I took the plunge and acquired this game digitally and have not been disppointed. Its a really novel take on multiplayer conquest and tdm with respect that executing a decent blow requires more skill than line up and press or should I say "point in general direction of enemy and hose them down".
The game revolves currently around tdm and conquest with up to 64p. In a nutshell melee combat is handled with a mouse click and slight movement to initiate a swing/stab/chop depending on the direction the mouse and a slight delay on releasing the mouse button adds a bit of heft as opposed to a quick slice. The same orientation rules apply to parrying and therein lies a really deep and complex melee system thats relatively simple to access (there's offline training modes)but will vary enormously depending on your playstyle, movement, loadout, perks (yup-this is the cod connection) character class and indeed terrain (e.g. take a huge swing in a narrow corridor and you'll be redecorating rather than winning).
Skill plays a big part, and spam will rarely win out. What can help is the chaos of battle to level the odds.
Character classes range from footsoldiers (ranging from light skirmishers and pikemen to heavily armoured two handed sword swingers), longbowmen, crossbowmen and cavalary who also get to fight on foot when someone(inevitably) puts Dobbin down. Ranged and lance combat also have their subtleties that will allow you to pick up the basics quickly but have extensive possibilities for refinement. Be assured that there's enough opportunities to acquire xp and gold as a n00b to allow some progression. You may not get loads of kills at the start but reviving and damaging opponents will richly reward enough for progression to occur.
Graphics are decent enough, I'm not sure of requirements or benchmarks but I'm running a 965 @ stock with a 6870gpu and it runs smooth as silk @1080p on low medium settings. Of course it is a little rough round the edges visually and you may find the occassional glitch but as a multiplayer experience there is alot of fun and indeed many laughs to be had. Plenty of extra content is on the way and I'm happy to support an original, quirky and fun game thats not a point and click twitchathon for a change (I'm suffering from BF3 overload)
On a final note this is not a kids game. The graphic nature with which you can execute opponents is definitely not something you'll see in Glee or Skylanders. Morality wise you get more points for reviving teammates than offing bad guys but untimately crushing someones throat with your shield or repeatedly stabbing them in the throat and face with a dagger does have a shock value that puts this game in perspective.
In summary Cod-like in terms of fun, upgrades and unlocks, and plain LOL fun
Not cod-like in terms of much greater depth, tatics and skill required to really master it. Skill is not an unlock. Good thing is there's no waiting for a massive ticket count to deplete if domination is taking place...and there's no extra points for a team victory so if there's an organised squad of footsoldiers dominating its time to get out the bows and ping away and distance for points.
Just ro remind you there's only a single player training mode so this is for all intents and purposes a MP game.
Not as historically simmy as some would like but definitely fun. I agree 100% with earlier reviewer-"a rough diamond"
The bonus edition has some stuff in it you won't be needing. save $5 :)
EDITLOL@unhelpful rating...with no comment as to why. Obviously someone doesn't agree or can't play the game ho hum.
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This game is quite fun, but i feel like it will only get better with time. Seems to need some more work with getting server latency down, but when you get into a good server things run fine. Some crashing occurs when servers switch maps, which break up the action and can be a bit annoying, but once you get the game up and running its really fun and entertaining. I just need to learn the fine touches of how to play better. Its a good game with a lot of content and a full team dedicated to improving the experience. Paradox interactive announced a war of the roses permanent team to improve the game, so i think the rocky start will be improved soon. Executions are epic even if your the one being taken out!Best Deals for War of the Roses
I've heard allot about this game and at $5 why not.Well that's until i booted up the game and saw only 4-5 servers with people in them. Beyond that seems like a pretty fun game and if it had an active community i would say buy it but its hard to recommend a multiplayer game with no one left to play with.
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War of the Roses is my favorite game from 2012 as I will likely be playing it years from now (assuming there are still servers).If you've played Mount & Blade you'll understand the combat physics of this game and why it is superior to any other PvP-arcade-combat style game. If you haven't played Mount & Blade, and you enjoy gaming, you owe it to yourself to at least try the free demo.
War of the Roses has great graphics, sounds, lighting effects and, of course, gore. But what it really offers is the engine and how it handles collision detection. There is a wide variety of weapons and each one works vastly different than the others. This is because the engine takes into consideration things like the length of the weapon, where the cutting edge of it is, and of course velocity. You'll find yourself pushing your mouse to one side of the keyboard, then slamming rapidly to the other as you swing, as that will increase your velocity and therefore your armor penetration and damage.
It's a breath of fresh air from a market stagnant with point-and-click-you're-dead shooters that we keep seeing tired sequels of.
The downside is that there aren't that many servers to connect to with a decent ping. That said, I've always managed to get into a game within 30 seconds, it's just not always under 100 ping. Each match only lasts about 20 minutes max so the servers are constantly shuffling people in and out. The game did suffer from quite a few crashing bugs, but since the last patch I haven't crashed at all, and they do patch regularly including adding an entire new armor type and several new weapons recently.
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