Preferred type of combat.

[Sparda hellsing]

I'm kinda curios as to see your preferred type of combat in games. When I say this I mean do you go long range to close range, or are you just up close and personnel with melee, or pick 'em off from a comfortable distance with long (or medium) range, or use traps and such. Or be stealthy. I don't know why I'm curios of this but I am. If there is a thread like this I apologize.

I myself prefer to go up close and devastate enemy's with melee.

 

[Viper]

My type of combat is whichever works.
Okay, while I can play more or less anything, I mostly prefer when I'm on a distance from the enemy so I can see them better and have more control.
Also, stealth is my No.1 love. There is something so rewarding in trying to come up with a solution on how to use your items and environment to make this the guards last day.

 

[ef9dante_oSsshea]

Depends on the game , if it is hack and slash or something like mgs or splintercell i preferup close but if it is cod or battlefield or ghost recon i love sniping or using c4 traps or vehicles

 

[WolfOD64]

The beauty about proper stealth is that you can ghost an entire mission without engaging in combat at all. You just pass through the level like a shadow, avoiding sight and detection, and then slinking through the forbidden corridors and locked doors. Oh, Thief.... :happy:

But ef9 is right. Combat is very subjective to the situation...but I can safely say that my least favorite type of combat in any game was that button-mashy tedium that comprised of the Assassin's Creed series swordfighting.

 

[V]

Anything that feels satisfying.

Namely, big-ass shotguns, sniper rifles, swords, grenades, etc.

I notice I'm not big on stealth. If there is ever an opportunity to go around and avoid a kill in Skyrim, I invariably opt for mass murder. The last time I played Snake Eater I just chased The End down with the M37. Oh yeah, and I ate his parrot.

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

Pretty much what ef9 said, yeah; it really boils down to the type of game. I can interchange between long and close-range attacks, but close-range is definitely a lot more fun. Though much like Ieyasu, I also don't do stealth; I abhor it, lol. I like to be...shall we say, "direct" with my enemies?

 

[DragonMaster2010]

Depends on what music I wanna listen to sometimes.

When I wanna listen to something slow and nice, I play AC games and walk around Venice.

When I wanna kill things while listening to hard rap/ rock, I play DmC, Killer is Dead, or Bayonetta.

When I wanna destroy **** to heavy metal, I play Prototype 1 and Prototype 2.

 

[Dante's Stalker]

Stealth: zombie/battlefield type games. Less tension when you can kill undetected, less chance of messing up because adrenaline=button mash and inevitable death.

Long-range combat/traps: same as above, only when I'm desperate.

Close combat (my preferred style): zombie/first shooter games when I'm short on game time and/or the kids are freaking out because I'm not taking the bad guys out fast enough. So anything from knifing or beating something with a pipe or chainsaw, whatever works.
Hack'n'slash games, because.
Games like RPG's, Bioshock, StreetFighter, etc.

 

[Demi-fiend]

Stealth. Swords. Speed.

 

[Absent Nova]

As long as I can slice a bunch of things with a sword, I'll be happy.

 

[DreadnoughtDT]

Swords and other elegant, bladed implements. Greatswords, rapiers, broadswords, longswords, daggers, knives, scythes, katars (sadly underrepresented... Punch blades are awesome). Though I also love hand-to-hand combat.