Yeah those are the kinds of things I did, which is lame IMO. I mean with a game built for a controller there is only so much control you can get. Hit and run and hide tactics are not what a hulk-like super-hero should be doing!!!
I think the best melee-style game I've found where you can juke and jive in the pocket of danger and finesse your way to defeating a much tougher or more numerous opponent is Sean's favorite game, which is a heavily modded Oblivion. I have it set so a few hits can kill me, and I can kill everything in a few hits. With the amount of control in the game and the non-homing projectiles (I really enjoyed watching the last boss of prototype throw concrete blocks that homed in on you...) you can pull off some matrix-level moves and defeat your opponents)... but I digress.