Thread 717478690

Which games have the best spear gameplay?

>>717478690 (OP)
Demon's Souls, spear + shield is pretty kino. It was a different time.
Additionally FF7 Cid w/ Long Reach, Counter, Counter Attack, and Deathblow+Added Cut materia feels fucking great early on.

>melee
spears are ranged weapons

>>717478690 (OP)
>armor piercing
a spear wont pierce any armor worth a shit

>>717479217
Ttell that to Alexander the Great.

>>717479335
It was enough to hunt gigantic animals to extinction multiple times.

Nioh and Nioh 2 are a blast to play with a spear.

>3 different stances, high, medium, low
>High has heavy, sweeping attacks using the pole's full length to smash enemies while still slashing/stabbing
>Medium has proper pokes, swipes, and keeps the weapon close to your chest with more consistent combos
>Low goes for quick swipes and dashes
>Comes with tons of different abilities, including spinning the spear around, going for deeper stabs/counters, using it to offset/grab the enemy using the pole itself, bashing with the end of the pole, setting off a flurry of stabs, and charging headlong with the spear pointed outwards

It's one of the few games that does more than just a simple poke, which I really appreciate. Obviously you can still poke shit to death, but Nioh actually remembers that a spear often has a bladed edge besides the point, and a long ass pole you can bash people with, which it implements into combos.

>>717479234
>tell that to the guy who mostly fought half naked brown peasants

>>717479781
>the might of the persian empire
>half naked brown peasants

I really like spears in vermintide 2

>>717479461
is Nioh soulslop?

Nioh

>>717479461
Nioh just has the best gameplay for ALL weapons in vidiya history

>>717478690 (OP)
Far Cry Primal

>>717479461
I like Stranger of Paradise halberd/spear. It's not as deep, but the hits and animations feel nice.

Half Sword

Spears are so cool but they’ll never be swords

>>717479962
sort of but the combat is a lot more intricate with some fighting game like inputs for certain moves that you'll want to string together.

>>717479962
Nioh is an action game with a stamina system. Except for being immortal and having shrines (bonfires), the games are nothing alike. Nioh is mission-based and the main gameplay loop is about collecting stronger weapons and armor, sorta like Diablo. Right after the first mission you get sort of a "super mode", something a Souls game would probably never have.

>>717479962
Kind of? I'd argue it's more like you took Ninja Gaiden and Diablo and mashed them together. It absolutely does the usual Souls nonsense, but after a few hours of playing you realize it actually has combo systems, extremely in-depth equipment stat/effect management, customization, and even NG+ essentially being a new mode to get real, proper gear.

If you don't like Souls you probably wouldn't like Nioh much, but it's definitely a different, more action-focused experience.

>>717479335
Guns are technically a pointy stick, except they put an explosion between the point and the stick.

>>717479962
Nioh actually has a functional guard without needing a shield. In that way, it's more akin to the Xbox Ninja Gaiden games. It's much faster than your usual Soulslop, and the areas aren't connected. You choose missions on a map.

>>717478690 (OP)
IDK but I always make a flatchested redhead when a game has a character creator and spears.

>>717480237
>>717480313
>>717480347
>>717480402
that actually sounds really cool, never were a fan of soulslop, forced myself to beat DS1, tried DS2 and dropped it 2hrs in
but Ninja Gaiden + Diablo sounds amazing
i got Nioh for a dollar some time ago but never played it

>>717480356
Pike and shot was stick and stick but far

My future deep down-like

>>717480595
Let me just tell you right away that the start is the hardest part, because you have nothing except your normal moves, and although the game is mission-based, the main missions are huge. I only really started liking it after a good 5 hours, that's when you start to get good skills and good equipment starts to drop.

For example, although the game has parries, it only works on humanoid opponents and you need to buy a skill to use it first.

Also, the healing items (Elixirs) are actually limited until you find some spirits hidden in stages (Kodama). So you can actually go into a stage and get trounced by a boss 10 times and have no more healing items. Just be careful with that.

Lastly, contrarily to Souls games, you can use an item (Summon Candle) to exit a mission and not lose anything.

>>717480797
good to know
but holy shit 75GB game

>>717480595
Be prepared for some growing pains starting out. At the beginning, it's honestly kind of tedious since you're missing critical abilities/mechanics that feel insane to be missing later when you get them. That, and opening a chest for the first time and getting doused with a rainbow of weapons, armor, and consumables, all of which you'll probably sell because they're garbage. Get past all of that though and the games become crazy addicting. It's genuinely one of those games where I'd argue it doesn't "click" until either halfway through, or even once you've beaten it and gone into NG+.

Also, I'd argue Nioh 2 is almost objectively better overall. Nioh 1 is great, but a lot of mechanics Nioh 2 introduces are hard to come back from. That, and being able to create your own character is nice.

If you give it a shot, I hope you enjoy it anon. Even if you entirely ignore the spear (which you shouldn't), all of the weapon types are fucking awesome.

>>717478690 (OP)
it's a coward's weapon
real heros get up and close with a sword

>>717480865
It has a lot of FMVs.

>>717479962
Depends on user skill and game progress, endgame is pure combo slop.

>>717479962
its diabloslop with some souls aesthetics

take the staff pill. play Wukong.

>>717480356
>still using pointy stick for combat
>still boiling water for energy
we haven't really progressed

>>717480347
and most importantly it fails at everything people actually like about Souls in favor of pure PTDE retardation
Though to be fair the souls series and ER ended up falling victim to that cancer in the end

>>717481113
We reached the pinnacle, don't change what aint broke.

Also the 4D beings would exterminate us if we learned symbology to alter the cosmos.

I really liked the Spear in Dark Souls II. It had a sweeping heavy attack that also did Blunt damage for some reason so it was an extremely versatile weapon.
Dimitri and Ephraim from Fire Emblem are also very fun spear users but the combat in those games are just animations.

>>717478690 (OP)
>plebeian spear user
>vs HUSSAR 6m POLE USER
i wonder who could win...

Dad of War 2 had serious problems but the spear rules.

>>717481113
>”your people fight wars over prehistoric goo?!”

>>717478690 (OP)
Shogun 2

For me? It's the halberd.

Divorced from the soul-draining battlefield 'pikes and cavalry' meta. A distinguished guardsman's weapon. Not so long that it becomes cumbersome. Fire axe in a pinch.

You see a town guard with a halberd? That's a good town. Stick around.

>>717481308
jab tip of spear into the ground between his legs run around and use the shaft to trip him, pull out stiletto dagger and stab him in the armpit

Monster Hunter

>>717481630
halibardo!

>>717478690 (OP)
Fire Emblem Sacred Stoners

>>717481630
tranny weapon desu

>>717481630
I like billhooks
>16th century brits schooling pike and shot metaslaves with billhooks and longbows

>>717479861
yeah

>>717478690 (OP)
probably half sword

if you have vr blade and sorcery

SWORDBROS OUR RESPONSE?

>>717479335
>the best industrial advancement of humanity is boiling water

>>717483482
NUH UUUUUUUUUHHHH THE BODIES WOULD PILE UP A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT
I WOULD CLIMB OVER THEIR STICKS

I hate how in the souls games spears don't have much in the way of slashing attacks. Spears weren't just for thrusting they could also be used in a slicing/ chopping motion almost like a very long ax.

>>717483482
slowly walk between the pikes and start chopping the tips off.

What spears are actually good for