Recent reviews by FannyBandit

I've been playing this game since release, and I'll never uninstall it. When it comes to this game's immersion, intenity, simplicity, fluidity, and overall function...no other shooter can possibly compare, but few can currently compete. Playing Battlefield 4, Insurgency, a few F2P titles and the Call of duty series for years, as much as I love them, nothing can replace this game. If you feel like being a part of a deep story with in-depth missions, singleplayer will give you everything you're looking for...and then some. Once you either crawl through "vetean difficulty" or stroll through standard, you get to replay any mission you want where you're graded in real-time through "arcade mode". If you'd rather compete with the best shooters gaming has to offer, throw your hat into one of two similar rings. In hardcore mode, you're put in a tactically paranoid position where every single sight, sound, and move is the difference between life and death. A single, well placed shot is all it takes with any weapon you choose. In standard mode, you have the feeling of wearing armor and you might fight through a few hits...but only a few. No matter what your preferred perspective is as a shooter fan, you get it all here in Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare.

This game is free, simple, no micro-transactions and no legitimate gameplay issues. If Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Counter Strike: Global Offensive gave up a free baby for adoption...this is it.

You will not find another game out there like Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. What seperates this game from other fighting games is the in-depth, real-time melee mechanics that create both an infinite skill ceiling and the ability to read and predict your opponent(s) in order to overcome. Just like any other game worth playing, once you master the basics (combining footwork and attack momentum, feinting/dragging, identifying weapons for strengths and weaknesses, exploiting an opponents attack pattern, ducking horizontals and sidestepping stabs and overheads, etc.), you'll be a lvl 10-20 making us lvl 50s look stupid. This game is more phychological and intense than any other game I've ever played and theres no limitations other than your "creativity cap". Every type of class, weapon, and personal style has an equal and an opposite that can counter or be countered. The hard truth about this game is simple...no matter what you use, nothing is more powerful than how you use it. A smart archer with a dagger can dress-down a dumb knight with a sword of war in seconds.

Most of the negative feedback comes from individuals who get exploited for their impatience, predictability, and lack of attention to detail. As I previously stated, this game is psychological and most players simply can't hang due to their...mental malfunctions. If you can clear your head, feel out your foes, and master the speed and distance of your weapon and theirs...they'll be playing counter strike for the rest of the week.

This game, in my opinion, seperates the calm and collected from the angry and absurd. Those of us who have been dueling one another for over a year can tell you one thing...chivalry is a game of minds. Once you lose your head behind the keyboard, you'll get to see yours, in-game, gently rolling down a hill. If you're intelligent and assertive, losing become learning and it's smooth sailing from then on. If you want the feeling of having full control of your opponents by reading and bleeding them, this game is for you.

Note: This game's only flaw from my chair are the custom maps. They're big, beautiful, and have fun objectives, but most servers seem to have problems running them smoothly regardless of system specs and ping (it might be memory issues related to some custom map servers). If you're just starting out, stick to default maps and duels/duelyards. Do not waste your time in begginers channels. Very few of them utilize feints, drags, footwork, etc. It's like watching monkeys in a slap-fight and you will get worse playing bad players. No one gets good at this game by running over whiny pre-teens so I recommend you hop in a game with patient, high ranking players. Most of us would be more than happy to help train you to bend the learning curve and cut through the crap. I would not have put in a fraction of the hours in this game if it wasnt for good people/players lending me a hand and helping me understand the game from their perspective. Enough chatter, get medieval on some fannys.