Mount and Blade

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Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So I picked this up having no experience with the previous version and I'm liking it quite a lot.

It's like a much better Total War game with the main loop being RTS not turn-based which is awesome because that turn-based shit makes simulations into puzzles.

I like the open world that allows you to just play how you like. I like the combat with the zooming around on my horse with my awesome bow and my posse of also-awesome elite horse archers. I love the army mechanics where you spend influence to throw other people's troops into the meatgrinder, just like IRL. I like dressing up my Aserai in the latest they're-not-really-Romans armor. I like that there's three games going on here; the first one is your typical RPG where you gather a party and loots and get better at skills and the second one where you're part of a kingdom, rising in influence and gathering fiefs and participating in internecine conflicts, and the final phase where you have your own country and it's time to rock-n-roll. Really just a LOT of stuff to do here.

The game is in early access and it shows. Yesterday's patch totally broke the economy and all the cities are starving. Tons and tons of bugs and missing features and stuff that just doesn't work.

edit: fucking sieges are awesome! I got a giant polearm I'm the first up the ladder just start swinging that shit back and forth then the rest of my guys climb up then we clear the battlements and next thing I'm on top of a tower shooting gate defenders in the back so much fun. Also the music is just perfect. Tuh dum dum dum tuh dum dum tah dah I just want to march all day.

As a big MB fan, glad to read all this. They fixed the issues you mentioned in a hotfix. There are daily patches and its going to be great. There's no other game that combines all the elements you have here at once, its like mixing total war with crusader kings but a little bit of a solo RPG all in one.

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Lots of people bought it early release on steam, I think the influx of cash will be good for them to finish developing. I've never participated in an EA before, but it seems like they're really on top of releasing patches etc. (they patched everyday for the first...8 days or something) and they seem to listen to at least some of the main complaints.

Many issues need to be worked out, I think they're still going to change some combat mechanics too. Lots of optimization issues need to be fixed, mem leaks etc. I am going to hold off playing it, I think all the updates and grinding through all the bugs would burn me out. I just hope they don't settle for "good enough" on some of the mechanics and just copy warband for the crappy stuff, like poorly designed bandit hideout clearing and not enough quests.

If you mostly played warband SP and you're looking forward mostly to SP and mods, I think this will be a great game upon full release, whenever that is. While the graphics look like they'd be good in like 2010, I think that's pretty damn good when you remember that there's potentially THOUSANDS of AI scripts running. I can only imagine how awesome the mods for this game are going to be. Here's just a cheer mod

If you played warband MP just sieges and stuff just for fun, this looks pretty good too, I haven't jumped in MP yet but looks pretty damn fun.

If you played warband MP and you were like serious about dueling and being one of the top players you'll probably dislike a lot of the changes they put in, block delays and smaller hitboxes etc. They might tweak this stuff...at the moment it's almost impossible to time chamberblocks now. However, the combat mechanics now are much more complex, not just block but also passive block and active block (parry,) different stances, weapon handling stat, balanced and unbalanced swings, and chaining attacks.