Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor -- Martyr

Given that the core of any action/adventure game is its combat, it's a real problem that the combat here is so flawed. In Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor -- Martyr, it's the far future, and humankind's empire has spread through the galaxy. But it's also suffering, which is why you, as a member of the Emperor's elite fighting force, have to go around and kill all of his (or should that be the Empire's) enemies. Played from a top-down perspective, this Diablo-esque action game has you doing a bit of exploring, a bit of investigating, and a whole lot of fighting, which you do as a Crusader (i.e., a warrior) an assassin (i.e., someone sneaky), or a Psyker (i.e., the magician class).

The problem, though, isn't with the exploration or the story, or even with what kind of character you play this as, but how your weapons work. Like many adventure games, you get special attacks that need to recharge. That's a standard feature in gaming so that you're not just destroying everything without a challenge. But where this becomes an issue is that your main attack, regardless of whether you're using a melee weapon or a ranged one, needs to recharge as well. It might only be a split-second, which isn't long. But it's still long enough that it makes fighting tedious. It also doesn't help that even when using a sword or magic, your enemies mainly fire projectiles at you and can get in a bunch of good shots before you're close enough to cast a spell or smash them. Since the entire game is built around this flawed form of combat, it means that Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor -- Martyr is hardly a noble, or even worthy, quest.