Games With the Most Satisfying Impact?

[etrain911]

With the release of Sifu, I've got a hankering for a game where your attack connecting feels really good - a satisfying crunch, a rhythm, cool enemy effects. My big two examples are the Arkham series and Dying Light's blunt weapons. The Arkham series has this really amazing sound to it whenever your hits do land, you can feel it immediately as you get into the rhythm and your finishers feel so satisfying to pull off.

Dying Light's blunt weapons also feel incredible. There's this really sweet skeleton effect that happens whenever you manage to hit an enemy in the face with something blunt. Stunning enemies can eventually give way to brutal finishers and head stomps, and all of it just feels absolutely incredible.

Are there any other games where a hit just feels so good to land?

 

[Raigor]

Mad Max punches are unmatched

 

[SEATLiens]

God of War 2018

 

[lemmykoopah]

Fist punches and shield punches in God Of War (2018) are very satisfying and hard hitting.

 

[chandoog]

The Arkham games have some real good feeling impact sounds and crunches.

 

[AdequateSubject]

Sekiro parries

 

[MC_Leon6494]

Yeah God of War 2018. Sniper Elite for the x ray bullet bone crunching. Bloodborne but really just the kirkhammer // big strength weapons in Souls games.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Chrono Cross - The attack sound effects were great. Every weapon sounded heavy and metallic (even when they weren't, lol)

 

[Nazgûl]

The Last of Us

 

[SystemBug]

Sekiro

deflecting and countering feel so good

 

[MaLDo]

Mad Max punches are unmatched

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This is my answer too. Everything in this game feel so good.

 

[vestan]

True Charged Slash in MH, Rage Slash in Rise

 

[Jonathan Lanza]

The clean hit sound in P4U when playing as Junpei

 

[Martinski]

The Last of Us

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Demon's Souls Remake parries and ripostes are nice
Sekiro of course.

 

[Gouf]

Thumper and the modern Ninja Gaiden trilogy comes to mind for me.

 

[Deleted member 23094]

This move in MH: World felt pretty great.

 

[Boy]

God of war 2018. That heavy meaty impact and the feedback on the controller when beating the hell out of people is very satisfying.

 

[ShinUltramanJ]

First post nailed it.

Mad Max's combat feels like it's got weight behind it. Easily among the best in the industry.

I'm going to add a couple mentions that will probably be overlooked….

Ape Out
Absolver

Both have satisfying melee.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Monster Hunter for sure

 

[Rosebud]

God of War 2018, only throwing the axe is an amazing feeling

 

[PspLikeANut]

Clobbering the head of an ogre with your mighty hands in God of War 2018 , then splitting its jaw open with your axe.

 

[Arex]

iirc Killzone 2's weapons impacts are pretty good.. though it's been years lol

 

[Nerdkiller]

Doom 2. Super shotgun. Nuff said.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin

 

[boxter432]

Maybe not exactly like most of the others mentioned, but i enjoyed Wind Wakers musical strikes when hitting enemies, and then the crack when you get a killing blow.

 

[ShiftyCow]

 

[PspLikeANut]

Dead cells has a lot statifying shit. My favorite is the downward smash onto enemy for the kill.

 

[Faceless_Caesar]

While it's not an action game per se Burnout Revenge's crashing is immensely satisfying. Max Payne 2's bullet time is also a huge leap forward from the first game and has enough of a physics engine where the shootdodge feels good but doesn't end bullet time when Max bops into something by accident like in Max Payne 3.

 

[romey]

Gears of Wars. Especially the headshots.

 

[EJS]

I really found the animations / impact of sword slashes in Ghost of Tsushima to be really satisfying.

 

[alphacat]

I feel like Scarlet Nexus had an underrated hitstun.

 

[Bran]

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Dragon's Dogma, absolutely. Been replaying it and every vocation has something insanely satisfying to pull off.

 

[Tuorom]

Mass Effect 1 sniper, especially with explosive rounds

 

[Desma]

Kingdom Hearts II

 

[Jerm411]

Chivalry II

 

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Cannot believe we have got this far without God Hand being mentioned.

 

[ganonfloyd]

Tekken 3.

 

[Crashman]

Not the impacts themselves per say, but those impact sounds in the original Smash Bros for the N64 were the best.

 

[Praedyth]

Biotic powers on the Mass Effect trilogy

 

[GlamPrime]

Monster Hunter World.

I don't think anything else comes close.

 

[Ruisu]

God of War 2018, only throwing the axe is an amazing feeling

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Way more than the axe, when you use your fists and shield to punch enemies. Hell, the shield attack you do after a parry, sends smaller enemies flying back, such a great sense of impact.

 

[hydro94530]

Mad Max punches are unmatched

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I love this fucking game.

 

[Zephy]

Mad Max punches are unmatched

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Perfect first post.

 

[misho8723]

Call of Juarez Gunslinger

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Mac's Paint 3

 

[John Harker]

FOR HONOR still has the most "satisfying" sword/melee combat - If you haven't played it, it's cheap and they have free weekends pretty often.

They did a feee gfx update a bit back the game is still a looker despite its age too

 

[SlayerSaint]

Gotta agree with the other God of War 2018 comments. Batman Arkham as well of course. And for a shooter, Destiny, clicking on heads feels so impactful and satisfying.

 

[medyej]

The Wonderful 101's Unite Hand punches and Unite Hammer slams are super satisfying and impactful blunt attacks.

 

[Igniz12]

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Nice. The gamey hit stop always does a good job of selling your attacks.

 

[hydruxo]

God of War 2018. The crunch of the leviathan axe on enemies is so satisfying.