History Videogame / ChivalryMedievalWarfare

* LetsPlay: By UberHaxorNova and Kootra. Also, a few for [=AllShamNoWow=] and [=SeaNanners=], to a lesser extent.

* StupidEvil: The Mason Order in the tutorial. Even if you choose to join them, the guy making the offer attacks you to "test your mettle," dying in the process. Later, two other Mason soldiers attack you for killing him, and three more attack you for killing ''them''. Assuming the player character stuck with the Order after all that, that's a net loss of four soldiers for just one recruit.
** Also note that this is BEFORE the civil war, when the King is still around. Meaning that you and they are killing each other in broad daylight, in the middle of the camp for what basically amounts to "Hurr WeaMasons We KEEL STUFF even if it's an ally." While it makes a certain amount of sense for the Order to sound out potential enemies and supporters and try and dispose of the former where possible well ahead of time, causing *highly visible* carnage and mayhem that can be easily traced back to Malric and his men would realistically have the plot of the entire game be derailed by the summary executions.

* AnachronismStew: If a weapon is from before the Renaissance, it may be in the game. Which leads to Archers using slings, javelins, bows, and crossbows at the same time - which would essentially be like a World War II army using muskets, M1 Garands, and [=M16s=].

* BowAndSwordInAccord: Archers can equip daggers and a shortsword, [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality which can parry and block just as well as greatswords and polearms,]] allowing for this in the event someone closes the distance. However, they really are weak weapons, and it's best to just try to run and hide behind a Vanguard or a Knight.

** Slings can be charged for greater damage by swinging them overhead longer.

* EpicFlail: Speaking of bludgeoning weapons... Knights have two options for flails: the regular flail, and the heavy flail. Both are powerful as all get out, being Knight weapons, but the heavy flail is bigger, packs a greater punch, and has a slightly longer reach.

* JavelinThrower: Javelins are one of the alternatives to the Longbow for the archer class. Notable due to that they can be both used for melee ''and'' throwing.

** Also, the Halberd, the ''literal'' SwissArmyWeapon.

* StoneWall: Knights with Tower Shields. All but unassailable, but they have to sacrifice offensive output quite a bit.

* MightyGlacier: Knights have some of the strongest weapons in the game as well as a shield nearly as wide and tall as they are, but are very slow and their weapons tend to be short or have no reach.

* ShieldBash: When wielding a shield, this replaces the kick. When using a flail or heavy flail, thrusting will perform a shield strike, since obviously you can't really thrust with a flail.

* CarryABigStick[=/=]DropTheHammer: From cudgel to morning star to war hammer, there's plenty of blunt weapons in the arsenal.

** Also, the Halberd, the **literal** SwissArmyWeapon.

Weapons are differentiated by their damage values, reach, animation-times and type. Blunt weapons are most effective against heavily-armored opponents, with stabbing attacks from pointed weapons and slashing doing the next most damage from there. Inversely, slashing weapons do more damage the less armored the target is. Weapon categories are split into examples of [[FragileSpeedster a fastest one]], a [[MightyGlacier most-damaging one]], and [[JackOfAllStats an in-between one]].

* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The Free For All game mode. Around 32 players or so armed to the teeth with big swords and polearms and crossbows and axes, and only one player can win. HilarityEnsues.

* '''UnfriendlyFire:''' It's a complete and utter ''miracle'' if there isn't at least one teamkill per match. The only thing preventing it - and this troper uses the term "preventing" loosely - is that damage to allies is halved; stunning a teammate mid-attack or just plain killing them out of accident is very common.

Melee combat consists of a fastest side-to-side slash, and slower overhead strike doing more damage than slashing, and the slowest but farthest-reaching stab. Different attacks can be comboed together by performing them quickly before your swing is finished striking. Attacks can be feinted with another button while the swing is being wound-up to throw off enemies. Weapons can be raised for short amount of time to parry after which they will be lowered - only when you have a shield can you block for an extended amount of time. Players can kick or shield-bash unless they are using a projectile weapon to do [[ScratchDamage a very small amount of damage]] that breaks blocks and leaves the hit target open for a follow-up. Parrying, missing attacks and successfully blocking drains stamina from a bar.

Melee combat consists of a fastest side-to-side slash, and slower overhead strike doing more damage than slashing, and the slowest but farthest-reaching stab. Different attacks can be comboed together by performing them quickly before your swing is finished striking. Attacks can be feinted with another button while the swing is being wound-up to throw off enemies. Weapons can be raised for short amount of time to parry after which they will be lowered - only when you have a shield can you block for an extended amount of time. Players can kick or shield-bash unless they are using a projectile weapon to do [[ScratchDamage a very small amount of damage]] that breaks blocks and leaves the hit target open for a follow-up. Attacking and successfully blocking drains stamina from a bar.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Mason Order, who are basically this trope mixed in with some Soviet-era revolutionary rhetoric and dressed in medieval armor. [[ValkyriaChronicles And who somehow aren't the Imperials or Rebels.]]

* CommieNazis: The Mason Order, who again combine the Social Darwinism of Nazism and the populist rhetoric and goals of Communism, all wrapped up in medieval armor ala a ValkyriaChronicles game. [[ObviouslyEvil In case you needed any indication about which side is better.]]

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: A few shields can be used in place of throwing weapons, ranging from humble Bucklers for the Men-At-Arms to gigantic Tower Shields for the Knights. They can block anything that isn't [[KillItWithFire on fire]] or a [[OneHitKill siege weapon]].

* MookChivalry: Thoroughly averted, considering that the players themselves are mooks, and ganging up on a heavily armoured and slow Knight is the best way to take them down.

** Catapult projectiles don't discriminate between teammates either; if it's within the AOE, [[OneHitKill it dies]].

* CallThatAFormation: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Due to the UnfriendlyFire, standing anywhere within 180 degrees of an ally's vision will usually get you hit with the backswing of a claymore.

** Not so much embarrassment as a viable tactic actually, since Knights are slow and will consistently have their attacks interrupted due to rapid punching unless they either time their attacks ''really'' well or resort to fist-fighting themselves.

* JavelinThrower: Javelins are one of the alternatives to the Longbow for the archer class.

* KnightInShiningArmor: There certainly are knights in the game, and they have some pretty shiny armour. Whether they act with Chivalry is up to whoever plays them.
* KillItWithFire [=/=] MolotovCocktail: The Men-At-Arms have fire pots available to them. Lingering too long near a patch of fire will quickly reduce you to a charred corpse.

** The siege weapons embody this trope, [[UnfriendlyFire for better or worse]]; and no, [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Your Shield Will]] ''[[AvertedTropeNot]]'' [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Protect You]] from these. Catapult rocks put off impressive AOE explosions upon impact, sending any victims flying. And if a Ballista bolt hits you, you are dead, end of story.