, though prior to my decision to mostly drop him was more times than not, i'm left scratching my head as to where my team is before one whole archer shows up and... I guess i'm pocketing the guy who's job is to stay out of the fights and shoot at his teammates' melee opponents?

[caliwolv]

Command & Conquer Renegade, healing buildings and stuff was kinda fun

[Aya]

Originally posted by caliwolv:

Command & Conquer Renegade, healing buildings and stuff was kinda fun

I forget, does the Repair Gun ever appear as a random weapon? I know cnc_under has a weapon pickup point at the center of the map that can have the assault rifle, shotgun, or sniper rifle. Don't remember if the repair gun was something that you can randomly find.

[Q-T_3.14.exe]

I too like playing as a healer. I get to decide who lives and who dies.

[76561198356019466]

Do fantasy games count?
Dragon Age has a "medic" that is a lot of fun to use, though technically she uses magic, not medicine.

[L1qu1dator]

Battlefield 2 was good to play as medic. :P

[Aya]

Originally posted by Tiny Elvis:

Do fantasy games count?
Dragon Age has a "medic" that is a lot of fun to use, though technically she uses magic, not medicine.

Was thinking multiplayer gaming in general, and one of the instances where I loathe playing as a healer comes from the current best medieval slasher in the market

Another case where playing as a Medic kinda sucks is Killing Floor 2. In most games, people will often stack trash cleaners which forces the Medic to go for a "do everything" loadout, and in a game where you want a tank, healer, HVT killer, and trash cleaner in the same team, there's only so much that carrying can do before the medic succumbs to his team's incompetence. Even in a semi-competent team, one thing that bothers me is that you hardly get any money at all for healing people, to the point where the best way to make enough money to get the best healing tools is to play aggressively, often at the detriment to your team. Also the fact that enemy aggro is completely random, so if you're particularly unlucky, you can have some high-priority targets constantly hounding you instead of the person who's main job is to eat hits and not die.

[St✩rlight]

Overwatch

[Sreve]

Bay 12 Games (Dwarf Fortress Devs) have a free game were you control a Medic in WW1. (single player only)
https://www.bay12games.com/

Its a arcade game. You control a Medic in WW1. You patch up Soldiers and bring them back to your trench. Every once in a while a faction charges out of the trench and tries to capture the other sides Trench. All while you are trying to keep your side alive.

I lost countless hours playing it and prefer it over some other game were you have a helaing role.

[TheHogfather]

Playing Mercy in the original overwatch before they started adding new characters was so genuinely fun

[PurpleCreativeValiant]

Valorant - Sage