Great game with some big annoyances.

User Rating: 6.5 | War of the Roses PC
Graphics of the game are great. I love the atmospheric effects. There is a slight problem with the engine where plants in the distance "grow" into existence, but it happens so rarely that I don't mind it considering the quality of the graphics as a whole.

Sounds are good. As far as I know there is only one song, or more of a melody, going on in the main menu and no other music. The sound effects are quite satisfying though.

I really like the fact that the game is based on historic events, and that the weapons include historical description along with their in-game stats.

Design of the levels is not bad at all with some varying environments (fields, castles, town).

The fighting system is very hard to get used to. Control is tricky and not accurate enough. However, I do like the complexity of the system. It is a pity such that the idea couldn't have been implemented in a more reliable way.

Duels in the game take too long. Damage is at times ridiculous with people being cut a thousand times and still standing without having healed, especially if they carry heavy armour.

The majority of the game community are very rude.

In conclusion, the game might be fun to play at times, but is absolutely not worthy 30 dollars, for now.


Edit: A few updates later and 20 hours more gameplay, I now think the game is only going for the worse. Healing times have drastically been increased. Damage is ridiculously low with the exception of a few weapons which everyone is using and it takes a lot and a lot of bashing to achieve something while other people are getting instakill all the time (including me by using those certain weapons). The graphics I think have gotten only heavier despite all the memory leak fixes. And finally, there is no fighting or duelling anymore in this game, everyone is just spamming.

Update: The game is getting better with the newest update. Issues are being resolved. I expect in a month this game to be worthy its price.