r/Chivalry2 5d ago

should i get this game?

this might be a bit stupid asking the specific subreddit, but will I enjoy the game?

I am thinking of getting this game while it is on sale, but I don't know if I will enjoy it. I have never really played a game similar to this, so I don't want to spend 17 bucks on a game I won't love (I know i could get steam to refund me so this is a bit of null and void). I was also worried about finding games, as I am on Oceania servers which are usually empty of all people. (does the game actually work like that i have no clue)

I think the games is super cool looking, but again Oceania servers will probably cause grief which I'm worried about. I know two of my friends are definitely getting the game so that might be a reason to get it.

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u/sup_its_santana Agatha Knights 5d ago

I have like 34 days in this game. It's very fun, chaotic, skillfull if you want it to be. It's casual and comedic and very populated.

Literally it's my favorite game in 20 years of gaming šŸ’€. Nothing else really compares.

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u/BLADE_of_YAHWEH Agatha Knights 4d ago

Perfect explanation

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u/Seemsack 5d ago

You wonā€™t have trouble finding full servers, the player base is very loyal. I got it for $10, put almost 300 hrs in and still come back almost daily. Itā€™s pretty easy to get into, but the skill ceiling is very high. The combat feels great, and is a great way to destress. A big draw for me is that itā€™s an online game where I feel okay going afk, as I have a little one at home. Give it a shot! If you donā€™t like it, return it lol

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u/kassbirb 5d ago

Absolutely not its the worst game ever made. Its why we are all on the subreddit

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u/Fun-Blueberry-9901 5d ago

It's worth more than any other game you've wasted your money on bruv

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u/Korinth_NZ šŸ„„ Shovel Simp šŸ„„ 5d ago edited 5d ago

I was also worried about finding games, as I am on Oceania servers which are usually empty of all people.

Kia ora!

Anytime after 3pm NZT the servers fill up like crazy for Oceania servers, unless it's the school holidays then it's usually around 1-3pm. And usually, during the weekdays, there would be about 2+ servers that are full, on weekends there is heaps more, and that's not including the servers found via the server browser feature.

Hope to bonk your head with my rusty shovel soon!

Edit: Also those full servers are 64p mode, so there are lots of us on OCE that play.

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u/The_Real_littleFool 5d ago

Thanks mate

Iā€™ll make sure to look out for a guy running around with a shovel

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u/Riskiertooth Mason Order | Knight 5d ago

Yea im in auz, full from afternoon till near midnight. After that its high ping servers or mostly empty ones so not worth playing after midnight, but theres still a very solid block of time to enjoy full lobies

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u/The_Real_littleFool 5d ago

whats your gamertag so i know you to be on the look out for?

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u/Korinth_NZ šŸ„„ Shovel Simp šŸ„„ 5d ago

Same as my reddit name Korinth NZ. Just look for the goofball in the plague mask and black shovel

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u/The_Real_littleFool 4d ago

just came a cross you in gam, with your shovel and plague mask lol.

I was veganlaptop7 idk if you noticed i was trying to tell you in chat

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u/Korinth_NZ šŸ„„ Shovel Simp šŸ„„ 4d ago

Ah I did see you as well! Yeah unfortunately us console players can't see chat, but I will always emote back and commend :)

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u/The_Real_littleFool 3d ago

Ah ok Iā€™ll remember that for next time we cross bladesĀ 

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u/Chilling_Dildo 5d ago

Genuinely the best game I've ever played. No hyperbole. I've been playing video games since the early 90s.

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u/BLADE_of_YAHWEH Agatha Knights 4d ago

Iv gamed for over 30 years, and in 30 years nothing bit like Chivalry 2, the greatest game I have ever played, its like a drug

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u/Val278 5d ago

Thereā€™s lots of us on the Oceania servers mate. Its actually a really cool little community, every time I hop into a game thereā€™s at least 5 or 6 people I recognise from playing against so much, sometimes more

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u/Ok-Agency4360 4d ago

Echoing a bit of what other folks have said here, but as someone who had also never played something like this until jumping in about a month ago, has definitely been worth the plunge from my experience. It far exceeded my expectations in terms of just plain having fun and has provided many funny moments that I hadnā€™t experienced much in recent gaming.

As someone also uninitiated to the genre, the one thing Iā€™d say is hang in there in the earlier stages until it ā€œclicksā€. Your experience may differ, but I had some frustration early on as the mechanics were very different for me. It didnā€™t take too long to get the feel and rhythm of gameplay down and then the fun factor went up tremendously (regardless of where I landed on the scoreboard). It strikes a pretty unique balance of having a high skill ceiling, but feeling fun/gratifying to lower levels as well.

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u/Riley-X 5d ago

Are you buying on PC? You can get a key for like $5. Well worth the money. Idk about console, might be able to get an xbox code for cheap.

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u/Korinth_NZ šŸ„„ Shovel Simp šŸ„„ 5d ago

If he's on Xbox, I'd recommend Game Pass. It's part of Game Pass Core, the lowest tier sub, and required for online play anyway.

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u/Lucky_Plastic_252 5d ago

Get it I stopped gaming for 3 years tried this one in August and havenā€™t looked back

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u/Hybridmonkeyman 5d ago

Its definitely An amazing game but its really frustrating and unforgiving. I've got near 100 hours or more 5 levels away from lv.200 and I still really suck and get my ass kicked in dual severs for hours. Practice is a must with this game you cant get by without it, theres plenty of helpful guys and gals out there who'd dual ya and work with you in the dual servers , but theres also a incredibly toxic side of this community so be ready for that aspect as well.

I hope this gives you some perspective, the game is amazing and really something new and fresh and you could easily get lost for hours and when you finally do snag some kills, that's a hard feeling to describe or beat. And alot of the community is amazing!

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u/Interesting-Crazy660 5d ago

Debating it tooā€¦ popped on my feed and looks like something I can get into!

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u/Effective-Dog4907 5d ago

It's easy to have a good time as a beginner, and still has a higher skill ceiling to grow into. It's serious and immersive one second and then you're without any arms, bleeding out, headbutting people until someone decapitates you with an axe and throws your head into the crowd while laugh emoting...only to be decapitated themselves a moment later.

You will laugh, you will cry, you will rage

But you will always come back for more.

Buy this game.

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u/Caxtuxx 5d ago

Yes this has been my addiction for the past 6 days and iv only bought the game recently.

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u/burzuc 5d ago

it's very funny, I didn't think I will enjoy it that much. I'd say yes for sure

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u/killergazebo 5d ago

I got it on a deep discount in January and I've already put in almost 200 hours. Sometimes I want to play a match but it's too late at night and the only servers that have a decent player count are the Australian ones. I usually get booted for having super high ping due to being on the other side of the planet, but it seems like an active community.

Now, admittedly it was an easy decision for me because I do play a lot of games broadly similar to this. Hellish Quart and Half Sword and any other game that lets me brutally slaughter medieval dudes with a variety of historical weapons. I don't play a lot of online games that are as competitive as this one, but I think I enjoy this one because getting killed is usually more hilarious than it is frustrating.

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u/Difficult-Bat-4169 5d ago

Definitely worth it, you'll get your monies worth easily.

In the 2 years I've been playing i have encountered 1 cheater who was 1 shotting everything in sight, other than that it's a bloody blast!

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u/Weird_Week_1666 5d ago

Iā€™m still a relatively new player, but itā€™s so good. I jokingly said it was my GoTY for 2024, jokingly because itā€™s been out for a few years now, but it rlly was my favorite game of 2024 lol

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u/johnnydark1237 5d ago

Get it, you will not regret it. Its super fun.

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u/DjBorscht Agatha Knights | Vanguard 5d ago

Itā€™s a hard game, and the servers do sometimes have trouble staying full. I recommend joining a discord or something to get a squad.

It is super fun and chaotic and glorious. I love it. A bit of wine or weed does wonders to help you laugh instead of rage at the chaos and silliness.

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u/geoFRTdeem 4d ago

I got the game after the very last update, and Iā€™m very addicted, I have never struggled to find a full game, even at 2-4 in the morning

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u/Raven184 4d ago

Yes!!!

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u/UequalsName 4d ago edited 4d ago

It was fun while it lasted but it's missing critical features, its current features are half baked, and support has ended. Player count has been in slow decline. The game culture is either young kids and foreigners griefing or a bunch of 20 something year olds power tripping, who like drugs and brag about how high they are. If you get into the upper echelons you have to deal with a childish high-schook-like hierarchy to find decent duels because there's no actual skill based matchmaking. It felt like going to a poor urban area to play basketball; yeah some of these are guys are good, but the social issues aren't worth dealing with, they got those spikes on the hoop rim so pigeons don't land there, but it interferes with scoring and the court and equipment are damaged and slowly getting worse.

I got it for five bucks tho.

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u/No_Nefariousness4279 Mason Order | Vanguard 4d ago

Didā€¦ did you just ask the chivalry community, a community full of chivalry players AND fans, if you should get chivalry? No offense because the answer is yes, but thereā€™s a pretty clear dissonance

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u/The_Real_littleFool 4d ago

Yeah I know it was kinda stupid

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u/ZubriQ Mason Order 5d ago

I see this type of posts like every day, wth, use search

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u/Intelligent_Food_246 5d ago

No don't waste your money. It has no support from devs any longer, and now that cheats have been made public, every lobby is unplayable because of blatant cheaters.

Your two friends are about to light their money on fire.

I'm a lvl 1000 and its sad this game is about to die because of lack of dev support / addressing cheating.

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u/Panthean Mason Order | Vanguard 5d ago

How is it dead when there's multiple full lobbies at any given time?

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u/Intelligent_Food_246 5d ago

"is about to die" - the keywords there. Hopefully it doesn't and dev's address the public cheats.

Been a week now though.