Melee attacks and their over use in FPS

Blame halo...

if it is that big of a deal to u stop playing FPS i love wacking people with my gun or coming out of my hiding place and knifing someone :p

I agree that it wouldn't do as much damage, but a good pistol whipping can certainly knock a guy out. Why not make it in a game where you can't kill someone with a melee attack but you can knock him down. Then you shoot him.cougar65

that is actually nota bad idea, i personally love to melee someone but it is a little overstated when it comes to it being able to kill someone

i want a game with more then just a basic melee attack like breakdown

There are people who have survived being shot more than once and survived. On the other hand a knife is way more certain. I agree about the pistol whipping though, at most it should allow you to coup de grace with a bullet.

Blame halo...

II-FBIsniper-II

all the cool kids are doing it.

and for the TC, melee attacks are just lots of fun, and make you feel powerfull most of the time. it may not be realistic to have them be so powerfull, but games aren't about reality no matter how much the consumer think they are. what they are is a non-reality, a distraction, a fantasy, if it was as real as could get then it wouldn't be very fun.

If this game was real lifeMrMurphy72

That's the thing. It's a game. It doesn't have to be realistic. I play games for fun, not for realism.

Melee is part of the game. Deal with it and STOP WHINING!!

If you want to get realistic most long guns(rifles and such) are not affective within knife range due to there overall length and on top of that the users body armor. If a trained soldier is close enough to get you with the knife he has a great chance of delivering a mortal blow with it compared to trying to land a round in the struggle the would ensue in close range combat.

Then if you want to say 5 .45(which most pistols in cod4 are not) rounds at close range, yeah theyll hurt but then again comes the getting five rounds off, land the five rounds in areas that are not covered in armor but will still do damage and doing all that before i sink my knife into ur neck, chest, stomach, spleen, back.

If you should be complaining about anything its the magical abilitiy to regenerate health after being harmed, not the power of a melee, esp when its with a knife. And please dont throw around calibers, as anyone who owns or is a gun enthusist does not call them 45acp or 5.56x45, rather just .45 and 5.56(or natos). Im sorry but this topic failed and your idea for a knife to have the same effect as a stun grenade or flash bang? What the hell dude

I, personally, never use melee attacks. They are a cheap way to win! The only game I'd ever melee someone in is Gears of War, since they have the unique chainsaw gun.vaultinasafe

Meleeing in Gears is ridiculously overpowered.

sure melee ataks r cheap but its good for finishing off a guy at the end of a fight, its fun and its a part of the game so just u ur head and dont let the guy get close enough to

If you want to get realistic most long guns(rifles and such) are not affective within knife range due to there overall length and on top of that the users body armor. If a trained soldier is close enough to get you with the knife he has a great chance of delivering a mortal blow with it compared to trying to land a round in the struggle the would ensue in close range combat.

Then if you want to say 5 .45(which most pistols in cod4 are not) rounds at close range, yeah theyll hurt but then again comes the getting five rounds off, land the five rounds in areas that are not covered in armor but will still do damage and doing all that before i sink my knife into ur neck, chest, stomach, spleen, back.

If you should be complaining about anything its the magical abilitiy to regenerate health after being harmed, not the power of a melee, esp when its with a knife. And please dont throw around calibers, as anyone who owns or is a gun enthusist does not call them 45acp or 5.56x45, rather just .45 and 5.56(or natos). Im sorry but this topic failed and your idea for a knife to have the same effect as a stun grenade or flash bang? What the hell dude

pjam07

You are correct sir most long guns(rifles and such) are not affective within knife range due to there overall length and on top of that the users body armor. That is why you are issued a side arm or secondary weapon ie. handgun. There are 3 handguns in the beta. Those are the M9 which is a 9mmparabellum the USP .45 which is a 45ACP and the M1911 Colt .45 which is also a 45 ACP (2 out of 3 available side arms are 45 ACP which means youre wrong in stating that most pistols in COD4 are not .45 ACP) Anyone who has EVER been in the military knows and has it drilled into their brain that the Rifle is your primary weapon. Your sidearm should only be used where your rifle can not and a knife is used for opening your MREs.Very little to no training is given to military personell in the ways of the knife because if you need to use your knife you did something wrong.More over the kenetic energy delivered from .45 ACP is enough to cause significant trama and injury even with body armor. Furthermore to keep this brief if you were a gun enthusiast or knew anything about firearms in general you would know that WE DO INFACT designate .45 ACP because there are various versions of .45. There is .45 ACP, .45 COLT, .45 LONG COLT ETC. And yes we do designate 5.56x45 over .223 Remington because there is a difference. Im sorry but you failed in your idea that you have any idea what you are talking about. You post only confirms my suspicions that gamers are just getting dumber by the decade. The sad part is that the game designers are making games which reinforces your bad habits.