FINISH HIM!

I don't know what it is about the recent fad to add finishing moves in action games recently, but I know I love it. Nothing says pwned liked chopping off the enemy's legs before you thrust your overly massive sword through his chest and then kicking his dead carcass off your blade.

Of course the best games that I've played so far that allow finishing moves in their combat system is: Darksiders and God of War 3, although I do remember Dragon Age to have included finishing moves every now and again when you find the darkspawn.

I just finished playing some Darksiders a bit a go, and at the end of the boss fight I used a finishing move that basically sliced off each of the boss' arms first, and then jammed the blade down his skull. How ridiculously manly can you get?

Oh of course, God of War 3 I think really went over the top with the finishing moves and amount of gore put into a game. Just from playing the demo you can tell GoW3 is going to be full of over the top violence, like the scene where Kratos rips off the head of Helios to use it as a flashlight.

I hope this fad keeps it up, it adds some more excitement to the hack and slash genre.