We Who Are About To Die

Jordy took Mount&Blade combat, drastically improved it in all directions and put it in a game that's actually good. He and his completely unrelated indie arena simulator have done more for M&B community than TaleWorlds has in over a decade.

I just don't like it. The combat is really repetitive and floaty, dismemberment happens way too easily and looks goofy. I really wanted to like it

Good game a lot of the negative reviews are people who didn't even get far enough to see the difficulty. This game has settings from press 1 button to auto win all the way to every fight being very tactical and punishing. The combat can sometimes be rough around the edges but it doesn't take away from the fact that it is a fun game. Lots of different backstories and strategies make every run feel different and the length of each run feels good most roguelikes are like 30 minutes - 1 hour runs where you barely get a chance to set your build up and by the time you do you can't even enjoy it where here if you build your character correctly you can feel invincible and strong for a good while before ending your run, which is optional by the way you can go infinite if you desire with forever scaling difficulty. On sale or full price this game is definitely at a fair price point for what it offers. I feel like a co-op campaign and some touch ups on the janky parts of combat could make this game an easy 10/10 for me but it's easily a solid 8.5/10 as is.

Has a little jank in the physics but overall a really good game. It's a roguelike and it's pretty hard. Once you get the combat down though you can slap cheeks pretty easy. Different paths to victories with different objectives. Politician gets 2 AI helpers but his health is low. He needs to be re-elected so you learn the influence and bribe mechanics. While being a gladiator. Blacksmiths apprentice, free repairs and you win buy "donating"/selling items to him. Some are pretty easy, some are much harder. The highest AI level seems to be very hard and the combat does open up. Spears are terrible.

This is not a 20+euro game, worth 5-10 max.

The game has promise but as of right now it feels...clunky. The combat is more frustrating than fun.

I would take a game such as this one - made with care and passion by a single artist - over the soulless garbage churned out by faceless corporates, any day.