Always a treat to see some insight to your development process. This game is cathartic for me since I moved away from my HEMA group.

uismeno - you got a "very Rob Roy vibes" from schiavonna? Brilliant observation, dear Watson! Do you know why? Because the weapon Rob Roy uses in the movie IS SCHIAVONNA!!!!

It's literally the very same type of sword!

So, now the mystery is solved, eh? We learn something new every day!

Apples give "appleish" vibes, oranges give "orangeish" vibes, et cetera.

That said, the animations in the game are very nice. I don't like the woman in the demonstration video, her lazy stance, her lazy block, her stretched arms and legs, her "could not care less" attitude. But I like what I see in the game, and that's important! The technique of the cut seems correct and very spot on. Finally, a fencer that used THE FULL REACH AND POWER OF THE WEAPON!

Bravo, hoooray!

That said - do something with Longsword in the game. It has the worst animations of all weapons, it concentrates mostly on irrelevant, badly execuded, incorrect or useless moves.

Specifically - add classic cuts with the full length and reach of the weapon - we have only ONE or TWO, and only from the upper guard. That's not how you use longsword! and add horizontal cuts against the waist ("the dwarf", in the nomenclature of my teachers), There are 8 main directions you can cut from, not just 4!

Just my two cents. I am of course happy with whatever you give us. You are the devs, you have your vision, and your game is nothing but the highest quality so far. If it's not perfect, that's understandable. But any game can always be further improved. Or it can be broken. Game development is not an easy job.

Nguyên văn bởi Kamamura:

uismeno - you got a "very Rob Roy vibes" from schiavonna? Brilliant observation, dear Watson! Do you know why? Because the weapon Rob Roy uses in the movie IS SCHIAVONNA!!!!

It's literally the very same type of sword!

... not exactly...

Rob Roy was a scotsman - he used a scots broadsword, which is a similar sword, having a similar (but not identical) kind of hand protection but definitely not a Schiavona.

The main difference is in usage - being from the british isles, swords like the scots broadsword or english 'mortuary' sword were used very defensively, utilising lots of small sideways turns with the feet and lots of use of hanging or pendant guard. Whereas the schivona was more italian and so used much more offensivly.

Take a look at this video of the two different weapons being used against each other!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s84N6f3IYKM

I was so excited about the Prussian that I bought the Windlass Steelcrafts Schiavona. It is indeed a long and heavier weapon, designed for use from Horseback. Think of it as a slightly shorter Rapier with a blade longer than a Longsword. As a bit of constructive input regarding the animations, the speed of the blade is okay, but the power to move the blade that fast needs to come from foot to waist to shoulder - the Prussian is almost robotically still.

Nguyên văn bởi Moonsavage:

I was so excited about the Prussian that I bought the Windlass Steelcrafts Schiavona. It is indeed a long and heavier weapon, designed for use from Horseback. Think of it as a slightly shorter Rapier with a blade longer than a Longsword. As a bit of constructive input regarding the animations, the speed of the blade is okay, but the power to move the blade that fast needs to come from foot to waist to shoulder - the Prussian is almost robotically still.

Windlass makes notoriously chunky swords, from what I've heard. They're nigh indestructible but they tend to be overbuilt and quite a bit heavier than many originals.

Again, I'm repeating hearsay, I've never handled one.

So as a backsword fencer I'm disappointed that Kalkstein fences like he's got a rapier not a broad sword. He doesn't defend straight thrusts from Marie with bastard gardant, he doesn't use Gardant fight (hilt above head blade down) and he has no open fight, Guardia alta for you Italian types. And he's so slow he might as well be fighting with a Caber.

Nguyên văn bởi garethpr:

So as a backsword fencer I'm disappointed that Kalkstein fences like he's got a rapier not a broad sword. He doesn't defend straight thrusts from Marie with bastard gardant, he doesn't use Gardant fight (hilt above head blade down) and he has no open fight, Guardia alta for you Italian types. And he's so slow he might as well be fighting with a Caber.

Doesn't he go to gardant sometimes after he wins?

bit late then and it's more of a hanging sabre guard. You've got the full hilt he should be using it to protect the head.

Missed opportunity to call him a slavic (croatian/dalmatian) or italian name, you know, the people who mostly used the schiavona...