It starts to become a simulation of battle, rather than a mere fun slaughter-fest. Combined with the shouting and cursing of enemies and comrades, the press of bodies in crowds of combatants, and the cries of the dying, the game is elevated beyond its initial arcade-like free-for-all feel. The sound, the knockback, the weight of the weapon - it all goes towards making duels seem like a struggle. Defending with weapons is a lot trickier, as you need to actually aim your block at the tip of your enemies weapon so mistiming blocks is always something one worries about.Įvery hit, parry and block feels real. Covering your body won’t do much good if you’re about to get your head caved in. Shields obviously offer the best protection, but defenders still need to take into account the type of attack so they can defend appropriately. Without the element of surprise, a fight can go on for some time, with players backing away, taking up defensive postures, and trying to goad their enemy into attacking and perhaps revealing a weakness.īlocking is equally involved. Players need to keep their opponents off-balance with feints and pushes, while trying to find a gap in their armor. Fancy footwork and a good aim are paramount if you actually want your stylish attacks to do any damage, though, and is one of the reasons for the first-person perspective. Left click unleashes a swing, scroll up and you jab or stab, scroll down and you bring down a powerful overhead smash. Attacks are mapped to the left and middle mouse buttons. Combat and weapon variety tie everything together with a grim, skill-based, blood-splattered bow.įor all the interesting maps and bounty of weapons, it is the precise hit detection that is most impressive. Yet, amid the slightly jerky animations, the lunatics running around like drunk berserkers, and the cheesy oaths and curses that players can have their warrior utter, the game can still be quite serious. It’s all rather flashy and cinematic, and is more 300 than The Hundred Years’ War. Massive trebuchets punctuate the screams with thuds and the sound of rocks cutting through the air below is the ever present fleet, imposing and vast. Fires light up the crumbling cliff fortress while men shriek as they get trapped in the castle’s many narrow corridors and are unable to swing their weapons, eventually finding a dagger stuck in their chest. The objectives are simple, but the setting makes for an incredibly dramatic battle.
I found the most striking one to be Hillside, where one team is attempting to aid a massive invasion fleet - seen off in the distance - by lighting signal fires and destroying trebuchets, while the other team attempts to stop them and halt the invasion.
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