I don’t know how many people here have played Red Dead Redemption 2 but one of my favorite things to do in that game was to go in a saloon, have a drink, and then antagonize my fellow patrons to the point of them starting the fight and punching me first. This way, there were no cops called on me and i could have a brawl of fighting 2-3 guys at the same time with Arthur and kicking their asses. Since hand to hand combat was weak and downgraded in GTA V (compared to GTA IV), i was so glad Rockstar Games improved and crafted one of the most fun and complex hand to hand combats.
But one thing i’m hoping is that they improve it even more and take some notes from a little game called ‘Bully’ from 2006. It had one of best fighting designs in gaming history. Since there were no guns and bullets (real), Rockstar were fully focused on having different fighting styles, combos, grappling and other stuff. As we have already seen in the trailer that you could (possibly) learn different fighting styles like MMA (Lucia in the trailer 2) and also use the environment to your advantage in a fight (Jason smashing someone’s head on a car in Trailer 2), i know Rockstar have cooked something fun and exciting for us in this department.
I can’t wait to go into the Rusty Anchor and be having a beer as Jason with Cal Hampton on my side and then antagonizing some red necks to have a massive brawl with our backs against the wall and trying to keep it to hands only with no guns involved (Like in RDR2, if you don’t take out your gun, neither NPC’s will) and then running away from the bar if we get overpowered 😂. What do you guys think? And what are you hoping for in the hand-to-hand combat department.