The original post: /r/gaming by /u/Dark251995 on 2025-02-26 01:13:23.

For the last couple of days I have been playing a lot of Dark and Darker and Kingdom Come: Deliverance (first one) and realized that after years of playing ARPGs or games with fast or somewhat fast-paced battles I needed a good change of pace (lol).

In DaD and KCD, combat is brutal, positioning and proper aiming are critical in order to win fights, where each hit you deal feels rewarding, and each hit you receive feels punishing, you need to time your attacks as well in order to win rather than just effortlessly swing your weapon at the enemy until it’s dead like in most games with quicker combat.

So I’m asking for recommendations on more games of this type as these don’t seem as popular or easily-recognized as most other RPG games.

P. S: I’m aware that KCD2 is out so please exclude it from recommendations as it’s a very obvious one considering I’m playing the prequel. Besides, I want to finish the first one before moving on to the sequel.