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Chivalry 2 2021
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June 21, 2021
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Has very quickly become my go-to "I have fifteen minutes, lets gaming" game. The matches are just the right length for a pick-up-and-play session and the combat has just the right level of depth to reward smart-not-hard play.
The initial tutorial feels incredibly intimidating, but it's pleasantly surprising how quickly the combat triangle begins to make sense; it's a very intuitive and execution-light version of the fighting game attack-throw-overhead wheel, with a bit of Counter-Strike knife duelling thrown in for good measure. The beauty of the system is that while it rewards solid execution and micro-tactical decision-making, the game is still more than happy to reward you for stepping outside the tryhard metagame to hurl a broom from 100 yards away or drop a barrel down a bottlenecking staircase like you're a fucking Ye Olde Donkey Kong. When I stood on top of a trebuchet hoping to physics-glitch my way to the front battlements, I was overjoyed to realise the game had fully expected players to do that and played a unique voice line and animation. Just pure dumb multiplayer joy from start to finish.
Not only is the game really fun to control, it's also really fun to just experience and take part in. The developers have fully embraced the stupidity of their quasi-medieval setting and crammed this thing full of himbo heraldry and ironic-macho chit-chat about the indignity of war and middle age(s) life, which ends up giving the whole thing an almost Terry Pratchett vibe. It's hard to get mad about being decapitated when it prompts your opposing number to do a thuggish Eng-er-land football chant about pissing down your neck. And even when you lag at the bottom of the leaderboard, chances are you'll get to see five guys 300mph ragdoll away from a catapult boulder or watch someone's head whizz off like a golf ball when it's struck by a warhammer. Bladdy 'ell my liege/guvna!! More of this "OTT Euro 2020 fanzone gone wrong" vibe, please. Long may it continue. Chivalry is not dead.
(FULL DISCLOSURE: At the end of a quick play match I got a connection error but my XP bar continued to fill for 25(!) ranks, presumably because the XP filling is somehow tied to an animation or the match itself ending. This accidental XP/gold bribe may have influenced my perception of the game. )
The initial tutorial feels incredibly intimidating, but it's pleasantly surprising how quickly the combat triangle begins to make sense; it's a very intuitive and execution-light version of the fighting game attack-throw-overhead wheel, with a bit of Counter-Strike knife duelling thrown in for good measure. The beauty of the system is that while it rewards solid execution and micro-tactical decision-making, the game is still more than happy to reward you for stepping outside the tryhard metagame to hurl a broom from 100 yards away or drop a barrel down a bottlenecking staircase like you're a fucking Ye Olde Donkey Kong. When I stood on top of a trebuchet hoping to physics-glitch my way to the front battlements, I was overjoyed to realise the game had fully expected players to do that and played a unique voice line and animation. Just pure dumb multiplayer joy from start to finish.
Not only is the game really fun to control, it's also really fun to just experience and take part in. The developers have fully embraced the stupidity of their quasi-medieval setting and crammed this thing full of himbo heraldry and ironic-macho chit-chat about the indignity of war and middle age(s) life, which ends up giving the whole thing an almost Terry Pratchett vibe. It's hard to get mad about being decapitated when it prompts your opposing number to do a thuggish Eng-er-land football chant about pissing down your neck. And even when you lag at the bottom of the leaderboard, chances are you'll get to see five guys 300mph ragdoll away from a catapult boulder or watch someone's head whizz off like a golf ball when it's struck by a warhammer. Bladdy 'ell my liege/guvna!! More of this "OTT Euro 2020 fanzone gone wrong" vibe, please. Long may it continue. Chivalry is not dead.
(FULL DISCLOSURE: At the end of a quick play match I got a connection error but my XP bar continued to fill for 25(!) ranks, presumably because the XP filling is somehow tied to an animation or the match itself ending. This accidental XP/gold bribe may have influenced my perception of the game. )