Author Topic: Check this game out... (Read 2311 times)

Dowding · « **on:** October 27, 2007, 07:26:13 AM »

I'm not a fan of RPG type stuff, but I liked the idea of the combat part of this game. Basically, you travel around this made-up medieval landscape, building your band of merry men before killing people in quite glorious 3D graphics. Here's the link:

Mount & Blade

The amazing thing is that this game is shareware. And is made by a Turkish man and wife couple in presumeably their spare time. If you play it, you'll understand what an achievement this is. I've played full version games that are less polished, and this is still in beta. And like all truly great games, it is only a few hundred MB in size.

The combat is great. You end up doing cavalry charges alot of the time, but you can control your different troops and play 'general', sitting atop your horse. However I tend just to charge in.

The best moment for me was charging about 25 men armed with bows and spears with 8 mounted mercenaries. The arrows were flying past and getting stuck in my shield which was cool, before I killed them mercilessly. The graphics are really good, the horse animations being really very impressive.

You level up through experience like an RPG, but it is very open ended. I gave my allegiance to one of the kings and was given a fiefdom to look after which was nice.

After playing for 3 hours, I went ahead and bought the game. It really is worthy of my support anyway. Independent game developers rule - just like HTC!

Finally, it is very moddable. People are already working on a Peloponnesian War historical mod, which looks very good.

thrila · « **Reply #1 on:** October 27, 2007, 08:57:17 AM »

Been playing this game on and off for several months now.

If this was massively multiplayer i would probably play this all the time. I joined the vaegirs- they look more viking/norse like.

OMG they just released a patch today, thanks for this post dowding. What have you got most of your weapon points into? I'm a sword weilding, spear chucking bad ass.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 27, 2007, 09:12:10 AM »

I am a Horse Archer god. I can hit heads at full gallop, while turning, as they are moving, and any combination of that.

I've had M&B for some time now. I play "The Last Days," a LOTR mod for it.

moot · « **Reply #3 on:** October 27, 2007, 01:56:19 PM »

There's no managing the recruits' arsenal? No way to put them on horses?
The fighting can get a little confused (especialy at speed on horses), but other than that, it's pretty good and fun for a cheap beta.. Nice find

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 27, 2007, 02:29:39 PM »

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Originally posted by moot
There's no managing the recruits' arsenal? No way to put them on horses?
The fighting can get a little confused (especialy at speed on horses), but other than that, it's pretty good and fun for a cheap beta.. Nice find

You can have Heroes that you can fully manage both skillwise, and armament wise.

But you really can't change much about the standard troop, except when to level them up.

moot · « **Reply #5 on:** October 27, 2007, 04:38:06 PM »

Do you have to find trouble yourself? I'm only getting the first town's (only one in grey, Zandor or something) leader to give me a quest (scalp river bandits), and sometimes a hint that certain goods traded to another place will net profits.

Where're the quests and plot?

Dowding · « **Reply #6 on:** October 27, 2007, 04:47:42 PM »

The other guys probably can answer better than me, but I got a summons from Nordland's King to be a vassal or somesuch. I got a village given to me as a result.

Think you might have to be minor nobility as character?

As for other quests - you can get escort duty and combat missions from the shop fella (not the individual market people - there's a separate shop in most large towns).

Lasersailor - didn't know you could outfit your heroes - wondered why they kept getting smacked around.

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #7 on:** October 27, 2007, 04:54:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
The other guys probably can answer better than me, but I got a summons from Nordland's King to be a vassal or somesuch. I got a village given to me as a result.

dude! being a vassal makes you thier b*tch!

hehe thanks for this, really love this type of thing.

S!

edit:
dagnamit!! i got 87% downloaded and had a power cut
at 7% again now

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 27, 2007, 05:00:11 PM »

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Originally posted by moot
Do you have to find trouble yourself? I'm only getting the first town's (only one in grey, Zandor or something) leader to give me a quest (scalp river bandits), and sometimes a hint that certain goods traded to another place will net profits.

Where're the quests and plot?

The base game itself is more of a Gameplay beta, and not an actual plot game, yet. As they build up how they want it to actually play, they'll work on the plot as well.

The real content is in the mods. TLD (which I play) has many towns, with feuding factions, the lords giving quests which yield influence. This influence can be used to purchase semi-trained troops, famous arms and armor, and order your faction around out in the field. Not to forget that you can recruit heroes with influence, and you can also recruit nearly all of the faction lords to ride out with you.

It's a little too open ended to have a single game-driven quest (Besides winning the war). So far there are lots of mini quests.

mensa180 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 27, 2007, 08:50:11 PM »

Downloading now, hope I like it.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #10 on:** October 27, 2007, 08:56:59 PM »

is this a multiplayer only game?
Or can you play it as a stand alone game as well (solo)?

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 27, 2007, 10:07:40 PM »

Singleplayer only, as of now.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #12 on:** October 28, 2007, 01:14:39 AM »

wow,

Cool game. I'm running supplies with a small 22 man tangent kicking raiders arses.

I just hit level 6 and think I might buy the thing.

Ghosth · « **Reply #13 on:** October 28, 2007, 08:08:40 AM »

Played all day yesterday, started with 4 guys, ran it up to a band of 28. With loads of supplys and over 4 x the money I started with. Until last night game paused, said, sorry, we've saved your game, but until you buy, this is as far as you go.

Hmmmmmm

OK I'm HOOkED!

I'll be buying it shortly, had a blast with it.

BTW I don't know how you can shoot that bow from horseback.
I couldn't hit diddly with it. But I got fairly good with sword and shield.

Dowding · « **Reply #14 on:** October 28, 2007, 08:08:50 AM »

Gunslinger, it's like crack. I'm pretty addicted.

The $22 price is a bit of a bargain given all the community mods and developer committment.

Ghosth - I don't bother shooting from horseback. I bought a two-handed Great Sword which chops other horses in half. Well, it seems that way. I'm also sealed in some pretty heavy armour atop a charger. The best part about this game is the cavalry versus cavalry charges - it is amazing. Haven't mastered the lance part of game yet, though.

Going to install the Lord of the Rings mod today.