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1st thoughts;
- Steady 60 frames in high detail.
- Really cool combat mechanic.
- Clever little character customisation.
Niggling issues;
- NAT/ P2P hosting might be the easiest option at the moment to get as many testers playing as possible, but for the love of god please don't make the full game reliant on it upon release.
- Partying up seems to have some teething problems. Again this could be due to the way matchmaking is done or that it's just in alpha stage.
- It's frustratingly easy for an enemy to roll and run from a fight. I get that in a 2v1 or more that a good tactic would be to escape but almost all the samurais I have played against take forever to eventually get down to low hp before they managed to scramble away.
- Ally troops are like Hadrian's Wall. Trying to find a way through your own troops to get to the guy on the other side can be a bit of a task, perhaps a mechanic that lets you push your way through them (not the enemy troops, just allies) would help.
All in all I'm really enjoying For Honor. Considering Battlefield 1 was in open beta last weekend and you got the choice of only 1 map and this is in alpha and you get a plethora of gamestyles and locations I'd say you've been quite generous!
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I've now played a considerable number of hours since alpha release and the only point from my op I would change is the 'Hadrian's Wall' comment, rolling seems easy enough to get through them.
I've almost religiously played The Vanguard because it seemed to be the hardest of the starting classes to actually play. Having now figured out how to attack, dodge and combo I would say it's definitely my favourite of the 3.
I have seen some of the games mechanics abused by other players. People relying/camping on ladders is frustrating, if you go to slide down you get punched off, if you take the time to go to the bottom of one they climb off and carry on taking the objective.
Other then my OP and the newer comments I'd say I've actually quite enjoyed the game. However I WILL NOT BE BUYING IT WITHOUT DEDICATED SERVERS.
Peace out.
