>>725240032
One handed maces were used with shields to make up for being bad for blocking. Two handed maces were mounted on long poles to block and parry with.
Melee weapons should be balanced in video games so you could have different builds between the speedster, the slow heavy one, stealth build, defensive, offensive, anti armor, anti unarmored, safe, high risk-reward, etc instead of just one playstyle and a bunch of obsolete weapons.
>>725241302
Maces can be made from bronze, copper and stone and still be deadly and effective. Swords need iron or prefferably steel to be any useful.
Big advantage of maces if you are an unga bunga grug with no or very limited access to iron.
>>725241607
Mount and Blade Warband. You could use it in one hand with a shield or two handed like a huge club for higher damage.
>>725247010
The double bladed axe is real, but it is a tool, not a weapon. Two blades means it takes twice as long until it needs sharpening again so less time spent walking back and fourth to the grindstone. While they were used as weapons too, they were improvised weapons like Pitchforks.
My favourite bullshit weapon is the ultra great hammer that is as big as you are and probably ten times heavier to crush an opponent ten times your size with. Sadly, this weapon is obviously useless.
Indians had heavy great hammers called Gada, but those were mostly ceremonial or showmanship weapons rather than serious melee weapons.
