10 Humanity-Restoring Experiences Only Gamers Will Understand

2. When Your Whole Team Mounts A Charge In Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Cooperation is restorative in all forms, especially that of a full scale, 18-man charge on an enemy fortification. Where some games like to emphasise the scale and depth of modern combat, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare revels in the up close and personal flavour of steel cutting through flesh. However, while Chivalry's objective-based game modes provide would-be skirmishers with the perfect place to bash one another's brains out, they can easily turn into tedious stalemates in which players spawn, run towards the fray, die and repeat for the majority of the match's duration. These repetitive clashes make you question the concept of online multiplayer in its entirety, so it's particularly rewarding when a fellow Agathian soldier calls for everybody to mount a joint assault through the in-game chat. With every player lined up, bashing their shields and screaming various battle cries, the charge finally commences, and when the players make it to their destination, their collective momentum is enough plough through the most organised of defences. It's a testament to the power of teamwork, and a true spectacle of online gaming.