Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 972 Ratings

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  1. Jacksonclan
    Oct 17, 2012
    7
    As someone who stressed over whether to buy Chivalry or WOTR but ended up getting both, here is my review. Melee combat is great, there is a sense of satisfaction that comes with winning a fight, even when you lose you feel like you truly lost against that opponent (unless you've just been ganked which isn't fun), WOTR does however lack this sense of victory and loss when it comes to meleeAs someone who stressed over whether to buy Chivalry or WOTR but ended up getting both, here is my review. Melee combat is great, there is a sense of satisfaction that comes with winning a fight, even when you lose you feel like you truly lost against that opponent (unless you've just been ganked which isn't fun), WOTR does however lack this sense of victory and loss when it comes to melee combat. As a game it does lack the polish that I found in WOTR which is a very well rounded game but I hope that future content will rectify this. My only concern is that its price tag is disproportionate to what the game itself offers but as most (if not all) future content is meant to be available for free this should not be an issue. While is do love the melee combat system, at the moment that's pretty much all I like; a part of me wishes if only WOTR had chivalry's combat system, what a game that would be.. Chivalry does however have the makings of a great game, I'm looking forward to new content that they will release… Expand
  2. Muuvinki
    Feb 23, 2013
    7
    Simply put this is a Call of Duty Medieval Warfare, containing total 4 different character classes and lots of brutal deathblows. Many of the weapons in the game are either axes or swords and you unlock more as you play the game. Probably the main problem in this game is the new players difficulty, its really hard to go up against players who have experienced more than you (Especially inSimply put this is a Call of Duty Medieval Warfare, containing total 4 different character classes and lots of brutal deathblows. Many of the weapons in the game are either axes or swords and you unlock more as you play the game. Probably the main problem in this game is the new players difficulty, its really hard to go up against players who have experienced more than you (Especially in Free-for-All and Duel). At some times you find yourself thinking that some of the game weapons are overpowered and unbalanced but that is not true at all. Every weapon has it own weaknesses and pro's. Too many people spend time spamming chat with useless complaints and insults towards other players.

    If you are not ready to spend quite some time training how this game works you might reconsider spending your money into this game.    … Expand
  3. Snadiwchhhh
    Jul 23, 2013
    7
    The game is good, but it has so many problems. Bugs everywhere, really there is invisible walls almost on every step. Bad optimization, my computer is able to have starcraft 2 and skyrim on ultra graphics, but this game finds way to lag even and medium resolution. But i could forgive al that, but there is one huge balance issue. Vanguards, the problem is that this class is: theThe game is good, but it has so many problems. Bugs everywhere, really there is invisible walls almost on every step. Bad optimization, my computer is able to have starcraft 2 and skyrim on ultra graphics, but this game finds way to lag even and medium resolution. But i could forgive al that, but there is one huge balance issue. Vanguards, the problem is that this class is: the fastest,highest damage, have biggest weapon range, stun, 2nd highest armor, and all what you need is to stab... When marines are dying from one hit, archers are able to survive only behind teammates or camping in spawn, and knights and the most balanced (strong, but slow).Winning vanguard is very hard, what makes an amaizing expierience, a worst nighmare. But the gore and "meat" gives this game a big But all those screams and heads flying cant keep you in that world for more than 3-14 days. With friends its amaizing game, i really hope, that maybe in 2nd chivalry we will have fix in balance lags, bugs, optimization and this will make the game being an awesome experience.… Expand
  4. ReverendHH
    Nov 15, 2012
    7
    + Very meaty combat, Fun gameplay, gritty graphics suits the setting, Chopping heads is satisfying

    - Not enough content, lack of maps, lack of customizing, Awful server browser and matchmaking, My recommendation: Wait after the first big patch which hopefully gives some extra content and resolve the online issues.
  5. ShadowWarfare
    Nov 22, 2012
    7
    A fun "simulation" of medieval combat, with a deep sense of grounding and attempted realism. The games only downside being its "price". At around 20 euro or 25 dollars the game is priced at a primium rate when considering the amount of content which is up on offer. There's no single player campaign and the multiplayer content is also slightly lacking.

    For starters the weapon unlock    A fun "simulation" of medieval combat, with a deep sense of grounding and attempted realism. The games only downside being its "price". At around 20 euro or 25 dollars the game is priced at a primium rate when considering the amount of content which is up on offer. There's no single player campaign and the multiplayer content is also slightly lacking.

    For starters the weapon unlock content is basic and each class can fully unlock their primary weapon with in a few hours. There's no character customization, such as helmets or armour pieces. There's really very lettle going on in this game besides the actual gameplay..

    The gameplay, is definitely fun and challenging. Challenging because the combat is very clunky, the game does not really "play well" in terms of fighting game mechanics. There's no in depth fighting game system here and most of the challenge comes from just trying to land blow. The game is fun though because it is challenging and also very gory. When a blow does land the player is treated tia sensational spectacle of blood and gore which few games can mimic (especially in this day and age of games being targetted at mass markets). Heads explode, arms are removed and the death scenes are treated by sensationally funny sound effects.

    All in all I have to give it to this game, it's fun. I enjoy shooting an arrow into the face of an opponent and hearing a "thud" and then witnessing the poor fellow slump to the ground. It's just very unfortunate that the game lacks polish and content, almost to the point where it feels very much so like a "mod" instead of a stand alone product.    … Expand
  6. johny5w
    Dec 20, 2012
    7
    At first I thought this game was not that great, I wasn't a fan of the strange pov and it seemed like combat was random, but after playing it a bit I have come to appreciate it and it is actually a lot of fun.
  7. KonataGoTimotei
    Dec 15, 2012
    7
    I started off with this game only knowing what I had seen in videos, and in those said videos this game looked like a blast. The back-swing mechanic, the way your weapons actually have an arc to them, hit-boxes, etc. were all some of the major things I really looked forward to with this game.
    Within a week I purchased it, and within a week I could already tell that this was just going to    I started off with this game only knowing what I had seen in videos, and in those said videos this game looked like a blast. The back-swing mechanic, the way your weapons actually have an arc to them, hit-boxes, etc. were all some of the major things I really looked forward to with this game.
    Within a week I purchased it, and within a week I could already tell that this was just going to be another easily-exploited PvP game. You will find yourself annoyed or even infuriated by this games distinct lack of balance. I understand where the developers were coming from, trying to make a realistic PvP medieval game, and I can respect that. But the lack of balance in this game makes a good portion of your games boring as your constantly slaughtered by Vanguards and Archers. So unless you plan to play as the aforementioned classes, prepare to be murdered over and over again by the same dude with a pole-axe.
    All in all this game is a blast when your allowed to have fun, the design, game-play, and even humor in this game makes it amazing, and when your alive, you will probably be laughing the entire time. But that is only a fraction of the time due to its lack of balance and easy exploits.    … Expand
  8. lazyboygame
    Dec 28, 2012
    7
    this game is good in combat but the game must more fair about the map and less map in this game also fix about server count player. need more server in this game. should player avaiable to create server.
    better bot in single player. need campaigh for fun in single player. need more weapon shop or money
    to have more objective in game
    however i give this game 7 nice combat game!
  9. BioTox
    Jan 2, 2013
    7
    I want to give this game a higher score but it would need more content or better game modes. I love the combat even if I get a bit frustrated at my sword passing through someone without dealing damage because, when you chop the whole arm off, you will laughing like a mad (wo)man. The combat could be worse though. So, I do give the developer some credit. This game is worth buying and playing.
  10. ItaruKarin
    Jan 6, 2013
    7
    Overall, a good game for its price. The combat mechanics are nice, with a good use of shields and of the parry action. The graphics are pretty good, although the animation do seem a little slow from time to time (Especially when you absolutely HAVE to block that mother****ing battleaxe, but that your knight is too busy recovering from his previous strike to move...)

    On the really bad    Overall, a good game for its price. The combat mechanics are nice, with a good use of shields and of the parry action. The graphics are pretty good, although the animation do seem a little slow from time to time (Especially when you absolutely HAVE to block that mother****ing battleaxe, but that your knight is too busy recovering from his previous strike to move...)

    On the really bad side, there's the archery system, which is horrible, and can mostly be summed up by "Random spam of arrows for 10 minutes", most of the time. A lot of glitches on the hitboxes, especially when trying to parry a blow.

    But I think the biggest problem this game has, is the extremely high learning curve required. The game doesn't have a lot of content, and you'll certainly abandon it before being any good on the battlefield sadly.    … Expand
  11. kurageart
    Jan 25, 2013
    7
    I' m playing with unity , blender and udk myself, and from an indie developer perspective, I'm really impressed by this title: Visually stunning, great concept, great mechanics. What it lacks , for me, is about polishness. That you can feel from the tutorial : I stucked there for ages, before understanding that to start a training in the class session I had to press "i" instead of "e" , asI' m playing with unity , blender and udk myself, and from an indie developer perspective, I'm really impressed by this title: Visually stunning, great concept, great mechanics. What it lacks , for me, is about polishness. That you can feel from the tutorial : I stucked there for ages, before understanding that to start a training in the class session I had to press "i" instead of "e" , as displayed in the game tips messages. I'm also playing in italian, and some sentences are translated, while others not. I would have honestly not having the "italian" option, then (but steam setted automatically). About attacks etc, I feel everything is a bit buggy. To me, this could have been a really great title, if only coders had spend little more time on it, before actually selling the game. . My best compliments to the 3d artists and animators (animations, to me, looks great). I'm giving this opinion on the current version of the game, so I'm sure the title will improve.… Expand
  12. Dr_Radio
    Sep 23, 2013
    7
    This game is fun, really fun. If you're good at it... New players will litterally be crushed in multiplayer, and the combat can feel very unfair in many places. Blocked? NOPE! Dodged? NOPE! Sometimes, when you are sure that you get hit, you don't! And those times where you think you dodged, YOU DON'T! And archers... god those archers, they are seriously annoying. WHO LET AN ARCHER IN THEThis game is fun, really fun. If you're good at it... New players will litterally be crushed in multiplayer, and the combat can feel very unfair in many places. Blocked? NOPE! Dodged? NOPE! Sometimes, when you are sure that you get hit, you don't! And those times where you think you dodged, YOU DON'T! And archers... god those archers, they are seriously annoying. WHO LET AN ARCHER IN THE ARENA?! IT MAKES NO SENSE! My advice, get really good at the game, and it will definetly be a blast. When you get the hang of it, the combat is very challenging, but incredibly satisfying. If you're bad at it, well you better bring some tissues then… Expand
  13. maninthebushes
    Feb 21, 2013
    7
    When the servers work, this game can be a lot of fun. There is still a lot of balancing to be done. Also, with modes like free for all, the frustration levels can climb very quickly. What is nice though is the tutorial, which gives you a quick overview of the keys and general game mechanics. Tbe melee fighting is pretty fun, but as I have never really played another melee game, I don'tWhen the servers work, this game can be a lot of fun. There is still a lot of balancing to be done. Also, with modes like free for all, the frustration levels can climb very quickly. What is nice though is the tutorial, which gives you a quick overview of the keys and general game mechanics. Tbe melee fighting is pretty fun, but as I have never really played another melee game, I don't have anything to judge it again. Worth the money if you have a few friends playing it.… Expand
  14. stranglehold
    Jul 13, 2013
    7
    Its a good game, not great still needs some work. Amazing visuals for an indie game, but game-play is not smooth. I would say try the half life 2 mod first before you buy this (the mod is better) but if not, this is a good replacement if you are tired of shooting bullets.
  15. TimW001
    Dec 24, 2015
    7
    A game in which you take the combat system of Elder Scrolls and beat up other people with it. A very fun game. Muliplayer exclusive. The player is also able to customize your play style with multiple weapons and appearances, many different game types too.
  16. Old_Skewl_Gamer
    Sep 18, 2013
    7
    Get it on sale and it's worth it. Combat is kind of clunky and the controls aren't great but it is fun and has a lot of moves you can try to pull off. I prefer the archery/crossbows myself. It's entirely possible to one-shot people with well placed attacks.
  17. Estus
    Apr 21, 2013
    7
    At various points the game is epic and immersive displays with war cries, taunts and the presence of mutilations and beheadings, which makes the game even more exciting. However, the combat system is difficult and often confusing, it takes a lot of determination to get to grips with the attacks and defenses of each character class by the beginner player who starts the game at an extremeAt various points the game is epic and immersive displays with war cries, taunts and the presence of mutilations and beheadings, which makes the game even more exciting. However, the combat system is difficult and often confusing, it takes a lot of determination to get to grips with the attacks and defenses of each character class by the beginner player who starts the game at an extreme disadvantage compared to veterans.… Expand
  18. CaptainThom
    Jul 29, 2013
    7
    Initially i really wasn't that fond of this game however after playing it again recently i have come to the conclusion that i completely misjudged it. Once you get used to the combat system you can appreciate how well made this game is, for me it was the duel mode which changed my mind and team objective mode gives you a different experience than whats offered from similar games.Initially i really wasn't that fond of this game however after playing it again recently i have come to the conclusion that i completely misjudged it. Once you get used to the combat system you can appreciate how well made this game is, for me it was the duel mode which changed my mind and team objective mode gives you a different experience than whats offered from similar games.

    Unfortunately the achievements are completely bugged out and some just cant be unlocked even if you have done whats required to earn them. The only other drawback is the lack of maps which can make game play a little stale after going through the same map time after time. All of this could be fixed by a patch and a little DLC (hopefully free)

    The game gets a 7 but with some new maps and the achievements fixed its easily an 8.    … Expand
  19. PunisherLex
    Aug 17, 2013
    7
    The game is great! yes there are a few bugs and certain weapons seem to be overpowered but I feel that a few updates from now this game should be pitch perfect, what amazed me the most is how fluent and fast the combat is! One moment I'm on my feet the next moment I'm trying to find my head which is rolling on the floor due to the everyday man-at-arms halberd.
  20. FletwerdofRohan
    Dec 28, 2013
    7
    It has very fun game-play, some people complain about that there is only four classes, but the way you can set them up makes them quite different for each player and the game-modes are all very different. However you need to spend a long, long time fixing all the major bugs that come with this near unfinished game that the lazy programmers never bothered to fix. The graphics andIt has very fun game-play, some people complain about that there is only four classes, but the way you can set them up makes them quite different for each player and the game-modes are all very different. However you need to spend a long, long time fixing all the major bugs that come with this near unfinished game that the lazy programmers never bothered to fix. The graphics and customization options are also very good.
    Enjoy!    … Expand
  21. TaraDarveaux
    Jun 5, 2014
    7
    It's really fun, but very hard. It also doesn't seem like it, but it's very demanding, I had to turn all of my settings to low to play it, and even then it lagged or glitched pretty often, getting me killed. During a free weekend I recommend playing it as much as you can, because that's when all the newbies are playing, and it's not nearly as frustrating. This game isn't for everyone.
  22. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    7
    There are few decent options for either medieval combat or first-person melee games out there. Chivalry is far from perfect and could really use some updating instead of them just moving on to release another game, but as it is you could do a lot worse. Two teams, four classes and an impressive library of swords, axes, maces, spears, bows, crossbows and so on. Map design is pretty decent,There are few decent options for either medieval combat or first-person melee games out there. Chivalry is far from perfect and could really use some updating instead of them just moving on to release another game, but as it is you could do a lot worse. Two teams, four classes and an impressive library of swords, axes, maces, spears, bows, crossbows and so on. Map design is pretty decent, and the melee system itself is fairly complex: difficult to learn, but very rewarding if mastered. The voice work is pretty amusing: You will hear almost constant, comically long yelling from people as they charge into battle. Be sure to look for servers that cap the number of archers there can be on a team, or risk being buried in arrows by people too chicken to swordfight.… Expand
  23. SelimDemirci
    Apr 24, 2018
    7
    oyun zor,evet zor, lan baya zor
    *grafikleri güzel,eğlenceli,bir mod yapımına göre gayet zevk veriyor,
    *oynanış harika, hemen gaza geliyorsunuz hele ki bir kaç kol bacak kopardıysanız pc başında başlıyorsunuz naralar atmaya (bağırarak oynamak daha zevkli) *oyunda yazılı iletişim haricinde sesle iletişim de var isterseniz oyunun içerisindeki başırışlrı kapatıp kendi performansınızı    oyun zor,evet zor, lan baya zor
    *grafikleri güzel,eğlenceli,bir mod yapımına göre gayet zevk veriyor,
    *oynanış harika, hemen gaza geliyorsunuz hele ki bir kaç kol bacak kopardıysanız pc başında başlıyorsunuz naralar atmaya (bağırarak oynamak daha zevkli)
    *oyunda yazılı iletişim haricinde sesle iletişim de var isterseniz oyunun içerisindeki başırışlrı kapatıp kendi performansınızı katabiliyorsunuz tabi komşu sorununuz yok ise :)
    *arenalar çok kalabalık olabiliyor size bu serverda yüzlerce kişi var bu oyun değil savaş hissi yaşatabiliyor
    *öyle taktik falan yok arkadaş, git geber daha ne bekliyorsun :)
    *bazen düşman baskın gelirse ve sizi bir alana sıkıştırırsa geriliyorsunuz ben bunu yaşıyorum ve daha agresif oluyorum.
    *savaş ortamı olur da kol bacak yerinde durur mu? grafiksel olarak şahane olmasa da düşmana verilen zaiyat güzel hazırlanmış tüm eklemler kopabiliyor her yerden kan fışkırıyor hele kafa koparken bir de sesi geliyor harika bir duygu
    *iyice psikopata bağlamış lan bu diyeceksiniz ama oyunun amacı bu zaten. iyi stres attırıyor. güzelce eğleniyorsunuz ve pc'yi kapatıp hiç birşey olmamış az önce kimseyi boğazlamamış gibi normal hayatınıza devam ediyorsunuz :)
    *oyunu 5 saat kadar oynadım ama hiç sıkılmadım. onlarca kes yenildim bir kez yendim ama stres yapmadım. düşmana bağırarak koşman bile yetiyor.
    düşmanın seviyesi falan önemli değil amaç doğru zamanda hamlenizi yapmak. en kral oyuncuyu bile gövdesinden ayırabilirsiniz.

    ben oyunu enpara indirimleri zamanında 3 liraya evet sadece 3 lira gibi komik bir rakama aldım doya doya oynuyorum. indirim zamanı 6 lira gibi bir rakama düşüyor alıp zevkle oynayabilirsiniz.
    ilk başlarda dikkat edin düşman diye kendi adamlarınızı öldürürseniz bazı özel serverlardan atılabiliyorsunuz.
    ping süresine de dikkat edin oyunda ping baya önemli. nedensebu oyunun motoru ile yapılan oyunlarda ping süresinin önemi çok belirgin olabiliyor. (yanlış bilmiyorsam half life motoru ile yapıldı)
    oyunda herhangi bir servera girip oynayabilirsiniz nadiren de olsa türk arkadaşlar denk gelebiliyor ama konuşma yazışma pek önemsenmediği için ve yapılması gerek görevler çok belirgin olduğu için her hangi bir servera girip rahatça oynayabiliyorsunuz.    … Expand
  24. Nazar228
    Feb 26, 2018
    7
    The game is pleasing, but it gets tired quickly. There are also ping problems.
  25. ChosenUndead99
    Apr 29, 2018
    7
    Some servers are very unfriendly after leaving the low level servers. You can be bullied out of servers which could completely ruin your experience. Fun game, but play at your own risk.
  26. isocano
    Jun 26, 2021
    7
    Juego muy entretenido para jugar una partida de vez en cuando o una pequeña viciada con amigos.

    Destaca en lo más importante para este tipo de género, que es en el puro gameplay, el manejo de los personajes, el de las armas en todas sus variedades y el trabajo hecho en los escenarios es muy destacable en todos sus aspectos. Si este juego hubiese existido tal cual hace muchos años    Juego muy entretenido para jugar una partida de vez en cuando o una pequeña viciada con amigos.

    Destaca en lo más importante para este tipo de género, que es en el puro gameplay, el manejo de los personajes, el de las armas en todas sus variedades y el trabajo hecho en los escenarios es muy destacable en todos sus aspectos.

    Si este juego hubiese existido tal cual hace muchos años atrás sería de 10, sin embargo considero que a día de hoy un juego online tiene que ir mucho más allá del propio gameplay, y aquí es donde el título no aporta absolutamente nada.

    Solo tiene una tienda mediocre de skins y por destacar también un tutorial decente. Fin, ni sistemas de eventos, un sistema de amigos/grupos con muchos bugs y que empeora la experiencia... No hay rankings de ningún tipo.

    Echo de menos algún ranking o sistema que te genere ese deseo de mejorar y jugar más, no hay nada de esto.

    Si buscas un juego con el que pasar el rato, recomendadísimo. Si te encantan los counter strike pero te gustan las espadas, pues es un 10 obviamente. Si no, pues no te va a gustar el juego.

    Ah, y a destacar la no censura, muy buen sistema de sangre, desmembramientos etc...    … Expand
  27. xown
    Nov 30, 2012
    6
    In simple War of the Roses much more enjoyable. This game is like a quake - run, hit, block, run. No mind. No depth. No team play. When I down in WoR and someone heal me - I FEEL we are the team. Here we just run together. WaR has horse combat and really large area. Here we have stages, but you can use only one and fight is in one place. In WaR there can be several fights far each fromIn simple War of the Roses much more enjoyable. This game is like a quake - run, hit, block, run. No mind. No depth. No team play. When I down in WoR and someone heal me - I FEEL we are the team. Here we just run together. WaR has horse combat and really large area. Here we have stages, but you can use only one and fight is in one place. In WaR there can be several fights far each from other. WaR meely combat is really deeper, it is not just press one button. You should select direction, charge. It is much harder, but much more enjoyable in the end. Customization is awesome, in WoR of course. If we compare game feeling I don't see here nothing comparable.… Expand
  28. Elc1247
    Jul 25, 2013
    6
    As much as I want to like this game, the frustrating parts of it really kill the fun of the game.

    first off, the idea is solid, it just was half-implemented. melee combat is interesting and they did add a little bit of depth into it, but it is far from being a well done combat system at all. beware of MANY issues with the combat, the biggest being lag, they have not addressed lag    As much as I want to like this game, the frustrating parts of it really kill the fun of the game.

    first off, the idea is solid, it just was half-implemented. melee combat is interesting and they did add a little bit of depth into it, but it is far from being a well done combat system at all.

    beware of MANY issues with the combat, the biggest being lag, they have not addressed lag well enough, as a melee game is extremely intense and you MUST have split second control over your attacks. the lag in this game makes it VERY hard to properly land hits and block. not just that but many times, when you try to swing your weapon, it takes half a second for your character to actually start swinging, the input lag is variable, it can vary from no problem to holy crap, why is my guy acting so retarded? SWING THE DAMNED SWORD YOU STUPID IDIOT!

    I dont like how they implemented the level unlocks, it is completely UNnecessary, and it ruins the balance. there seem to be weapons that are just plain WAY better than the others, and you often see very high level players only using those.

    also, when it comes to parrying attacks, its a crapshot, sometimes the game lets you, other times it just decides to let the enemy's attack through, almost always ending up with you getting 1-shotted. not just that but the damage system seems a little out of whack, I remember getting 1-shotted many times while I had my TOWER shield up against the enemy, then they proceed to 1-shot me with a dagger... WHAT?!?

    This game is a buggy and laggy mess, I can see what they wanted to do with it, but the execution was sub-par, leaving many major issues that really kill the fun in the game.

    oh, one last thing, DONT TRY TO REBIND YOUR KEYS! it doesnt work... It will not rebind mouse buttons properly after the first setup, so if you choose something for your extra mouse buttons, its permanent, you cant change it.    … Expand
  29. pferguso
    Aug 3, 2013
    6
    Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a multiplayer first person shooter where you join one of two factions: the Knights of Agatha, or the Masons. Matches include last man standing, team deathmatch, or team objective. The graphics are decent, with plenty of options for users to adjust their detail settings for their individual systems. The biggest problem I have with this game is that certainChivalry: Medieval Warfare is a multiplayer first person shooter where you join one of two factions: the Knights of Agatha, or the Masons. Matches include last man standing, team deathmatch, or team objective. The graphics are decent, with plenty of options for users to adjust their detail settings for their individual systems. The biggest problem I have with this game is that certain levels are actually unplayable if you try to play them without any human players. That's really stupid, considering that the game has been out for over a year. To make matters worse, the combat mechanics are kind of crappy. On many occasions I found myself getting hit when I know damn well that I was blocking, even with shields. Basically there's a block, then you have three strike types: overhead, a swing, and a stab. I snatched this game up on Steam during one of the sales. It's fun if you are playing a match with a ton of people, but don't get your hopes up too high.… Expand
  30. kanefriessner
    Jan 26, 2013
    6
    This game is extremely bad. Very buggy fighting system, unbelievably bad AI. One of the worst AI systems of all time. With 32 players and above it's lagging well enough. Nearly nothing good in it! This game is still in early beta stage or late alpha stage. I can't believe that so many human thinks that it's a good game. God's Zoo have soo many inhabitants. If you don't want to waste yourThis game is extremely bad. Very buggy fighting system, unbelievably bad AI. One of the worst AI systems of all time. With 32 players and above it's lagging well enough. Nearly nothing good in it! This game is still in early beta stage or late alpha stage. I can't believe that so many human thinks that it's a good game. God's Zoo have soo many inhabitants. If you don't want to waste your money DO NOT BY THIS GAME!!! It's bad like hell.… Expand
  31. DrVarsims
    Jan 2, 2015
    6
    The gameplay is an 8, the biggest downside it the "pro players" that do crazy drags and "rainbows". The game can be frustrating at times, but when you get the hang of it it is quite fun. However, the technical bugs lower this game's value; expect alt-tabbing to always crash the game or even your computer, also expect video/control setting to reset most time the game updates. Still though,The gameplay is an 8, the biggest downside it the "pro players" that do crazy drags and "rainbows". The game can be frustrating at times, but when you get the hang of it it is quite fun. However, the technical bugs lower this game's value; expect alt-tabbing to always crash the game or even your computer, also expect video/control setting to reset most time the game updates. Still though, this game is great fun, especially with friends.… Expand
  32. dowhatnow
    Nov 12, 2012
    6
    The game is the same free mod Age of Chivalry except now it's on the UT3 engine. It has slightly better graphics, some added combat features, and more weapons. The game is VERY buggy as of writing this and the game is its beta stage - It's not a polished product. The combat is pretty decent but it feels slow and clunky compared to Age of Chivalry. Combat seems to favour attack spam moreThe game is the same free mod Age of Chivalry except now it's on the UT3 engine. It has slightly better graphics, some added combat features, and more weapons. The game is VERY buggy as of writing this and the game is its beta stage - It's not a polished product. The combat is pretty decent but it feels slow and clunky compared to Age of Chivalry. Combat seems to favour attack spam more than accurate controlled hits and blocking/dodging. A lot of times due to bugs/lag or just flawed game mechanics combat is inaccurately depicted on your screen - Things like players blocking with shield before it's equipped and shown in their hand or someone parry/blocking an attack an no parry/blocking animation is shown or player's hitting you without facing you - stuff like that. Anyway it's not a horrible game and for $25 bucks it's pretty decent. If the dev team fixes all the bugs and issues like they say then I would give it a 8/10.… Expand
  33. SoulLessbot
    Aug 23, 2013
    6
    Would be much higher if it wasn't for all the bugs, exploits, low quantity of maps, weapons. Still no mod tools. It is very fun and addicting for what it is but has too many bugs to get a higher score.
  34. toaddy07
    Jul 17, 2013
    6
    a frustrating rageing hard game were classes and weapons are over powered but get a bit fun when you learn to play more however its pretty original considering all people play usual are fps theses days
  35. aj587
    Jun 14, 2014
    6
    The game was really fun for me at first, however, all the issues with netcode and hit detection ruin it. I have 100mbps connection and always join low ping servers and every other person is glitching all over the place and hitting me through my shield/sword when I am clearly past his reach or blocking on my screen. When I die and people are hitting my body, my body is usually ~5 feet awayThe game was really fun for me at first, however, all the issues with netcode and hit detection ruin it. I have 100mbps connection and always join low ping servers and every other person is glitching all over the place and hitting me through my shield/sword when I am clearly past his reach or blocking on my screen. When I die and people are hitting my body, my body is usually ~5 feet away on his screen and blood is splattering from the empty floor/ground on my screen.The people who are "lagging" usually have low pings, so I know it's the engine at fault.

    Also, whenever you want to change your class... you have to do it every game and every time you switch classes in-game. It does not save your "loadout" selection.

    If it wasn't for the terrible hit detection and loadout not saving, this game would easily be a 8 out of 10. There are more issues with the game and Torn Banner apparently "breaks the game even further with every update".

    This game is not worth the $30 asking price. Wait for it to be $10 or less if you must buy it.    … Expand
  36. MasterSFX
    Nov 6, 2014
    6
    I'm not going to lie, overall this game is very fun. If you just want to relax (maybe you had a hard day at the office) and vent some stress, this is the game for you. Chop a few heads, arms, and legs off and you'll be feeling great in no time! Despite the game's entertainment value, it really lacks some key aspects. Most glaringly, I find that for casual gamers such as myself the gameI'm not going to lie, overall this game is very fun. If you just want to relax (maybe you had a hard day at the office) and vent some stress, this is the game for you. Chop a few heads, arms, and legs off and you'll be feeling great in no time! Despite the game's entertainment value, it really lacks some key aspects. Most glaringly, I find that for casual gamers such as myself the game begins to lose its charm after you exceed the levels of rookie servers. Then you get to enter the world of over competitive players. I'm not too bad of a player but it's impossible to tell what servers can give you balanced matches. Since there's not matchmaking, and highly skilled person can drop into a casual server and completely ruin the balance of the game. Other minor annoyances include team killers, various small glitches, slightly over powered weapons *cough cough maul* and so on. However, I can't deny the game has gotten the core aspects down. I haven't encountered a better hack-and-slash/ melee game for ages. If you're willing to spend the money, by all means have fun, but don't expect anything extraordinary.… Expand
  37. UncleEd
    Oct 24, 2018
    6
    This is a game I would have rated much higher, had I stopped playing after outranking the low rank (level 1-15) servers. As a kickstarter backer, I liked almost everything about it. The melee combat felt good, the sound design and graphics were great considering the game's age. It was my go-to game for stress relief and most people would agree that there is something relaxing aboutThis is a game I would have rated much higher, had I stopped playing after outranking the low rank (level 1-15) servers. As a kickstarter backer, I liked almost everything about it. The melee combat felt good, the sound design and graphics were great considering the game's age. It was my go-to game for stress relief and most people would agree that there is something relaxing about chopping some heads or limbs off from time to time. The only thing that I disliked was its toxic community, yes Chivalry: Medieval Warfare has one of the worst communities you can find in a video game.

    I've had read some reviews in the past about people abandoning the game after level 15 and my assumption was that skilled players overwhelm the high rank servers. My assumptions proved to be correct, but the thing is I do enjoy games where more skilled players have a clear advantage over the so called "noobs" and if the game is enjoyable enough, it only motivates me to get better. The main problem with Chivalry is not the fact that low rank players are "owned" by players with hundreds of hours of gameplay time. The problem is what you need to learn in order to play better....

    As soon as I landed on the high rank servers (the game doesn't let you join low rank ones when you reach level 16), I started seeing other players doing moves that I had never seen before, basically butchering some other players. My initial thought was to learn how to do those same combat moves. I checked some youtube videos and that's when the game was instantly killed for me. Over the time, players found hit box and movement glitches which -if you use them well- either cannot be blocked or give you a clear advantage. It still does require skill to exploit those glitches, but unfortunately the very existence thereof killed all the immersion and enjoyment I get from Chivalry. If you want to know what I'm talking about, just search keywords such as "reverse overhead", "rainbow", "dragging". It is a shame really, designing a game with obvious glitches and not fixing them, because there is a player base enjoying their time from the exploitation of such glitches. It is a shame, because Chivalry would otherwise be a great game, for what it is.    … Expand
  38. Yelov
    Jul 22, 2018
    6
    The combat was super fun, but the mechanics are broken, you can do some really weird stuff if you pan your camera quickly etc.
  39. KevLooney
    Apr 29, 2022
    6
    6/10. The weapons don't feel responsive. Fighting isn't intuitive. There is far too much weapon variety. The game is too competitive to have such sloppy gameplay.
  40. kotay
    Jan 2, 2013
    5
    It has some good gamemodes, like objective, however the game is just a low skilled noob version of mount and blade, no manual blocking etc. I just spam lmb and come top of the scoreboards nigh on every game. In mount and blade you require teamwork, tactics, practise, skill, reflexes, in chivalry you only need a working index finger and a left mouse button.
  41. Coeco
    Oct 22, 2012
    5
    As polished and appealing as this game is, it still fails to distinguish itself from the countless other free medieval warfare mods besides a small bump in graphics at the cost of 23 euro which will plague this game with a lack of players in the coming weeks.
  42. LD9000
    Oct 24, 2012
    5
    This game will leave you frustrated - it is just too damn hard, and when there's good parts, they are too few and far between. Objectives are nice, but for the most part, you are dodging the opponent and swinging one of several weapon types. Of them, it seems that greatswords and pikes are the most OP, and I have no idea how the enemy can swing them so fast. Maybe its the server connectionThis game will leave you frustrated - it is just too damn hard, and when there's good parts, they are too few and far between. Objectives are nice, but for the most part, you are dodging the opponent and swinging one of several weapon types. Of them, it seems that greatswords and pikes are the most OP, and I have no idea how the enemy can swing them so fast. Maybe its the server connection issues, but when I swing, its too often out of reach, even if I"m running point blank to the person. . I wanted to like it, as it is something new in the genre, but the gameplay is just not for me. It is too clunky, yet fast paced. Save yourself 25$ and get this if it goes on sale, otherwise you may be as turned off as I was… Expand
  43. dc42
    Jan 9, 2013
    5
    Decent game but needs some work. The modes in the game are pretty deceit. Always something new to check out. However, I cannot seem to change characters half way through a battle. Maybe it's my fault for not knowing how? Either way it should be improved in many basic features. No real skill involved. I played my first map and was in the second place spot by the end of the match. The secondDecent game but needs some work. The modes in the game are pretty deceit. Always something new to check out. However, I cannot seem to change characters half way through a battle. Maybe it's my fault for not knowing how? Either way it should be improved in many basic features. No real skill involved. I played my first map and was in the second place spot by the end of the match. The second game I won. Either I'm a pro at gaming (which I'm not), or hack 'n slash is far too easy in the game. Archery also needs loads of work. Plus no real incentive to want to keep playing besides bashing someones head in. Where are all the unlockables? Should have them in a game like this. However, regardless of its flaws this title is a fun few hours of your time. You'll enjoy hurting people but after a few hours you'll want more depth. More to do then just bash someones head in. This is why it only gets 5/10… Expand
  44. WookieInHeat
    Feb 5, 2014
    5
    Seriously, if you're going to make a game this glitchy and buggy, maybe you shouldn't have ads you can't skip every time you boot the game after it crashes.

    Fun game, but poor coding kills it.
  45. Colossal_Dragon
    Nov 27, 2012
    5
    This game is just garbage, waste of my $25! Team based missions are frustrating when your teammates "accidentally" kill you when you are fighting one-on-one with someone, free-for-all is chaotic as **** every time you re-spawn there's a guy in a 10 foot radius from you, noticeable glitches and bugs that can distract from gameplay.... I will say this, if you're a fan of unrealistic gamesThis game is just garbage, waste of my $25! Team based missions are frustrating when your teammates "accidentally" kill you when you are fighting one-on-one with someone, free-for-all is chaotic as **** every time you re-spawn there's a guy in a 10 foot radius from you, noticeable glitches and bugs that can distract from gameplay.... I will say this, if you're a fan of unrealistic games like CoD this is the game for you.… Expand
  46. demontrace
    Oct 28, 2012
    5
    Would be so much more fun were it not so buggy right now. As it is, it's more of a paid beta, than it is a game ready to be released. There are COUNTLESS situations where hits don't connect, enemies hit you when the strike is clearly going to miss, archer's bolts/arrows strike you when they should have missed, etc. This obviously comes down to lag issues, but if those aren't taken careWould be so much more fun were it not so buggy right now. As it is, it's more of a paid beta, than it is a game ready to be released. There are COUNTLESS situations where hits don't connect, enemies hit you when the strike is clearly going to miss, archer's bolts/arrows strike you when they should have missed, etc. This obviously comes down to lag issues, but if those aren't taken care of, then the game is flawed. And mind you, this is playing on servers where I have a 30-50 ping.
    In addition, your strikes get nullified way too easily. I understand this is trying to be realistic, but in reality, your attacks don't always have to follow the same exact plane of attack, regardless of surrounding variables. These variables include terrain obstacles around you, such as trees, rocks, or whatever, and teammates. You could switch to an overhead attack, or stab, and still find your attack nullified. The game is entirely too sensitive, and it becomes extremely frustrating to play. A little leeway would go a long way to making the game more enjoyable. I'm good at controlling my attitude while I play a "game", but this game constantly has me quitting in frustration, due to situations where I simply do not feel in control of my character, nor the situation itself. If you're looking for a medieval combat simulation, or anything even close to that, buy Mount & Blade Warband. This game simply wasn't ready for release. It's just too buggy, and needs too many optimizations to be a fully enjoyable experience. This is besides the fact that it runs like crap.    … Expand
  47. Spektri
    Nov 18, 2012
    5
    ah, chivalry. I used to play the mod: Age of chivalry with my mates back in the days when it came out, it rocked!. This game though, does not.

    First of all, the game looks great visualy and the gritty look is great! Sounds are on ''ok''-tier in my opinnion. Controls on the other hand arent that great. Moving and attacks feel laggy, janky and really unpredictable. Attacks dont connect    ah, chivalry. I used to play the mod: Age of chivalry with my mates back in the days when it came out, it rocked!. This game though, does not.

    First of all, the game looks great visualy and the gritty look is great! Sounds are on ''ok''-tier in my opinnion. Controls on the other hand arent that great. Moving and attacks feel laggy, janky and really unpredictable. Attacks dont connect half the time, even when its a clear torso hit, blocks are so random, and the lack of directional blocking is a great miss, And its stupid when you block an greatsword attack (that has the weight of the sword + strenght of the attacked, plus the momentum behind it) with a small dagger. Your shield wont block attacks when its on your back, wait what. Yes you can have a humansized shield on your back and it wont protect you, yep.

    Game has a small unlock system, in which you kill players with a certain weapon to unlock a new weapon on the same tier. This has no place in the game on my opinion and the mod age of chivalry did this right, there was more classes in which the weapons were balanced out, here you only have 4 classes to choose from that have unlockable weapons.

    Game modes

    -FFA: total and utter **** imagine you are in a small 25meters x 25meters arena, with 31 other players, you spawn and you die 5 seconds later! Even if you manage to live the first 10 seconds and get into a duel, someone from behind will come and kill you with one swing to the head OR steal your kill.

    TDM: much more fun than FFA thats for sure. Still, its a mayhem if you wont be killed by enemies in 3v1 situacion youl get killed by that noob on your team that attacks with sweep attacks only.

    Objective: Its fun, on the defence, when you only have to walk 10 seconds into the objective when you respawn, attackers have to make a 1 minute run to the objective at the end of it. This mode could be fun if the attackers respawn would move as you go on, but no, it only moves when you complete the objective. This results in frustration, when you die, you respawn, then you run to your objective for 30-60 seconds only to find out that you are the only one there, aginst 3-6 defenders that murder you, rinse and repeat.

    Pros

    -Visualy nice looking game
    -Gritty and brutal

    Cons
    -23 euros for a dumbed down mod
    -Controls, attacks and blocking feels janky and laggy
    -unlock system does not benefit anyone in anyway
    -Respawns are really ****ty for the attackers side on the objective mode    … Expand
  48. gizmo2501
    Nov 28, 2012
    5
    I really, REALLY wanted to like this game. War of the Roses was a great game, but no-one plays it because it had a bad start and steep learning curve and does not have attack and defend modes. So I really did want to like this.

    Summary: I picked this up for about £7, but, honestly, it's probably worth mroe like £5. It just feels like a poor, clunky mod. If it was faster and    I really, REALLY wanted to like this game. War of the Roses was a great game, but no-one plays it because it had a bad start and steep learning curve and does not have attack and defend modes. So I really did want to like this.

    Summary: I picked this up for about £7, but, honestly, it's probably worth mroe like £5. It just feels like a poor, clunky mod. If it was faster and had better graphics it would be worth more.

    Positives:-

    Lots of people play it.
    It can be brilliant when people play as a team.
    It does feel quite medieval in spirit.
    The development team clearly want to fix the bugs that it has (which is a lot).
    Apparently they will release free updates, too.

    Cons:-

    1.Firstly, and most terribly, the game is slow-paced. And not in a good way. Just it takes you ages to get anywhere, it takes ages to swing weapons, and it takes ages to spawn. Even the menus are slow! (No, I don't have a slow computer.)
    2. The hit detection is terrible. People will hit you when they are nowhere near you or not even facing you. You will stab someone quite clearly yet "miss".
    3. It's very simple. There is almost no depth. War of the Roses had tonnes of depth from swing mechanics to where body armour is, to having to use certain kinds of weapons against certain kinds of body armour. This is hit/block/hit/block. Don't get me wrong, you can actually be skilled at the old hit and block, and timing is key, but that doesn't mean there is depth. There are a lot of skilled people at this game.
    4. The graphics are TERRIBLE. I can't believe people think they are good. The textures are AWFUL, to say the least. In all honesty, it looks like somewhere between a Half Life 1 and a Half Life 2 mod. It makes me wonder whether they imported their textures from the original mod.
    5. Bugs - there are a lot of them (even after the new patch), though I am confident the development team will fix them.

    If they released an HD texture package (could happen; it has for other games, and the devs seem to really want to make this game great) increased the quality of the hit detection, and made the pacing faster, then I think it would be a very fun game. Just, right now, it feels like a mod, not a fully-fledged game.

    I really wanted to like this, too!

    :-(    … Expand
  49. WowISoSexy
    Dec 21, 2012
    5
    As much as I want to like this game I can't bring myself to give it a high score. I was really excited to play this and I thought it was actually going to be like a tactical melee medieval game. IN NO WAY IS IT TACTICAL. People are fighting in the masses which isn't a bad thing if there was any tactic to this. There is no strategy or skill involved in this game. Just charge in andAs much as I want to like this game I can't bring myself to give it a high score. I was really excited to play this and I thought it was actually going to be like a tactical melee medieval game. IN NO WAY IS IT TACTICAL. People are fighting in the masses which isn't a bad thing if there was any tactic to this. There is no strategy or skill involved in this game. Just charge in and hack and slash everything you see is what this game is composed of. This isn't even the worst part. The hit detection is terrible; most of the hits you get in and attacks you block make no sense whatsoever. When it seems like you should've hit the other player or blocked an attack it doesn't happen! Incredibly broken. It gets really annoying when you switch classes as well; everytime you choose a class you have to set up your weaponry all over again. It'd be nice to see some sort of loadout instead of having to choose everything individually. The graphics are fine. I don't care for graphics as long as it's enjoyable but the gritty style put on by this game looks great. Sounds are mediocre at best but decent enough. Plenty of variation in game types. Classes are rather unbalanced though considering some classes run much too quickly or other classes run much to slow when in battle. This game really needed some polishing before release and for $25 it was not worth it. There is some enjoyment in this game especially when crushing someone's skull in and reigning victorious but I still don't recommend this game, but will definitely change this review if this game would get an update to fix how stupendously broken this game is.… Expand
  50. nbilyk
    Oct 30, 2012
    5
    I bought this game hoping for a good slasher similar to die by the sword (1998), and while the hit detection is ok, the mechanics are poor and the game itself is a complete bore. I'm glad to be supporting indie developers, but this game needs a lot of work before it could be considered fun.
  51. rafayama
    Jan 24, 2013
    5
    The idea of the game is very good. But graphics are just average (they would be cool back in 2000's) and combat gameplay is bad...laggy...the controls sucks... hitting the target is a question of lucky...many bugs...well..this game is only for those who are really fans of this kind of stuff..Too bad, the idea of Medieval First Person Game is very cool and there is not many games. Could be better.
  52. sindri829
    Jan 24, 2013
    5
    Very very buggy, couldn't complete tutorial because the keys it told me to use, were NOT the keys I actually had to use. Upon trying to fix this, I ended up deleting the keybinding entirely with no way to reset it.
  53. MitchWanderer
    Jan 26, 2013
    5
    Don't tell me this is a good game: I geve it 5 only because i consider it quite... "indie", but if it were a standard game, I would have gave it 3 or 4. 1. The gameplay consists in a mish-mash of blades and spears, where you only have to slash everyone that came near you or you find uncovered (your teammates are among them); 2. It is difficult to make tactics if you are sourrounded: youDon't tell me this is a good game: I geve it 5 only because i consider it quite... "indie", but if it were a standard game, I would have gave it 3 or 4. 1. The gameplay consists in a mish-mash of blades and spears, where you only have to slash everyone that came near you or you find uncovered (your teammates are among them); 2. It is difficult to make tactics if you are sourrounded: you are dead; 3. With these features, all melee virtuosoty become useless: just find an enemy overwhelmed and kill him.
    I don't want to criticize the graphic too much: it is simply too heavy for his performance.
    I also found the translation into my main lenguage quite bad and unfinished.    … Expand
  54. Greyheart
    Dec 25, 2013
    5
    This game like fast-food. It's bad and unhealthy but it's so tasty.
    GOOD: Melee combat feels great, dark atmosphere, blood and gore(a lot), team objective matches.
    BAD: Hit boxes, balance of weapons and classes, game community(really bad...), bugged weapon unlocks. If you have short fuse, avoid like a plague! This game is the ultimate rage generator. I guarantee you will break your    This game like fast-food. It's bad and unhealthy but it's so tasty.
    GOOD: Melee combat feels great, dark atmosphere, blood and gore(a lot), team objective matches.
    BAD: Hit boxes, balance of weapons and classes, game community(really bad...), bugged weapon unlocks.

    If you have short fuse, avoid like a plague! This game is the ultimate rage generator. I guarantee you will break your mouse and keyboard when you witness all bad sides of this game.
    Hard to recommend this game, but there is only a few first-person melee action games at this moment. So give it a try, when it's on Steam sale.

    P.S. Sorry for bad English.    … Expand
  55. smilzoboboz
    Jun 19, 2016
    5
    The game is fun, but there are many reasons not to buy the game.

    Graphically the game doesn't change much from low detail settings to high ones (high detail is not really THAT detailed), most animations are clunky, there are serious graphical glitches, and finding 3 of them on 3h of casual gameplay is quite a lot if you ask me. Now, the players, if you get to play with all players with    The game is fun, but there are many reasons not to buy the game.

    Graphically the game doesn't change much from low detail settings to high ones (high detail is not really THAT detailed), most animations are clunky, there are serious graphical glitches, and finding 3 of them on 3h of casual gameplay is quite a lot if you ask me.
    Now, the players, if you get to play with all players with low ping values (30~60) the game is mostly nice, otherwise people teleport... and if you try to hit an afterimage of a guy who's actually a few steps further, you leave yourself open for counterattacks and die. No fun about it.
    Finally, gamemodes, there are a lot (a lot with text glitches which render incomprehensible the actual objective too) and since the community is quite a bad one, the experience, especially in more complex game modes, is really poor/bad.

    Don't get me wrong, there are also reasons to like and play the game, like medieval warfare, pretty nice sword/axe/spear/bow/... fight, few interesting game modes, but for me they are still not enough to keep me playing this one.

    Don't get me wrong, this is one of the best casual games out there, but it's totally not worth its price (my reviews always account the price too).    … Expand
  56. clem666
    Aug 23, 2021
    5
    Interesting content as it is the predecessor of 'Mordhau' and many other great medieval fighting games. The gameplay truly makes 'Chivalry: Medieval Warfare' worth it. Maps are as terrific as varied, the access to the Steam Workshop contributes to enhance the game as a whole. Weapons feeling is awesome and the way you manage to obliterate your opponents is definitely satisfying. GraphicsInteresting content as it is the predecessor of 'Mordhau' and many other great medieval fighting games. The gameplay truly makes 'Chivalry: Medieval Warfare' worth it. Maps are as terrific as varied, the access to the Steam Workshop contributes to enhance the game as a whole. Weapons feeling is awesome and the way you manage to obliterate your opponents is definitely satisfying. Graphics are not that terrible despite the 2012 release. Game modes are numerous and I found the 'team objectives' the most interesting. Interacting with environment feels great. The few customization there is is okay.

    Unfortunately all these great features are cancelled by major flaws. Where to begin?
    - The level of toxicity of the community? Once you passed level 15, you can't go back to regular 'noobs' servers and you have to play with hardcore gamers, a bunch of try-harders who each spent more than 1,000 hours on 'Chivalry' and will destroy you over and over, sometimes instantly from your respawn point.
    - The detestable classes system? There are four of them, each with some interesting mechanics but surely you will soon hate vanguards with their insane range and scope in addition to their gigantic health bar and defense, and archers which remain on top of the fight to grind some easy kills here and there.
    - The inconsistent FPS? Even if I always played with a decent ping, I kept having major lags and bugs. And troubles like these can easily make you die.
    - The ranking system? You get points when you kill. You can do all the damages of the game, if you don't manage to kill opponents the game says you deserve no point. That's why I love objectives so much because you can easily see who is playing cleverly and who doesn't. Plus the vanguard and knight classes can one-shot kill so they easily steal your preys when you inflict less damage (as a man-at-arm for example).
    - The friendly fire? Is always on. And you can't prevent allies to get right in front of your blade during melees -> you kill them and get penalized.
    - The customizable colour of characters? Some funny kids decide to customize their characters with the colors of the other team, which prevents us from noticing that they are enemies. Yeah, I'm talking about you yellow guy. I'm going to find you.
    - A little story mode as a tutorial would have been amazing.    … Expand
  57. defenz
    Aug 8, 2021
    5
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  58. Necrotaur
    Dec 23, 2012
    4
    I like the concept, I really do, but the controls are clunky, the hit detection is terrible, and most matches wind up being a melee of people swinging wildly, killing as many of their own team as the enemy. The graphics and atmosphere are good for an indie game, but that's really all I can praise it for.
  59. Aonien
    Mar 11, 2013
    4
    The worst problem I have with this game is that it is far too glitchy. Hit detection is horrible, blocking doesn't work sometimes, and when you hit an enemy that is attacking, it may or may not cancel his attack, even though it's supposed to. Some of the missions are unfair as one of the teams spawn at the end of the map while the other spawns right next to the objective. Spamming rightThe worst problem I have with this game is that it is far too glitchy. Hit detection is horrible, blocking doesn't work sometimes, and when you hit an enemy that is attacking, it may or may not cancel his attack, even though it's supposed to. Some of the missions are unfair as one of the teams spawn at the end of the map while the other spawns right next to the objective. Spamming right mouse button to block when being attacked is a common reaction, however if you press it more than one time during any part of your block, you will immediately block right after that. Some weapons are unbalanced, but that's to be expected of any game. I'm not saying the whole game is bad, though. The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard, better than the music that large companies make. The voice acting is handled professionally, and the missions are creative and fun like blowing up ships or breaking down medieval gates. The graphics are beautiful, depending on your settings, however the controls could be improved a little bit. Since this game is still in beta, I'll leave this 4 right here, but who knows what the future holds for this game?… Expand
  60. DuncanIdahoTPF
    Jan 25, 2013
    4
    The game suffers from the same problems as the free source mod plus a few more. The animations of weapons swung are off from what is actually connecting. You will see someone pull back to take a swing and take damage the same instance before their swing or thrust displays as connecting. Unlike the free mod, you will get stuck on stationary objects and the movement in the game doesn'tThe game suffers from the same problems as the free source mod plus a few more. The animations of weapons swung are off from what is actually connecting. You will see someone pull back to take a swing and take damage the same instance before their swing or thrust displays as connecting. Unlike the free mod, you will get stuck on stationary objects and the movement in the game doesn't compensate for this at all.

    Plus there is a whole host of bugs including throw-able weapons 'breaking' so they don't won't work anymore. I also experienced the chat system breaking.

    This isn't really the game or the company's fault, but the game attracts a lot of children who haven't hit puberty yet, so get ready for squeaky voices over the built in voice chat.    … Expand
  61. Timber
    Jan 25, 2013
    4
    I play the chivalry mod and that is quite great. This new game based on the unreal engine is choppy even with all the settings on minimum has terrible gameplay (and I play UT3 without problems). I dont know what else to say, it's just much worse than any medieval fps I played and I played them all... the movement and action are not responsive.
  62. Average_Gamer
    Oct 23, 2012
    4
    This game is moderately fun to play, for a little while. After taking a closer look at the game, you will find just how bad the character animations really are. The combatants run like they are intoxicated with a football stuck in their backside, and the attacks are very clunky. This is an Indie game, and you can tell. I would have felt comfortable paying $10, not $25. This game is not asThis game is moderately fun to play, for a little while. After taking a closer look at the game, you will find just how bad the character animations really are. The combatants run like they are intoxicated with a football stuck in their backside, and the attacks are very clunky. This is an Indie game, and you can tell. I would have felt comfortable paying $10, not $25. This game is not as good as Warband or War of the Roses, and any of these fanboys who say otherwise and rip this review are kidding themselves. The large maps with nice scenery help the overall look of the game, but the awful character animations are this game's undoing.… Expand
  63. imtnt
    Nov 19, 2012
    4
    I simply cannot believe this game has any good ratings at all. The combat is choppy and completely non-fluid, internet play is laggy, controls are worthless, cheesy soundtrack (at times), are just some of the many things horrible wrong here. While I will give it points for a unique concept I can't like it for much else.
  64. calxllum
    Jan 26, 2013
    4
    Personally I was caught up in the "This game is great" nonsense. Luckily I didn't spend much on it because it was on sale but really. It's not that great, with a bunch of friends it can be fun, but it's buggy as hell. The health system doesn't make sense, sure the head does more damage, legs less. Makes sense. But it's half realistic combat half not. The game just doesn't know what itPersonally I was caught up in the "This game is great" nonsense. Luckily I didn't spend much on it because it was on sale but really. It's not that great, with a bunch of friends it can be fun, but it's buggy as hell. The health system doesn't make sense, sure the head does more damage, legs less. Makes sense. But it's half realistic combat half not. The game just doesn't know what it wants to be. Game needs a lot of polish to be good. If you want some good combat try out "War of The Roses" It has very fluid combat.… Expand
  65. Luthtar
    Dec 8, 2012
    4
    This game was on my watch list ever since I saw some footage of it. But it failed to deliver on most of the grounds promised. It is a poor game, and honestly, War of the Roses beats it in almost every aspect.

    Pros: Gore and Brutality are very high in Chivalry, adding a sense of realism and depth to the game. Ambiance: Battle cries echo the battlefield, screams of the dying are    This game was on my watch list ever since I saw some footage of it. But it failed to deliver on most of the grounds promised. It is a poor game, and honestly, War of the Roses beats it in almost every aspect.

    Pros:
    Gore and Brutality are very high in Chivalry, adding a sense of realism and depth to the game.
    Ambiance: Battle cries echo the battlefield, screams of the dying are overwhelming, adding realism to the game.
    Game Modes: Chivalry posesses a lot of game modes. This adds variety to your playing.

    Cons:
    Slow, Unresponsive melee combat
    Terrible hitboxes
    Glaring imbalances
    Terrible archery system
    It doesn't matter if you use a piercing, blunt, or slashing weapon, the penetrate armor all the same.
    Servers rotate game modes every game, so you have to leave and rejoin another server if you want to keep playing your favorite game mode.
    Lastly, the in-game class selection is TERRIBLE. You have to re-select your weapons every time you want to change a class. This gets annoying very quickly.

    Final verdict: 4/10
    I would buy it for $5, but any more than that, it is simply not worth it.    … Expand
  66. AeRoTR
    Dec 25, 2012
    4
    This is not a game. This is some kind of mod or something. All you do is to enter many servers online, start choping heads and limbs, and also get chopped many times. What is the idea behind this? I play 1 hour and next day? Why would I play again? There is no progression, you dont develop a character, you unlock nothing, and play for nothing. I m sorry guys, I go spend my time at least inThis is not a game. This is some kind of mod or something. All you do is to enter many servers online, start choping heads and limbs, and also get chopped many times. What is the idea behind this? I play 1 hour and next day? Why would I play again? There is no progression, you dont develop a character, you unlock nothing, and play for nothing. I m sorry guys, I go spend my time at least in Warband, enjoy single and if I want multi, I play multi.

    For me this game is awfull and I regret buying this game. I do not understand youngsters writing so many positive reviews about this game. Graphics are okay, sound are good but gameplay is bad, this is not a Gladiator, this not William Wallace, this is many mad man with swords and shields running around like mad chickens.    … Expand
  67. EasternEagle5
    Jan 14, 2013
    4
    I really wanted to like this game. It has all the traits that make for a great hack and slasher, but the end result falls so sadly short. I like a lot of the ideas behind it, but they're executed so poor at times that I feel as if I'm not even playing a finished game. The game seems to encourage spamming rather than tactics, and there are several exploitable weapons that cannot be beaten,I really wanted to like this game. It has all the traits that make for a great hack and slasher, but the end result falls so sadly short. I like a lot of the ideas behind it, but they're executed so poor at times that I feel as if I'm not even playing a finished game. The game seems to encourage spamming rather than tactics, and there are several exploitable weapons that cannot be beaten, not to mention the mass unbalance with the classes. This leads to the game getting extremely frustrating as enemies beat you using the cheapest tactics, rather than experiment with new ones and have fun. At 25 dollars, this is a better frustration software than a game, much to my disappointment..… Expand
  68. Worufu
    Apr 1, 2013
    4
    I tried to like this game. I really, really tried, but I just can't. I love the setting, love the gore, the simple yet allowing finesse fighting system. But the hit detection and block detection completely SUCK MONKEY BOTTOM. And that's the most important thing in the game! Many times my spear thrusts were going through an opponents chest without scratching him when he doesn't have aI tried to like this game. I really, really tried, but I just can't. I love the setting, love the gore, the simple yet allowing finesse fighting system. But the hit detection and block detection completely SUCK MONKEY BOTTOM. And that's the most important thing in the game! Many times my spear thrusts were going through an opponents chest without scratching him when he doesn't have a single problem beheading me. Or blocking enemy's attack while doing as you're supposed to, aiming at the enemy's weapon tip. And yet my head flies somewhere into the bushes. And it happens all. The. Time. It is extremely frustrating when you're sitting on the edge of your seat, trying to get that hit in with a supposedly long-range swing but nope, you gonna get absolutely mutilated. It is very hard to understand your weapon's range, as on numerous occasions it seems like it should connect, yet it doesn't for some reason. Other than that the gameplay is extremely hectic, lacks any tactic or strategy (gogogo in group zerg rush rush rush hurr durr kekeke), feels lacking. I find it a waste of money...yet I keep returning to the game, hoping that maybe it's my skill or ping or planet alignment. But nope, each time it ends up with unexplainable hitbox missess and teabagging of my bloodied corpse. Yay. Do not buy, I guess.
    Graphics are nice, though.    … Expand
  69. mobridomble
    Jul 8, 2013
    4
    This game has a lot of great things going for it, which is why it's a shame that it's challenges overshadow many of those. Combat system requires finesse and offers a decent array of weaponry but is glitchy and often out of sink with the picture. The maps are great but offer unseen traps where characters get stuck on scenery. The UI could use some work, most notably the Find Server screen,This game has a lot of great things going for it, which is why it's a shame that it's challenges overshadow many of those. Combat system requires finesse and offers a decent array of weaponry but is glitchy and often out of sink with the picture. The maps are great but offer unseen traps where characters get stuck on scenery. The UI could use some work, most notably the Find Server screen, which is perhaps the glitchiest thing of all.

    If you can get the game to work you have a tremendous wealth of multiplayer combat, most of which will be spent fending off your own team mates. This game is packed with team killing.

    I want to love this game, and I play it over and over again in the hopes that just once I'll leave a session happy. They only tend to end in frustration, however.    … Expand
  70. vortex10
    Nov 8, 2013
    4
    Neither fun or enjoyable, this is a huge step back from the original mod Age of Chivalry in almost every way. Everything is simplified and restricted which seems to be the trend these days unfortunately.
  71. Taalen
    Nov 15, 2012
    3
    Poor, simplified Mount&Blade clone. Does nothing better than its role model. If you're interested in the subject, buy M&B instead. If you already have it, don't waste your money on Chivalry. You'll get nothing out of it.
  72. DJ_Kaas
    Apr 24, 2018
    3
    The game is quite fun, some of the time... The learning curve is quite steep, gameplay is somewhat laggy, shields and parry don't work all the time. veteran playerbase use exploits. So if you are new, you will probably hate yourself and this game before you hit level 25. I guess it is the forth time I uninstall this game. One positive thing I want to highlight, is the ingame-voices, theyThe game is quite fun, some of the time... The learning curve is quite steep, gameplay is somewhat laggy, shields and parry don't work all the time. veteran playerbase use exploits. So if you are new, you will probably hate yourself and this game before you hit level 25. I guess it is the forth time I uninstall this game. One positive thing I want to highlight, is the ingame-voices, they are so funny, I could nearly install the game, just to hear a agatha knight scream for help… Expand
  73. MessengerX
    Jul 20, 2013
    3
    Buggy tutorial immediately put me in a bad mood towards this game. I gave them a couple of points for having an innovative "swing" system. It's better than Elder Scrolls attack method. Unfortunately this is literally a hack and slash game. A couple of hits and you die. Should have gone fantasy, because realism sucks in this game.

    They are trying to create something akin to MMO shooters,    Buggy tutorial immediately put me in a bad mood towards this game. I gave them a couple of points for having an innovative "swing" system. It's better than Elder Scrolls attack method. Unfortunately this is literally a hack and slash game. A couple of hits and you die. Should have gone fantasy, because realism sucks in this game.

    They are trying to create something akin to MMO shooters, but the need to be in close combat at all times just means that if you are outnumbered, you will die. You can only defend against one attack at a time, basically, so two or more attackers will kill you quick. Respawn is similar to other shooters, it just depends on when you die and where the counter was at at the time. Then there is a long boring run back to the battle. Why this sucks is because at least in Red Orchestra or COD you fight from a ranged distance. This is also why games like Elder Scrolls don't thrust you into endless waves of creatures attacking all at once. At least in fantasy games you have the benefit of magic for defense and offense as well.

    The game also plays in a windowed mode. This wasn't exactly a deal breaker for me, but it was annoying. The animations were okay, but timing blocks, which is a major part of this game, is sluggish at times. Basically this is all in the mouse. Your movement is still WASD, but everything else uses all your mouse buttons. If you don't have five mouse buttons, do not even try.

    I bought this on sale at Steam for $10 and I would really like to demand my money back. Like a few other reviewers I was surprised at how high this game scored. My guess is 90% of these reviews came within the initial purchase and few hours of play with the hope that it would get better. Leveling doesn't do much for you but get you new weapons to swing with. It gets very monotonous after awhile, click 1, click 2, block, click 3, click 1, block.... Oh yeah and die like every thirty or forty seconds.

    This game might be better with a group of players who are all on headsets and communicating, but all I saw was a bunch of people running around swinging at everything, including their teammates. Like many shooters with friendly fire, count on some moron constantly running in front of your swings/shots as well. As a 4-5 layer co-op effort, this game could have been awesome. But thirty fighting each other in very close quarters, even outdoors, just becomes a chaotic nightmare. Anyone who thinks this is how medieval wars took place is just flat out crazy. There are no skirmish lines in this game, no waves of archers followed by foot soldiers, and no artillery that I saw (but perhaps that was a different type of battle I didn't play). Instead, they call it realism when thirty people with no coordinated effort charge in and start swinging like crazy. Viking pillagers were more organized than this.

    The biggest problem I saw here is that there is no commander, be it a King or a General of some sort. A good system would have been to have a team leader that controlled who, which of the four characters (Archer, Man-at-Arms, Knight and Skirmisher) and how many would be available in a pool that you have to choose from when you respawn. I saw games where there was little to no archer support, and knights were just wading into battle all alone, instead of being backed up by people with pole arms. Every man for themselves doesn't really work in these types of "slashers," but how do you avoid it if there isn't even the slightest semblance of a command structure. Often you have to defend three objectives, such as your catapults, which seemed to be unused, but there is no way of directing people to spread out appropriately. This may seem like an issue of the people who play it, rather than the game itself, but I can see no real way to remedy this without some sort of command structure. What's really annoying is that if you know anything about strategy in warfare, this game is just going to tick you off with every battle.

    I had eyed this game suspiciously for few months, and after reading the reviews here I bought it on sale. Like I said, I would pitch a fit to get my money back if it were possible. This is basically one of those online games you play in a browser converted into something that looks like a professional game. I think some of these complaints are partly due to the people it attracts. Serious gamers won't be messing around with this. It pales in comparison to games like Red Orchestra and even, dare I say, WOW (which I absolutely hate). If you want to play a pedantic time waster for a few days, pick this up. Otherwise I would spend the money on a single player medieval themed game, or some sort of RTS if you are absolutely jonesing for medieval fighting. The positive reviews of this game are misleading, If they use words like "epic" and "awesomeness" it's probably best to stay away. I certainly learned my lesson about how to read these reviews from now on. It's a lowest common denominator issue IMO.    … Expand
  74. SMBW
    Nov 8, 2019
    3
    As it is impossible to play, the game is just damp, do not recommend. Fun, only the first 15 minutes, and then because of the glitches no desire to play it
  75. Jomanponer
    Jun 8, 2014
    3
    This game has the potential to be a excellent game. I purchased the game in 2012 and played till summer of 2013. When I played in 2012 it was the bomb best game I had played in a while and by far the best community, then at the begging of the summer things were still great but not as good, people were still amazing and fighting system was good feints were balanced along with most weapons,This game has the potential to be a excellent game. I purchased the game in 2012 and played till summer of 2013. When I played in 2012 it was the bomb best game I had played in a while and by far the best community, then at the begging of the summer things were still great but not as good, people were still amazing and fighting system was good feints were balanced along with most weapons, only problem was people had found the reverse swing exploit and man of arms was to op. I think stopped the game for a series I liked even more total war (great series) and stopped playing chivalry. I came back this week and tried to play chivalry as total war required an update and I was too lazy to install it since it was a few gb large. I was devastated by what I saw. The game had gone form a amazing game that was the top of melee fighting games with the best fighting system I have ever seen to the most **** game if our time. The community had gone to something from CoD and the melee system was broken as **** Everyone was spamming feints running in circles and reverse hitting. I found out that the game has since became laggier do to updates involving new customisation and a rush of poor dlc's with ripoff prices. All weapons were unbalanced and op, claymore, poleaxe, great sword, bearded axe were so op it wasn't even funny,all maa weps were pretty op along with vg. Vg and Maa are only classes played anymore it seems and I can tell why, op,op,op,op,op dodge and stab spam from maa, and then super fast, long and maul lvl dmg weps from vg and their reach and speed allows them to run around opponents spam hits and avoid swings by running not to mention reverse overhead spam. the new animations are like stick figures. Also, I do not really get drags, players can now do 0-1mph swings to the toe and explode their opponents faces also counters from maa weps and vg weps are fast as **** and counter look down is just stupidly fast and need to be removes or they need to change it. To sum it up now this game fighting mechanics are crap the fluidity of the game is crap, the community is crap, and it even more crap because beside making all of those things worse nothing has been added I mean yes a few helms and wep paints that have nothing to do with the game, vg and maa must be nerfed to op so op where not fun to play with even let alone play against. The only reason why I did not give a 0 is because I think TB can still make the game better and the fact that a few good, nice players who are fun to fight are still around. To make me give this game a 9-10 which I would have in 2012 they need to change a few things. I would honestly play the game again if they did this: first change the animations and everything involving melee and blocking to who they were in 2012 block are too slow and if you panic or misclick I think you should have the chance to block again, this being said blocks need to be faster to block feints and I think this would be good. I think they need to add upon chivalry, take out the updates that are causing every server to lag, and add new weps, and give option to customise armour, also add more free helms like lvl 50 helm thing and such, and after certain level or achievement I think people should have the choice ti change the armour not just the helm this would be a big improvement. They also need to add new and better maps then the recent ones, however I do like the one where you have to burn a village, and pls pls pls add more maps made for duelling and scrims such as moor. I forgot to mention this but it would be amazing if the reset the animations and melee and block to how it was in 2012 just fix the bugs that there was in the animations in 2012. Where was I ah yes and if those things happened the good community would come back that I had learned to love not this **** community that is arguably worse the CoD. One more thing DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT remove glitches from maps as in ones were u can get to secret places but do not interfere with animations it is the only reason why I still play and it is quite fun to glitch to these secret places and more ppl enjoy it then you might think. Now I know that what I ask will never probably happen and will not be seen, even if it is seen I doubt that TB would listen to any of it since it would take so much effort and time to make these improvements to the game as it is now. I mean its just sad how they keep making it worse and worse each update how could they think it is better then it was in 2012 if you don't believe me just look at the other reviews 10 10 10 in 2012 and go lower as time passes.

    gameplay: 0/10

    classes/weps: 0/10

    community: -10/10

    maps: 3/10

    dlcs: 0/10

    customization: 5/10

    and it used to be all 10s or 9s out of 10 I want the old chiv back :'(    … Expand
  76. coolcrowe
    Nov 15, 2012
    2
    I'm also surprised that this game got good reviews. It's abysmal and thoroughly disappointing. If you want to run around like an idiot clicking furiously and hoping that your hits connect, this is the game for you. It's not "difficult", it's stupid and mostly luck whether you win in a melee or not. Totally buggy, none of the features work like they should. Online players are jerks and seemI'm also surprised that this game got good reviews. It's abysmal and thoroughly disappointing. If you want to run around like an idiot clicking furiously and hoping that your hits connect, this is the game for you. It's not "difficult", it's stupid and mostly luck whether you win in a melee or not. Totally buggy, none of the features work like they should. Online players are jerks and seem to be an average of 12 years old. The only emotion this game causes is frustration. I really don't understand how anyone enjoys it.… Expand
  77. Dethstar
    Jun 17, 2013
    2
    By far the worst hack n slash. Medieval combat based game I have ever played. Mediocre graphics and probably the worst and most repetitive combat mechanics since Mortal online did us all the favor of dying out. The fact I can compare a game of this genre to an MMO is sad in itself.

    The one redeeming feature is the use of siege engines but even that feels dull and unresponsive. This    By far the worst hack n slash. Medieval combat based game I have ever played. Mediocre graphics and probably the worst and most repetitive combat mechanics since Mortal online did us all the favor of dying out. The fact I can compare a game of this genre to an MMO is sad in itself.

    The one redeeming feature is the use of siege engines but even that feels dull and unresponsive. This is medieval combat dumbed down to below anything I can ever remember playing..

    I could find no bugs and found servers easily which each deserve a point.    … Expand
  78. Thunder5555
    Oct 29, 2013
    2
    This is the game that has amazing potential. Sadly that's all there is, since none of that potential has been used.
    Fanboys will rate this game with 10pts and praise it even with its flawed to point where it can be considered as broken.
    I was going to write a long list of unbalanced stuff about the game but let's just keep it short. Great idea for the game, very bad execution,    This is the game that has amazing potential. Sadly that's all there is, since none of that potential has been used.
    Fanboys will rate this game with 10pts and praise it even with its flawed to point where it can be considered as broken.
    I was going to write a long list of unbalanced stuff about the game but let's just keep it short.
    Great idea for the game, very bad execution, nonexistent physics.
    Buy only if it's on sale for VERY cheap.    … Expand
  79. ted88pd
    Nov 26, 2013
    2
    Potrebbe essere un buon gioco, se non fosse infestato da infiniti bug che ne rovinano completamente l'esperienza di gioco. Tra latenza dei comandi, un hit system penoso che fa acqua da tutte le parti, il sistema di parata che fallisce nel 80% delle volte che la si utilizza(rendendola praticamente una feature inutile) e statistiche delle armi non veritiere e del tutto sballate si trasformaPotrebbe essere un buon gioco, se non fosse infestato da infiniti bug che ne rovinano completamente l'esperienza di gioco. Tra latenza dei comandi, un hit system penoso che fa acqua da tutte le parti, il sistema di parata che fallisce nel 80% delle volte che la si utilizza(rendendola praticamente una feature inutile) e statistiche delle armi non veritiere e del tutto sballate si trasforma nel peggior gioco al quale abbia mai giocato, rendendo la buona grafica mossa dall'unreal engine 3 le godibili ambientazioni medivali e un audio tutto sommato buono, aspetti del tutto invisibili oscurati dallo schifoso lavoro fatto sul gameplay e sul, a mio parere, nullo lavoro di beta test. Senza contare che hanno fatto uscire un dlc (a mio parere privo di qualsiasi senso, superficiale e quindi inutile) che non solo non va a corregere nessuno degli aspetti negativi citati prima ma addirittura ne raddoppia il numero, amplificando parecchio la frustrazione che si prova giocando a questa tragedia videoludica. In sostanza sconsiglio vivamente e caldamente a tutti coloro che si considerano videogiocatori, l'acquisto di questa schifezza sforanata da quegli incompetenti zappaterra dei Torn Banner Studios.

    P.S.
    Se siete degli accaniti troll allora questo gioco rfa per voi in quanto verrete insultati senza pietà ed indugio alcuno da quella che considero una delle community più maleducate di tutti i tempi (ebbene si riescono addirittura a fere peggio di quelli che giocano a cod...)    … Expand
  80. MrSpiffypants
    Jan 26, 2013
    2
    It's very sloppy. The combat is frequently silly, and doesn't require very much skill. The concept is amazing, but everything feels they tried to copy Halflife 2's crowbar-action and came up lacking. The games amusing, but I could have done with more Demon Souls/Dark Souls action where I felt like I was in control. Plus from the two hours I played (and consistently came in top three)It's very sloppy. The combat is frequently silly, and doesn't require very much skill. The concept is amazing, but everything feels they tried to copy Halflife 2's crowbar-action and came up lacking. The games amusing, but I could have done with more Demon Souls/Dark Souls action where I felt like I was in control. Plus from the two hours I played (and consistently came in top three) there seems to be a lot of faux pas where the goal isn't to win, it's to have knife fights/fist fights. To me that's a sign that players are trying to get more then what's offered in this game.… Expand
  81. SilvaTheWolf
    Feb 4, 2013
    2
    To begin with i wish to state that, the magical thing all the hype is about completely slipped past me, everything i read about this game praised it to the blue skies. It looked promising and innovative, it truly did, oh boy was I in for a surprise. I have always loved games involving duels, old school weapons, tactical melee fighting and quick paced combat; Chivalry: Medieval WarfareTo begin with i wish to state that, the magical thing all the hype is about completely slipped past me, everything i read about this game praised it to the blue skies. It looked promising and innovative, it truly did, oh boy was I in for a surprise. I have always loved games involving duels, old school weapons, tactical melee fighting and quick paced combat; Chivalry: Medieval Warfare certainly delivered that, just wrapped in a deformed package of minor bugs here and there, player to player verbal abuse and a feeling of uncompleted-nes. I have a creepy idea: Torn Banner Studios are in league with Apple marketing department, because the games grip on the players are astonishing. If you ask or talk to players about Chivalry´s bugs, be they minor or greater; all bugs impacts the gameplay for all and inevitable changes the outcome of matches and the game experience of the player.
    From time to time i found myself wondering if skill was actually relevant and needed, when random events dominate. With a sour taste in my mouth I could, time after time watch myself be pummeled on the spot by players exploiting the spam of attacks with fast weapons. The deal here is, you are stunned whenever you are hit, weapon damage or size makes no difference. Blocking these attacks drains your stamina rapidly, counter attacking is out of the issue, even with the fastest weapon in the game you are at a handicap when trying to lower your shield/weapon to attack, you WILL be struck and NO moves will save you, no matter how much skill or lack thereof you have. The same applies to when the game loves to bug, so that even when you with agility *dodged* your opponent and achieved a position facing his back, the game will most likely glitch and make that attack count so that you WERE hit anyway, and your skills does matter little against the un-logical.
    This game is not logical, have you tried holding a 40 kg sword likes those they used back then? I am positive and believes that any mature person can handle the weapons better with more endurance and faster movement in real life, than what the characters perform in-game. People will remind you how un-skilled they believe you are, they will call you a 12 year old CoD F*** and you will endure it; until you realize that, you would be able to stand for this harassment, if the game was worth it, but in the end, it is not, you wont FEEL good in the end, numbers or scores dosnt matter, you wont have fun with this game.
    Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is build upon a fantastic concept and the idea is executed neatly, but the gameplay and game experience... The game feels unfinished, unpolished and unbalanced. Torn Banner Studios should either have worked more on this, or they should have left it to more experienced developers and programmers. At the end of the day, even though i got the game on sale, it is my burning wish somehow, someday Chivalry: Medieval Warfare will be gone from this world, and my money would have been spent on an actual game instead.    … Expand
  82. cbib46
    Mar 31, 2013
    2
    Let's be honest, the game is graphically out-dated, fair enough I bought thinking having fun. Unfortunalety bugs are everywhere: servers not appearing in the list, browsers filters not working, impossible to parry sometimes, basic map bugs, lags.... The game was released 6 months ago, the level of bugs is not acceptable and the gasme is not enjoyable or playable in my view. end of marchLet's be honest, the game is graphically out-dated, fair enough I bought thinking having fun. Unfortunalety bugs are everywhere: servers not appearing in the list, browsers filters not working, impossible to parry sometimes, basic map bugs, lags.... The game was released 6 months ago, the level of bugs is not acceptable and the gasme is not enjoyable or playable in my view. end of march 2013 patch made it even worse.... don't buy it… Expand
  83. Yoh-lo
    Aug 1, 2013
    2
    Its goofy, buggy, plagued by hacks and worth about $5 but its a lot of fun to play in short bursts. Whoever did the voice acting deserves more work. Don't pay the outrageous price of $19.99, get it on sale.
  84. dudenolan
    Jun 29, 2013
    2
    Very poor game, combat is slow and very fiddly. Tried it for an hour before realising how dump it was then tried for another half an hour before giving in. Even at£6.99 on steam I feel like ive been robbed. Scored it 2 for trying to be original
  85. kosciuszko
    May 17, 2014
    2
    Was shocked to see so many people rate this game so highly.
    The best feedback I can give is this; I felt dizzy after playing it for only 10 minutes. The way the opponents run around like demented, speed induced freaks and attack makes it ridiculous to judge correctly and make a choice of attack. I spent more time spinning around trying to find the character, only for him to spin off    Was shocked to see so many people rate this game so highly.
    The best feedback I can give is this; I felt dizzy after playing it for only 10 minutes. The way the opponents run around like demented, speed induced freaks and attack makes it ridiculous to judge correctly and make a choice of attack. I spent more time spinning around trying to find the character, only for him to spin off again in another direction. My successful attacks were down to nothing more than pure luck.
    Truly awful game engine, and nothing whatsoever compared to how Mount and Blade plays which is off the scale superior to this garbage.    … Expand
  86. Barashou
    Apr 4, 2016
    2
    Been playing since the first month this game released, 80 hours in, cant stand it to play it longer than 20 minutes.

    Have seen all the tutorials and howto's, but the main thing is: This game DOES NOT facilitate ANY authentic melee combat. In short: whoever has skills with mousemacro's, mousedrags and bodyspins with high mouse sens. the best generally wins. Often against the good    Been playing since the first month this game released, 80 hours in, cant stand it to play it longer than 20 minutes.

    Have seen all the tutorials and howto's, but the main thing is:

    This game DOES NOT facilitate ANY authentic melee combat. In short: whoever has skills with mousemacro's, mousedrags and bodyspins with high mouse sens. the best generally wins. Often against the good players, you see their body TWITCHING in unhuman ways on speeds unimaginable; to kill you with blows you never see coming or can anticipate.

    That, and the abundant glitches and hitbox bugs that can be exploited make this game a big FAIL.    … Expand
  87. 30Cents
    Jun 21, 2015
    2
    NOTE: This review will be focused on the later versions of the game before it became broken, I read earlier reviews of the game saying that it used to be good. I became one of the unlucky players that came in too late when all the updates made the game worse, I believe it used to be a good game, I am just throwing this out here to clear up confusion.

    With its clunky controls, unbearable    NOTE: This review will be focused on the later versions of the game before it became broken, I read earlier reviews of the game saying that it used to be good. I became one of the unlucky players that came in too late when all the updates made the game worse, I believe it used to be a good game, I am just throwing this out here to clear up confusion.

    With its clunky controls, unbearable AI, and boring map design, Chivalry: Medieval is an arrow to the knee of multiplayer gaming.

    Gameplay/Opinion:
    The game starts off with the option to play the training mode (like most of these type of games do), choosing to play the training mode will put you at a training ground where knights are practicing with wooden people. The enviroment in the training mode is rather nice to look at, too bad this is the only part of the game where something looks like it had the most effort put into it. You start off with practicing the basic moves in the game with abilities to run, crouch, and attack, the attacking part seems to be more of a chore than the game teaching how to play the game. You are first taught to do the useless hand-to-hand combat before learning the basic sword moves, surprisingly fighting with the fists seems to be more accurate than hitting with a sword. After learning hand-to-hand combat, you are given a sword to train with, you are told to hit a wooden person learning the basic moves like side slash. stab, and blocking. After you are done with the sword, you are told to practice with two different sides, one is learning how to handle different melee weapons, and the other is learning how to use a bow and arrow. I found the most effective weapon was the bow and arrow, sure it has its problems, but I found it to be more effective than all the melee weapons I had learned how to use. So after training, you are asked to defeat a knight of the opposing side you are on, I was asked to use a melee weapon to defeat my opponent, the problem with this is the AI is so terrible that you will get defeated by your oppenent 2 or 3 times before you can defeat him, I would have rathered swallow the sword I was given instead of trying multiple times to defeat this guy. After defeating your opponent you are asked to board a ship, and that is where the training mode ends.

    After boarding the ship, I was thrown back to the main menu to choose the game mode I wanted to play, it offers simplistic game modes like capture the flag, deathmatch, and defend your base, I chose to play capture the flag. Once a game mode has been picked you are thrown into the game with random players you don't know playing the game and racking up points. You are asked which side you want to play on, which is the obvious red or blue team, you then get a menu telling what character you want to play as, and you get one final menu what weapon you want to use in the battle.

    Once in the game you will respawn with all the selections you choose from all the menus you went through, the objective depends on whatever mode you picked from the main menu. I started to play the game trying to capture the flag as I was assigned to do, there was the opposing team enemy's always in my way, I tried to defeat some of them along the way, but I always died to my oppenents whenever I was in a duel with one. I did manage to capture the flag and bring it back to the home base, I continued to play and captured another flag, it seemed the opposing team I was playing against forgot about the flag as I never died the two times I captured it. A text box popped up voting what map to play next, I ignored the text box and quit the game for that day.

    I played the game the next day, I decided to play deathmatch instead of capture the flag, I had the exact same problems with capture the flag. The deathmatch mode is simple, just kill every player around you right? Wrong. The players you play against will always get into a duel with another player, and you can't even interrupt and kill them both. It always has to be another duel with another player, it is a hit or miss situation when it comes down to melee fighting. I had the same problems with melee fighting as the previous day, I could not hit the player I was fighting against, the hitbox is way too small on the opposing player, and no, you can't just hit anywhere you want, it has to be a specific area or else the game will not detect it. Why do I have hit somewhere specific when the player is right in front of me? It may sound like I suck at the game (which I did at times when I played the game) but I swear I had hit in some places where the game had to register the attack, I even read some reviews online that players were having the same problem, some believe it was an update in the game that caused this, and some believe it is because a hacker is on the server. Not only that, but when I did not play the game I always had random updates almost everyday for the game, and I am not even kidding, every time I turned on my computer there was always an update for the game, the updates never explained what they were or what they did, it was just sitting there chewing up space off of my computer.

    I also had some frame rate issues, I had to turn down the resolution to reduce lag, even at the lowest settings the game lagged in some places where it did not have to, Skyrim runs way faster than this, and this game is not as large as that game! I noticed a few times that the sounnd effects were off to, there would be times where I would die and did not know what killed me, then a few seconds later I would hear a yell sound really loud, I assumed that I was killed by a player with a sword from behind. After that day, I decided to quit the game and not come back to it, I had enough with the countless bugs and the terrible combat gameplay.

    Final Opinion:
    While it sounds like a good idea, Chivalry fails to show how great of a game it could turn out to be. The combat is buggy, the the training mode is one of the worst I have ever played, there are huge amounts of glitches, and the effects just don't work. If you want to play a game that is has everything I mentioned in this review then do it, I can tell you that you won't enjoy it if you have played a game just as buggy as this one (or worse).    … Expand
  88. Vectis99
    Oct 25, 2018
    2
    A very low quality fighter which doesn't have any level of strategic depth and very quickly falls apart from a tactical perspective. Learning the necessary dexterity to play the game is a boring chore. The game also looks very gross and ugly, with nothing interesting whatsoever beside the simple gore-y appeal factor. Avoid if possible.
  89. Tomicsavo
    Feb 4, 2020
    2
    I did not like it. The combat system is pretty boring and the pvp experience is not good either.
  90. michalkida2
    Nov 26, 2012
    1
    Why is this worth more that £5? The combat is just depending on luck. Its about who ever hits first or who has more backup or health. Really disappointed in this game.
  91. Amorebietal
    Oct 23, 2012
    1
    I am so disappointed with both this game and with WotR. WotR was disappointing when it came out, so I had sort of low expectations for this game, but even that didn't make this game playable :/. It had promised a lot of realism, and that tactics should be vital, but it just isn't. People are running around all over the place, and it just seem so chaotic to me. I don't know what I'mI am so disappointed with both this game and with WotR. WotR was disappointing when it came out, so I had sort of low expectations for this game, but even that didn't make this game playable :/. It had promised a lot of realism, and that tactics should be vital, but it just isn't. People are running around all over the place, and it just seem so chaotic to me. I don't know what I'm grading here really, the game or the players, because none of the players are playing as with tactics, so that's really what's making the gameplay suck. I really believe this is a waste of money, and if you're really desperate for a game like this, I would say buy War of the Roses, even if that is no sunshine either.… Expand
  92. crazyiven
    Nov 29, 2012
    1
    Was in my basket when i bought another game, bad bad accident. First game lag lag lag, don't see how game is so epic. Combat a few moves with a block oh and there is a crouch but cant hide behind anything low. I know its a indie game, but smells like it looks like it.....must be
  93. TheGamer31
    Oct 19, 2013
    1
    One of the worst games I have ever played in my life. I'm not complaining about how sluggish it is, I expected that before I played the game due to its gritty medieval fighting style. It is just how much is in this game.
  94. K3npachi
    Apr 26, 2013
    1
    The most annoying game I've ever played.
    Only two class rule the servers (vanguard, knight), archer is so lame I cant see far just 50m, cant kick with bow I can't block with bow, the weapon change is really slow...
    I can't block some attack with secondary weapon.
    This game is sucks, waste of my money.
  95. nitty
    Aug 19, 2013
    1
    Enjoyed this game in the beginning but it has turned into a Vanguard left mouse button spamming fest. The Vanguard class is too powerful and torn banner ignore calls for it to be balanced. I've deleted this game and will never play it again.
  96. toastermonkey
    Nov 1, 2013
    1
    The game can be fun, if you have the patience for it.
    The community is horrible, and sorry I'm not overlooking reckless votekicks.

    If you can stand a game where you will likely be voted off the server in the first few minutes of not playing well enough or accidentally hitting a teammate, then it might be worth checking out.
  97. Mattastic
    Feb 15, 2014
    1
    Horrible game

    I thought it looked like a cool game and was recommended by some others that I've played games with in the past. I will One of the things I read about it was that it was "easy to learn, hard to master." Easy to learn could not be any more untrue about this game, although hard to master couldn't be any more true. This game has very unresponsive controls and several working    Horrible game

    I thought it looked like a cool game and was recommended by some others that I've played games with in the past. I will One of the things I read about it was that it was "easy to learn, hard to master." Easy to learn could not be any more untrue about this game, although hard to master couldn't be any more true. This game has very unresponsive controls and several working mechanics, which make the playstyle very cumbersome. This makes the entire playstyle very wonky... I would often find myself unable to hit anything... sometimes I would be right in someones face, crosshair on the chest and STILL missing. Other times, I would click the button several seconds before the initiation of the swing, only to find the fruits of my effort wasted because the other player would be able to dash in and hit me before I could connect.

    Overall, I had a horrible experience and I want my money back. If you have a lot of patience, free time, and money to burn, I guess give it a try. If you don't, save your money and go elsewhere.    … Expand
  98. bigsilverhotdog
    May 1, 2016
    0
    What started off as 'counterstrike with swords' quickly turned into a total **** disaster. The game has been utterly destroyed by a horrible, HORRIBLE developer after many destructive patches, and is functionally dead today, existing only to sell skins and scam the few people who don't read steam reviews. It's a real pity, because at one point this game was VERY fun. And who can forget theWhat started off as 'counterstrike with swords' quickly turned into a total **** disaster. The game has been utterly destroyed by a horrible, HORRIBLE developer after many destructive patches, and is functionally dead today, existing only to sell skins and scam the few people who don't read steam reviews. It's a real pity, because at one point this game was VERY fun. And who can forget the "TO ME!!!!" spam?

    Oh well. Another day, another cashgrab sellout **** you' to the customers and fans. Each time it happens I'm becoming less and less surprised.    … Expand
  99. Fede-lasse
    Dec 25, 2012
    0
    I intentionally got this over War of the Roses, hoping it would be better.

    I guessed wrong. It's horribly slow and unpredictable. Incredibly stale if I don't at least spice it up with some micspam.
  100. matter_of_fact
    Nov 28, 2012
    0
    I've never reviewed a game before (despite years of gaming), but I felt so cheated on the money I spent on this game, that I decided to sign-up. Simply put, it's dreadful. The graphics are okay, but the animations are awful. At times I found myself laughing at the sound, and the general UI/presentation is amateur to the extreme. However, the worst thing about this game (apart from theI've never reviewed a game before (despite years of gaming), but I felt so cheated on the money I spent on this game, that I decided to sign-up. Simply put, it's dreadful. The graphics are okay, but the animations are awful. At times I found myself laughing at the sound, and the general UI/presentation is amateur to the extreme. However, the worst thing about this game (apart from the price tag), is the shocking game-play; it really is awful. A couple of years back I played Mount & Blade... a game with some serious issues, but a combat system that is many times more realistic and enjoyable than this bad joke. Can I have my money back, please?… Expand
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#61 Best PC Game of 2012
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#27 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#19 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. GameOver.gr
    Feb 26, 2013
    70
    A multiplayer experience that offers a realistic point of view of the Medieval melee battles. It's not fit for everyone, but if you get past the glitches and the high difficulty curve, you'll find an enjoyable and addictive game.
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  2. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 4, 2013
    80
    Chivalry is slightly… bipolar. The spectacle of a duel (especially if the two opponents are seasoned veterans) can be spectacularly breath-taking, a complex choreography that one can only marvel at. Blocks, feints, slashes, back-steps, side-hits: despite initial impressions, this can be a truly intellectual game of tactics, requiring high skills, observation and deviousness. On the other hand, the spectacle of a massive battle of fifty warriors can be ridiculously chaotic: especially if the players are inexperienced and go for blind “hack and slash” tactics, it’s more like a metal concert mosh pit than a battle for glory and honor. [February 2013]
  3. PC Gamer
    Feb 1, 2013
    81
    Chivalry is Quake to War of the Roses' Battlefield, and those seeking a faster-paced bloodier experience will undoubtedly prefer Chivalry's type of steel. [March 2013, p.65]
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