There’s nothing more satisfying that being able to gradually break something up, with different graphical layers of damage, without having to think about opponents getting in the way, like annoying mosquitoes.
So, Lemmy, any recommendations besides the bonus levels on Street Fighter II and Final Fight? Edit: Preferably not FPS.
Demolition Inc? Scratched that sort of itch for me a while back, still available on Steam
Red Faction: Guerrilla? Smash some stuff on Mars?
It’s the first game that came to mind for me, too. Destruction there is very satisfying!
Buuuut people keep shooting at you. When playing it, I got constantly annoyed with the TPS elements and just wanted to tear stuff up. After a bit I bounced for that reason.
Plus it has a great song dedicated to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCF2Y4lIWk&t=23
That does look good, thanks. I’ll see if it’ll run on my hardware.
It’s quite old at this point, should run well on most stuff!
If you ignore the missions, Jungle/Urban/Desert Strike. Just annihilate the president’s motorcade via helicopter, as you do.
Haven’t heard Desert Strike in decades. Thanks, that’s a good rec.
Red Faction 3 is third person and really let’s you break buildings and structures.
Not retro, but Instruments of Destruction is made by one of the Red Faction devs. Also check out Abriss.
Both are machine building games with a focus on destruction. Instruments of Destruction does have a ton of prebuilt vehicles though if building isn’t your thing. The he campaign is also pretty easy to plow through to unlock the prebuilts.
The term you would want to search for is ‘destructible environments.’
- Worms games
- Split Second
- Destroy All Humans
- Red Faction:Guerilla
- Just Cause 2 (so much destruction)
- Shipbreaker is a more relaxed demolition game
- The Street fighter still is reminding me of Bloody Roar where you could kick enemies through walls to fight in another area
- BeamNG.Drive
- Wreckfest
- Control
- 7 Days to Die
- Dysmantle
Thanks, I’m working through reviews on these :)
“Kid just raged for a while” - Bastion narrator
obligatory: metal gear rising revengeance - force of nature
Rampage (1986) comes to mind, but (minor) enemies are present and I don’t think it applies damage in layers.
Yes, already commented by iknewitwhenisawit, but it’s a great example that I’d forgotten. I doesn’t have the damage in layers, but it does have gradual and incremental damage which is great.
already commented by iknewitwhenisawit
I don’t see any such comment. I guess federation could be lagging.
Can’t believe I’m shilling for Nintendo for the second time in like a month but this seems to be a type of fantasy Donkey Kong: Bananza could fulfill? That whole game’s selling point was fully destructible environments.
That does look good, thanks!
It’s only a few years old, but Teardown is all about demolishing neighborhoods.
BroForce. There are enemies, but it’s totally just blowing shit up with parodies of action movie heroes. Lots of cascading explosions, very satisfying.
Broforce is ana absurd and delightful train wreck :)
That looks like a really good rec. I’m sensitive to flashing lights and fast animations so it’s not for me, but it’s my vibe. Thanks.
Pretty much all of the Lego games are about destroying everything to get parts to build more things.
I only played the first Lego Batman, but I don’t remember it. Would that count?
Lego Worlds is the best for lego destruction.
Thanks.
Punch a tree in Minecraft?
Valid, just maybe not as detailed as I’d like due to the blockiness.
Check out Teardown
I’m watching a review now, thanks. Looks like a good recommendation, although I’m not a huge fan of FPS. Edit: yeah, this is great but the learning curve is a bit much for me. I just want to smash :D
You can open up sandbox maps if you want. Not all missions are timed either, some just let you smash shit.
