Mount & Blade: Warband

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  1. Ezio_Traditore
    Sep 10, 2018
    10
    This game is awesome. There is a great modding community, and the downloadable contents are really good. The good thing about this game is, the whole story is on your hands. You are writing the story. You can do whatever you want. Game isn't saying to you to doing something. You can be ruler of the entire Calradia or you can just play as a merchant. Everything is on your hand.
  2. Bathie
    Aug 9, 2018
    9
    Absolutely fantastic Medieval sandbox. Initially I was taken aback by how low quality a lot of the textures and models were but soon found myself lost in the depth of the world and options for advancing my character. The combat initially is extremely difficult but one you get the hang of parrying etc it becomes very gratifying. Would definitely recommend to anyone who is a fan of the RPG genre.
  3. shadowpoker
    Apr 25, 2018
    10
    Really one of the most enjoyable sandbox games I have played. With mods the game experience is getting even more interesting. Maybe not a perfect game (like the lack of siege equipment, and quite a static surrounding in the basic game without mods) still, with all it flaws it is much better than anything else I have seen in the sandbox world. It have room for development.
  4. bastobasto
    Apr 15, 2018
    10
    Do you like medieval games ? Do you want a complex yet easy to play game ? Mount & Blade : Warband is here for you ! In my opinion, Mount & Blade : Warband is one of the best game I have ever played. I can surely say that over my 1000+ hours of gameplay.

    In Mount & Blade, you start a commoner in the fictional medieval world of Caldaria. You can then slowly get higher in the social    Do you like medieval games ? Do you want a complex yet easy to play game ? Mount & Blade : Warband is here for you ! In my opinion, Mount & Blade : Warband is one of the best game I have ever played. I can surely say that over my 1000+ hours of gameplay.

    In Mount & Blade, you start a commoner in the fictional medieval world of Caldaria. You can then slowly get higher in the social scale. You can marry yourself, try to conquer Caldaria in a whole, and many more. Also, You can become a mercenary company leader, a king, a noble ( who is vassal of a King ) and many more.

    I will now explain why I personally find the game interesting. First, the party system is revolutionary. Indeed, you need to pay and nourish your soldiers, unlike most game that I personally know of. After, we can talk about the fact that unlike most video game, you are never '' safe ''. Indeed, you can lose everything if you do not play well. Even if you have thousands elite soldiers, you never know when two enemy kingdoms can do a alliance and throw 2000 troops, which then overwhelm your army, destroying it, giving the enemy the path to your castle, making your empire slowly fall. Sure, if you are one of those persons that do not like to lose, it may be bad, but personally, I love it. Now, we can talk about how the weapon and fighting system are pleasant. Indeed, it is innovative for the time and is quite amusing. However, out of these points, Mount & Blade still have it's downfall. It's biggest one is obviously it's outdated graphics. But atleast, Mount & Blade : Bannerlord is coming, which will add a lot of functionalitttes and far better graphics.

    In conclusion, Mount & Blade is subjectivly a almost perfect game. If you think that the graphics are not good enough, you should wait for Bannerlord. But if I was you, I couldn't wait to play this beautiful game !

    P.S A lot of the bad review are just people purposivly giving bad rating. When you click on their account, you can see that most of them just gave 0 on a bunch of games.    … Expand
  5. YusufBey1453
    Apr 15, 2018
    10
    realistic combat mechanics are still the best in the world. I am training in the sword fight and I can say that I get the best sword satisfaction in this game.Although there have been many years passed, no game has caught this success
  6. MaoJin93
    Nov 18, 2017
    9
    It may not look like much when you see it in videos/photos for the first time but let me tell you that Mount & Blade is a game like no other; Innovative in many aspects.

    In short you start of as a lone commoner with whatever backstory you choose in a open medieval world. You are now free to do as you wish. Most likely you'll want to find some type of goal that reflects the backstory you    It may not look like much when you see it in videos/photos for the first time but let me tell you that Mount & Blade is a game like no other; Innovative in many aspects.

    In short you start of as a lone commoner with whatever backstory you choose in a open medieval world. You are now free to do as you wish. Most likely you'll want to find some type of goal that reflects the backstory you chose in the character creation. And then you just work your way up in whatever way you want towards that goal. In most scenarios you'll want to recruit people for your cause.

    Whether it is simply being a gladiator in tournaments; or leading a band of pirates and preying on farmers and pillaging villages, ships, etc; or if you want to serve under a king as a lord - commanding hundreds of soldiers on the battlefield as you take part in sieges or whatever political agendas are involved - M&B offers all of it. Or hell; even start your own kingdom where you command other lords. Gaining reputation and being persuasive and charismatic can be just as important, if not more so, as pure combat and strategic skills in this game, depending on what you want to do.

    I think all the different skills highlights how fun and complex this seemingly simple game is. There are skills for how well you engineer stuff (for your own villages, castles, etc.). There are skills governing your leadership ability (how many troops you're able to command, their loyalty to you, how well your army or fleet navigates terrain and seas and tracks other armies, etc.). There are skills on how well you can manage inventory, trade, treat wounds, handle prisoners, etc. Not to mention all your personal skills such as persuasion, riding, endurance, accuracy at bows/crossbows and throwing weapons and how well you do so at horseback, shielding, brute force, athletics, etc. and even how well your recruits learn these abilities from you when you spar with them.

    I have spent countless hours in this game for many years and can't wait of M&B2. And with awesome mods like L'Aigle and battlesize changer you're gonna have some insane battles. 500vs500 infantrymen with muskets is a sight to behold ;)

    The only con to this is that the graphics are pretty bad and of course there's no voice acting... Change that and this game would be a 10/10.    … Expand
  7. AlexanderDM
    Oct 30, 2017
    8
    Warband is an ambitious project that earns the highest marks on its foundation. The scope is perfect, the mechanics are generally well-designed, and I find myself immensely satisfied with both success and failure in the campaign. Unfortunately, almost none of the foundation is fully realized. As you reach kingdom-scale gameplay, weapon skills, management of minutia (grocery shopping,Warband is an ambitious project that earns the highest marks on its foundation. The scope is perfect, the mechanics are generally well-designed, and I find myself immensely satisfied with both success and failure in the campaign. Unfortunately, almost none of the foundation is fully realized. As you reach kingdom-scale gameplay, weapon skills, management of minutia (grocery shopping, personally recruiting, etc), and relationship management fizzle into chores and meaningless numbers. The visuals are admittedly atrocious, but the game inspires enough imagination to fill in the blanks.

    I just want to hand the design docs to a AAA studio; every part of this game is on the right track, but just needs more attention.    … Expand
  8. BatFat09
    Oct 7, 2017
    10
    I love this game. It's so open and you can do almost anything. The modding community is fantastic and are always creating something great and new. You will spend hundreds of hours playing this game.
  9. javaprof
    Sep 14, 2017
    10
    this is not one of the best madiavel game this is best mediavel game.there is a lot of people play this games single player over 1000 hour ı only play 200 hour because ı dont like mods ı want to bannerlord.
  10. Strizldizl
    Jul 31, 2017
    9
    I love this game as much as I did many other games, it's packed full of excitement, happiness and even frustration. Yes this game can truly make you cry if you did the wrong decision and you lose half your men to some filthy bandits. It's beeing played in the medieval century where you have a little choice of what kind of past you had, for example: a peasent who then served as an assistentI love this game as much as I did many other games, it's packed full of excitement, happiness and even frustration. Yes this game can truly make you cry if you did the wrong decision and you lose half your men to some filthy bandits. It's beeing played in the medieval century where you have a little choice of what kind of past you had, for example: a peasent who then served as an assistent in on a market or a noble boy who then got to be a squire. You start of with nothing more than: a horse, sword, shield, crossbow, armor and a bit of gold.… Expand
  11. Quardia
    Jun 1, 2017
    9
    I have 250 hours. This game is really good but could be much better. Cities and castles must be better. People are very insensitive. I hope Bannerlord will be better.
  12. boredboredbored
    May 20, 2017
    9
    I am embarrassed to admit the number of hours I've sunk into this game. It scratches a nice itch for medieval simulation, even if the simulation aspects are a little superficial and the available mods don't expand on it much. Also, lacking a structured narrative can throw you a bit. Nonetheless, the mix of first person melee, real-time tactics, and strategic level micromanagement will keepI am embarrassed to admit the number of hours I've sunk into this game. It scratches a nice itch for medieval simulation, even if the simulation aspects are a little superficial and the available mods don't expand on it much. Also, lacking a structured narrative can throw you a bit. Nonetheless, the mix of first person melee, real-time tactics, and strategic level micromanagement will keep you engrossed for months.… Expand
  13. Cech
    May 16, 2017
    9
    Mount & Blade: Warband - шикарная игра.

    Я бы назвал её одной из лучших в этом жанре, и есть за что. Положительные стороны - Шикарная боевая система, одна из лучших в играх данного жанра (только направление ударов считаю не очень удобным); - Мультиплеер до 200 человек. Спустя 7 лет он живее всех живых. Со скорым выходом второй части упадёт, но не умрёт уж точно; - Большой мир    Mount & Blade: Warband - шикарная игра.

    Я бы назвал её одной из лучших в этом жанре, и есть за что.

    Положительные стороны
    - Шикарная боевая система, одна из лучших в играх данного жанра (только направление ударов считаю не очень удобным);
    - Мультиплеер до 200 человек. Спустя 7 лет он живее всех живых. Со скорым выходом второй части упадёт, но не умрёт уж точно;
    - Большой мир одиночной игры, простор для фриплея;
    - Рыцарские турниры;
    - Коняшки;
    - Осады замков и куча гринда, который по необъяснимым причинам не надоедает;
    - Каждое изображение в достижениях претендует на выставку в галерее, не видел такого отношения к ним в играх;
    - Больше сотни полноценных модов с поддержкой Workshop'а от мира Властелина Колец до Звёздных Войн.

    Отрицательны стороны
    - Высокий порог вхождения, игра не обучает ничему (кр. боёвки). Хотя исследование этих моментов можно назвать интересным.
    - Стоит ли относить сюда графику? - спорно, т.к. игра, очевидно, старая, но для любителей текстурок запишу.
    - В игре нет режима, где есть сюжет с рассказываемой Вам историей. Всё познаётся в фриплее и всё решаете Вы. Мне не хватило историй и "ведения за ручку", но что почитать Вы обязательно найдёте.

    8,5/10    … Expand
  14. ThatUDLegacy
    Apr 27, 2017
    10
    One of my favorite games of all times, 7 years old and still has over 5k players, just shows its play ability, have over 700 hours of gameplay, a must buy for me.
  15. MrWax
    Apr 6, 2017
    10
    30 years of gaming,countless games played, no game has ever been as addictive, fun or replayable as M&B Warband! Heroin for gamers, so it should come with a warning. Wonderful moddingcommunity for the game also, really gives it years more of replay-value (and I am the kind of guy who plays a game, finishes it one time, and move on to the next.

    It is many games in one, but the two main    30 years of gaming,countless games played, no game has ever been as addictive, fun or replayable as M&B Warband! Heroin for gamers, so it should come with a warning. Wonderful moddingcommunity for the game also, really gives it years more of replay-value (and I am the kind of guy who plays a game, finishes it one time, and move on to the next.

    It is many games in one, but the two main "games" is the overlay map where you travel, do diplomacy and manage your army/property. Few compareable games for this part really, at least that has nailed that same wonderful of sense of neverending neverrepeating gameplay, maybe Sid Meiers Pirates had some of it.

    The other part is the battlefield, which is really just an awesome knight-generator.

    Stay away from this game if you value the rest of your sparetime, or stuff like friends, family and loved ones, and career ... Still, just try it once... You'll manage to quit, I promise ;)    … Expand
  16. Poetie
    Mar 24, 2017
    9
    Mount & Blade Warband... I have no other words for this game then ''Masterpiece" this game is everything a medieval fan can dream of. It so deep and you never get bored! i gave it a 9/10 instead of a 10/10 because of the lack of gore/graphics but try to ignore the graphics, you will have so much fun playing this its also been released on consoles i bought it and loved on console aswel sameMount & Blade Warband... I have no other words for this game then ''Masterpiece" this game is everything a medieval fan can dream of. It so deep and you never get bored! i gave it a 9/10 instead of a 10/10 because of the lack of gore/graphics but try to ignore the graphics, you will have so much fun playing this its also been released on consoles i bought it and loved on console aswel same M&B feel! Alot of people say ''Download mods to get the real expierince" While i find my self playing the standard game the most? I suggest playing Native first and then start with the mods, anyway great game! would recommend!… Expand
  17. MarcellRaba
    Feb 14, 2017
    10
    Gameplay 20/10
    Graphics (2010) 6/10
    Sounds 8/10
    Voice acting (for that miniscule amount) 10/10 (LESS TALKING, MORE RAIDING)
    Story n/a
    Multiplayer 8/10

    9/11 would join King Harlaus again.
  18. Broyax
    Jan 1, 2017
    0
    Mais qu'est-ce que c'est que ce "truc" ? un jeu de rôle, ça ? une (mauvaise) blague, ouais !

    Passons sur les graphismes datés, certes vilains au possible mais là n'est pas l'essentiel. Parlons plutôt du système de sauvegarde -unique- qui ne permet de sauvegarder que lorsqu'on quitte le jeu (!), une hérésie dans tout jeu de rôle qui se respecte. Or, clairement Mount and machin ne se    Mais qu'est-ce que c'est que ce "truc" ? un jeu de rôle, ça ? une (mauvaise) blague, ouais !

    Passons sur les graphismes datés, certes vilains au possible mais là n'est pas l'essentiel. Parlons plutôt du système de sauvegarde -unique- qui ne permet de sauvegarder que lorsqu'on quitte le jeu (!), une hérésie dans tout jeu de rôle qui se respecte. Or, clairement Mount and machin ne se respecte pas, y compris dans son interface tout droit sortie d'une poubelle. Les menus sont atroces et l'ergonomie la plus élémentaire n'est même pas respectée.

    La maniabilité est tout sauf maniable, les contrôles sont une plaie et la jouabilité est aux abonnées absentes : "Madame Jouabilité est actuellement indisponible, veuillez ré-essayer ultérieurement, et accessoirement, allez vous faire foutre."

    Tout est à l'avenant dans cet erzatz de jeu programmé avec le fion (même le menu des options est buggué sa mère et la moitié des dialogues sont en anglais... lol !). Cette erreur de la nature a été conçu par une (war) bande de trisomiques. On se croirait revenu 15 ans en arrière. Et encore.

    Une grosse merde infernale comme on en voit (heureusement) assez peu... mais là c'est le pompon !    … Expand
  19. Atilla1456
    Dec 15, 2016
    10
    Perhaps the best game I have played. Great features and gives the player a choice of what to be; a merchant, a warrior, an adventurer, among others.
    NOTE: I highly recommend playing with mods when the game starts getting boring. Mods add a whole new flavor to the game.
  20. Jach
    Dec 13, 2016
    9
    Excellent game on the gameplay side, thanks to modders (Native Expansion is a must have). Worth buying, worth playing. Let's hope Mount and Blade 2 will be better on the visual side, along with enhancements in combat, siege attack and defense.
  21. cottandy
    Nov 4, 2016
    10
    Maybe the best role-playing game ever made.

    It may sound strange, but the main reason for it being such a brilliant is an uncountable number of of fan-made mods, which makes the game better every day. Gamers are telling myths that even now, while you are reading something, for example, this review, a new mod is being released. The fact that you can always find something new in the    Maybe the best role-playing game ever made.

    It may sound strange, but the main reason for it being such a brilliant is an uncountable number of of fan-made mods, which makes the game better every day. Gamers are telling myths that even now, while you are reading something, for example, this review, a new mod is being released.

    The fact that you can always find something new in the game, made many years ago, makes it really special. Or you can make your own by your self if you want! You really can do your own universe from it!

    Too much good to say about it. You should just try it if you haven't yet.

    Hope the Bannerlord will be even better. The first trailers and reviews are telling that it is so. After playing this numerous mods of M&B you can say that it's possible.    … Expand
  22. SharkTankGamer
    Oct 5, 2016
    8
    Mount and blade is the ultimate medieval life sim! You start as a lowly peasant or a lowborn outcast noble and try to make a name for yourself. You can become a mercenary for a kingdom or a outlaw. You can become a lord or a king! There is really nothing you cannot do.

    The only con to this game is that it is lacking in diplomacy and court affairs...If they added a bit more to scheming    Mount and blade is the ultimate medieval life sim! You start as a lowly peasant or a lowborn outcast noble and try to make a name for yourself. You can become a mercenary for a kingdom or a outlaw. You can become a lord or a king! There is really nothing you cannot do.

    The only con to this game is that it is lacking in diplomacy and court affairs...If they added a bit more to scheming with other nobles or planning a coup it would be perfect.    … Expand
  23. Modernassassin
    Sep 13, 2016
    10
    This is single-handily the best purchase I have ever made. This Game is still greatly active till this day and offers a modding community found only on Warband. This game has ENDLESS replay ability, myself have only scratched the surface with mods,(I have over 2000 hours on this game,its DLC Napoleonic Wars, and its mods.) playing around 30-35 different mods, less than a quarter than allThis is single-handily the best purchase I have ever made. This Game is still greatly active till this day and offers a modding community found only on Warband. This game has ENDLESS replay ability, myself have only scratched the surface with mods,(I have over 2000 hours on this game,its DLC Napoleonic Wars, and its mods.) playing around 30-35 different mods, less than a quarter than all the major and active mods.Greatest purchase you can make!… Expand
  24. Gohenko
    Aug 3, 2016
    7
    This is a weird one. The concept here is great and some of the execution is pretty good, too, but unfortunately the game lacks polish in many areas and comes off as a bit too ambitious for its own good. Most of the game feels like a very bare-bones experience. The music isn't particularly memorable or even enjoyable (this is actually one of the few games where I prefer to turn off theThis is a weird one. The concept here is great and some of the execution is pretty good, too, but unfortunately the game lacks polish in many areas and comes off as a bit too ambitious for its own good. Most of the game feels like a very bare-bones experience. The music isn't particularly memorable or even enjoyable (this is actually one of the few games where I prefer to turn off the in-game music and play something else in the background), NPCs keep repeating the same dialogue over and over again and there isn't any proper voice acting either. The quests are just copy/paste stuff and hardly anything surprising happens anymore after the first 20 hours. There isn't any expansive lore or interesting, well-rounded characters. It's just you and your army trying to become more and more powerful. That's literally the story of this game, so don't buy this if you're looking for a narratively driven experience. The land of Calradia looks and feels dull, you'll be spending a lot of time just traversing around the map without anything to keep you interested. None of the kingdoms have any real personality to them, making it hard to feel invested if you decide to fight for one of them.

    Would I still recommend the game, though? Surprisingly, yes. Like I said, the concept here is great and there aren't many games out there like this. I love the idea of starting from nothing and slowly becoming more and more powerful and influential. The combat system is one of the highlights of the game, even though the mostly bad AI sometimes tries its best to ruin the experience (lance fights in the arena, anyone?). It's also easier to forgive many of the flaws when taking into consideration that it's not an expensive game, currently just 20€ on Steam.

    Overall, I think this is a good game, something that will take up a lot of your time and keep you entertained for quite a while. The modding scene is also very vibrant, lot of good stuff there. This game just could be a whole lot better.    … Expand
  25. KarlDerGrosse
    Jul 30, 2016
    10
    The best game I have ever played! The graphics are old and ugly but thast not a problem for me. Everything else is great. 10/10. You can easily play it for hundrets of hours. Just buy it ;D
  26. GoldenKnight582
    May 22, 2016
    10
    Mount & Blade: Warband is an EXCELLENT game. It takes place in a medieval setting, in the fictional world of Calradia (though the different kingdoms have obvious real world counterparts). Basically if you've ever fantasized about being a knight, or a lord, or even a king, this is the game for you. It's a sandbox where you can choose to do whatever you want. You can recruit new units toMount & Blade: Warband is an EXCELLENT game. It takes place in a medieval setting, in the fictional world of Calradia (though the different kingdoms have obvious real world counterparts). Basically if you've ever fantasized about being a knight, or a lord, or even a king, this is the game for you. It's a sandbox where you can choose to do whatever you want. You can recruit new units to your party at villages, win big money in tournaments, join up with a kingdom and lay waste to their enemies, or become a bandit yourself and burn down any village you choose. Your character in the game is created and customized by you, and he (or she) levels up through killing enemies and completing quests given by lords, guild masters, or village elders. When you level up you give points to your attributes, your skills, and your weapon proficiencies. Obviously one of the highlights of Warband is the ability to form your own kingdom and be a king yourself, although you will usually need to put many hours into the game, building up your army and your relationship with other lords to make them allies, to do this successfully.

    This game has no real story, character development, or any ending at all, which may turn off some. But for me the all the things you can do in the game are well worth the current $20 price on Steam. Now, Warband is basically an updated version of the original Mount & Blade, and it contains some new features (such as marriage), so I recommend skipping the original and just getting this. There's also another game, titled Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, which takes place farther in the future with guns and all that, but I never really got into it. However, there is a real sequel coming later this year which I am very excited for called Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

    The last things I would like to mention are the two DLC modules for this game, Napoleonic Wars, a very good multiplayer mod I would highly recommend, and Viking Conquest, which switches the game to a viking setting and actually has a plot to it, which is very cool. Also, there is a TON of mods that have been released for this game, so for $20, you really are getting a lot. In conclusion, I would say Warband is near perfect (though one negative I can mention is that the graphics are a bit dated), and it's well worth it's price and more.    … Expand
  27. ChikatiloZ
    Mar 18, 2016
    10
    Five years i've had this, keep going back to it when other games bore me. There's so many complete overhaul mods that you're basically getting 100 games for the price of one. Please release bannerlord soon so I can throw money at you!
  28. XXPX1
    Mar 1, 2016
    9
    Mount and Blade Warband is the standalone expansion to the Mount and Blade game. The game is a medieval sandbox game with heavy emphasis on first and third person combat in tactical-level battles, featuring up to several hundred units simultaneously.

    The single player mode features you creating a character by selecting a few preset options to generate your characters statistics and    Mount and Blade Warband is the standalone expansion to the Mount and Blade game. The game is a medieval sandbox game with heavy emphasis on first and third person combat in tactical-level battles, featuring up to several hundred units simultaneously.

    The single player mode features you creating a character by selecting a few preset options to generate your characters statistics and starting position and gear. From there, you are free to roam the world and discover what lays within. Whether that be winning over a kingdom's loyalty and leading their armies into battle or becoming a highway bandit, robbing farmers and traders of their goods.

    The combat system has a Final Fantasy-esque quality to it. While roaming on the over world, you will bump into other characters which usually starts a dialog. Battles then can take place, playing you in first or third person, either mounted or afoot. From there, you will lead your soldiers into battle, issue commands and forming lines.

    The greatest downfall of Mount and Blade Warband is the AI, particularly the path finding which is rather predictive and very easy to exploit. Siege battles are very little more than many people trying to zerg their way up a ladder or siege tower and into a meat grinder. For these reasons, I have deducted a point from the game.

    Moving onto the multiplayer; the system features game modes such as Battle, where everyone on each side only respawns at the beginning of the battle and the game is over when one side has eliminated the other, death match, duel and siege. The online multiplayer, a feature of the Warband expansion, is a great experience and can allow players to hone their skills

    Probably the most requested feature for multiplayer is a multiplayer campaign, which is sadly not available. The multiplayer is purely arena-like with no continuity from map to map or server to server.

    Overall, Mount and Blade Warband is a very entertaining Medieval combat game that continue to provide hours of fun for even seasoned players.    … Expand
  29. carnivorCactae
    Jan 3, 2016
    0
    Good Ideas, but man are the trailers, screenshots and positive fanboy-reviews misleading!

    This "game" just doesn't work at all! It doesn't work on a "simulation"-Level and it doesn't work as a "open world"-RPG-RTS. It's just a clunky mess of half-a**** ideas and bad implemented everything! But let me start at the beginning: The (optional) tutorial is pretty useless, since it    Good Ideas, but man are the trailers, screenshots and positive fanboy-reviews misleading!

    This "game" just doesn't work at all! It doesn't work on a "simulation"-Level and it doesn't work as a "open world"-RPG-RTS.
    It's just a clunky mess of half-a**** ideas and bad implemented everything!

    But let me start at the beginning:
    The (optional) tutorial is pretty useless, since it doesn't explain most important basics to you.
    Yes you learn "fight" with different weapons, cope with a unresponsive control-system that was clearly designed with a motion-control in mind or a not-thought-through-idea of ... erm... "realism" in mind.
    But it doesn't introduce you to so many important points like commanding your troops, cope with multiple enemies, give you feedback ... nada!

    If you expect combat-mechanics like in Skyrim with a mix of Dark Messiah of M&M or Chivalry, put your expectations far away!
    You are in for a unresponsive and buggy mess.
    Arrows can go just through your enemies without even hurting them, hit-detection of your melee-weapons is right off buggy and you can't even run!
    Since there is no gore you just have to rely on a little text that tells you how much damage you actually deal.
    This buggy mess tries to give you the impression of a medi eval-battle-sim, and can't even manage to add gore by default!
    Prepare to get backstabbed a lot.

    You are NOT travelling through a huge world like trailers and screenshots might suggest. No! You are just slowly moving on an overwold map, clicking with your mouse and waiting sometimes for a response.
    The (often random) battles are fought in a relatively small area with invisible walls everywhere!

    The OST. A mess like everything else in this game. The most random, unepic and generic "medi-eval"-songs shoved into low-quality .ogg files, you can imagine.(Hell! They even put in a Hallelujah-Chorus! WTF?!) Looped of course!
    No way getting mods for music replacements!

    ("Dialogues" are presented in an ugly interface and are at least interesting to read, but your choices are totally irellevant, since yourt options often give you random answers.
    For example: A Guy at the bar talks to me about joining my army. Why would I ask hima bout a kidnapping I never even heard of before in response?! ANd man, why isn't it at least half-way voiced - like BG managed years ago?!)

    It's a shame you are expected to pay 20 bucks for this unpolished waste of time (and 20 another bucks for a DLC with guns...)!    … Expand
  30. jopdecoul
    Jan 2, 2016
    4
    A terrible tutorial, or lack there of. Caused me to waste so many hours and I am no where up to speed. Great idea with some terrible execution. Unless you enjoy wasting 20 (unenjoyable) hours learning, find a different game.
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#53 Best PC Game of 2010
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#11 Most Discussed PC Game of 2010
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#7 Most Shared PC Game of 2010

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. PALGN
    80
    Although there is still room for improvement, Warband's excellent combat system, respectable multiplayer and a lifespan that will prove to be a total timesink means that the game is well worth the USD$29.99 price tag on Steam. Fans of the action RPG genre and medieval games in general would do well to pick this one up.
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  2. RPG Fan
    80
    All in all, Mount and Blade: Warband is a great game, even despite its flaws. The overall concept is satisfying, and with a more heavyweight publisher behind the team at TaleWorlds, this is one game that could be absolutely great.
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  3. GameStar
    68
    On the one hand, there are the open world and the freedom to do what you want to do, on the other hand, the world is lifeless. It's a great game for some people, but the opposite for most.
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