Chivalry 2 - the massacre continues

[Beowulf]

Ok, I played it for 2 hours or so.

Team objective maps are fun to play, there is standard Chivalry experience (TM) of madness, chaos and mayhem.

But I got the impression that it looks worse than Mordhau and has some LOD issues. The lighting is also not as moody as it could be and as it were in Chiv 1.
There are also some issues to be ironed out, like unresponsiveness of some controls (weapon changing) and UI bugs (sometimes all UI prompts vanish).

On the plus side I've encountered only few players trying to exploit the animation system by e.g. crouch spamming 360 polearms attacks (didn't seem to be uncounterable).
The maps and objectives are also copied from Chiv 1, hopefully they will develop it further with some new ideas.
The voice-overs are also less hysterical than in the first game, but if it is positive or negative is up to you.
You can easily distinguish between sides (which was a thing easily exploited with Mordhau's customisation), but you can customize your appearance a little bit.
Those who liked playing on Sneaky Monkeys server will be glad to hear that you can play on 64 players servers (the other option is 40). With 64 players there is less emphasis on 1v1 duels, as gang bangs will happen more often.
The tutorial is worse than in the first instalment and is rather poorly narrated.

Overall it's ok for some LMB mashing after long day, but nothing great. I'll play it some more though.

 

[Tyranicon]

Step 1. Get Messer as a weapon.

Step 2. Realize how stupidly overpowered it is.

Step 3. Find a stack of distracted enemy players.

Step 4. Swing wildly and kill all of them.

Step 5. Learn the game controls.

 

[Beowulf]

Almost exactly what I did, albeit I started as a Vanguard with some axe.

 

[Angelo85]

They just announced that 1 million copies have been sold and also released a new update with 2 new maps, 1 new game mode (3v3) and a bunch of cosmetics.

I caved and bought it on Epic since Steam release probably is 10+ months away assuming they got the typical 1-year-exlusive deal with Epic. I skipped on Chivalry 1 but played the original mod way back when and it's pretty much the same formula. Fun casual turn-your-brain-off slaughter simulator. Since there's (besides the new 3v3 mode) usually huge teams of 20v20 to 32v32 players your individual actions don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things but the fights themselves are fun. Actually I enjoyed my time with this more than playing Bannerlords II multiplayer.

 

[Tyranicon]

Messer 1# Used Weapon

Yeah, no shit.

Game's pretty enjoyable, but some maps are so unbalanced that it really makes you think who thought them up. Especially the one map where Agatha has to rescue the champion.

 

[Angelo85]

Another content update just got released, titled "House Aberfell". Looks inspired by William Wallace / Highlander or alternatively Scotland.

Chivalry 2: House Aberfell update key features include:

• The Raid on Aberfell: Experience the ultimate medieval battlefield and the chaos of combat in this large-scale 64-player Team Objective map that finds the Agatha Knights invading the birth land of the Mason Order’s King Malric. Attacking players are charged with sacking the village, destroying the Mason Order’s towering obelisks, and purging the heretical Druids from the land as defending players fight back every step of the way.
• New Playable Character – Druids: The Raid of Aberfell map features playable Druids charged with defending the Mason Order’s ancient stones. Armed with powerful staff melee weapons, the top scoring players will be granted control of the Druids as the Order’s last line of defense against the Agatha offensive. Druids appear with a variety of new helmets, including the Goat, Wild Pig, Deer, and Eagle.
• New Gameplay – Hog Hoarding: As part of the sacking of the village of Aberfell, attacking players will join forces to… steal pigs! Capture livestock and peasants by carrying them on your shoulder to deny Mason Order’s access to food and labor.
• New Gameplay – Bees: For the first time in the history of the Chivalry franchise, players can look forward to the introduction of weaponized bees. While exploring the new Raid on Aberfell Team Objective map, be sure to keep an eye out for oversized beehives. Players looking to create some buzz can pick-up these bee bombs and throw them at enemies, unleashing a swarm of stinging insects that cause area of effect damage.
• New Weapons – Highland Sword: The Highland Sword is a massive, unwieldy beast of a blade that will butcher foes and send others running for the hills. Complete with new animations, weapon values, and special attack, the Highland Sword for the Vanguard class can be further customized with new Giant Claymore and Executioner sword skins.
• New Armory Items: In addition, players can look forward to a wide array of new cosmetics in the Armory, including the Agatha Gallowglass Armor and Mason Clan Armor, War Club – Shepherd Staff skin, Falchion – Chopper skin, Messer – Dacian Sword skin, Great Sword – Claymore skin, 10 new Face paints, and more!

 

[Angelo85]

Game is free to play this weekend. Also 33% discounted.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/chivalry-2
https://chivalry2.com/2022/03/17/chivalry-2-free-weekend-begins-mar-17-on-pc-with-33-discount/

Chivalry 2 Free Weekend Begins Mar. 17 on PC with 33% Discount

Chivalry 2 has kicked off a Free Weekend on the Epic Game Store for PC!



The Free Weekend begins Thursday March 17 @ 8:00am PT / 11:00am ET / 5:00am CET, ends Monday March 21 @ 8:00 AM PT

Haven’t pulled the trigger yet or want to introduce your friends to the game?

Grab Chivalry 2 at 33% off from March 17-23.

Plus – join us March 17 at 2pm ET for a developer stream on our Twitch channel: twitch.tv/TornBanner

We’ll be deep-diving into combat design with a TBS developer guest, and playing live with the community during the Free Weekend.

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

[randir14]

Now available on Steam, along with an update that adds a new faction and mounted combat.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824220/Chivalry_2/

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I picked this up after watching quite a few videos on YouTube. Holy shit is this game fun. I am not disappointed. I am placing within the top 3 for score in my matches, but it's quite clear that I'm a weak n00b when the other 2 have double my score. There is a great deal of nuance and execution to combat. It feels great. Sometimes it clicks and I take on 5 guys successfully only to get my shit pushed in 1v1 against my clear superior. This game is a riot of fun.

 

[IDtenT]

Is this better than Mordhau?

 

[Konjad]

They are quite similar.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

So it turns out when I was wrecking 5v1 it was against bots, lol. I'm trying to make the halberd work and have been practicing on the duel grounds but I'm getting wrecked. I'm trying to make this weapon do things it's not meant for. I'm still having a blast though.

 

[Beowulf]

Is this better than Mordhau?

Personally for me Chiv 2 was more fun. But then again, I dropped Mordhau quite early, and they added a lot and might have fixed the glaring issues the game had.
It also depends what you want to see in the game - for more skill focused try hard duelling go for Mordhau, for big battlefield shenanigans and general mayhem play Chivalry.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I feel like I've been getting worse at this game the more I play. I tried changing up my keybindings to make use of my thumb mouse buttons and better use alternate swings. It hasn't helped but I'm chocking that to having to rebuild muscle memory. I'm still doing miserably with the halberd. I notice that any time I am forced to use a different weapon I do much better. I think I might need to try the Man-at-Arms until I have a better grasp of movement and reach before I can use something so slow and time sensitive as polearms.

 

[General Disarray]

I feel like I've been getting worse at this game the more I play. I tried changing up my keybindings to make use of my thumb mouse buttons and better use alternate swings. It hasn't helped but I'm chocking that to having to rebuild muscle memory. I'm still doing miserably with the halberd. I notice that any time I am forced to use a different weapon I do much better. I think I might need to try the Man-at-Arms until I have a better grasp of movement and reach before I can use something so slow and time sensitive as polearms.

Halberd is hard. But it's my favorite weapon, has been sense Total War medieval 1. I think it helps if you think of it as a team weapon. Attack from the second line and dunk people on their head, preferably from their blindside. Stabs are good for getting a hit in in a brawl as well. The shorter pole hammer is easier to learn because it's shorter. The knights poleaxe is also a good weapon to train with.