Sword Expert Reacts to Realistic Sword Fighting Game | Hellish Quart

We got Matt Easton, a Historical European Martial Arts expert and owner of the fencing club Schola Gladiatoria, to react to Hellish Quart. Telling us his sword-fighting expert opinion on how realistic the game really is.

From sabres to longswords and rapiers, this HEMA inspired 17th-century duelling game is all about precise hits, quick movements and wits. With all this in mind our sword fighting expert reacts to how realistic Hellish Quart is.

[IGN]

What other games would you like to see an expert react to?

[scholagladiatoria]

It was great fun doing this! Looking forward to getting into the game myself.

[BrettCaton]

Can you imagine sitting in the queue in the afterlife, right next to the guy who you were dueling, arguing about who should have won?

[FortuneFavoursTheBold]

About darn time one of these "expert react" invites an ACTUAL expert to give opinions. Matt Easton qualifies as an expert in longsword/saber fencing and historical weapon dealing (actual antiques) as much as a person can possible can. Great choice!

[metatronyt]

I could rewatch this video 20 times in a row and still find it massively entertaining. Matt is the man. ps: Love the game

[MercenaryJames]

When Matt Easton comes to talk about swordplay in your game you sit down and listen.
Because if there's one thing he always provides is CONTEXT.

[duckybo]

this game is a great example of, “games are for everyone” because it focuses on a mechanic that many other people wouldn’t find fun but to others its almost like reliving their dreams in sword dueling. Its game changing! no pun intended :)

[eoagr]

I hope this game creates a whole new genre of fighting games.

[jamcalx]

OKAY, WHO CHANTED CONTEXT 3 TIME TO SUMMON HIM?!

[DwarfElvishDiplomacy]

Holy crab, not only did you get Matt Easton you also got him in the right context

[RyanRyzzo]

Captain Context arrives precisely when he means to!

[tykykable]

Nice to see Matt penetrating into popular culture here

[marxbruder]

It feels so wrong to see Matt Easton on camera leading with anything other than "I'm Matt Easton, Scholagladiatoria". For a moment I wondered if he was okay.

[Sketchy]

3:20
Oh, that flinch is actually a deliberate design. Apparently, players can feign or "cancel" their attacks by pressing one of the attack buttons and then moving back. Since the guards are automatic, players can trick the opposing character to guard in an opposite direction for an opening. So like in other fighting games, there are also mind games in this one.

4:50
Oh boy, those janky movements are actually bugs, and the devs are working on it. Unlike in a lot fighting games, the swords and characters are actual ragdoll physics objects in the game world, which are affected by a lot of things like gravity and intertia, so the animations get thrown off alot.

[mallardtheduck]

There should be an unlock character...Matt Easton with a Spadroon!!!

[cegesh]

Matt Easton? Now that's a sword expert!

[fivesidedpixels]

I was a bit worried they’d bring out an Olympic or stage fencer for this video (nothing against those guys though) so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Matt goddamn Easton speaking. Just the right person to do this game justice. Nice job, IGN

[Tedris]

"Is he drunk?"
Then 8 months later, Father Zera crash, bangs and wallops onto the scene.

[muranziel]

I do believe that the dev did motion cap of HEMA fighters.

The game is tons of fun!

[ModernKnight]

Great to see you do this Matt. I'd not come aross the game before this, I'll have to have a look at it now. Did they use motion capture does anyone know?