I must confess, this game is actually good.
Being a 500 something hour Mordhau guy, and used to play Age of Chivalry AND Chivalry 1 back in the day, I first played Chivalry 2 years ago when it was in beta with the mindset that it was going to be bad, despite never actually playing it. It felt much more janky than mordhau, and everything just felt so wrong. I stopped playing, deemed chivalry 2 as bad, and moved on.
way later on, I don't play Mordhau nearly as much as I once did, as I'm just burnt out of the animation abuses. I see I can buy Chivalry 2 for like 11 bucks, so I say why not give it another shot, perhaps to rekindle my love for the genre.
Wouldn't you know it, I actually enjoy it a lot more. I've come to the realization that while Mordhau has been geared to be heavily competitive, Chivalry 2 is the exact opposite. Chivalry 2 is the first notable game in this genre designed to be casual and meant for everyone, and you gotta respect that. I've gotten a lot of my friends to join me in playing this, and whereas in Mordhau or Chiv 1 they'd have gotten shit on all day, they actually got a decent amount of kills. I was instantly able to get on top of leader boards with level 500+s, which just goes to show there's a skill cap, which isn't the worst thing in the world.
There are a little bit of wonky animations here and there, but from what I've played there's not much to abuse. Everything is fair, everything is intended, veterans don't stomp new players just because they know exploits, but they beat new players because of experience.
I believe Mordhau and Chivalry 2 both have their places in the genre, but in my current gaming career, I'm more obliged to pick Chivalry 2 for silly Medieval fun over Mordhau, where I have to know every animation every sweat is using or suffer for it.
Plus with crossplay and a little bit of cosmetics to unlock, it feels like a very good package, especially for 11 bucks. I'd suggest giving this game a try over any other game in the genre first, as you'll get shit on the least here, and likely have the most fun.
Being a 500 something hour Mordhau guy, and used to play Age of Chivalry AND Chivalry 1 back in the day, I first played Chivalry 2 years ago when it was in beta with the mindset that it was going to be bad, despite never actually playing it. It felt much more janky than mordhau, and everything just felt so wrong. I stopped playing, deemed chivalry 2 as bad, and moved on.
way later on, I don't play Mordhau nearly as much as I once did, as I'm just burnt out of the animation abuses. I see I can buy Chivalry 2 for like 11 bucks, so I say why not give it another shot, perhaps to rekindle my love for the genre.
Wouldn't you know it, I actually enjoy it a lot more. I've come to the realization that while Mordhau has been geared to be heavily competitive, Chivalry 2 is the exact opposite. Chivalry 2 is the first notable game in this genre designed to be casual and meant for everyone, and you gotta respect that. I've gotten a lot of my friends to join me in playing this, and whereas in Mordhau or Chiv 1 they'd have gotten shit on all day, they actually got a decent amount of kills. I was instantly able to get on top of leader boards with level 500+s, which just goes to show there's a skill cap, which isn't the worst thing in the world.
There are a little bit of wonky animations here and there, but from what I've played there's not much to abuse. Everything is fair, everything is intended, veterans don't stomp new players just because they know exploits, but they beat new players because of experience.
I believe Mordhau and Chivalry 2 both have their places in the genre, but in my current gaming career, I'm more obliged to pick Chivalry 2 for silly Medieval fun over Mordhau, where I have to know every animation every sweat is using or suffer for it.
Plus with crossplay and a little bit of cosmetics to unlock, it feels like a very good package, especially for 11 bucks. I'd suggest giving this game a try over any other game in the genre first, as you'll get shit on the least here, and likely have the most fun.