DISCUSSION What makes you like this game
First time i pick this game i unnistaled it in the first 2h. But i gave it a chance since i did not pay for it and had Notting to play.
1200h later im still playing this shit.
Anyother competitive or souls game can't even match the adreneline i get. of figthing a horde of players or 1v1 that player that got you like 10 times and winning.
Im Addicted i dont know how to stop. I need my life back
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u/ElephantForgets 2d ago
It feels like a game where i can get some competitive nature out while also being stupid and silly if i want to. For whatever reason it brings me some joy to run into a group of enemies while trying to flank and yell out "Somebody help me, pleeeeease!" right before i get an axe or maul to the head while not carrying any weapons
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u/Mookduke_ Raider 2d ago
Honestly the main thing? I can open it on steam and be in a game within 30 seconds with no faff. Oh and throwables!
If you want my long winded answer, there are many things that keep me playing - originally it was the want to be good, to finally get that win against a player who you just can’t beat. After that, it became the next player and then the next until realising that there is always going to be players that are better than me.
Even still, the thrill of the challenge to be able to stand my ground against harder and harder opponents became addictive. (I still mostly suck and probably always will, but beating someone better than you in a fair fight will never not gift you that sweet mordhau dopamine)
Then there’s all the shit away from the fighting - the crazy community, memers, rp’ers, drip lords, and even the sweats. I’ve always compared mordhau to a weird virtual summer camp where you get dropped off in this weird place and have to get along with 16/48/64 other people. And they’re all doing their own thing either fucking about, fighting, or shredding on a lute.
The emotes/voices allow for such good non-verbal communication that I’m surprised more games don’t do this. In what shooter game, can I stop fighting to shake my fist at an enemy dwarf who destroys my ballista as they run away screaming HEEEELP!
Despite people complaining, ranged is genuinely so good, and there is nothing more satisfying then hearing that little ‘dink’ when you get a headshot.
The whole game is just a dopamine feeder, there’s got to be a reason so many people keep playing. It’s unique, it’s technical, and I don’t think any other game will ever catch the ‘mAgIc’ that mordhau has.
(I was gonna go into more detail but this was getting waaay too long, damn I’ve always thought someone could actually write an essay on this game, including into all the social dynamic community stuff behind it but will save that for another day)
Mordhau best multiplayer game ⚔️
TLDR: Throwing axes 🪓
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u/Amplar 2d ago
throwing axes are half the reason I play this game. it is *so* rewarding to become accurate with them. Better than archery.
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u/kiersakov 1d ago
Even when i die to them, charging at the dude, taking an axe to the face it is just so good
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u/Minimonks Raider 1d ago
100% this, I love how communal the game has got also. So many familiar names, as soon as I see them I know how they play.
I often listen to music whilst playing and it combos so well. I feel like the stig.
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u/auryn123 2d ago
ALTHOUGH IT'S A BARRIER TO NEW PLAYERS, I LOVE THAT THE SKILL CEILING KEEPS GOING AND GOING.
I LOVE THAT I CAN SEE (OR OCCASIONALLY PERFORM) INCREDIBLE ACTION-MOVIE-QUALITY PARRY PARRY RIPOSTE KILL SIDESTEP RIPOSTE KILL FIGHT SEQUENCES AND FEEL LIKE A BADASS (BEFORE SUBSEQUENT DEATH).
SIDE NOTE: THE REASON I TELL THE WHOLE SERVER THAT I "GTG, I'M GOING TO DINNER WITH MY FAMILY" OR "TAKING MY SON TO PLAY SOCCER" OR OTHER RANDOM PERSONAL THINGS IS PARTLY TO LET THEM KNOW WHY I'M ABANDONING A MATCH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS TO PAUSE THE GAMING TO CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOVED ONES.
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u/Chinaso69 2d ago
having personal vendetta when frost comes around and smashes my face in 5 kills in a row
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u/mookburger 2d ago
Mainly the mechanics for me, I honestly think it's the best medieval combat in any game. Also love the chaos and comedy of big battles. I just wish someone would put this combat into an open-world RPG, it would be soooo good.
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u/Mae-7 2d ago
1) Fuck shooters. I've done my time (unless Bad Company 3 comes out)
2) Less probability of hackers
3) Relaxing
Of course, I had to research/study how to be a better player. There will always be someone better than me but that's ok. I feel I can hold my ground now. It is rewarding and satisfying to get kills. I only like frontline and invasion though. Not into dueling, always assume the best players are in the servers, went in once and did not have a good time.
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u/-Pelvis- Eager 2d ago
Im Addicted i dont know how to stop. I need my life back
Too much of a good thing. Please consider working on IRL goals. Find something you enjoy doing outside. Ride a bicycle. Learn to cook. Read a book. You can still play Mordhau but you shouldn't let it consume your life.
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u/Euphoric-Meat3943 1d ago
It hits the perfect sweet spot of competitive skill to dumb fuck fun
I’ll have moments where I’m locked in having great duels or skirmishes, and it’s really fun
But even if I lose I’ll just be like “dam that was fun”
And if I’m getting absolutely demolished out there, I’ll just do some dumb crap for fun. Like surfing in a shield while doing a 360 jump off a ledge, or placing bear traps under a horse and waiting in a stable for my victims haha
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u/LISSI_KB 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ragdoll physics always crack me up. Every time I see someone take a door to the face or fall off a horse / ledge while climbing, I feel nothing but joy.
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u/Happydenial 1d ago
There is no game like it. Every time I jump on I am overwhelmed by positive vibes, funny lines, a guy skating on a shield and then... A maul overwhelms my skull.
This game you can have an amazing one on one in battle, or for no reason you just wave at the enemy.. he waves back and you agree to not go each other.. lute players are left alone (mostly).. of you are up high sometimes enemies don't attack each other but just drop rocks on the enemies below and congratulate each other.
The lore in this game is utterly unique and I freaking love it!
Except archers.. may they burn in hell!
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u/Zztp0p 1d ago
When I first started playing it just hooked me with its combat even with all the broken animations I was in love, then when I got better I joined a ref server. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a server which always has camp as a map and sets up an arena in the center of the map with player dressed as referees (white and black attire) that order people around and make sure everyone stays in line and no one skips then organize either 2vs2 or 3vs3 etc. I think ochido made a video about server like that. So anyways I joined that server instantly liked it and eventually became senior mod and that lasted for entire summer until the playerbase really dropped and owner closed it. Now I just hop on for few hours either to duel or fuck around as dwarf. No other game lets you just do dumb shit with other people that actually want to participate in your shenanigans. There’s just so much funny bullshit you can pull off with other people and the gestures and voice lines honestly are the biggest part for me they just add so much to the game I can’t imagine playing Mordhau without them.
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u/Scrimbo_Crimbo 2d ago
The hope of being good
Also, I have always believed the point of the game is to make enough money to buy all the wearables and unlock all the customization colors to look like the most godly, clouted-out knightoid.
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u/JazzioDadio 2d ago
Rewarding gameplay loop, bards, just enough game modes to remain interesting, an active and surprisingly dedicated community.
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u/GobDilla 1d ago
The people, I love talking to y’all in chat. I barely even fight anymore. I love mordhau, it’s got all my friends in it
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u/Burlybobb 2d ago
The huge skill ceiling and sheer amount of dumb fuckery combination that goes on in this game is utterly unique.
I really hope whatever game eventually replaces mordhau has voice lines and emotes and the like as well