MORDHAU

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 269 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 48 out of 269
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  1. SKULLGUY1313
    Jun 11, 2021
    0
    Played for almost 800 hours, frustrating unfun 99% of the time, high level gameplay is extremely unfun. Do not recommend. Game mechanics are a joke even when mastered don't waste your time on the game, its a spammy mess. Combat is unrewarding, unrealistic video game meta dependent. Unintuitive, tactically pointless. Shows how far away video game of this genre are from something rewardingPlayed for almost 800 hours, frustrating unfun 99% of the time, high level gameplay is extremely unfun. Do not recommend. Game mechanics are a joke even when mastered don't waste your time on the game, its a spammy mess. Combat is unrewarding, unrealistic video game meta dependent. Unintuitive, tactically pointless. Shows how far away video game of this genre are from something rewarding for more serious players that aren't simply looking to speak a video games pointless meta language.

    Devs are also Sh** (basically a meme in the playerbase), I finally uninstalled on Chiv 2's release after being kicked by an official server admin/playtester for messing around. Game also has huge racist playerbase and no black/dark skin options.

    Joke of a game from start to finish.    … Expand
  2. DirtyDeeds4Free
    Feb 13, 2020
    0
    The game is broken. I've earned money and points and then spend them for gear and guess what, it shows I bought it when I was buying but I don't have it! Neither for my Horde/BR soldier nor the one I've created. And I can't even get e refund for this pile of **** because bought it on G2A and they don't care if you have any issues with the game.
  3. f32jk
    Jul 6, 2020
    3
    TL DR: Mordhau is a niche game, with a very specific target audience and criminally inhospitable to new players. Loads of gameplay, network, performance issues, each one individually is enough for me to decide it was a bad purchase.

    I was under the impression this was a casual friendly game. It's the exact opposite. Mordhau has to be the most beginner hostile game ever. That's because    TL DR: Mordhau is a niche game, with a very specific target audience and criminally inhospitable to new players. Loads of gameplay, network, performance issues, each one individually is enough for me to decide it was a bad purchase.

    I was under the impression this was a casual friendly game. It's the exact opposite. Mordhau has to be the most beginner hostile game ever. That's because the majority of it's player base, are veterans with long experience on this genre, put against first timers. No matchmaking system whatsoever! So if a beginner makes it past that 0.3 k/d ratio streak for days, going from spawn to his death over and over, good for him. Most don't.
    They implemented those awful mechanics, known as dragging and accelerating which manipulate the swing animation making it impossible to read and counter. In addition, manipulated animations look absolutely ridiculous. High end players will twist their spines while facing the ground and somehow still put that blade between your eyes. They will spam the laugh emote while at it.
    In regards of performance, I had to turn everything off and lower every setting, in order to not sink under 60 fps (midrange PC). But I still get some awful stutters during combat. Network issues are present as well, which according to the community, are completely ignored. In my case things are even worse. Even though I live in EU, the closest server is far from close, keeping my ping way above 80ms most of the times.
    Don't get fooled by the no micro transactions, no paid dlcs bait. Most of the beginners/ casuals quit after 40 hours of gameplay.    … Expand
  4. Butlerbandit
    May 10, 2021
    0
    Have > 200 hours in the game. Over a year ago they "reworked" shield mechanics, and they have been pretty terrible ever since. In order to raise held shield block, the player must hold the 'change weapon mode' button (default R) for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, this is also the "throw your weapon button". There is no way to change this.
  5. bimjosgravy
    Jan 20, 2020
    1
    Over engineering at its worst. This game tries to take you back in time and put you in these battles but in reality it just feels like you clumsily wave a sword around until someone lands a hit between what feels like hours of trading blocks. Awesome idea, i would love to like this game, but i just can't.
  6. TiredAlfred
    Dec 29, 2021
    1
    MORDHAU is a multiplayer medieval slasher. Create your mercenary and fight in brutal battles where you will ex
  7. Faegir
    Oct 27, 2022
    0
    Cringe update, my suspension of disbelief can only go so far.
    I really expected better of ye devs.
  8. AcerolaOrion
    Jul 7, 2019
    0
    No skill based matchmaking. The game just throws players together at random.
    No penalty for teamkilling,harass, griefing (e.g. blocking the only base exit of your own team with fire).
    Some settings in the keybindings literally dont work as intended. Literally - you bind it - but it doesnt do what it says in the settings. Lacks all infrastructure youd expect from an online multiplayer    No skill based matchmaking. The game just throws players together at random.
    No penalty for teamkilling,harass, griefing (e.g. blocking the only base exit of your own team with fire).
    Some settings in the keybindings literally dont work as intended. Literally - you bind it - but it doesnt do what it says in the settings.

    Lacks all infrastructure youd expect from an online multiplayer game in 2019.
    The only people who enjoy it are the ones who bought at release and have been playing every day since --> ez noobfarming simulator.    … Expand
  9. nurii29
    Sep 27, 2020
    0
    1-get the "game" for 50 bucks
    2-ınstall the "game"
    3-try to play
    4-get oneshot™ in 3 seconds
    5-try again
    6-get oneshot™ by your teammate
    7-uninstall the "game"
  10. ConjuredCounter
    Jul 30, 2019
    0
    This is my favorite game of 2019 so far, i love the combat and the customization of this game.
  11. DasBaum
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    ****

    Lags and bugs, bad combat and boring maps.
    If you want to buy it, dont do it, buy chiv or wait for chiv 2, but dont play this **** game.
  12. ksi2018
    Sep 5, 2020
    0
    This game needs more inclusivity. Making an option to change skin color should take a day to implement. The setting is in a fantastical country and medieval Europe wasn't all white. There really is no excuse for this and it has made the game attract a number of racist. Overall the game is like an improved version of chiv. The lack of inclusivity really holds this game back.
  13. Falrinth
    May 11, 2019
    4
    Interesting and engaging gameplay aside, game lacks CPU load optimisation. Its hogging the CPU resource like crazy. Resulting in fps drops, unreliable actions' inputs, death and frustration on servers with 40+ players (while 64 is standard).
    Gameplay, mechanics depth and visuals doesnt justify this crazy-high system requirements they did wrote. That can be their excuse, but seeing the    Interesting and engaging gameplay aside, game lacks CPU load optimisation. Its hogging the CPU resource like crazy. Resulting in fps drops, unreliable actions' inputs, death and frustration on servers with 40+ players (while 64 is standard).
    Gameplay, mechanics depth and visuals doesnt justify this crazy-high system requirements they did wrote. That can be their excuse, but seeing the gameplay videos noone bothered to check requirements if they had still solid (even if not top, new) hardware, cause there is nothing justifying such load on CPU other than lack of optimisation.
    So that would be 8/10 from me, cause i love the genre and i like the execution here, but -50% for being stuck in smaller servers for smooth gameplay.    … Expand
  14. Kamamura
    May 3, 2019
    2
    Yet another "quake with swords" without footwork that is bound to ultimately fail. You cannot run around and swing away independently and call it swordplay or melee combat. All cold steel weapon techniques drive their power from the fighter's contact with the ground, and for a cut or thrust to be powerful and effective, it must be accompanied with proper footwork - lunge or step forward,Yet another "quake with swords" without footwork that is bound to ultimately fail. You cannot run around and swing away independently and call it swordplay or melee combat. All cold steel weapon techniques drive their power from the fighter's contact with the ground, and for a cut or thrust to be powerful and effective, it must be accompanied with proper footwork - lunge or step forward, and in defence, backstep of lunge backwards.

    That creates a specific "back and forth" rhythm characteristic for sword encounters - when the attacker spends his energy, he is forced to defend, and vice versa.

    Since Mordhau does not implement footwork, it does not feel authentic - it's just Quake with swords instead of guns. As such, it could be hardly interesting for true fencing enthusiasts.    … Expand
  15. androidfan
    Apr 30, 2019
    0
    Another **** for strong players who like to bend over the weak. There is no good matchmaking by skill level. I play games for fun and not to burn my neural cells, therefore I put 0/10.
  16. beene
    May 24, 2019
    0
    This game is a rock, paper, scissors of melee garbage. There is no skill require, there are about 5 moves a character can pull so it is very simplistic. The game-play is slow and clunky, the hit boxes are abysmal. The game pretty much devolves down to two moves, swing and block. Swing first and if they don't block you win, if they block you might loose. It is pretty much a guessingThis game is a rock, paper, scissors of melee garbage. There is no skill require, there are about 5 moves a character can pull so it is very simplistic. The game-play is slow and clunky, the hit boxes are abysmal. The game pretty much devolves down to two moves, swing and block. Swing first and if they don't block you win, if they block you might loose. It is pretty much a guessing game for the most part. Archery and thrown weapons feel like they are being worked by someone who has never thrown something in their life, I question if the devs actually have every played a sport. There is so much wrong with the games battle systems, why someone swinging a small short sword swings at relatively the same speed as someone would swing a maul? Why does standing right next to a person allow someone to stab you with a giant two handed sword at the same rate as someone with a dagger. Shields for the most part play no role, it is just a game of smash with a two hander. The perks make no sense and are clearly imbalanced. The match making is insulting, most games are a **** show where one teams **** the other so hard you feel embarrassed if you win . When you enter a game and one team is entirely high level players and the other team doesn't have more than 3 people with double digit levels you should just leave or why not switch to the winning team as the game doesn't do any balance. The armor system is very very simple and mainly cosmetic. I guess plate mail isn't good at stopping someone from punching you. The thing is, it just isn't fun watching you either **** a team in or get ****ed, there is little to no middle ground in the game. One team is blue and once they get covered in blood so you can't tell their team anymore, a simple and embarrassing oversight. The tutorial is bad and the voice-overs for it are even worse. I don't think any of the devs have ever shot a bow either. The chat is full of garbage people. When I am not getting ganged up on I am dying to my team mates, seriously I have died more to teammates than enemies in some games. All around a slop show. Just don't buy it, your life will be better.… Expand
  17. yigitokko
    Apr 30, 2019
    4
    First I played offline tutorial and i am impressed by that,and i also saw the character design and all that,impressed by that. Then i tried to play br mode,waited like 7 minutes to get a match started with 18 PLAYERS in a mode that says there will be 64. I was like OK, that's not a big problem,it will gain players eventually if it's good,started playing,opened a door to loot and guessFirst I played offline tutorial and i am impressed by that,and i also saw the character design and all that,impressed by that. Then i tried to play br mode,waited like 7 minutes to get a match started with 18 PLAYERS in a mode that says there will be 64. I was like OK, that's not a big problem,it will gain players eventually if it's good,started playing,opened a door to loot and guess what,i'm dead. Yeah, by OPENING A DOOR. So servers should be 1000 times better then i'd definitely try this game out again.… Expand
  18. AndrewEvolution
    Aug 7, 2022
    4
    Game it´s dead now, don´t waste your time and money... there is only Viceous Tryhards left and the game it´s very indie, don´t flow like a AAA, and cause of that your K/D will be the worst ever... just like old COD games after 3 years...
  19. Mister_Jey
    Jan 12, 2021
    4
    → Sus à l’ennemi !
    Les développeurs ont souhaités axé le gameplay sur la technicité des combats, en résulte au final que les duels sont remportés par le joueur qui aura le meilleur timing d'un coup donné, ou la chance d'avoir un camarade qui passe par là pour prendre en surnombre l'adversaire. J'ai donc trouvé le gameplay de Mordhau vraiment fade, c'est dommage car son univers médiéval    → Sus à l’ennemi !
    Les développeurs ont souhaités axé le gameplay sur la technicité des combats, en résulte au final que les duels sont remportés par le joueur qui aura le meilleur timing d'un coup donné, ou la chance d'avoir un camarade qui passe par là pour prendre en surnombre l'adversaire. J'ai donc trouvé le gameplay de Mordhau vraiment fade, c'est dommage car son univers médiéval est quant à lui intéressant. For the King !

    Sortie en avril 2019 / Développé par Triternion (studio indépendant Slovène).    … Expand
  20. AsparagusPants
    Oct 2, 2020
    3
    I've got around 300 hours in mordau and literally just got banned for an hour blocking a door for 20-30 secs, with multiple routes around me and we were 300 tickets up about to win with no warning by some admin. There's no system to contest this ban, or report the abuse that I know of, next best thing? write a **** review complaining about it.
    What sort of rampant admin abuse is that    I've got around 300 hours in mordau and literally just got banned for an hour blocking a door for 20-30 secs, with multiple routes around me and we were 300 tickets up about to win with no warning by some admin. There's no system to contest this ban, or report the abuse that I know of, next best thing? write a **** review complaining about it.
    What sort of rampant admin abuse is that where you can just have one salty dude ban you from ALL Official matches at whim, how does that help the player base grow? Gross admin abuse is real. If you don't like the fact people can camp and block doors why did you make that a thing in an update? You couldn't do that until the developers made it possible in the updates.

    Fun game honestly incredibly high skill ceiling combat system, but the fact it's so toxic and admin abuse is this strong kinda ruins any potential to have fun. You can have dudes literally being completely racist in every lobby with not a SINGLE kick happening from users or admins, yet I hadn't typed for over for over 10 mins, or team killed ) got banned for an hour, for blocking a door for 30 seconds when there was multiple routes around me and we were 300 tickets up and about to win. 10/10 system. (Team damage is on at all times pretty much which usually means if u dont know how to control your sword swings properly you're probably gonna swipe a few team mates here and there, and that is usually what gets people kicked, but this wasn't even that.) I wish I knew about all this **** before I got into the game, cus at core the gameplay is fun as hell, but a complete waste of time when this sorta stuff happens, regretting getting into it.

    As a new player I wouldn't waste your time, the people in control of this game aren't good at their jobs. There's YouTube vids out there from the mordhau community literally putting the owner of the game on blast for very questionable balancing and refusal to listen to community feedback for most things.

    They have an interesting weight system some weapons cost a huge 20+ weight and still take 2/3 hits to kill, yet they have weps like the cleaver for 3 weight and it can 1 shot anyone with lower then medium armour helmets, 2 shot with high armour. Use you will most likely have shorter range but in the middle of a giant 40 v 40 battle that barely means anything when you get 3v1'd and insta killed by someone coming at u from the side with a cleaver, and who needs range when you can have a stupid build like having full armour, cleaver and "bloodlust" perk which gives you full hp on every kill you get, so just swing wildly and run at people and occasionally you'll just get a 10 player killstreak out of nothing but pure wild swinging and running up close to the enemies while they're mid fight so they cant keep distance away from you. Yeah it's kinda fun at first but any long term playability in this game comes down to a skill based system, which with the way they've balanced weapons is non existent for the most part.

    But honestly just the fact I've been banned for an hour no warning, and I did nothing actually wrong is just the icing on the cake, nothing kills motivation for a game like being kicked off the game by admins when you're tryna get into it.

    It's a solid 9/10 or 10/10 game if you like sword combat and giant war game modes, but the fact it's run in such a way brings the whole game down to a 3.    … Expand
  21. FredDie86
    May 19, 2023
    0
    I have almost 1k hours in this game so its quite sad to see that bad choices of devs drove this game to the ground, its literally dead now with 1 full server (at best), that is always dominated by the same people.
  22. 345345
    Apr 19, 2023
    0
    В этой игре плохо всё в эпике её раздавали бесплатно, и на самом деле даже за бесплатно это кусак дерьма того не стоит, не буду разжёвывать, скажу лишь что перекроет любой плюс в этой куске дерьма, это геймплей и интерфейс, играл я в неё 3 часа и пожелаю разработчикам этой игры кирпичного дождя.В этой игре плохо всё в эпике её раздавали бесплатно, и на самом деле даже за бесплатно это кусак дерьма того не стоит, не буду разжёвывать, скажу лишь что перекроет любой плюс в этой куске дерьма, это геймплей и интерфейс, играл я в неё 3 часа и пожелаю разработчикам этой игры кирпичного дождя.
  23. Toombsz
    Apr 20, 2023
    3
    The game is great love the combat, gameplay and the game itself is beautiful.

    the community on the other hand...... you fight alot of players that have been playing a LONG time and level 200+ if they are on your team they tend to scream about how they hate low levels and blah blah blah. if they are playing against you there is a very chance you will see 6+ teammates get cut right down    The game is great love the combat, gameplay and the game itself is beautiful.

    the community on the other hand...... you fight alot of players that have been playing a LONG time and level 200+ if they are on your team they tend to scream about how they hate low levels and blah blah blah. if they are playing against you there is a very chance you will see 6+ teammates get cut right down by them like nothing and then you get to listen to them tell you how bad all the low levels are and that they should uninstall an play other games.

    so yeah great game 10/10 for gameplay an looks but the toxic community brings it down to a 3/10    … Expand
  24. Horizon515
    May 8, 2023
    0
    sucky ass retarded game
    >get one shot constantly
    >crappy servers
    >chambering is useless mechanic and is more disadvantagous than advantagous
    >maps are bad
    **** axe is faster than a sword manipulated with two hands
    >fat losers spam attacks and use mauls
  25. Raisen
    Jun 8, 2023
    0
    Поиграл не понравилось, как по мне она не стоит своих денег не понятно как нормально играть, когда тебе нужно много ударов чтобы убить врага то врагам часто достаточно всего 1 удара. выиграть за атакующих очень легко а за защищающихся практически не возможно времени слишком многоПоиграл не понравилось, как по мне она не стоит своих денег не понятно как нормально играть, когда тебе нужно много ударов чтобы убить врага то врагам часто достаточно всего 1 удара. выиграть за атакующих очень легко а за защищающихся практически не возможно времени слишком много

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#59 Best PC Game of 2019
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#51 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#51 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 2, 2019
    72
    Mordhau is basically two games in one: on one hand, it has a complex fighting system with feints, ripostes and so on. On the other – you can forget about all that fancy dueling stuff and just charge in with your halberd, hoping to chop off a few heads before losing your own. [Issue#239, p.62]
  2. Game Informer
    Jun 28, 2019
    85
    Mordhau is not for those who want a multiplayer experience that’s easy to drop into and utterly destroy foes. However, the joy of mastering its challenging system as well as memorable moments of violent ballet make these engrossing battles unique.
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  3. GameSpot
    Jun 18, 2019
    80
    Mordhau is tough, violent, beautiful, and doesn't pull its punches. Despite an intense learning curve that could be better alleviated with more tutorials or better practice tools, its supreme swordplay and combat mechanics eventually outshine any initial frustration. The scale of battle is overwhelming and chaotic, but there's a definite sense to all the nonsense that, once you uncover it, gives you an incredible rush every time you go toe-to-toe with the enemy--even if you don't come out the other side intact.
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