First of all, I enjoy melee combat a lot in this game. That's actually what encouraged me to finish all the NCPD scanner missions. But after 180 hours, I feel like there could be some improvements to it which would make melee combat even more fun.
More Finishing Moves: There are only 3 finishing moves in the game, one for Katana, one for Gorilla Arms and one for Mantis Blades. They're all good but we need more of them. Like a couple more for each melee weapon. For example, knife animations in this game is one of the best that I've seen. But there's no special finishing moves for knifes. 2-3 finishing moves for every melee weapon would make the combat much more enjoyable.
Stealth Kill Animations: This absoulutely needs to be in the game. If I'm equipped with a melee weapon while approaching an enemy from stealth, there should be a special kill animation with that particular weapon whether it's bladed or blunt.
Problem with Blunt Weapons: I built my Street Kid character around Body attribute, focusing on Street Brawler perks. But blunt weapons in this game don't provide the same level of satisfaction that you get from bladed ones, except Gorilla Arms (Gorilla Arms is pretty good). Playing with a Baseball Bat for example, I don't really feel like I'm hitting the enemy with enough force, it feels kind of clunky and also there's no special animations for it. Blunt weapons need a little love hopefully with upcoming patches.
More Finishing Moves: There are only 3 finishing moves in the game, one for Katana, one for Gorilla Arms and one for Mantis Blades. They're all good but we need more of them. Like a couple more for each melee weapon. For example, knife animations in this game is one of the best that I've seen. But there's no special finishing moves for knifes. 2-3 finishing moves for every melee weapon would make the combat much more enjoyable.
Stealth Kill Animations: This absoulutely needs to be in the game. If I'm equipped with a melee weapon while approaching an enemy from stealth, there should be a special kill animation with that particular weapon whether it's bladed or blunt.
Problem with Blunt Weapons: I built my Street Kid character around Body attribute, focusing on Street Brawler perks. But blunt weapons in this game don't provide the same level of satisfaction that you get from bladed ones, except Gorilla Arms (Gorilla Arms is pretty good). Playing with a Baseball Bat for example, I don't really feel like I'm hitting the enemy with enough force, it feels kind of clunky and also there's no special animations for it. Blunt weapons need a little love hopefully with upcoming patches.