Mount & Blade
<div class="IPBDescription">You know...that medieval game thing?</div>Am just curious - who here in the NS community actually plays M&B? I'm kinda suprised that there hasn't really been a topic about it here yet - with the exception of course for the fact that this site's been dead for a year or so.
The full version price so far is still pretty low (price goes up slightly for each update until it is finished in which it will cost around $29). Currently it's at $18 but a major update is due...hmm...today at the earliest so the price will most likely go up a few bucks...so if anyone's interested then now's the time to go get it.
<a href="http://www.taleworlds.com" target="_blank">Taleworlds</a>
The full version price so far is still pretty low (price goes up slightly for each update until it is finished in which it will cost around $29). Currently it's at $18 but a major update is due...hmm...today at the earliest so the price will most likely go up a few bucks...so if anyone's interested then now's the time to go get it.
<a href="http://www.taleworlds.com" target="_blank">Taleworlds</a>
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Sitting back and playing marksman is rather nifty. Too bad most of my lackeys seem to get killed so easily, or do stupid things like have the Caravan Guards go charging in ahead of the rest of the group. So they die off first. So I only ever really have one Cav guard at a time, because they always keep dying before another Watchman is ready to be upgraded. :b
Also, after a big battle you end up mostly red.
1. Where do you find padded cloth armor? I've travelled all over the 'land' visiting different merchants and I can't find that particular type of armor anywhere.
2. As interesting or exciting as it is to play...what's the point of going past level 6 anyway? To hold more prisoners, to attack 'stronger' people? There doesn't really seem to be any reason you'd need to buy the full version - especially since any kind of grand storyline seems to be missing, as far as I can tell.
3. Is there some way to control my troops? As it stands it's just like: battle starts -> everyone runs at eachother. There doesn't seem to be any kind of strategy around at all.
4. Why is unmounted combat completely unfeasible? Heck, if you're against 10 people they all get to swing at you at once, there's not even a point to having a shield. Realistically they'd all injure eachother, but magically they all hit you...
5. Why are there mods for a game that's still in beta?
...it doesn't run poorly on my computer, and I've got an ati card, so maybe the problem lies elsewhere with your framerate. Then again, I've only had about 50 people running around at once, max, so maybe the threshold is above that.
As for the padded cloth, you can occasionally get it from the armor dealer in the starting town. Random what the vendors carry each day, so check each morning. Usually shows up every couple days.
As for the reason to go for the full version, the ability to take a side in the war and attack enemy castles is pretty fun.
Eh...this is not a multiplayer game. Well, maybe the next game might be but...not this one.
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awe, meh nevermind then. I got oblivion haha
awe, meh nevermind then. I got oblivion haha
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How..sad...
How..sad...
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oblivion + good mods own any single player rpg.
Including mount and blade, well graphics wise anyway from as far as i can tell from screenshots of mount & blade.
Well that or final fantasy lawl
Wow, alright. Hold on. It's 1am. I started playing at 9pm... I have Oblivion, and I have nearly every mod for it. (My list is like, 223).
But this game... Wow. Alright..
Okay. The graphics might not be that great. It looks like the freakin' quake 3 engine.
Wait, come back!
Alright. Now, the physics. Yes, physics.. and animation (great animation!) more than make up for the lack of graphics.
Good god, I wish Oblivion had this combat system, I'm hooked.
I was with you nay-sayers at the beginning. This thing sat on my hard drive for three days before I got around to installing it. I played it for five minutes and was like, "This game = crap." And then, for some reason, I gave it another chance, and started playing again... wow.
It's amazing to just.. mow through a big group of enemies with a long sword.. the feeling behind swinging a weapon feels so.. solid. It's great when that one crossbow hit takes out a horse, sending it's rider tumbling off. And then you whip out a dagger and lunge for his FACE!
Or you can knock him unconscious and take him prisoner, selling him to slave traders... guys, don't pass this game up. Wow. This is pretty good, very pretty good actually. Don't let the graphics fool you.
And now, back to MnB. Seeya guys around. <3
As for Oblivion...I'd like to see the game or any mod reproduce the mounted combat that M&B has.
Actually - that won't happen in this reality.
It's just the fact that nothing really happens outside of combat. Sure, combat is fun and everything, but that's all there is. Now, Oblivion with Mount and Blade combat...there's something (...although MnB has the problem with fighting on foot being essentially impossible, which they should probably fix). Mounted combat ftw, though. Plus, this is the only game I've ever seen than involves charging with a couched lance, so ++ .
Not only is it much fairer now, but you can also be more strategic. Without the mod it depends wholly on luck what troops you get, but now you KNOW that you have x amount of archers and x amount of cavalry. Makes for good battles.
And besides, a 200vs200 group battle in the LOTR mod is so cool <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/nerd-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="::nerdy::" border="0" alt="nerd-fix.gif" />
The mod works for all your other M&B mods too.
So you stand there on the outskirts of your little army, the bolts are flying thick and heavy around you, and you see a rider heading for you, swinging a huge axe. You're no match for him on foot, but you don't lose your cool. You nock an arrow, take careful aim and let fly a second before he would decapitate you. Your arrow sails throw the air and implants itself in his forehead, knocking him off the horse and sending him to his makers. You sidestep the panicked horse as it gallops past you and enjoy your victory. And then you're hooked on archery.
I like being an archer, on foot. Sniping the enemy down from a distance is fun. Having lots of archer henchmen and just peppering the enemy with a hailstorm of arrows is even more fun.
So you stand there on the outskirts of your little army, the bolts are flying thick and heavy around you, and you see a rider heading for you, swinging a huge axe. You're no match for him on foot, but you don't lose your cool. You nock an arrow, take careful aim and let fly a second before he would decapitate you. Your arrow sails throw the air and implants itself in his forehead, knocking him off the horse and sending him to his makers. You sidestep the panicked horse as it gallops past you and enjoy your victory. And then you're hooked on archery.
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I'm past the archery stage. I find it more enjoying planting throwing daggers and axes in enemy skulls instead <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
In fact - leather armor - throwing axes and a two-handed sword and maybe a spear or similar polearm and you've got yourself a highlander! Risky but oh so damn fun!
So what resolutions does everyone play at, out of curiosity?
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1024x768
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I like being an archer, on foot. Sniping the enemy down from a distance is fun. Having lots of archer henchmen and just peppering the enemy with a hailstorm of arrows is even more fun.
So you stand there on the outskirts of your little army, the bolts are flying thick and heavy around you, and you see a rider heading for you, swinging a huge axe. You're no match for him on foot, but you don't lose your cool. You nock an arrow, take careful aim and let fly a second before he would decapitate you. Your arrow sails throw the air and implants itself in his forehead, knocking him off the horse and sending him to his makers. You sidestep the panicked horse as it gallops past you and enjoy your victory. And then you're hooked on archery.
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Oh man, I Love it! And watching the dead rider get pulled along the ground by his horse. XD
Try the "StoryChapter" mod. It's 50mb and turns it into a WHOLE new game. It makes it feel like it SHOULD be. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
How do I access my party's inventory?
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Talk to them through the party screen while in the overworld map.
Eh...this is not a multiplayer game. Well, maybe the next game might be but...not this one.
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Hmm I <i>was</i> pretty excited to try this out...
It´s a nice game. The guy who make this game is a winner doing all things alone.
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It's a married couple, actually...
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How do I access my party's inventory?
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If we're talking the unmodded game, only your companions have an accessible inventory. Other, regular party members don't. Otherwise, Pulse's description is accurate.
I finally crafted a stickgun! XD It's one of those old fashioned cannon-stick-things! Man, does it kill. XD I arrive into battle... everyone has crossbows or bows.. and I have a freakin' musket. ROCK ON!