Thank you to Matt Easton for his expert opinions! You can find out more about Matt's work here - kzfaq.info What other games would you like to see an expert react to?

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

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?

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.

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!

Finally a proper "sword expert" not just some Hollywood sword choreographer. This is the guy you get for these videos. Nothing against choreographers but there is a time and place.

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

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

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

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 :)

Captain Context arrives precisely when he means to!

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.

Whoever thought of inviting Matt Easton for this deserves a raise

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

Nice to see Matt penetrating into popular culture here

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

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?

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.

Matt Easton? Now that's a sword expert!

I do believe that the dev did motion cap of HEMA fighters. The game is tons of fun!

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

Matt Easton. Captain context. Master of innuendos

never thought I'd see Matt on IGN

Feels like you're actually getting stabbed 10/10

Come for Matt Easton. Stayed for matt easton.

I think this is the only "expert reacts" video I've seen where the expert actually had something to contribute. Usually it's just a lot of "Whoa! That was crazy!"

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

4:38 that is indeed how it goes. Lots of the historical records of double hits were young, hotheaded duelists who both went all offense no defense, running one another through.

What an awesome collab! Been watching his channel for years

Matt Easton on IGN, a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

We did it, bois. The history nerds are mainstream now.

Glad to see Matt Easton talking about this game , because replicate really well in general terms the martial art (HEMA) .

CONTEXT HAS ENTERED THE CHAT!!

Scholagladiatora my BOI Mat!

IGN: we need some one to talk about swords IGN: I got a guy

I love all of the sword and medieval history community comments whenever someone like Matt or the other big ones (you know who 😉) show up in places like this.

Glad someone finally hired an actual melee practicioner, not a "sword expert" which means a choreographer or something similar in lot of these videos.

Hey folks, Matt Easton here schola gladiatoria

Seeing a big trend between the game journalist channels having experts react to games and no complaints, they're great to watch!

Matt Easton?! You got the best one

Yay! Been a fan of Matt for some time. Glad to see his knowledge spreading!

First Skall playing both the demo and the early access version, then Matt Easton giving his first impressions - Hellish Quart is blowing up!! Can we complete the trilogy by getting Nick Thomas's opinion on the rapier system?

This game has incredible animations.its the first time I've ever seen a sword actually look sharp and deadly in a video game.

Another successful sting for the British Underground Swordplay Division. Excellent way to get a seasoned blood tournament host to confess to years of staging illegal sword fighting tournaments to the death. "This death tournament is just like the bout we had last night!"

Whenever my patients refuse my treatment, I open my desk draw and reveal my Wakizashi. This lets them know that my treatment can go 1 of 2 ways and it’s their choice which treatment path is best for them. I always recommend the first choice.

Yes! You got Matt Easton, the perfect man for the job!

It looks like this game was custom made for the HEMA community. Nicely done.

Awesome to see Matt Easton! He really knows his stuff, and he has a decent appreciation for the limitations of game design too! You got a real gem this time, IGN!

Yes Matt Easton! Excellent to see him in this context!

This video had me laughing throughout. This is too funny

IGN should've done these Experts reaction videos long ago, it's totally their ballpark.

Hell yes! Matt! Finally one of these "expert swordsman" video gets an actual expert.

This has to be the first "Expert Reacts" video that has an actual expert in it. Well done IGN

Matt Easton!!!!!

Whats promising is how early on this game is. So if the devs keep working hard at it the game will really be extremely accurate, the game still probably has a bunch of bugs. But it will get better.

you know this reaction is better than those react videos, were the experts scream when there a scene in a game

Great choice with inviting Matt Easton. It's exciting to see someone who is a true expert on a channel like IGN.

Matt is so knowledgeable and well spoken. Great pick for collab!

glad to see one of my favorite sword experts in an ign video giving out context, context and more context. followed by penetration

It’s cool to see Matt Easton on IGN. Check out his channel. HEMA is badass.

There actually is a drunk character. Whoever was controlling that guy was probably drunk though.

This is a great and positive review. Thank you very much for that xxx :) !

Im so happy to see Matt here Ive always enjoyed his content very much and learned alot through him

matt and ian - you guys took this seriously and got the best! well done!

Been watching Matt for years, fancy seeing him here!

Bloody hell, Matt is a proper expert on this subject. Great choice.

This was great, thanks. I hope you guys do more stuff with Matt Easton.

The "Sabre vs. Drunk" near the end of the video, he's not drunk, it's a bug in the ragdoll stabilization, if you want a drunk character, go for the 2nd character to have a long sword (forgot his name) and wearing a golden cross

Looks like a GREAT game! Wow! Look at all the expertise commenters here, Matt Easton, Metatron, Knight of the High Court of Modern History TV. Just goes to show how involved they are in their fields. Will certainly be checking this game out.

Great to have an expert's commentary! Love to see a video like this!

“When the rapier-ist puts their point in they have to be careful” ~Matt

tbf, the patch notes and stuff do mention that the ai isn't where the dev(s) want it to be yet, and i think i also read that theyre updating how the characters play later on

Am I the only one who was expecting Matty usual intro?

Thanks Matty, was hoping you would cover this video game. Thanks again you have a wonderful day!

This game simply sells you on the realism. Even without the expert speaking, the flow of this game is surprisingly real!

Bought the game a few days ago, very excited to dive in. Love Matt Easton, I was hoping he'd weigh in on this!

Take note: when you get an actual "sword expert" who knows what he's talking about and can provide CONTEXT, you can tell because he's got racks of swords behind him. Almost like it's his livelihood or something.

One of the horsemen of ancient warfare XD it's great to see so many things we've learned from Matt being applied in the recreation of a historical period. It's great to see an expert you know being consulted.

I ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS GAME!!!

This game is so dope. The combat is super smooth

I follow Schola Gladiatoria so this was simply fun to watch.

Looked at the thumbnail: Is that Matt? Hovered over it and gosh golly, it is him! Definitely the man you'd want to invite for this type of critic/commentary. 10/10 would watch another one.

Very fun video i hope you bring him back for more reactions!

Finally IGN! Thank you for giving representation to this art form from an actual expert!!!:)

Matt Easton, the real MVP.

This is absolutely fascinating... much more than expected!

this game is a joy, im so excited to see it developed, been looking for something like this for so long

Matt moving up in the world! Fair play

Of course in reality you're way more defensive since you don't wanna die obviously! But this is so cool.

This is so cool to see after so long. Love watching this game evolve.

Okay this is freakin' awesome. Also, thank you Mr. Easton.

I like how this game has polish nobleman as playable character.

Replacing my previously scheduled viewings of Matt Easton and Hellish Quart videos with a video of Matt Easton talking about Hellish Quart!

Hell yes! Great to see Matt make an appearance on a bigger platform 😁

Holy moly, Matt Easton, the sword expert!

I didn't even notice this was a IGN Video til I looked down I just thought I was watching Matt's next video. It's cool to see him on another channel talking about video games.

Great video Matt! @scholagladiatoria The beheading caught me offguard as well, as they weren't in the demo. I'm looking forward to the full release :)

Matt Easton is definitely an expert. Lots of these "experts" are not really experts. Glad to see the this

All these awesome KZfaq history channels in one place. Dream come true.

4:55 if you take a close look the sober guy goes in for a thrust movement for the head, but due to the guy being drunk and moving all over the place his head dodged the attack. Nice little detail.