Holdfast: Nations At War

This was a great game at one point but not its sucks it went downhill so bad. I ran a regiment that i have now given to someone else because I can't do it anymore. Every time I join its either getting spawn camped to the point you can't fight back or leaver spawn. Or your team beelining it to enemy spawn to make a perimeter to spawn camp them. At one point it was so much fun but ever since the update its been unplayable especially with the hackers. So this was Col brownhawk3666 of the UDC signing off you got your wish one less girl with autism playing the game.

Played this game for quite some time. Cheaters exist but they're kinda rare. I always played on the official servers to avoid cheaters as much as possible but occasionally I'd run into one here and there. While playing on an official server, I reported a guy who was making impossible melee attacks WHILE blocking. Dude was murdering player after player after player after player using nothing but a flag all while dodging bullets like neo. And killing players with said flag from like 20m+ away. Again, I was on an official server run by the official game studio. This dude was attacking while blocking at the same time and killing foes 20+ meters away from them while dancing and twirling with only a flag. Very clearly showing off and thinking themselves unbeatable thanks to their cheats. Reported the guy and the response from the OFFICIAL server's admin was "Skill issue." Even if, by some WILDLY slim margin of a hair on a frogs ass this guy wasn't cheating that is an absolutely unacceptable and disrespectful response from the game's studio to a player raising a concern. I'm no longer playing and requesting a refund from steam based on the disrespect.

Absolutely riveting gameplay. The melee combat could DEFINITELY use some work, but it's an enjoyable experience 8/10 times.

Fun game that I really loved, and had tons of friends buy, but my opinion of it is forever soured by how they handle moderation. This is a PSA. the MODERATION of this game is DISHONEST and Upsetting. If you are muted by an admin/moderator you will never be notified. Instead everything appears normal to you. But not a single person in game can hear your voice, or read your text in chat. Your custom music will not play. You will spend a bunch of time pointlessly troubleshooting. At any time your game could be rendered essentially unplayable with no notice. (Found out I was muted for saying "please join my spawn r@@e tent, in the text chat while I was officer). Yes dumb to use that word, but in context I am not trying to personally attack anyone was about the tactic of attacking the spawn. Fair enough to moderate me... but why is there 0 communication, 0 notice, and the dishonesty of not even letting the user know that they are shadow banned after one infraction without a warning? The only way to appeal this is to figure this all out yourself and ask to be unmuted in their discord, through a google form. Communication is the main feature of this game. I was unaware I was muted and purchased more DLC primarily to make use of the new instruments and since I had unknowingly been muted I cannot access the DLC features I paid for and am past the refund window. I am not the only one with this issue. Search reddit about this. There are people that are muted years on end, with no notice and no feedback from the moderators. OTHERS have no idea they were even shadowbanned and helplessly waste time troubleshooting their hardware and software for NO REASON. There is a constant stream of users posting in their discord bug report section about "mic not working" unaware they have been shadowbanned since there is no transparency. Half the time they receive no response, or aren't suggested they've been shadlowbanned. This is the first game I have ever been muted/shadowbanned in in my 20+ years of playing a video games. Every other sensible game gives you warning first to change your behavior. Holdfast acts like the strictest HR department you've ever seen, secretly plotting in the background and never being direct or upfront, laughing as they make you guess at what you did over the hours and days you played.. EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTING.. Half the people that have been shadowbanned have no idea what happened and think they just have a mic issue. Their appeal process refuses to even tell you why you were moderated and when you were moderated. Which is unreasonable, since they don't even ever tell you when they shadowban you so it could have been hours, days, weeks months ago. I had played over 100 hours on my account for example, yet they ask YOU when, what server it happend in, and why it happened.... WHEN THEY NEVER TOLD YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. They want you to guess at why they SECRETLY shaddowbanned YOU with no notice and no warning, like an angry girlfriend that is giving you the silent treatment and thinking IF HE CANT READ MY MIND WHY IM MAD WE ARE DONE.

If you're looking for a hardcore military sim like Arma 3 or Squad...this is not the game for you. Holdfast is much more fast paced and, quite frankly, insane. That is not to say it's all run and gun, just more so than some other titles. The insane part comes with the constant mic spamming. I view it as people being goofy and free spirited, so it's actually nice to see people having fun in their own chaotic way, especially in this day and age. Occasionally, a chud will say a slur or something heinous, but you can just tune them out or, better yet, mute them. The gameplay itself is addicting. There are three different game types to play. There's Nations at War, the classic with the muskets and line battles, Age of Sail, naval battles and my personal favorite, and Frontlines, WWI combat. Within those game types, there's an insane amount of classes. You'll pretty much never get bored with trying them all out and perfecting their playstyles. The best part though is the melee combat. Damn...it feels so good, you have no idea. Getting behind enemy lines and just going on a five or eight man killstreak with the bayonet is something to behold. It takes a little practice getting the hang of it, but once you have melee combat down you become a beast. Once you win your first 1v3 with melee, you won't go back to muskets. It's just too boring. Last thing I wanna mention are the achievements. Most of them are "Orders" in the game and you need to equip them first before you can make progress towards unlocking them. You can have four on at a time and once you complete an order you'll also unlock a Steam achievement, if there's one tied to it. If you don't have a specific order equipped, but you complete the prerequisites for unlocking it, you won't get anything. It's a little scummy as it's clearly a way to artificially increase player time, but this game is so good I can overlook it. As for the difficulty, it's nothing too crazy. The hardest one for me was getting five kills with the infantry spikes, but even that wasn't too bad. $20 is an insanely good price for a game this massive. PLEASE you need to play this right neow.

Almost wish there was a half rating. The melee in this game is absolutely horrendous and takes away from the experience, if it wasn't for that core mechanic being so poorly implemented this would be a perfect game

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The review section for this game is why you cannot trust ratings on games. Somehow people think the disorganized, clumsy, uneven mechanics make the game fun but it is actually a nightmare. You can stand right next to someone and shoot them point blank and miss them but get sniped from 50+ meters by a musket. Day one I am playing people maxed out in level. You either get completely and utterly destroyed or win by a landslide there is very rarely if ever an in between. Proximity chat is funny sometimes but annoying more often than not. I can't say really what a redeeming quality for the game is if there is one I have not found it yet. Almost $70 for the ultimate edition for a game that should be free is crazy work.

This game is brilliant I haven’t had this much fun in years! Soon as I join a game somebody has already f***ed my mam which takes me back to old school banter unless your a fairy.