I recommend this game, there are some draw backs. I'll go over these pros and cons and you decide for yourself.
Pros:
This game is very addictive with a skill cap which only yourself limits you. This game through reviews may seem like "Spinning Stimulator" but I'll tell you it's not, though spins are involved it's because the game mechanics though sometimes buggy and slightly exploitable rely on fluidity to combo attacks successfully and gracefully. There are things where you drag your swing to slow it down, or accel your swing (accelerated attack) to speed it up. There are ways to hit around blocks, because blocking covers a limited area and not your sides you have to look at the weapon to block it. This game takes a while to master, I am no where close, around 200 hours is where I personally increased in skill rapidly, then at around 460 which is recent, the peak and valleys of learning are evident in this game. Word of warning, everyone thinks they're bad at this game, well most do, it's because there are a lot of people who may be better than you even though it's a small, albeit slightly toxic community.
Now, about to community, as previously stated it is slightly toxic but that's the normal trolls who are in any game, there are very skilled genuinely nice players who are willing to help new players, I'll tell you my story in this game after the reveiw if you're still around. Now, it is a small community, at least in comparison to most games. Everyone seems to know one another, I personally know many people and I know who a lot of the trolls are. Hacking really isn't much of an issue in this game, server admins of private servers can make themselves do hacking like things through console commands. But there are a decent bit of active admins especially in the EU servers whom TornBanner has put into commission for their official servers. The community can be very entertaining.
There are more pros but they are more on the minor side so I'll go to the cons.
Cons:
Small community that seems to be dying, though, I have seen an influx of new players as of late.
Sometimes the skill cap or lack there of is discouraging, there are definitely extremely good players out there. It's a higher skill difference than Silver 1 to Global Elite. But there are tutorials on YouTube to learn about this game, I suggest "Teripper".
This game can become an addiction, I have wasted quite a long time on this game that I bought on sale for $5, for $5 I'd strongly suggest you pick this game up (on sale for $5).
Now, I'll tell you about my story which is interesting and unnsual in the Chivalry world of players.
I bought this game for $5 as did my friend, we played a while he played about 6 hours (even to this day) I had about 24 because I liked this game a log. That's when I unknowingly met a legend in a duel server. This man's name is, Mud, Mud is widely know for being the best fister (fist fighter) there is. He kicked my ass with his fists while I used a weapon. I asked him to teach me. He did, though he later told me he thought I'd just give up, I was his first student in a long time. I literally couldn't hit him strafing side to side my aim was so bad. But I didn't give up. The training was long and brutal. 60 hours of only using fists I sucked still. To keep it shorter I spent a total of 300 consecutive hours only using my fists. He taught me and I learned. Now at that point I met a man at the time named simply "Bada' he was level 48 which is hard to get to because of the XP increase level to level. And he liked me, my fisting taught me footwork, which is important to learn, so I was ahead of the learning curve, he taught me to swordfight, as did Sheep, only a little but a very good fighter. I'm now in a clan which used to be #4 NA until it broke apart an was recently reformed by stellar players. I've been very lucky. Made a lot of friends and met some awesome players. Some of the best in the world some of whom are great friends now. And I am now though slightly self proclaimed top 5 best fisters NA. Mud aggrees and he is probably Numer 1

Everyone's experience is different. This community is a fire slowly dying, but, as people keep joining some don't realise but you're the future of this game. Many may move on to Mordhau but a few will remain, coming back to see every once in a while. You see, there is a joke in Chivalry, commonly exchanged by players of higher levels and skill. " we don't play this game because we like it, we play it because we must" though there is a hidden truth and does have a deeper meaning, all of us hate to see this game die, and the cheesey spins are performed by people at first who aren't that great, mostly the first thing people learn.
I leave you with that. You must decide. I personally, recommend it.

I recommend this game, there are some draw backs. I'll go over these pros and cons and you decide for yourself. Pros: This game is very addictive with a skill cap which only yourself limits you. This game through reviews may seem like "Spinning Stimulator" but I'll tell you it's not, though spins are involved it's because the game mechanics though sometimes buggy and slightly exploitable rely on fluidity to combo attacks successfully and gracefully. There are things where you drag your swing to slow it down, or accel your swing (accelerated attack) to speed it up. There are ways to hit around blocks, because blocking covers a limited area and not your sides you have to look at the weapon to block it. This game takes a while to master, I am no where close, around 200 hours is where I personally increased in skill rapidly, then at around 460 which is recent, the peak and valleys of learning are evident in this game. Word of warning, everyone thinks they're bad at this game, well most do, it's because there are a lot of people who may be better than you even though it's a small, albeit slightly toxic community. Now, about to community, as previously stated it is slightly toxic but that's the normal trolls who are in any game, there are very skilled genuinely nice players who are willing to help new players, I'll tell you my story in this game after the reveiw if you're still around. Now, it is a small community, at least in comparison to most games. Everyone seems to know one another, I personally know many people and I know who a lot of the trolls are. Hacking really isn't much of an issue in this game, server admins of private servers can make themselves do hacking like things through console commands. But there are a decent bit of active admins especially in the EU servers whom TornBanner has put into commission for their official servers. The community can be very entertaining. There are more pros but they are more on the minor side so I'll go to the cons. Cons: Small community that seems to be dying, though, I have seen an influx of new players as of late. Sometimes the skill cap or lack there of is discouraging, there are definitely extremely good players out there. It's a higher skill difference than Silver 1 to Global Elite. But there are tutorials on YouTube to learn about this game, I suggest "Teripper". This game can become an addiction, I have wasted quite a long time on this game that I bought on sale for $5, for $5 I'd strongly suggest you pick this game up (on sale for $5). Now, I'll tell you about my story which is interesting and unnsual in the Chivalry world of players. I bought this game for $5 as did my friend, we played a while he played about 6 hours (even to this day) I had about 24 because I liked this game a log. That's when I unknowingly met a legend in a duel server. This man's name is, Mud, Mud is widely know for being the best fister (fist fighter) there is. He kicked my ass with his fists while I used a weapon. I asked him to teach me. He did, though he later told me he thought I'd just give up, I was his first student in a long time. I literally couldn't hit him strafing side to side my aim was so bad. But I didn't give up. The training was long and brutal. 60 hours of only using fists I sucked still. To keep it shorter I spent a total of 300 consecutive hours only using my fists. He taught me and I learned. Now at that point I met a man at the time named simply "Bada' he was level 48 which is hard to get to because of the XP increase level to level. And he liked me, my fisting taught me footwork, which is important to learn, so I was ahead of the learning curve, he taught me to swordfight, as did Sheep, only a little but a very good fighter. I'm now in a clan which used to be #4 NA until it broke apart an was recently reformed by stellar players. I've been very lucky. Made a lot of friends and met some awesome players. Some of the best in the world some of whom are great friends now. And I am now though slightly self proclaimed top 5 best fisters NA. Mud aggrees and he is probably Numer 1 Everyone's experience is different. This community is a fire slowly dying, but, as people keep joining some don't realise but you're the future of this game. Many may move on to Mordhau but a few will remain, coming back to see every once in a while. You see, there is a joke in Chivalry, commonly exchanged by players of higher levels and skill. " we don't play this game because we like it, we play it because we must" though there is a hidden truth and does have a deeper meaning, all of us hate to see this game die, and the cheesey spins are performed by people at first who aren't that great, mostly the first thing people learn. I leave you with that. You must decide. I personally, recommend it.