Matches play out brilliantly with arenas made to funnel players together for battles and evolve as the objective advances. Matches flow nicely and the combat seems well balanced with ranged attackers being limited on projectiles before having to find more and melee classes requiring careful stamina management. The sound and lighting do a good job of putting you in your avatars boots especially while playing in first-person perspective.Ĭhivalry 2 plays really well with lobby wait times rarely hitting forty seconds before getting into a game with crossplay off, putting you straight in the action quickly and with the game benefitting from Xbox’s “Quick Resume” feature getting into a game from switching on your Series X is super fast. The audio in Chivalry 2 is really good and with your headset on you will be hearing all of the war cries and death rattles between the metallic clattering of swords and armour. Graphics-wise Chivalry 2 isn’t mind-blowing but is a huge improvement over its predecessor and plays really well on the Xbox Series X, I am yet to experience any noticeable frame rate drops from its native 60fps and only one freeze which happened on launch day. You do also have the option of disabling crossplay with other platforms if you are struggling with mouse and keyboard players but this may impact wait times for games on occasion. The bigger modes are great for experiencing long drawn out conflicts whereas the free-for-all is just great practice and can lead to some hilarious moments. Right now Chivalry 2 has three main game modes other than it’s tutorial and offline practice options.īoth the 64 and 40 player modes consist of playlists of varying castle siege style team objective or deathmatch modes and the free-for-all being what you would expect with smaller arenas and smaller player counts. You can progress each class to unlock three different versions of each class with a slightly differing loadout, like adding in a shield on the knight class. Knowing your classes strengths and weaknesses on the battlefield come down to common sense and trial and error. Each class has a different play style and weapon set from the range of the archer’s bow and arrow to the slow but devastating blows from the vanguards battle axe. Archer, Vanguard, Footman and the tin man himself, the knight. If you can afford the time to practice you could very well hit that coveted high skill ceiling, master the combat system and lay waste to multiple players effortlessly. You can speed up your long swings by turning into the strike or using your block to perform a riposte and counter strike when using the block button at the perfect time. Your combat ranges from swinging to poking and even hurling your weapon at the enemy but using these moves correctly and at the right time is the key. With the option of first and third-person perspectives to fight from, there is some wriggle room to try different approaches to combat. There is a lengthy tutorial that will teach you the skills you need to bludgeon your enemies on the battlefield, which I recommend you do straight away before delving into the game itself. With a very difficult combat system to come to grips with Chivalry 2 takes some getting used to before things start to click, which isn’t a weakness as when it clicks it’s both exhilarating and hilarious. Chivalry 2 does not have a campaign leaving the team at Torn Banner Studios to focus all of their efforts on getting you fighting with fellow players. The large “swordalicious” battles, both frantic and hilarious play out over fairly large arenas and your characters can be customised and levelled up as you gain experience in the game. So, first of all, what is Chivalry 2, well it is a medieval, multiplayer battle, objective-based game where you and your army of fellow players either fight over objectives in the fashion of Overwatch or rack up kills until one team hits the kill goal first.
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