I play mostly sci-fi games but I enjoy a good ol’ swordfighting once in a while.

What could you suggest as a good single player action game with melee and maybe a dash of spellcasting/“powers” ? It can be TPS or FPS

Although it should (here comes the nitpicking) :

  • not be a stealth game or stealth-adjacenr like Assassin’s Creed or Shadow Of Mordor
  • not be a souls-like (I play for fun, not to puke blood)
  • have health regen (at least out of combat) or any mean to heal without having to look after potions or food while out of combat

If possible a good story would be a major plus, but it doesn’t need to be The Witcher level of good. And I’m more than fine with AA games, or older games as long as the art direction is nice.

EDIT: thanks for the suggestions, I realize I should have mentionned the “similar” games I’ve already played :

  • The Witcher trilogy
  • Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim
  • Dragon’s Dogma
  • God Of War (liked the combat, not the difficulty)
  • Darksiders
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 video game)
  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
  • Vermintide (even though it’s not single player, but great game)
  • nuko147@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    18 hours ago

    The Mass Effect Trilogy. And choose the melee class, don’t remember it’s name right now.

    Hades is another one but rogue like game (don’t meets the health regen though).

    The only Star Wars i can suggest is KOTOR, if you are ok playing old games.

    If you can play Nintendo games, Zelda BoTW, TOTK or link’s awakening (2019).

    • SolOrion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      And choose the melee class, don’t remember it’s name right now.

      …there’s a melee class?

      Do you mean Vanguard? Because it’s not so much a melee class as a shotgun class lol

      • nuko147@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I think is sentinel for Mass Effect 3. I don’t know if it works for the other two though. The idea is to spam skills to combo them and make them kaboom only to go aftee and finish the remaining in melee. Doesn’t work on insanity well ofc.

        • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          You could probably play a vanguard somewhat that way, they get a lot of stuff that procs after shotgun or power usage that boosts melee, I’ve always gone the shotgun route but by 3 the vanguard had an ability to use their shields to aoe slam, which boosts melee I think, so you could maybe do a loop of charge -> melee -> slam ->charge? Charge giving you full shields and kinda critical to surviving, but that’s just general vanguard on insanity.

          Me1 you could probably do with a soldier or vanguard, they’re both tanky as all, soldier with immunity, vanguard with barrier. Some fights would be irritating, final one coming to mind, but idk could work. Me2, less certain, you’re made of tissue paper and I don’t think I really ever used melee in it (also my least favourite of the trilogy gameplay wise)

          • nuko147@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            4 hours ago

            I think in ME3 i did Charge -> Nova, but i was mostly depended from my Squad to take down shields or trigger a detonation with the Charge. So probably is a no for new players.