Holdfast: Nations At War

do yourself a favor and buy and never uninstall this game its a F*****G blast. 10/10

CHAAARGE!!!

It is not WYSIWYG: Most of the time melee combat is just random events, probably an utterly broken system. You can clearly see, again most of the time, that melee weapons do not hit the player character, but somehow the player dies. If you are running away from a guy swinging a melee weapon, or particularly poking around with a bayonet, somehow the weapon reaches 1 meter ahead from the actual weapon mesh or the tip, as if the collision boxes are exaggerated. There is no distinction for momentum. If a guy swings a blade and the momentum is over, the weapon still kills as if it is hotter than a lightsaber. If you shoot a musket with a basic troop, and the hit marker covers the entire enemy character, it probably will not hit. There is a bigger chance that the musket does not hit in any cases, no matter what the distances are. Ok, maybe if the enemy is 1 to 2 meters away, then there is a better chance to hit. Sometimes you can see a trace from the musket projectile, and it went through the enemy, but it did not kill or hit. Are there any ballistic calculations implemented, or is it just a straight point to point mechanics? When you reload a musket, and if the reloading sequence is interrupted a slightest, the sequence will start all over again, as if the character dropped the ball. This could have some sophistication, for example splitting the sequence to phases, and if the sequence is interrupted, it continues from the current phase. Horse riders ride against a tree, swinging a blade through the tree killing a player. How about putting in some nuances to the horse riding gameplay, for example: If a player rides against a tree, the rider falls down and is a little bit disoriented for a while. If you shoot the horse, the rider falls down with the same logic. I am very open-minded for new ideas and great executions. This game sounds funny, but is it? I think it is quite boring, just because most critical aspects do not work properly, therefore it is not a challenging experience. It feels like an unintentional RPG. It is just a game for clowning around, but that makes sense, since it attracts lots of teabaggers. Probably the game was made to be a joke, who knows. Questions which might be asked: Is there strategy or tactics? No, it is random dilly-dally. Is it a war game? It loosely consists of the war theme. Mechanically/game design wise, no. Does it require skill or talent? No. Closest resemblance? Probably Roblox. What are the qualities? Closer to a mobile game.