Chivalry medieval warfare taunts simulator#

The complete lack of flair to any of the fighting is also strangely refreshing. Hit them a few times, and they'll run off and hide, leaping at you from around a darkened corner. Strike them and they'll use the momentum to spin around and thwack you back. They weave uncertainly toward you, taunting and cursing, feigning an attack before swinging at your proper. With this simple system you tussle some of the most convincing enemies you'll find in a fighting game. There are four directional attacks, a timed block, and a smattering of finishing moves. The controls for Condemned's fighting are the simplest outside of Nidhogg.

Chivalry medieval warfare taunts simulator#

Monolith's Hobo-Bashing Simulator is probably the strangest game on this list, not simply because it eschews the more familiar swords and shields for steam pipes and planks of wood, but because nearly all of the work in its melee combat system is done by your opponents. Chivalry isn't the most refined melee combat game out there, but it is one of the most enjoyable. You can turn your mouse to add extra swing to your blows, and even try to swing under or over your opponent's blade by ducking or jumping. It's simple move-set makes it easy to pick up, while timed, directional blocks mean you need to actively defend yourself against your opponent and try to anticipate their moves. Yet for all its incidental silliness, Chivalry remains an excellent fighting game. Deathmatches are especially amusing, as each map descends into total chaos with duels frequently interrupted by a third party turning up and executing both fighters with a single strike. For every challenging, engaging duel of blades, there's just as much chance you'll rock up and get your head sliced clean off because you completely mistimed a block or a feint. Fights often end with mess decapitations or amputations, with opponents screaming and gargling on their own blood as they die.īut there's something about the grimness of this backdrop, juxtaposed with the game's freeform combat, that makes it absolutely hilarious. Aesthetically Torn Banner's game is bloody and horrible, with maps themed around besieged castles, mud-churned battlefields and burning peasant villages. So it's a genuine compliment when I say that Chivalry is one of the funniest games I've played in years. Melee combat is unpredictable by nature, which means that sometimes really stupid things happen. A strange but no less effective test for the quality of a melee combat game is how funny it is.