Chivalry 2

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5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 176 Ratings

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  1. Nocappacapcap
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    Lag, bots for stability issues, currency issues, no real crossplay only crossbattle, menu customization freezes. All issues known since beta.
  2. Szmittu
    Jul 24, 2021
    0
    No working parties in a multiplayer game in 2021. Laughable.
    Day 1 patch delayed two months, and it broke more that it fixed.
    How come it is acceptable to release a beta product, and call it a "full release" nowadays...
    Don't buy, refund if you did.
  3. ATER_CORVUS
    Jul 16, 2021
    4
    The game is barely working, it looks nice though, but lags and functions that doesn't work kills all the fun.
  4. lezajsk
    Jul 4, 2021
    3
    The core gameplay is great (though light on content), but the developers lied about the features and released the game in a broken, buggy state. You cannot play with your friends because the party system is broken. The devs knew it was broken in beta and still have not patched it a month after the games release. The player base is dwindling and servers are now full of bots. The bot AI isThe core gameplay is great (though light on content), but the developers lied about the features and released the game in a broken, buggy state. You cannot play with your friends because the party system is broken. The devs knew it was broken in beta and still have not patched it a month after the games release. The player base is dwindling and servers are now full of bots. The bot AI is also broken. This game is fundamentally broken and Torn Banner/Epic Games Store should issue refunds for everyone.… Expand
  5. dchrist2
    Jul 27, 2021
    4
    Great ideas, good base, but badly needs content. Not nearly enough content for a full release. But the biggest issue is the lack of support from torn banner. PC users are unable to group effectively or even play the game with their friends - more than 2 months have passed and this issue has not been addressed. Even simple issues such as player boundaries for objective stages are notGreat ideas, good base, but badly needs content. Not nearly enough content for a full release. But the biggest issue is the lack of support from torn banner. PC users are unable to group effectively or even play the game with their friends - more than 2 months have passed and this issue has not been addressed. Even simple issues such as player boundaries for objective stages are not fixed leading to players exploiting on certain maps constantly. The Devs worked so hard only to shoot themselves in the foot.… Expand
  6. RoOMko
    Aug 10, 2021
    2
    The game is great, but there are a lot of problems in it. The developers may not play it. There is no other explanation for such problems. They released patches, so what? The balance has been flawed. The saddest thing is that Canadian developers have been frustrating for years... Hope you fix the game.
  7. Elico
    Jul 24, 2021
    0
    Made an account on MC specifically to review this game. Quite frankly, don't buy this game due to several reasons:

    1.) Party invite system is broken. If you plan to play with friends, forget about it. 2 months on, devs finally released a much delayed patch that should have fixed the issue. However, the players found out that the party system is still broken and nothing had been done    Made an account on MC specifically to review this game. Quite frankly, don't buy this game due to several reasons:

    1.) Party invite system is broken. If you plan to play with friends, forget about it. 2 months on, devs finally released a much delayed patch that should have fixed the issue. However, the players found out that the party system is still broken and nothing had been done about it. Devs still have no ETA when this will be fixed.

    2.) Devs falsely advertised crossplay. Technically there is crossplay but no crossparties which defeats the purpose. Devs have continued to advertised their game as crossplay knowing full well that this is not the case. Devs say they will "possibly" add this in the future but no ETA again.

    3.) Very few maps. Normally the amount of maps don't bother me as much but with only 7 maps, 3 of which are small team deathmatch maps, 1 which is a broken map, and the remaining being good maps, it does not look good for this game. Coupled with not being able to play with friends makes the game become stale real fast.

    4.) No competitive mode. There is only team deathmatch, FFA, and team objective. In other words, not much variety in objectives or something to improve for.

    5.) Epic game exclusive for 1 year.

    6.) Terrible devs. The devs hotfixed a money issue on day 1 but refuses to hotfix the party issues in this game. They have constantly missed their deadlines as well as delivering patches that don't address the core problems of this game. Devs have gone more or less radio silent the past few days since the patch.    … Expand
  8. c0ntagi0us_
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    Do not get fleeced into to buying this game. It's not even close to release ready. It's a phase two beta with a price tag attached. So many missing qualitfy of life features / standard best practices for multiplayer games. At the current rate it might be a full release in 2/3 years, but at that point the server population is guarenteed to be 0. The old chiv 1 died after a year so I knew IDo not get fleeced into to buying this game. It's not even close to release ready. It's a phase two beta with a price tag attached. So many missing qualitfy of life features / standard best practices for multiplayer games. At the current rate it might be a full release in 2/3 years, but at that point the server population is guarenteed to be 0. The old chiv 1 died after a year so I knew I had to get in on this one while it was fresh, but it just isn't ready yet. Sad but true. Even if you love the combat you will get bored by the lack of content and then frustrated by the hopeless, lying developers.

    The good:
    >The combat mechanics are fun and smooth 10/10 (well they were before the post release patch and now hits occasionally phase through people and lag and its not as tight as it was at all 7/10)
    >The tutorial is really solid at explaining the combat mechanics / giving players practice

    The bad:
    >only 6 objective maps (quite boring and limited), one of them (coxwell) still has an exploit from the beta that allows the defenders to cheat and prevent the attackers from ever winning
    >only 3 ffa maps (again quite boring and limited)
    >party doesnt work properly on PC, and cross platform parties arent even supported
    >the 'objective maps' servers keep rotating to FFA/TDM maps (another unexplained, artibitary and stupid decision)
    >server population gets padded by useless bots (that just stand there half the time) despite apparently being fixed in the patch
    >the 'matchmaking' will occasionally send you to a server on the other side of the planet (despite active servers in your region) and you have to requeue
    >the matchmaking has no MMR or ELO, so why does it take 60 seconds for an algorithm to find me a server?
    >server browser doesn't even show the matchmaking servers
    >console version doesn't even have server browser
    >you can't see what server your friends are already playing on / try to join them
    >every other spawn you get stuck in a 'forced run' for 5 and can't turn or anything (another sick bug introduced in the post release patch)
    >no competitive game mode
    >no duel game mode
    >no mute feature so get ready to enjoy endless unfiltered racism and abuse in the all chat
    >vote kick doesn't work so get ready for your server to be full of 200+ ping players lagging out combat
    >the 'cosmetics' menu is broken frequently shows 'fake unlock notifications' and occasionally shows incorrect models for unlocks / player classes
    >there is no way ingame to see what level the next cosmetic unlock is, you have to quit server and check cosmetics menu
    >the devs just delete feedback and bug reports silently from the discord and give users no response or acknowledgement    … Expand
  9. HexATX
    Sep 15, 2021
    0
    This game had potential to be great. It's not worth where it's at now. It has "cross-play" but no "cross-parties". It is advertised falsely and the developers are slow and not doing a good job. The game is in a really bad state and the servers are not good.

    Core gameplay though is really fun, I would wait for it to go on sale or get to the Steam store next year.
  10. GageWillReign
    May 1, 2023
    1
    I have like 50 hours into this game with all classes and it's been an absolute nightmare of a game for every reason other than how cool the maps and weapons are. Extremely disappointing as all games are becoming nowadays.
  11. Mediocrates123
    Jul 31, 2021
    0
    Great game but awful and frustrating party system. It's been two months and still can't join with friends. Any publisher that releases garbage like this needs to offer refunds.
  12. Leplivo19
    Mar 25, 2023
    0
    Lazy developers that don't care about the game nor about the community, the most toxic community ever, balance doesn't exist so if you are a new player this game doesn't want you to progress, no full crossplay, no anti-cheat, lots of bugs, very bad hit boxes, hits not registering most of the time. Don't buy this game, if you did then refund. Not worth your time.
  13. hzpnotoad
    Aug 15, 2021
    0
    Core gameplay is fantastic, but the developers destroyed it. Almost 3 months after release and the game is still unplayble. It is, in fact, worse than in the release. I would list the bugs and missing features, but I might as well write a novel. I'll just say it a is a melee team game where the melee is broken and you can't make a team. I don't think there is saving this one. Servers areCore gameplay is fantastic, but the developers destroyed it. Almost 3 months after release and the game is still unplayble. It is, in fact, worse than in the release. I would list the bugs and missing features, but I might as well write a novel. I'll just say it a is a melee team game where the melee is broken and you can't make a team. I don't think there is saving this one. Servers are already empty, as most people just moved on.… Expand
  14. smorg
    Aug 20, 2021
    0
    When this game was released, I thought it was the nuts, then it slowly settled in and I thought, This game is broken, as more patches have been released it has only got worse. We had 3 months of no vote kicks so there was constant team kill farming then it was followed by an update that broke the server browser. Now the vote kicks are fixed, the player-base now uses it so they can haveWhen this game was released, I thought it was the nuts, then it slowly settled in and I thought, This game is broken, as more patches have been released it has only got worse. We had 3 months of no vote kicks so there was constant team kill farming then it was followed by an update that broke the server browser. Now the vote kicks are fixed, the player-base now uses it so they can have private servers with their friends. Users are now abandoning this game and it will not be long until this will be abandon-ware. Go buy Mordhau instead.… Expand
  15. Pyter
    Jun 19, 2022
    0
    I really enjoyed this game...but. Since they added horses which are alone badly programmed, glitchy and hard to control. they dont run fast, doenst act like real ones. So since they added them theres more glitches like hitting through block if you got bad enemy got bad ping, duke/heir no respawn glitches and random problem with respawn (no count) so for now like 2022 i wouldnt recommendI really enjoyed this game...but. Since they added horses which are alone badly programmed, glitchy and hard to control. they dont run fast, doenst act like real ones. So since they added them theres more glitches like hitting through block if you got bad enemy got bad ping, duke/heir no respawn glitches and random problem with respawn (no count) so for now like 2022 i wouldnt recommend this crap anymore… Expand
  16. R999
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    first impressions are fun and good, but the further u play the more it pisses you off. and really game is sometimes fun but:

    some mechanics are awfully stupid, example - guy can parry a strong swing of giant two handed sword with a knife (even holding it in one hand) and take 0 damage. and he can even do it 2 or 3 times in a row. weapons reach is just a mess. at some maps players    first impressions are fun and good, but the further u play the more it pisses you off. and really game is sometimes fun but:

    some mechanics are awfully stupid, example - guy can parry a strong swing of giant two handed sword with a knife (even holding it in one hand) and take 0 damage. and he can even do it 2 or 3 times in a row.
    weapons reach is just a mess.
    at some maps players spawning behind each others back time after time.
    textures are bad, you stuck all the time. in stairs, in roofs, in stones, cant jump on a 20 centimeters at the river.
    parry frames are stupid, it feels like they just covers the character fully. doesnt matter if i target foots or head guy with active parry is invincible. sometimes i even got blocked when hitting from behind...
    i also took i point from the score for the new map, its pure trash, the worst map in rotation

    so all those factors really negates all the enjoyment and longevity. im playing for about 25 hours now and im not sure a will for much longer. still i give this guys my money for the game and i hope that in future they will make next part better    … Expand
  17. eri41205
    Mar 23, 2022
    4
    Game is fun when it's working, however there are flaws even after launch for a long time on EGS. No rebinds for controller, team switching and stacking, while maps with low player counts is still not balanced. I believe I'm playing an early access game before it eventually launch on steam.
  18. Cmdown
    May 3, 2023
    0
    I've wanted this game for so long but didn't want to pay the price they're askin for what is essentially a beta. It's just hit ps plus and thought I'd finally give it a whirl and boy am I glad I saved myself some money. Don't get me wrong there's potential fun to be had with this game but the hit boxes are atrocious, the gameplay is simple (literally run forward try smack someone getI've wanted this game for so long but didn't want to pay the price they're askin for what is essentially a beta. It's just hit ps plus and thought I'd finally give it a whirl and boy am I glad I saved myself some money. Don't get me wrong there's potential fun to be had with this game but the hit boxes are atrocious, the gameplay is simple (literally run forward try smack someone get ganked rinse and repeat) I wouldn't mind as much if I could actually invite my friends that are playing it so we could squad it out but nope I can't invite anyone at all so yeah I'm deleting this rubbish. What a let down… Expand
  19. seacrab
    Jun 13, 2021
    0
    This game had potential, but as previous torn banner games/dlc's the admins/official mods are generally douchebag kids.. (no that's not an exaggeration.) it has **** netcode, and feels way too unfinished than it should be, at the release stage.
    Unfortunately it gets very triviel, and stale quite fast. Team Objective isnt even fun what so ever. Duel servers are a thing, but boring and    This game had potential, but as previous torn banner games/dlc's the admins/official mods are generally douchebag kids.. (no that's not an exaggeration.) it has **** netcode, and feels way too unfinished than it should be, at the release stage.
    Unfortunately it gets very triviel, and stale quite fast. Team Objective isnt even fun what so ever. Duel servers are a thing, but boring and repetive, their votekick system doesnt work at all.. most people can't even make a votekick. (the option is grayes out). Worst of it all is: you risk a Anti cheat ban coming out of the blue.. (even without cheats, or any suspecious programs running in the background.) Good luck contacting an admin if it happens .. As there are no way of contacting them unless you use discord, and give up personal information. They check your IP adress too.
    have fun supporting Torn banner guys, i'm definately not going to anymore.    … Expand
  20. Dovahnoob
    Jun 19, 2021
    0
    It's okay but it seriously needs some work on the interface. The customisation menu is terrible and doesn't show any of the subclasses. It's impossible to know just from this menu what weapons you can even use. Don't think I can be bothered playing this game anymore unless it gets fixed.
  21. Jackalope420
    Jul 6, 2021
    4
    Given this game well over a month annnndddddd still no patch. Still can't join parties reliably, still no cross platform parties, same garbage hitboxes and broken animations that have been around since the public beta, hell they haven't even released a player page yet to check your stats. Don't get me wrong I have had a ton of fun with this game both during the general release and theGiven this game well over a month annnndddddd still no patch. Still can't join parties reliably, still no cross platform parties, same garbage hitboxes and broken animations that have been around since the public beta, hell they haven't even released a player page yet to check your stats. Don't get me wrong I have had a ton of fun with this game both during the general release and the public beta. However, my honeymoon period is now over with this game and its myriad of mechanical issues is becoming more and more apparent. All this coupled with the fact that the game just doesn't have that much content ( 8 maps for a 40 dollar multiplayer only game? Really guys??) Has just lead to this game falling off pretty quickly for me, and I can already tell much of the community is feeling the same. I think this game has a lot of potential and I'm super happy there's a melee slasher that's more casual then Mordhau allowing for more casual players to enjoy the genre. Content wise though the game honestly reminds me of a early access title and I think it just needs quite a bit of polishing. I know no devs will read this but if for some reason one does I'd offer this extremely unsolicited advice. Focus on smaller patches and drop them more frequently, people know not everything is going to get fixed at once. It'd just be nice to thing some things getting done. Hopefully after a few patches I can safely recommend this game; unlike some of the other negative reivews on here I don't think the games **** I just don't think it was ready for a full release and its taking wayyy to long to start giving it the polish it deserves.… Expand
  22. Brothersonny
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Good combat, fun when it works properly, but this game have so many connecting problems and bugs that it's really ridiculous, no new content, ''day one'' update come 2 months late.. and we still have too little content to make this game playable after 50 hours, or even 30 hours..
  23. ddiabelekk
    Jun 13, 2021
    2
    A game that looks promising. If you want to play it solo - GO AHEAD. If you want to play it with your friend. Be ready that 'invite' feature doesn't work properly. Yep, multiplayer game focused on playing with others have the most important feature not working.
  24. RDonnell
    Jul 10, 2021
    0
    I have never had a game crash on startup and need a exe from microsoft! Also very buggy. And worst this title is not motion sickness friendly! You can NOT disable post processing, disable blood or on screen blood and mud splatter. You can not even disable post processing antialiasing. FXAA or MLAA are also forced on. The game is also buggy and does not support Nvidia DSR and changes myI have never had a game crash on startup and need a exe from microsoft! Also very buggy. And worst this title is not motion sickness friendly! You can NOT disable post processing, disable blood or on screen blood and mud splatter. You can not even disable post processing antialiasing. FXAA or MLAA are also forced on. The game is also buggy and does not support Nvidia DSR and changes my resolution on the fly. This game is NOT finnished or acceptable. Indeed missing features such as toggling the below:

    Anisotropic filtering toggle missing
    Blood off toggle missing
    No raw mouse input opion
    No dlss raytracing or hbao+ support
    No Nvidia reflex support
    No Multisampling antiasliasing No render scale toggle    … Expand
  25. Seductivelover
    Aug 15, 2021
    0
    + Fighting is easy to get into, compared to Mordhau
    + Alot of different weapons to pick from
    + Good customization - Progress dies after 2 hours - Only 2 weapons are any good, and everyone uses them - Fighting is broken, weapon rech and block seems to be buggy as hell - Archers are broken - Part intivtes work 1% of the time ´ Matchmaking works 1% of the time Overall, it was    + Fighting is easy to get into, compared to Mordhau
    + Alot of different weapons to pick from
    + Good customization

    - Progress dies after 2 hours
    - Only 2 weapons are any good, and everyone uses them
    - Fighting is broken, weapon rech and block seems to be buggy as hell
    - Archers are broken
    - Part intivtes work 1% of the time
    ´ Matchmaking works 1% of the time

    Overall, it was pretty fun even after 2 hours during 1.0. Now that 2.0 is out, the game just went to complete and utter crap. They honestly have it in their roadmap to fix the buggy part system in Q4 of 2021, with new weapons and maps comming first.

    Biggest of all, its on the epic games store and not steam.    … Expand
  26. jptspencer
    Jun 12, 2021
    0
    Epic Games instead of Steam was a mistake.

    Too many bugs, can't join up with friends, timing is off, collision models for small weapons is way off.

    Fix your game, or for now till then, at least let me play with my friends ffs.
  27. TwiTu
    Jun 15, 2021
    2
    I played this game in the alpha and beta tests. I fell in love with it instantly. It felt very good for alpha and beta versions. I had high hopes the existing issues would be fixed, since, duh, it was alpha and beta tests.

    But no. That didnt happen. - The netcode is still horrible. No matter if 64p or 40p servers. No matter if matchmaking servers and server browser servers (why make    I played this game in the alpha and beta tests. I fell in love with it instantly. It felt very good for alpha and beta versions. I had high hopes the existing issues would be fixed, since, duh, it was alpha and beta tests.

    But no. That didnt happen.

    - The netcode is still horrible. No matter if 64p or 40p servers. No matter if matchmaking servers and server browser servers (why make a difference anyway?). Often times you hit someone but it wont register. Often times you hit someones back, but they block that attack (!). Often times you see someone frontally swing at you (without dragging) and before that swing even hits you/completes the animation, you take damage. Arrows/bolts often fly through your target without doing damage (the flightpath is shown). Servers seem to degrade over time and restart unannounced, making you lose all progress you made during the game.

    - The spawn timer and game duration timer are way off. Sometimes you have 10 seconds left on the respawn timer, but you suddenly respawn and the other way around. Sometimes the game ends 30 seconds before the timer runs out and makes you lose/win very closely/unfairly.

    - The balance of most of the TO maps is very bad. That has become even more obvious after the players skills have increased since release. There are even exploits that have been there since the alpha an beta that havent been fixed.

    - Custom keymapping has many bugs and wont work properly in some cases. Also some keys do 2 things, even though they shouldnt and it poses a problem in combat, like jump and dodge on the same key.

    - Sometimes when the game starts, many players will be invisible for 30+ seconds and only load in very slowly and they will suddenly pop up being visible. So you will often hit their ghosts (teammates and enemies) or get killed by invisible players and will have no idea whats going on. Probably another issue with the horrible netcode. This also rarely happens in the middle of the game (newly joined players?)

    - The better the player skill gets, the more of a problem archers become. You already have to worry more about them than the guy in front of you swinging his axe at you. A lot have become very audacious because of that already, by going very close to the front line without having to fear anything, while picking up people one by one, with every single arrow/bolt hitting. Imagine what happens in a few weeks, when headshots become more common. There needs to be a hard counter to them. Maybe a new class, like a rogue. Or add servers that exclude them.

    - Customization is still very bugged. If you wear a helmet and it gets knocked off, your chosen hairstyle and beard wont display. You also cant choose some hair colors.

    - The existing servers are not what was hoped. There should be TO servers only, but there are only mixed servers for people who want to play only TO.

    - Bots need to be removed. They do nothing to improve the game. They mess up your combat, because they can ignore your riposte and counters and hit and turn very fast. They often get stuck, while the other teams bots wont and thus create a huge balance issue.
    Plus on matchmaking servers, for whatever reason, there will always be 6 bots on each side, even if there are already 40 or 64 human players on the server.

    - There are too many metas already. Axes and one-hand weapon loadouts are simply too strong, for example, and thus a lot of experienced people use them only. The footman is so weak that almost nobody uses him anymore. He was actually better in earlier versions.

    - There is no 5.1/surround sound support!!! Also there are many random battle sounds around you that make you think theres fights happening to your sides, but there isnt anything!

    Ans many other issues and weird choices, that can be very nerve wracking and unfair. Most of them very obvious and Im sure very easy to fix. But to me it seems the devs have never played their own game because they are that obvious. But they also didnt listen to the alpha and beta testers, because all those mentioned issues here have been reported multiple times and were ignored. In fact they really never asked for real bug reports. Only made some polls. And then they promised that bugs would be fixed with the final version, yet they werent or were made worse.

    Instead they now add a useless stats feature, that shows your K/D, which doesnt tell anything in this game, unless youre a 1 vs 1 duel player only.

    I am still waiting for the first patch and what it fixes to see where they are heading. But its taking too long already.
    Im not even surprised anymore that its an EGS exclusive, because you cant write reviews there and on Steam it would have needed to be declared an Early Access version, since a lot of promised content and features are still missing.
    They promise a lot in general, but so far nothing of that has been fulfilled.    … Expand
  28. base_d
    Jun 11, 2021
    4
    This game has potential but just hasn't met it yet. Do I think it will...no. This game has some fun moments but it gets very old and stale fast. It has net code issues, matchmaking issues and I am seeing bots in lobbies which tells me its dying already.

    The game just is boring after about 5 hours. You did everything and with netcode/hit detection issues, good luck playing against Juan    This game has potential but just hasn't met it yet. Do I think it will...no. This game has some fun moments but it gets very old and stale fast. It has net code issues, matchmaking issues and I am seeing bots in lobbies which tells me its dying already.

    The game just is boring after about 5 hours. You did everything and with netcode/hit detection issues, good luck playing against Juan and trying to time hits. Just not a great game. I wouldnt even buy it on sale because its likely you will be playing against Bots not real people by that time.

    This is a $20 game.    … Expand
  29. Seegs
    Jul 13, 2021
    0
    Buggy/no crossparty/racist and homophobic player base/aim bots and cheats a plenty make this game a hard pass.
  30. Sonic5202
    Jul 4, 2021
    0
    Horrible 0/10
    Cant play pc with your ps4 friends
    cant play pc with your ps5 friends
    very easy to hack
    no tournaments
    no ranking
    no nothing only hit with your sword, boring and close game

    HORRIBLE
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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Inverse
    Sep 13, 2021
    90
    Somehow, this irreverent hilarity and overwhelming brutality is a match made in heaven. Medieval warfare is terrifying, but it’s also inherently absurd. Bring us more of it.
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  2. Gamepressure
    Sep 11, 2021
    80
    As is, Chivalry 2 features an immersive Team Objective mode that highlights all the best parts of this online multiplayer. The other two modes are okay in moderation and require you to do more button mashing than the precise motions you thought the game wanted you to perform all along. If you can get past some of its blander parts and focus on the joys of mastering swordplay, Chivalry 2 can be a lot of fun despite its weak spots.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2021
    81
    Chaotic melees give little opportunity to use more sophisticated fencing mechanics, but there’s no denying that there’s a lot of pure visceral fun to be had here. [Issue#254, p.58]
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