Mount & Blade

jumpy · 07-04-09, 06:42 PM

Sandbox style RPG.

Not really in to RPG's/MMORPG's, ie. LOTR, WOW etc.

However I tried the demo of Mount & Blade (http://www.taleworlds.com/index.html from the downloads section) and was pleasantly surprised at how engaging it was.
Doesn't look as graphically polished as LOTR or Age of Conan, but it has a certain charm all of its own.
There's a lively modding community (http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php) and with the addition of the ever useful JSGME I was able to add some new map textures almost immediately.

Ended up buying this one from play.com for 9 quid! bargain-tastic!

I guess it's a bit like Pirates of the Caribbean, but without the ships, and no undead super npc's to kill off your career.

Combat is real time with a simple interface revolving around the mouse. Weapons range from rocks to swords, bows, crossbows, spears, lances etc etc.
It's basically medieval stuff, with no magic or demons and the like. Plenty of trade, looting, slaving, besieging, fighting off bandits, quests for various people. You get to recruit other characters to fight in your band, either for you alone or for a faction you are allied to - these include footmen, archers, cavalry. All characters have a detailed level up/skills and points system, which is fairly intuitive.

Battles can have up to 100 participants per side (though there is a mod to remove this limit) depending on how many troops you are capable of leading.

On the whole it's pretty good fun.

Raptor1 · 07-04-09, 06:58 PM

Aye, M&B is a good game, especially since there are a whole bunch of mods available to make the game even more interesting

ajrimmer42 · 07-05-09, 03:42 AM

Been playing this game since the earlier betas and have always thought it was great, better than Oblivion imo. The sheer satisfaction of getting a headshot with a longbow whilst riding a horse into battle! Briliant!

Rhodes · 07-05-09, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajrimmer42

Been playing this game since the earlier betas and have always thought it was great, better than Oblivion imo. The sheer satisfaction of getting a headshot with a longbow whilst riding a horse into battle! Briliant!

Like me! Remember the good old days of Zendar town? Or the four ins? No nords or kergit to bother! Black armors, and some magic stuff?Eheheh

I have the game, do not play for some time! Whaiting for oni ran mod to be up for the version 1.0 and other big mode about the peninsular wars! ALso version 2.0 is already be made or something!

Letum · 07-09-09, 01:01 PM

Another player from the Early betas here.

I wonder how the multiplayer will be...

Can't wait until the next TLD release.

Highbury · 07-09-09, 02:19 PM

I didn't play the beta but I have been playing this since it came out. Ironically I was just looking at mods on mbrepository for the first time in months just before coming to subsim. I am looking forward to multiplayer being added

Not the best looking game, but a hell of alot of fun. Kinda like a first-person M:TW in the battle sequences.

07-10-09, 12:21 AM

Player since mid-to-late beta, taleworlds seemed better when they were independent though, and the expansion is most likely gonna screw the game up.

Spike88 · 10-08-09, 03:03 PM

I tried the demo after reading this thread and liked it, but never bought it. That is until I got it for 5 dollars from D2D.

Its great, I just have a hard time with bandits. Most of my party is usually killed off and it comes down to me slaughtering most of them, but getting captured when there is one or two left.

I have a question. I have to collect taxes for one of the Lords. I did so, and when I returned to the Castle the lord wasn't there. The last report I had on him was of him heading towards the castle a day prior. Eight days have passed and there is two other lords inside the Castle, and I still haven't seen the Lord I owe the money too. Should I assume he's dead or captured and use the money for myself or what?

jumpy · 10-08-09, 09:23 PM

I think you might have to go and search for him - some of them are out and about with their troops fighting and such like. Missing a deadline for a mission never seemed to do me too much harm, though I did get a reputation with an enemy faction for running away! lol everytime I met this one faction in battle I'd get wiped out, so I'd leave a few good men to hold em off so my main contingent and myself could scarpper and regroup. I met another lord allied with the guy I kept retreating from and he knew me as 'the guy who kept running from the field of battle' haha

I enjoyed sacking and raising to the ground the peasant villages of my enemies... murdering everyone in sight and making off with all of their stuff

I tell you, there's a pillaging barbarian thug in all of us, just itching for the opportunity to spill the entrails of some poverty stricken dirt farmers

Spike88 · 10-08-09, 10:23 PM

Well I ended up deleting that character and starting over. Reading this website helped me out alot; http://www.brighthub.com/video-games...les/20602.aspx

I'm currently a Sword/shield/spear character.

I have another question though. In my last career I was asked by a Lord to be a Mercenary for his faction. If I become a mercenary am I still able to become a vassal of said faction?
And whats the best way to get a mercenary army?

jumpy · 10-08-09, 11:03 PM

Have a look at these:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mount%2...le_of_Contents

In answer to your question.... probably. I'm a mercenary for a lord; you get to be a vassal by being invited to swear allegiance, say if you've hunted a lot of bandits on his territory or protected caravans or attacked his enemies, I think - you get noticed. After that, you move up the social ladder either by force of arms, or by doing your lords bidding.
I think the only way to get a large army is to have enough experience points in your character sheet to command a larger number of men. Leadership or something it's called iirc.

Raptor1 · 10-09-09, 03:42 AM

Yes, you can become a lord after being a mercenary, I did it a few times

Spike88 · 10-09-09, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpy

Have a look at these:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mount%2...le_of_Contents

In answer to your question.... probably. I'm a mercenary for a lord; you get to be a vassal by being invited to swear allegiance, say if you've hunted a lot of bandits on his territory or protected caravans or attacked his enemies, I think - you get noticed. After that, you move up the social ladder either by force of arms, or by doing your lords bidding.
I think the only way to get a large army is to have enough experience points in your character sheet to command a larger number of men. Leadership or something it's called iirc.

Thanks for the links.

Thomen · 10-10-09, 10:05 AM

I tried it quite some time ago and did not like it. Thanks to this thread, I downloaded it, tried it once again.

Damn.. they did alot to that game. I like it.

And promptly bought a license for it. Thanks guys, good find.

Spike88 · 10-10-09, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomen

I tried it quite some time ago and did not like it. Thanks to this thread, I downloaded it, tried it once again.

Damn.. they did alot to that game. I like it.

And promptly bought a license for it. Thanks guys, good find.

Where did you buy it from?

Whenever I seem to have a Lord as a prisoner, I can never seem to find a Random broker.

I just went from Mercenary Captain to a vassal.
For those of you new to the game, if you become a Mercenary Captain, make sure to collect you're fee's from the King every so often. I totally forgot I was supposed to get paid, until I ran into the king and noticed one of the options was to collect my wages.

07-04-09, 06:42 PM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Mount & Blade Sandbox style RPG. Not really in to RPG's/MMORPG's, ie. LOTR, WOW etc. However I tried the demo of Mount & Blade (http://www.taleworlds.com/index.html from the downloads section) and was pleasantly surprised at how engaging it was. Doesn't look as graphically polished as LOTR or Age of Conan, but it has a certain charm all of its own. There's a lively modding community (http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php) and with the addition of the ever useful JSGME I was able to add some new map textures almost immediately. Ended up buying this one from play.com for 9 quid! bargain-tastic! I guess it's a bit like Pirates of the Caribbean, but without the ships, and no undead super npc's to kill off your career. Combat is real time with a simple interface revolving around the mouse. Weapons range from rocks to swords, bows, crossbows, spears, lances etc etc. It's basically medieval stuff, with no magic or demons and the like. Plenty of trade, looting, slaving, besieging, fighting off bandits, quests for various people. You get to recruit other characters to fight in your band, either for you alone or for a faction you are allied to - these include footmen, archers, cavalry. All characters have a detailed level up/skills and points system, which is fairly intuitive. Battles can have up to 100 participants per side (though there is a mod to remove this limit) depending on how many troops you are capable of leading. On the whole it's pretty good fun. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

07-04-09, 06:58 PM	#2
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Aye, M&B is a good game, especially since there are a whole bunch of mods available to make the game even more interesting __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

07-05-09, 03:42 AM	#3
ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Been playing this game since the earlier betas and have always thought it was great, better than Oblivion imo. The sheer satisfaction of getting a headshot with a longbow whilst riding a horse into battle! Briliant! __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

07-09-09, 01:01 PM	#5
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Another player from the Early betas here. I wonder how the multiplayer will be... Can't wait until the next TLD release. __________________

10-08-09, 03:03 PM	#8
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I tried the demo after reading this thread and liked it, but never bought it. That is until I got it for 5 dollars from D2D. Its great, I just have a hard time with bandits. Most of my party is usually killed off and it comes down to me slaughtering most of them, but getting captured when there is one or two left. I have a question. I have to collect taxes for one of the Lords. I did so, and when I returned to the Castle the lord wasn't there. The last report I had on him was of him heading towards the castle a day prior. Eight days have passed and there is two other lords inside the Castle, and I still haven't seen the Lord I owe the money too. Should I assume he's dead or captured and use the money for myself or what? __________________

07-09-09, 02:19 PM	#6
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	I didn't play the beta but I have been playing this since it came out. Ironically I was just looking at mods on mbrepository for the first time in months just before coming to subsim. I am looking forward to multiplayer being added Not the best looking game, but a hell of alot of fun. Kinda like a first-person M:TW in the battle sequences.

07-10-09, 12:21 AM	#7
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Player since mid-to-late beta, taleworlds seemed better when they were independent though, and the expansion is most likely gonna screw the game up.

10-08-09, 09:23 PM	#9
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I think you might have to go and search for him - some of them are out and about with their troops fighting and such like. Missing a deadline for a mission never seemed to do me too much harm, though I did get a reputation with an enemy faction for running away! lol everytime I met this one faction in battle I'd get wiped out, so I'd leave a few good men to hold em off so my main contingent and myself could scarpper and regroup. I met another lord allied with the guy I kept retreating from and he knew me as 'the guy who kept running from the field of battle' haha I enjoyed sacking and raising to the ground the peasant villages of my enemies... murdering everyone in sight and making off with all of their stuff I tell you, there's a pillaging barbarian thug in all of us, just itching for the opportunity to spill the entrails of some poverty stricken dirt farmers __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

10-08-09, 10:23 PM	#10
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Well I ended up deleting that character and starting over. Reading this website helped me out alot; http://www.brighthub.com/video-games...les/20602.aspx I'm currently a Sword/shield/spear character. I have another question though. In my last career I was asked by a Lord to be a Mercenary for his faction. If I become a mercenary am I still able to become a vassal of said faction? And whats the best way to get a mercenary army? __________________

10-08-09, 11:03 PM	#11
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Have a look at these: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mount%2...le_of_Contents In answer to your question.... probably. I'm a mercenary for a lord; you get to be a vassal by being invited to swear allegiance, say if you've hunted a lot of bandits on his territory or protected caravans or attacked his enemies, I think - you get noticed. After that, you move up the social ladder either by force of arms, or by doing your lords bidding. I think the only way to get a large army is to have enough experience points in your character sheet to command a larger number of men. Leadership or something it's called iirc. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

10-09-09, 03:42 AM	#12
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Yes, you can become a lord after being a mercenary, I did it a few times __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

10-10-09, 10:05 AM	#14
Thomen Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	I tried it quite some time ago and did not like it. Thanks to this thread, I downloaded it, tried it once again. Damn.. they did alot to that game. I like it. And promptly bought a license for it. Thanks guys, good find.