Mordhau

[Beck]

Been following this game for a year or so and it's finally on Kickstarter for a March 2018 release.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/430135984/mordhau

I used to be a big fan of Chivalry when it first came out but after a while people figured out how to abuse the animations and it ruined the game for me. Hopefully these guys can get it right.

[clankill3r]

Cool, I also have been following this for a long time now.

I really like that hey were competitive chivalry players. They are aware of all the abusing of the systems in chivalry.
And Torn Banner Studios never seem to gave a damn about fixing chivalry.

[Bastion]

Fuck me, it's already hit the funding goal.

[Beck]

24 minutes ago, clankill3r said:

Cool, I also have been following this for a long time now.

I really like that hey were competitive chivalry players. They are aware of all the abusing of the systems in chivalry.
And Torn Banner Studios never seem to gave a damn about fixing chivalry.

Yeah, I like that about them too. I was really disappointed with Torn Banner when they did nothing about the animation abusing etc. They started off so strong and Chivalry was awesome in the beginning but then they just seemingly stopped caring about the game that put them on the map so to speak.

I know studios need to move onto other projects etc but you think a smaller studio like TB would want to please their fans.

22 minutes ago, Bastion said:

Fuck me, it's already hit the funding goal.

I think it took them less than 24 hours to hit their goal! Pretty impressive.

[clankill3r]

18 hours ago, Beck said:

I know studios need to move onto other projects etc but you think a smaller studio like TB would want to please their fans.

Getting love from the community is so important for a studio like TBS. I think UWE did really great with NS2, even after the release they worked on it for 2 more years.

[clankill3r]

Great new video:

 

 

[Beck]

It's reached 200k funding too which unlocked mod tools. Might have to get a map on the go

Hoping some more stretch goals get met too.

[clankill3r]

I already have an idea for a mod.
I had the idea for chivalry, but why work it out for chivalry with mordhau on the way

So maybe you can make me a map

[Beck]

 This is finally releasing today in about 6 hours time!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/629760/MORDHAU/

I believe it's going to be $30(or 30 Euro or £27ish)  with 10% off for a short while after release.

I've been playing it in beta, got about 20 hours of playtime in, and it's a lot of fun. The combat is great and some of the duels I've had 1 on 1 have have been really exciting. Feels great when you outsmart or trick your opponent  into blocking too soon and you lop their heads off. Combat in big groups is as you'd expect, mental.

I die a lot to players who have thousands of hours but they aren't unbeatable if you think about what you want to do.

Anyway, looking forward to the full release and to some fresh blood to spill.

Edited April 29, 2019 by Beck

[Zarsky]

Looks cool, is there VR support planned? Would be a pretty nice fit. I guess.

[Beck]

I've not heard about any VR support.

The devs are pretty active on their Discord though. Might be worth an ask.

Streamed a few games last night and had a lot of fun. I think it had ~50k viewers on Twitch which was nice to see but I guess it's not too surprising as most people go to Twitch to check out new games these days.

[Minos]

Looks fuckn sick!!

[PogoP]

Can anyone explain how this is different to Chivalry? If you showed me that trailer and said it was Chivalry, I wouldn't know any different.

[-HP-]

1 hour ago, PogoP said:

Can anyone explain how this is different to Chivalry? If you showed me that trailer and said it was Chivalry, I wouldn't know any different.

Apparently it's pretty much exactly the same game, only more polished.

[Beck]

It is basically Chivalry 2. It's made by fans of Chiv but the combat is way more refined than it was in chiv, it's had constant feedback duing development from the alpha and beta backers. It feels really solid.

There's none of those weird animation exploits where people would wind up an overhead swing and then spin around to hit you with the sword over their head with their backs bent back. There's also new combo's, morphs and chambers - if you swing your weapon in the same direction the enemies weapon comes from you'll clash weapons and you'll get a chance to quickly attack to counter.

There's also horses, siege weapons, building fortifications and tons of armour and weapon customisation (Pretty much all of it can be earned in-game).

If you enjoyed Chivalry I really recommend it.