This is a very fun game, the controls are very unique and rather cool for a medieval fighting game. And wonderfully my laptop can run the game really smoothly on medium graphics, which still look absolutely wonderful. The only issue i've had is that I constantly run out of memory and the game closes, that is an issue on my end but I recommend this game only if you have a good quallity PC or high quality laptop. Other then that this is a 10/10 game and I hope that when I get a good PC I get to play this more.
this is an older build, the demo came way after this, i recommend checking out the playtest if you like this version of the arena, be warned that the playtest lacks any blood nor gore because of the tgs show needing an 18+ booth and a id.
Hey jackass, Austin was kind enough to reply to your comment, just because you lack common sense doesn't mean you get to be rude to others online. Grow the fuck up.
An entire 2 months later you're still acting like a child. Please read the 2nd sentence above this one for future reference. Have a good day.
shut up dude this is my moms pc not MINE this pc has a 500mb hardrive but it has a new one so SHUT THE F@CK UP!! p.s im a gd player stands for Geometry dash and my gd username is zoink
I have applied for play test and just sat here praying lol. Love the game man, got a little scared in the demo when the first guy ran up on me and brutally took my life away <3 so fun
Scroll down and submit your request to get access.
NOTE PLAYTEST IS GORELESS The playtest was made specifically for in person demonstration gore was not added so they could have an open booth vs an ID restricted booth. Gore is still a major part of the game and will be present in other builds.
Please don't lock the game into being Steam exclusive. After nearly 5 years of Valve knowingly causing harm to some users and crossing the line from negligence to actual abuse on several occasions I know of, I'd even argue that *Epic* exclusivity would be a better idea than locking your game behind a platform that's a literal health hazard for some people.
The game does look cool and the demo is fun, but make sure it shows up here, or somewhere else as well as Steam? Obviously in spite of blatantly abusive behaviour from the company, Steam is still the biggest storefront for PC gaming, so not selling it there would be silly if you have the option. But don't lock your potential fans out of the opportunity to pick the game up.
Thanks for the confirmation, but to be clear, I don't only mean paid exclusivity deals. A lot of games which start out here or other indie sites end up showing up on Steam and just quietly not getting updated here any more, with the early build on this site becoming a demo version instead of actually being the full game after launch. I'm hoping you don't go that route (and hoping that was what you were answering, but just want to be sure).
I see, as far as I am aware the plan is to distribute on as many platforms as possible. I see no reason to not publish the final release here as well.
The final decision will be made by the PR and Marketing department, and we are still early in development so no decision will be finalized for some time.
No plans to forget our roots. :)
- Community Manager (lol I need to point this out here more)
I'm "on about" the fact that since an update in 2019, the Steam client has been known to be acting as a trigger for several medical conditions (initially confirmed to be triggering migraines and epilepsy, but later found to be harming people with several other conditions as well). And the fact that Valve's response has at best been to acknowledge the problem exists and say they don't care, and on multiple occasions has included gaslighting affected customers, violating privacy laws, and worse.
That's nice for you, but doesn't change anything about the facts surrounding the situation. Some people with epilepsy haven't had the Steam client trigger their issues either. Both conditions are highly variable in their triggers from one individual to the next, so it's normal for some people to have issues while others don't. I have migraines severe enough to have put me in hospital on several occasions, and had a little over a month where I only went 4 days *without* a migraine because of the issues (and those 4 days were the days I didn't launch Steam on my PC) before finding out there were people with concerns about it.
There have been half a dozen potential triggers for both conditions which have been confirmed to be present in the Steam client since the update, none of which had been present in older versions of the client, and all of which have been proven to be present without any room for dispute. Jsut because none of them happens to be a trigger which affects you personally, doesn't negate that they're a problem. I've personally never had issues with any other software on any electronic device at all prior to this, but the Steam client since the update has been the most consistent and most aggressive trigger I've found so far in over 20 years of dealing with migraines.
I'm glad you're not having problems, but don't try and pretend that means anything for the problem as a whole.
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this game is hilarious! Love the mechanics lol. But support the channel
This Game is HILARIOIUS - Half Sword
This is a very fun game, the controls are very unique and rather cool for a medieval fighting game. And wonderfully my laptop can run the game really smoothly on medium graphics, which still look absolutely wonderful. The only issue i've had is that I constantly run out of memory and the game closes, that is an issue on my end but I recommend this game only if you have a good quallity PC or high quality laptop. Other then that this is a 10/10 game and I hope that when I get a good PC I get to play this more.
Really satisfying combat, just some tips
the build is in debugging mode (i can see the messages)
i would make it easier to cut limbs, it is really satisfying but it happes rarely
wo ri ni ma
I like but 1.7 GB?
wdym? not alot
1.7 giggys is nothing
1.7? its nothing compared to BeamNG drive wit 15.8 GB.
cool but make optimisation pls
can i have a older version
idk
This is the oldest version available.
really? i thought there was an older one haha
You have to go into the build history in the Itch app to get the older builds.
NEVER BEEN BEAT SO BAD
i just downloaded the game, and when i open it, all i see are the files. how do i open the game and play it? i use windows 11 if that helps
did you extract the file?
why did they get rid of the good stuff from the demo like full armor and the bigger weapons ect. still good tho
this is an older build, the demo came way after this, i recommend checking out the playtest if you like this version of the arena, be warned that the playtest lacks any blood nor gore because of the tgs show needing an 18+ booth and a id.
how do i turn down the sensitivity
WHY! I CANT DOWNLOAD 1.7 GB ON MY PC MY PC SUPPORTS 500MB -rip proguy1012
gigabytes are larger than megabytes
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!
Hey jackass, Austin was kind enough to reply to your comment, just because you lack common sense doesn't mean you get to be rude to others online. Grow the fuck up.
An entire 2 months later you're still acting like a child. Please read the 2nd sentence above this one for future reference. Have a good day.
get banned motherfucker
sorry
bro really asked why his under 1gb hardrive couldn't run an almost 2gb game
shut up dude this is my moms pc not MINE this pc has a 500mb hardrive but it has a new one so SHUT THE F@CK UP!! p.s im a gd player stands for Geometry dash and my gd username is zoink
you dare disrespect me!
hey dont you dare say that to me i am just angry about my pc not you im just in a bad mood😥😭😭😭
hey motherf_ck, wasnt austin enough?! shut the f_ck up as you said!
althrough youre acting more childish than class 1.c in the school.
hey im 24 years old and im not IN SCHOOL!
when did i say you are in school?
500mb hdd in 2024? I doubt the rest of the pc could even run the game anyway.
good game!
On the steam playtest there is no blood even though i put blood on highest is this normal and how do i fix it?
yes, no blood in the playtest is normal. they took out the blood so they could showcase the game and promote it or something i think.
Awesome game, however you can still work a lot a lot of aspects of it like presentation and such and make roman mods pleaseee : D
I attempted to beat half sword on every difficulty!
awwwww
I have found a way to fight in the game... I call it the blade wizard technique.
Pressing 1 and 2 while flailing my arms around.
how come whenever i try to open the game it crashes instantaneously?
did you update youre drivers?
Это игра лучше чем смута
W game it runs on my potato pc and its AMAZINGLY FUN!!!
TELL ME HOW TO MAKE IT RUN ON POTATO
This was a really fun game to play! Played the playtest & the demo and I enjoyed every minute of it! Can't wait for more updates to the game!
Yeet.......said the black knight
When new update expected to come out? Me want to playyyyyyyy
E - slow motion
V - first person view
Q - drop weapon
1, 2, 3 - new weapon
I have applied for play test and just sat here praying lol. Love the game man, got a little scared in the demo when the first guy ran up on me and brutally took my life away <3 so fun
This is sooo gooood
GIT
You don’t need a mouse to play just use your finger yay yippee ofc file size will be HUGE but stilll yippee
steam version is the best
amazing game!
NEW PLAY TEST OUT ON STEAM
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2397300/Half_Sword/
Scroll down and submit your request to get access.
NOTE PLAYTEST IS GORELESS
The playtest was made specifically for in person demonstration gore was not added so they could have an open booth vs an ID restricted booth. Gore is still a major part of the game and will be present in other builds.
Please don't lock the game into being Steam exclusive. After nearly 5 years of Valve knowingly causing harm to some users and crossing the line from negligence to actual abuse on several occasions I know of, I'd even argue that *Epic* exclusivity would be a better idea than locking your game behind a platform that's a literal health hazard for some people.
The game does look cool and the demo is fun, but make sure it shows up here, or somewhere else as well as Steam? Obviously in spite of blatantly abusive behaviour from the company, Steam is still the biggest storefront for PC gaming, so not selling it there would be silly if you have the option. But don't lock your potential fans out of the opportunity to pick the game up.
No plans on platform exclusivity at this time.
Thanks for the confirmation, but to be clear, I don't only mean paid exclusivity deals. A lot of games which start out here or other indie sites end up showing up on Steam and just quietly not getting updated here any more, with the early build on this site becoming a demo version instead of actually being the full game after launch. I'm hoping you don't go that route (and hoping that was what you were answering, but just want to be sure).
I see, as far as I am aware the plan is to distribute on as many platforms as possible. I see no reason to not publish the final release here as well.
The final decision will be made by the PR and Marketing department, and we are still early in development so no decision will be finalized for some time.
No plans to forget our roots. :)
- Community Manager (lol I need to point this out here more)
Hey thanks for the info! As I only buy on itch and gog these days, certainly good to know!
tf is you on about bro 💀😭
I'm "on about" the fact that since an update in 2019, the Steam client has been known to be acting as a trigger for several medical conditions (initially confirmed to be triggering migraines and epilepsy, but later found to be harming people with several other conditions as well). And the fact that Valve's response has at best been to acknowledge the problem exists and say they don't care, and on multiple occasions has included gaslighting affected customers, violating privacy laws, and worse.
Not sure what part of that I was unclear about?
Bro got beef with steam for no reason lol, I have chronic migraines and steam hasn't caused a single one lol.
That's nice for you, but doesn't change anything about the facts surrounding the situation. Some people with epilepsy haven't had the Steam client trigger their issues either. Both conditions are highly variable in their triggers from one individual to the next, so it's normal for some people to have issues while others don't. I have migraines severe enough to have put me in hospital on several occasions, and had a little over a month where I only went 4 days *without* a migraine because of the issues (and those 4 days were the days I didn't launch Steam on my PC) before finding out there were people with concerns about it.
There have been half a dozen potential triggers for both conditions which have been confirmed to be present in the Steam client since the update, none of which had been present in older versions of the client, and all of which have been proven to be present without any room for dispute. Jsut because none of them happens to be a trigger which affects you personally, doesn't negate that they're a problem. I've personally never had issues with any other software on any electronic device at all prior to this, but the Steam client since the update has been the most consistent and most aggressive trigger I've found so far in over 20 years of dealing with migraines.
I'm glad you're not having problems, but don't try and pretend that means anything for the problem as a whole.
anybody else screen be like tinted bright yellow ?
also have that problem. i tried the higher qaulity settings and it seems to make it less anoying
ngl i just play'd a different version
403 forbidden access error when trying to download???