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Fighting Games for PC
2004-11-19, 12:14 PM #1
I want to get a new game, preferably something with hand to hand combat stuff in it. I already have Oni, which I think is a pretty sweet game. I only have a PC though, and I don't think that there are many games out there like that for PC...

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
"You were probably a result of sabotage."
2004-11-19, 12:57 PM #2
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is very fun. Contrary to Infernal Machine, the combat concentrates more on fisticuffs than gunplay, though you get to use weapons like machetes, shovels, swords, table-legs, bottles, your whip, and some firearms like your trusty Webley, shotguns, broomhandle Mausers, and submachineguns.

The hand-to-hand combat is just really well done, better than the sabering in JK2. The mouse button-based system is intuitive, it feels solid, and you'll have plenty of great fightsthat feel just like the excellent Indy vs. bald airplane mechanic in Raiders of the Lost Ark. You've got loads and loads of moves that you can pull and that your opponents can pull on you. If you get a gun knocked out of your hands, you'll have a fun fistfight where both parties are trying to recover the weapon in order to use it against the other.

I've seen it for pretty cheap here, but I didn't regret paying a more retail price for it when I did buy it. There isn't much puzzling, but the globespanning levels are very well made with some beautiful architecture. Really well animated characters and a great original orchestrated soundtrack (i.e. not just the same old John Williams score tunes ripped from the trilogy). I really enjoyed it up until the last few levels which were a bit weak and some of the compulsory "man the turret" sections which suffered from consolitis due to being far too easy with a mouse. Give the demo a whirl.
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2004-11-19, 1:04 PM #3
Prince of Persia is good.
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2004-11-19, 1:14 PM #4
It is good... very good.
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Prince of persia is good.
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2004-11-19, 3:18 PM #5
Prince of Persia indeed. Vampire: Bloodlines requires much fighting :p
D E A T H
2004-11-19, 3:39 PM #6
the chronicles of riddick will be released for PC next month
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2004-11-19, 5:17 PM #7
From the look of things, it seems like you might want to invest in a console if you're really into deep fighting games. Try a Playstation 2, no game can get as deep as Virtua Fighter 4 or Soul Calibur 2.
2004-11-19, 5:17 PM #8
oooh! Tekken 4!

(I'll kick your arse!)
2004-11-19, 11:29 PM #9
I was kind of hoping to not go into the one on one best-out-of-three-or-whatever kinda games.

I'll try out the PC suggestions that have been posted.

Thanks all
"You were probably a result of sabotage."
2004-11-20, 1:47 AM #10
"One Must Fall." Most definately "One Must Fall"

Can you still play that game these days with Dosbox or something? I'd really like to give that game another whirl sometime.
The answer is maybe.
2004-11-20, 2:14 AM #11
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Originally posted by burrie
"One Must Fall." Most definately "One Must Fall"

Can you still play that game these days with Dosbox or something? I'd really like to give that game another whirl sometime.


they also made a newer one... OMF: Battlegrounds
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2004-11-20, 5:28 AM #12
Quote:
Originally posted by burrie
"One Must Fall." Most definately "One Must Fall"

Can you still play that game these days with Dosbox or something? I'd really like to give that game another whirl sometime.


You can play with DosBox

OMF >>>> OMF:BG
D E A T H
2004-11-20, 12:38 PM #13
One Must Fall can be gotten here. Hooray for freeware!!!

VDM Sound for sound emulation.
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2004-11-21, 3:02 AM #14
Good lord, thanks a lot for that X-Bot'S OMF Universe site. Now there's an excellent site.

And it's got the MP3s of the main menu music as well!
The answer is maybe.

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