Updated 1st post!


Mount and blade has gone a long way from an independent title to full-fledged retail game. Now Mount and Blade is going to have it's first expansion: Warband! Announce back in GDC 2009 Warband will features a lot of visual improvements over the first game, as well as refinement on the overall gameplay. Warband is now under closed beta testing. You can apply as a tester HERE

There's a demo available on Steam, you can experience the medieval themed open world of Calradia up to level 8.

Latest Screenshots (not Warband)




While you are playing Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion you might feel disappointed where you realized cant fight on horse backs. Perhaps you love medieval settings, but dont like the fantasy and magic settings. Or perhaps you might feel tired where you just taking control of yourself, instead of massive army that will do your bidding.

Personally i tried the demo, and i really like this game, so decided to show you all this great game.

My fellows forumers, let me present to you, the unofficial Oblivion killer, MOUNT & BLADE



Features:

-Open RPG in Medieval settings with no fantasy elements
-Complex Combat system: Four direction of attack, and interesting parry maneuvers.
-Mounted Combat: Use your horse to run over enemies or cut down your enemies while riding pass them
-Recruit followers or hire mercenaries and join one of the five kingdoms of Calradia, or set out your own
-Massive combat with more than 200 NPC clash in wide battlefields!
-Eliminate bandits, loot villages or even besiege a castle! With siege towers!
-Take defeated enemies as prisoners! Persuade them to join your cause or sell them to slave traders
-Demo that allows you to play to level 8

more screenies







This post has been edited by memphiz_zero88: Jan 28 2015, 07:26 AM

How's this compared to Total War? Or is it a totally different type of game? The website didn't really give much information bout the game genre =d

game like oblivion?

i love it if it does...

btw,

oblivion have mod that can ride horse EVEN DRAGONS!!!!
and TONS of other GREAT mods that make the game AWESOME!!!

ps

Oblivion is old now.... died perhaps...

Graphic look okay and I don't mind it IF I CAN REALLY TAKE PART IN A BATTLEFIELD OF 200 NPCS.

Downloading the game now
Which is suprising it is full and not demo
Although it has a level limit set in it

This post has been edited by bobohead1988: May 19 2008, 04:59 AM

M&B is actually an RPG, which mean you cant actually ctrl your troops via RTS style...however you can issue simple conmmand like "charge!", "hold position" or "follow me!" while you are among your troops in the battlefield.



Well as i forgot to mention M&B also have tons of mods....Lord of the rings, pirates, crusades, Spartans, Chinese background and many more. you can check out the mods video in youtube. simply type mount and blade and there you go!

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Added on July 23, 2009, 10:26 amMount and blade expansion: Warband is announce a while ago, with various graphical improvements like HDR, better shaders, bump mappings, more polygons and multiplayer! Check out the GDC 2009 video.



in case you didnt notice, Mount and Blade already gone gone and even having a sale on Steam. You can check out the demo on Steam.

This post has been edited by Abyssio: Jul 23 2009, 10:26 AM

Mount and blade: Warband closed beta invitation! Click here to apply
The original mount and blade game key is not mandatory!

Already bought the game when it was still in development, so got it much cheaper.

Maybe update the screenshots? The graphics got an upgrade since then, and there's even HDR and graphical enhancement mods out.

yeah the old screens kinda dated so i posted 2 newer screenshots from the official site. Too bad i dont have the hdd space for the graphical enhancement mod, but the game looks great when you fight with massive army and the game still runs smooth.

Edit: have you check out the Warband GDC presentation? the visual improvement is awesome

This post has been edited by Abyssio: Aug 11 2009, 02:37 PM

I did mt first bigger battles today and it was pretty fun doing sieges.

It's a bit of a mess when you attack a castle coz the AI troops all want to rush the top of the walls at the same time, they even pushed me out of the assault tower ramps few times by rushing in.

But it still quite fun and impressive, definitely the best castles assaults I have seen in a RPG, you can really feel how archers were powerful in defense and how the walls and everything were planned to help the defense (crossfire and all).

The heroes that accompany you can be a pain to handle because they can dislike each other and will complain if you have them in the same party, but overall it's nice to see your troops going from farmers to heavy cavalry with experience.

(and shameless bump!)

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 13 2010, 03:18 PM

hmm got HDR and graphical enhancement mods?

where to get those oh?

Can someone please direct me to download the high resolution mods?

Thanks.

From what I can see the main graphical enhancement package is now under upgrade from version 2.5 to 3,

So they closed down the 2.5 on the main site, but the 3 is not out yet.

I have found the main components of the 2.5 here:

HDR effects

Resources (not totally sure what this one does, but seems necessary)

Bigger Textures

I am downloading them at the moment and will see how it goes.

Edit: installed them, it does improve the graphisms by quite a bit, textures are more detailes, more grass (even though the grass has bit heavy clipping) etc.
I get an error when quitting the game now though but seems it's known issue. No other issue found so far, seems good stuff

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 13 2010, 04:16 PM

heheh thanks for the bump.

For the problem in sieges you could try this mod. It adds more ladders!
http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,57569.0.html

Also this mod is essential: Let you scale the number of combatants in the battlefield over the preset limit!
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,8058.0.html

So you can scale it to epic proportion, and the textures and models can take a back seat while you awe at the 1k soldiers clashing in real time!

Played a bit of the tutorial.

So far combat seems to be quite solid.

The recommended list of mod:

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?topic=44196.0

The Dall HD make over:

http://www.mbrepository.com/modules/PDdown...?cid=7&lid=1261

http://www.mbrepository.com/modules/PDdown...?cid=7&lid=1254

Or the GE 2.5

http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,36914.0.html


Have Fun!!!

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Added on February 13, 2010, 8:01 pmWant something EXTRA?!

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,52131.0.html



This post has been edited by ecam: Feb 13 2010, 08:01 PM

Ha thanks for the DAL mod, seems interesting, I will try it out to compare with the GE2.5, it made the game a bit too "dark", harder to see details on the game.

And that Realm mod seems very big!

Maybe we should wait for Mount and Blade: Warband to get Steam promo sale.

Yep. but look at the features. wooo

Those who jenguk this thread, MnB got offer at Steam right now for 2 RM10 angpow or 10 rm2 angpow.

The DAL graphism pack is not bad too actually, changed quite a lot of the textures to different or nicer ones, some of the normal units look pretty badass now

Now I think I am going to have to start a war, the kingdom to which I am vassal-ized has been in peace for quite a long time... and it's just boring
The King is a friend now so I prefer start a new war with this one instead of leaving for another kingdom.

I have started really combating on horse only now, and I LOVE the mechanics of the lance/polearm damage on horse, at least if I understand them properly.
From what I understand it takes into account the RELATIVE speed between you and your target to calculate the damage you do. This is amazing and totally realistic because:

- If both you and your enemy stand still, you do almost no damage with the lance (long lances are too heavy to be used without the inertia of a running horse + too long for close combat anyway)

- If you go fast against a trooper or still enemies you do good damage (it one shot most normal non-heavy armored unit if good hit)

- If you run behind a horse with almost the same speed as you, you will do almost no damage (since your relative speed with the enemy is almost null)

- Now if you do real knight fight, both horse running max towards each other, it's a one shot thing for sure if it touches (since your relative speed is basically your speed + the enemy speed)

I was totally baffled when i saw they really put that into the game, by far the best mounted fights mechanism I have seen

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 14 2010, 01:43 AM

Any idea how much will Warband cost when it release?