The general perception of melee combat is that its kinda crap, and rightfully so. Very few studios have managed to recreate the feel of being locked in combat with a sword and shield, a pike, or a bow and arrow and that has disenfranchised many with the concept of first person medieval combat. Torn Banner Studios hopes to change that perception with their upcoming medieval warfare game, Chivalry. So what is Chivalry? Well the lead designer of Torn Banner plans to explain to all of in their latest developer diary which you can see below.
Enterprising modders have changed the face of video games forever. Some mods have even gone on to become fantastic fully-fledged titles.
Recently, a leak in the Steam API allowed everyone to see some of the most accurate player counts available to date. While the information presented does not fully represent hard sales data, it does count every player that has played a game with achievements more than once on Steam.
While looking through the list we thought it would be interesting to see exactly how well indie games were doing compared to major releases.[…]
A fairly terrible list overall. The only excuse is that most of them are free-to-play games.
It's always strange to see what translates to mass appeal compared to what is objectively "better". I was surprised TF2 was at the top of the list overall (Other than the, once again, free-to-play status).
Today we're taking a look at 10 of the most realistic medieval games out there. No magic, no dragons, no elves, dwarves or any other fantasy creatures.
