Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 174 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 127 out of 174
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 174
  3. Negative: 16 out of 174

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  1. Johan701
    Aug 28, 2023
    10
    This is not a game for casual players, it's a simulator, so it's hardcore, it's grindy, and it has a steep learning curve.

    It will consume a lot of time and it will be long, hard and frustrating, unless you turn all the difficulty options to a minimum, in that case, it will just be a bit boring grind without any challenge. If you can play it right, and have the time to do so, it's    This is not a game for casual players, it's a simulator, so it's hardcore, it's grindy, and it has a steep learning curve.

    It will consume a lot of time and it will be long, hard and frustrating, unless you turn all the difficulty options to a minimum, in that case, it will just be a bit boring grind without any challenge.

    If you can play it right, and have the time to do so, it's one of the best games out there, it has hundreds of mods that make it even better and will keep you engaged, or addicted for a very long time.

    No cinematic hype garbage, no game shop, zero cosmetic bullcrap, really one of the few remaining gems of games just made to be games. if you rate this negatively, you just don't deserve it.    … Expand
  2. Flamwolf
    Aug 2, 2023
    10
    The final version is out and very good.
    The critics suffer for the bêta time.
    The game has some bugs but less than other more rated game. Strategy is the center of gameplay with first or third person combat gameplay. It's amazing to cross the battle map on your horse shooting enemy soldier and giving orders tonyour units. But there is a lot of other thing to do : smithing, trade etc...    The final version is out and very good.
    The critics suffer for the bêta time.

    The game has some bugs but less than other more rated game.
    Strategy is the center of gameplay with first or third person combat gameplay.
    It's amazing to cross the battle map on your horse shooting enemy soldier and giving orders tonyour units.
    But there is a lot of other thing to do : smithing, trade etc...
    The game is so specific so any player whose want to play it should watch vids on the gameplay first and not only battle gameplay.    … Expand
  3. erenpasha
    May 16, 2023
    10
    Mount and Blade Bannerlord is a best medival rpg game and limitless experiance.
    This game is best Turkish game. I like this game.

    O7 Armağan Yavuz O7
  4. Mehmethan07
    Mar 30, 2023
    10
    360 saat oynamış biri olarak açıkcası kesinlikle 10/10 bir oyun değil ama bu kadar oynadığım başka bir oyun yok o yüzden daha aşağısı gönlüm el vermez.
  5. Moazelbahy
    Nov 1, 2022
    10
    Great and exceptional combat massive battles and very addictive each playthrough
  6. bkaramursel
    Feb 19, 2023
    10
    Warband'ın üzerine büyük eklemeler yapılmış. Oyunun kendi alanında tek örneği yok. benzersiz bir deneyim sunuyor.
  7. mn_music
    Aug 6, 2023
    10
    One of the best strategy games I have ever played, full of ambitious ideas, and with a good future, I really enjoyed it.
  8. cachepelle
    Dec 13, 2022
    10
    It gives everything it offers on it's best. If you liked mount and blade warband. You will definetly like this one even more
  9. GGEZNICETRY
    Oct 28, 2022
    10
    This game is amazing completely fleshed out systems all around good
    1000 hours will be put into this with mods at least
  10. apolid
    Oct 30, 2022
    10
    Mount & Blade is a one-of-a-kind series – an incredible blend of RPG, strategy and action set in a vast medieval setting that you can lose yourself in for hundreds of hours – and Bannerlord absolutely takes it to the next level.

    The game's predecessor, Warband, is one of my all-time favourite games, and Bannerlord improves on it in almost every way. The graphics are fantastic, family,    Mount & Blade is a one-of-a-kind series – an incredible blend of RPG, strategy and action set in a vast medieval setting that you can lose yourself in for hundreds of hours – and Bannerlord absolutely takes it to the next level.

    The game's predecessor, Warband, is one of my all-time favourite games, and Bannerlord improves on it in almost every way. The graphics are fantastic, family, clan and kingdom management is far deeper, the roleplaying system now includes more skills and hundreds of perks, and alternative professions like trading and blacksmithing add much needed activities beyond battling.

    But it is the battles that are the clear highlight for me. There's something special about playing the role of a lone soldier (or Lord, or even King) on a huge battlefield with potentially hundreds of combatants on each side. The atmosphere is incredible, and there are so many memorable moments that have stuck with me – the first time I heard the distant rumble of enemy cavalry, watching helplessly as a trebuchet projectile arced its way towards me and my soldiers, flanking the enemy's charging infantry with a carefully placed and well timed cavalary charge, finding the enemy King in the middle of a battle and slicing him down, and so many more.

    There's just so much potential for emergent stories within each and every battle, and it's an experience completely unique to the Mount & Blade series.

    Finally, and perhaps most promisingly, is the modding scene. Bannerlord is already the 11th most popular game on Nexus Mods, and 150 mods have been added or updated in the first 5 days since release. Small features that people complain about being missing from Warband, like feasts, duelling and deeper companion back stories, have all already been added by modders.

    Like Warband (and Skyrim for that matter) before it, it's mods that will take Bannerlord from being a great game to an all-time favourite that I keep coming back to again and again for the next decade.    … Expand
  11. megafun89
    Nov 1, 2022
    10
    No other game offers such a stable alchemy between battle, command, strategy, and management.

    Comparing its content with Warband+mods, its strategy with Crusader Kings, or its graphics with The Witcher is really not fair. It is much more difficult to create a game engine and an entire game rather than "just" modding it. The hardest part is what you can't see (memory allocations, AI,    No other game offers such a stable alchemy between battle, command, strategy, and management.

    Comparing its content with Warband+mods, its strategy with Crusader Kings, or its graphics with The Witcher is really not fair.

    It is much more difficult to create a game engine and an entire game rather than "just" modding it. The hardest part is what you can't see (memory allocations, AI, stability...). And without this work of the developers the game and therefore its mods would simply not exist. You have to compare what is comparable, Warband 1.0 vs Bannerlord 1.0.

    And on this comparison Bannerlord is 1000 times more complete, clear, and catchy than what Warband offered when it was released. Obviously people haven't restarted a game of Warband 1.0 for a long time.... They forgot that the sieges were limited to a single scale, that child descent was not possible, the uninteresting endgames, that the maximum number of units was much lower, as was the size of the map or the number of quests...

    In Bannerlord everything is much bigger and clearer, giving the series the perfect foundation for a new era, thanks to a complete, enjoyable, and unique game.

    And for the few sound bugs or empty cities, the game is not entirely finished and the few patches will quickly correct these minor problems.    … Expand
  12. ulufarkas
    Nov 6, 2022
    10
    This game is a masterpiece and a perfect example for "Game Modding" history.
  13. Multeciisavar
    Nov 9, 2022
    10
    Excellent game. Everyone should definitely play. Let the baby who says this game is bad, should play the tame.
  14. radome
    Dec 5, 2022
    10
    It was too hard or I'm clumsy but it will entertain you for a long time. Castle sieges are a lot of fun.
  15. Mikey01
    Dec 30, 2022
    10
    I really liked this game, great gaming experience :)
    I recommend trying it to anyone who hasn't done it yet
  16. oLdness07
    Jan 1, 2023
    10
    A unique game with no equal in genre. It is very valuable in this respect. After the previous game, the graphics and gameplay have been greatly improved. It's a game I can play for hundreds of hours.
  17. Levivin
    Jan 20, 2023
    10
    The best medieval war game I've played in my life.
    +It's super fun with mods
  18. Furrkann
    Feb 2, 2023
    10
    1000+ hours of Warband 400+ hours of Bannerlord excellent gameplay. CALRADİAAA!!
  19. Me12347
    Feb 21, 2023
    10
    Very good. Quality game, get it trust me.both single player and multiplayer are good
  20. MagnusL
    Mar 5, 2023
    10
    worth every minute, awesome development since first game. I played all but wb and bannerlord special.
  21. Mehmetinan
    Mar 31, 2023
    10
    Such a unique experience! This game is unrivaled in this specie. Gameplay is very delightful. While you're playing this game you feel like emperor.
    If you like roleplay games you should try this game
  22. rain0wn
    Jun 8, 2023
    10
    Definitely a sandbox game type worth its money. A game of excellent taste with medieval warfare and real-time strategy.
  23. Ezio1459
    Sep 11, 2023
    10
    更加多元化的城池攻防是这一代最大的亮点，目前正在期待更多的中国历史mod
  24. eymen3
    Sep 6, 2023
    10
    Oyunnun grafik olsun fizik olsun dunyanin buyuklugu fazla irk imparatorluk cok sey var
  25. Haripine
    Sep 7, 2023
    10
    This game is the perfect combination of rpg, real time combat and strategy. It's a medieval simulation with a deep combat system however it is also an rpg with many skills to level upm hundereds of perks to choose therefore millions of charackter build to invent. In addition this games include kingdom management strategcy, Story generator and countless many other things to do. At firstThis game is the perfect combination of rpg, real time combat and strategy. It's a medieval simulation with a deep combat system however it is also an rpg with many skills to level upm hundereds of perks to choose therefore millions of charackter build to invent. In addition this games include kingdom management strategcy, Story generator and countless many other things to do. At first this game may seem like a game in which you just recruit an army and go to war and conquer castles etc. But there is lots of things to do including a variety of jobs to do from a smither to merchant or mercenary. But of course main focus is becoming a feudal lord in the first place then climb all the way to the head of a kingdom. The map has 8 kingdoms and if you want you can attend one of them, if you have proven yourself in the battles, or found your own kingdom by attacking one of these kingdoms. I personally recommend you to go for the sandbox mode since it's story mode is pointless but you can of course try at least once. Note 1 : Developers are still improving game by adding features that it needs because when the game first released it wasnt complete. Many bad comments are stemming from this situation Note 2 : there are plenty of modes that you can install and they are really good. Before you start your next story( you should play it modeless at first) you may conside looking them. There are helpful videoa in youtube that gives suggestions about bannerlord modes.… Expand
  26. emre1590
    Sep 10, 2023
    10
    the game is nice. derther is a bit of a mangy character (:
    Why can only 10 of us attack the bandits' lair?
  27. strangermoon
    May 24, 2023
    9
    bannerlord improve graphics animations to warband which shows age now but big size of game and multlipalyer and mod aspect title again contune . base game still same factions moslty feel same even map and locations changed. game still not uses realistic nations and history instead of combining them less fictional world. horse riding and sword fighting imporved greatly but still feels lackbannerlord improve graphics animations to warband which shows age now but big size of game and multlipalyer and mod aspect title again contune . base game still same factions moslty feel same even map and locations changed. game still not uses realistic nations and history instead of combining them less fictional world. horse riding and sword fighting imporved greatly but still feels lack comparedr single player stroy driven games. game strenth multiplayer and huge armyies again but this time more horsers need good pc. game size compared warband so big. game have physcal pc rlease on germany but weirdly not have own coutnry turkey.… Expand
  28. Maerhin
    Jan 30, 2023
    9
    Un jeu dans son genre, un équilibre entre combat, stratégie (politique et bataille), gestion et jeu de rôle.
    Le jeu est plus complet que Warband, les sièges, la forge, la politique, la vente, la culture des peuples amélioré ainsi que tout ce que cela apporte est vraiment un plus sachant que qu'il y a d'autres choses encore.
    Le jeu doit encore avoir des mises à jour je pense mais il est    Un jeu dans son genre, un équilibre entre combat, stratégie (politique et bataille), gestion et jeu de rôle.
    Le jeu est plus complet que Warband, les sièges, la forge, la politique, la vente, la culture des peuples amélioré ainsi que tout ce que cela apporte est vraiment un plus sachant que qu'il y a d'autres choses encore.
    Le jeu doit encore avoir des mises à jour je pense mais il est dans la bonne direction.
    Bonus : Les mods vont rendre le jeu meilleur    … Expand
  29. rezo_21
    Dec 15, 2022
    9
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 94 IIIIIIIIII====================
  30. MrDog3
    Jan 14, 2023
    9
    PROS:
    - Dynamic wheater, and changing battlemaps based on where you are
    - The economic and the political system is so much better and more immersive. - Nice graphics. - Living open world. - The strategy part of the battle gives us more freedom than in the previous games. CONS: - Bugs & crashes, the auto-resolve at sieges are a complete mess sometimes - It's missing some of the key    PROS:
    - Dynamic wheater, and changing battlemaps based on where you are
    - The economic and the political system is so much better and more immersive.
    - Nice graphics.
    - Living open world.
    - The strategy part of the battle gives us more freedom than in the previous games.
    CONS:
    - Bugs & crashes, the auto-resolve at sieges are a complete mess sometimes
    - It's missing some of the key features from Warband.    … Expand
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77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    80
    The game offers an incredible amount of options, and if you don't enjoy the campaign, you can have a blast in the elaborate battle mode, where you'll command up to hundreds of warriors and work together to destroy enemies, protect villages or conquer castles. [Issue#324]
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Jan 16, 2023
    80
    Mount & Blade II Bannerlord is not an easy game to get into, and several of its mechanics are not introduced very clearly. There is also a lot of repetition, at multiple levels of the game, between side quests and repeated events. At the same time, however, it gives us access to a large sandbox that immerses us in an all-too-believable medieval world and allows us to transform from a simple country mercenary to a lord, enjoying large-scale battles and watching our kingdom grow.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Dec 31, 2022
    81
    Mount & Blade 2 transports us into an endless chaotic world full of events, battles and amazing adventures. At times it feels like a victim of its own complexity — some of the game's intricate systems don’t mesh together or never work as advertised, the economy is flawed, there’s a frightening dearth of conventions… Yet this elaborate medieval world will eat up at least a hundred hours out of your life.
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