I disregarded a lot of what makes Mordhau nice in my Mordhau review. Yes, it’s a multiplayer medieval melee the place 64 swordboys duke it out in hectic battles, then retire to duel servers for extra subtle brawling. Yes, there’s a cool customisation system. Yes, it’s hilarious. But I don’t suppose I correctly careworn how foolish all of it is.
This video of two males operating round a battlefield as shirtless boxers does although.
In the (sometimes) 64 participant Frontlines mode, at the very least one individual usually goes topless. They sometimes assault with frying pans or lutes, embracing a pleasure de vivre that often will get them killed. Not so with “In Pu”, and his boxing buddy “Machofish”.
Despite the heavy (and trendy) enhancing, these are precisely the type of shenanigans you’ll be able to count on to see in-game. Mordhau works splendidly as a severe, intense preventing game for severely intense individuals who need to get higher at swords. It additionally works fantastically for individuals who need to goof round, largely because of an emote system that I heinously failed to speak about in my evaluate.
You can dance if you wish to, you’ll be able to depart your sense behind. You can shrug, cheer, salute. You can prolong your arms in a “come at me gesture” that doubles as a faux aeroplane. Best of all, you’ll be able to wag your finger at behaviour you disapprove of. Mordhau would nonetheless be foolish with out these emotes, however with them moments can border on the elegant – particularly when mixed with handbook voice strains. You can entry these by tabbing via a pop-up menu, however you too can simply press ‘V’ to do an enormous shout. If you do it as you’re charging out of spawn, individuals invariably take part. It’s an essential button to find out about.
Those brawlers seize a lot, I believe, however so does this video I took in a duel server with one of many quite a few individuals who prefer to roleplay as referees.
There are loads extra pearls over on the subreddit, by the way in which. I significantly like this encapsulation of Frontline mode, and this re-imagination of Mordhau as an anime.
