10 HAND TO HAND COMBAT Games That Test Your Reflexes

It's rare when a game features only your fists as weapons, but it typically makes for a great time. Here are some of our favorite hand to hand combat focused games.

0:00 Intro
0:16 Sleeping Dogs
1:12 Zeno Clash 1 & 2
2:14 Overgrowth
3:17 God Hand
4:31 Breakdown
5:30 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
6:36 Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
7:43 Absolver
8:37 Streets of Rage 4
9:31 Sifu
10:30 Bonus

[AgentPerez]

falcon are you okay you sound sleepy or tired

[TheGeekPunkGamer]

Sleeping Dogs is really a under-rated gem. The combat in it is so satisfying. Not to mention the environmental take-downs. Also, the combat is awesome in Yakuza series as well.

[Pyromaniac]

Absolver and Sifu being in here is no surprise, Sloclap are masters of hand-to-hand combat. Can’t wait to see what’s up next for them.

[CloutTrout]

So glad to see Absolver and Sifu on this list! The combat system that Sloclap uses on these titles are truly on of a kind! Absolver really shines bright to me in the case that you can basically create your own combat style through moves you learn throughout the game and really make your own fighting style. Its really a shame that the game stopped getting updates. This channel never seizes to impress me with its awareness in the gaming community! ❤

[mr.creamsoda]

This channel is so awesome. Thank you Falcon and Jake for these years of your contribution towards gaming community!

[Typhy]

Seeing God Hand and Shaolin Monks is such a throwback. They were so freaking good. PS2 was just the absolute best era for gaming.

[clroach]

Glad to see Sleeping Dogs still get coverage. Such a timeless classic. 💯

[Treebsquire]

The Bouncer on PS2 is extremely underrated. Yes, it's very short but the combat was so much fun.

[Fools_Requiem]

I'd like to point out that the combat in Sleeping Dogs is not inspired by the Batman Arkham games. The game is a spiritual successor to the True Crimes series, which had a similar combat system. Both games came out well before Arkham City did.

[jumpierwolf]

Surprised urban reign isn't on here. The fighting and grappling system is really good in that game.

[James-gjrn]

Man i miss Clover Studios so much and God Hand was such a banger (such an amazing studio while they lasted luckily Platinum is still a great studio and Clover live on through them (Speaking of SEGA studios, i really miss Toshiro Nagoshi being at the company, he was the man who made Yakuza what it is today, i'll forever thank him for bringing my favourite game series to life)

[salyer]

My man sounds like you need a vacation, but thank you for keeping the content up despite fatigue

[blackdoc]

Love how you guys always find a way to sneak in some jak and daxter gameplay here and there. That was my childhood

[Grivton]

Intro-0:00
#10(Sleeping dogs)-0:16
#9(Xenoclash)-1:13
#8(Overgrowth)-2:13
#7(Godhand)-3:17
#6(Breakdown)-4:32
#5(Mortal Kombat:Shaolin monks)-5:30
#4(Mirror’s edge:Catalyst)-6:36
#3(Absolved)-7:42
#2(Streets of rage 4)-8:37
#1(Sifu)-9:32
Bonus(Shenmu, Jet li:rise of honor, Chronicles of riddick, Yakuza)-10:29
Hope this helps👍

[jcslickt]

I was waiting for Sifu to appear on this list. Just beat it. It was great, once I learned all the mechanics.

[Nick-tlor]

Thanks for all your videos, you and Jake are one of the best parts of youtube ❤️

[netoisthebest]

God Shaolin Monks was so much fun back in the day. I remember grinding the game with my friends trying to unlock different characters and finding hidden items throughout the maps, didnt realize it was underrated tho

[VotingChipmunk]

I'm so glad to see Breakdown and Jet Li Rise to Honor (even if it is just an Honorable Mention) on this list. Both games were huge parts of my childhood, and I love to see them getting some love on a Gameranx video!

Also God Hand, even though it wasn't something I remember from my childhood, I'm always glad to see it on a list!

[DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

Chronicles Of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay is in my opinion the best first person perspective melee combat ever created in a game, the weight, the physics its just perfection, its also fun as hell.

[Venus_Raven]

Absolutey love absolver, and i know its only a weapon type but the fists/claws in nioh 2 have some strict timing to pull off certain combos but its so satisfying