Players have the ability to control their attacks and blocks in realtime with the mouse for the most precise and dynamic melee combat ever experienced in a multiplayer game.
Torquay's 10 men poured forward and Stevens went close with a cross-shot before the game took another twist when Howell also saw red following a melee.
When I expressed doubts earlier about first-person melee combat, several people reminded me of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, a game that actually pulls off pretty engaging combat in first person.
The game was littered with heavy tackles and tempers boiled over in injury time with a melee involving many players which ended without even a booking.