While a gritty game, humor is indirectly infused into the combat as players yell when they collide in battle, gargle when their throat is slit, or bow to a lone enemy to end them with an honorable duel. Battlecries shift between sounding like they are from Braveheart to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. While there is no story mode to speak of, other than knowing that the factions hate each other, the character voices you will be hearing during battle are eerily performed to perfection. The aesthetic of Chivalry is faithful to what you would come to expect in a proper medieval game. After looking around and playing on several of the maps, I felt like I was back in time playing the MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot, especially in the team objective mode where you use siege weapons to storm your adversaries’ castle. Blocking your enemy’s weapon while it is in the crosshair of your camera will make you most likely succeed in not getting a scratch. You will be using visual cues to set-up your attacks, blocks, counter attacks, and other strategies. Frivolous looking around or pressing the wrong button will likely get you dismembered. With no invincibility frames on start up, instant kills after lining up a scope, 2D fireball pressure to make your opponent have to make unrealistic jump flips to get in close, or wake up games to play–this is a tough game rooted in the realistic. While this may sound underwhelming to the typical game player, the execution of this game is what earns its distinction of being both one of the best arena-based action games as well as one of the best medieval time period based games I have ever played. The action is straightforward and easy to understand, yet there is infinite space to develop masterful strategies. There are a lot of meta skills you can develop like ducking under weapon swings, turning while attacking to lengthen your swing, breaking tempo to catch an opponent off guard, or targeting certain body parts. You manage a stamina bar while you run, block, parry, jump and duck. There are unique attacks based on the weapon you are using. You have three basic strikes and alternate swings which can create combinations. You do have a bunch of load outs that you can develop over four character classes and you can set a unique appearance for your character. ![]() There are no horses to ride, magic spells to cast, potions to heal you (outside of Horde mode anyway), or mystical races you can choose to play as. This is brilliantly realistic fighting with classical medieval weapons. Once you get a few rounds of game play under your belt, you will realize that Chivalry is strictly more than what you come to expect from a game in this genre. Recently released on the PS4 and XBox One after a run leading back to a 2012 PC launch after a successful Kickstarter campaign, Chivalry will quench your secret LARPer thirst for virtual blood on the battlefield.Ĭhivalry: Medieval Warfare looks and sounds similar to action adventure games you’ve played before. ![]() From Wizards, Warriors, & You to Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare incorporates everything we love about fighting and fantasy into a great game overflowing with modes that deliver.
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