Grappling

Activities theme

Player can take a firm hold of opponents to either to throw, incapacitate or somehow physically use them or proceed with more straightforward pounding.

games

platforms

Space Station 13

WIN 2003-02-16

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

WIN 2005-03-29

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

WIN 2016-01-15

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

X360 2008-10

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

WII 2009-06-09

Pandora's Tower

WII 2011-05-26

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

X360 2008-09-17

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

WII 2008-10-21

Bionic Commando

WIN 2009-07-28

Bully: Scholarship Edition

WIN 2008-10-21

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

PS3 2013-04-26

Batman: Arkham Asylum

WIN 2009-09-15

Usually requires the player to immediately follow with some action like throw or some form of attack lest the person they're grappling counters the move, though in some cases player can wait for as long as they want before doing anything about it.

In some cases player must drag the person about so they can perform some action in stead of them or possibly to use them as a living meat shield (however inhumane that is).

Related:
* Knockback
* Meat shield

Or did you want gappling hook?