Side scrolling melee combat sucks! What is a good example?

[Chrkeller]

LegitHyperbole said:

Chrkeller said:

I tend to agree with you and get your point.  2D needs a wide variety of abilities to make the boss fights interesting.  And it isn't easy either, amazing game.  

Have you played Dread?  Easily, at least IMO, the best 2D action game created.  The game is damn near flawless.  

I thought about dread but it's never on sale, looks fun. It's not shooting combat anyway, I'm solely complaining about the melee combat in the games I'm trying, Fury unleashed is one I had a bit of time with and that's a fun shmup. 

Fair enough.  Dread is mostly shooting but does have an excellent close combat parry system.  I suspect you would love Dread.