Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. XboxEra
    Jan 3, 2023
    80
    Bannerlord, in spite of its shortcomings, is a great game to play for tactics enthusiasts and players that love huge battles. Its simulation style of gameplay is fairly unique and keeps me coming back. An easy recommendation to all that love their sandboxes.
  2. Movies Games and Tech
    Dec 14, 2022
    80
    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a wonderfully in-depth adventure RPG. You'll love its sprawling open world, and its time-sink campaign. Sadly, its multiplayer option isn't as captivating, but that matters not. With vast battles and folksy audio, this will impress you throughout.
  3. GAMES.CH
    Nov 3, 2022
    78
    Mount & Blade 2 is an unpolished diamond. Many of its systems need to be fleshed out, even after leaving Early Access and especially the campaign is a letdown when compared to the almost identical sandbox mode. Yet despite technical shortcomings, this game offers a realistic roleplaying experience in a grounded medieval setting that no other game can rival. Especially larger scale battles and sieges are incredible and almost justify the price of admission on their own.
  5. SpazioGames
    Nov 9, 2022
    76
    Bannerlord is a layered experience, even played on console, despite some flaws with its controls.
  6. XboxAddict
    Jan 3, 2023
    75
    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord feels excellent in most cases, like whacking someone off their horse with a spear, or getting that perfect hit on an enemy in battles. The map is far more varied from the first game and they improved on a lot of mechanics in this sequel as well. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord was shallow in some ways, and sometimes has annoyingly hidden game mechanics, but kept me coming back for how unique it felt from its freedom of choice.
  7. XGN
    Nov 17, 2022
    75
    Bannerlord doesn't excel graphically or in storyline, but makes that up in flexibility and scale. The vibrant world evolves even without the gamer and offers both opportunities and threads that can be exploited. This is a true medieval sandbox where the player can act as he wishes, but always has to face the consequences. While much great effort is put into making this game playable on consoles, the sheer number of options, menus and controls make this better suited for PC.
  8. TheXboxHub
    Nov 23, 2022
    70
    For many, it will be the ambition of taking a character from nothing before throwing them into a huge adventure, one full of heart and soul, which will be the key to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
  9. GameSpew
    Nov 8, 2022
    70
    Should you buy Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord? If you’ve got the slightest taste for big battles or an interest in medieval conquest, absolutely. Don’t expect the depth of, say, Crusader Kings III, but for fans of medieval warfare this is a real winner.
  10. ZTGD
    Nov 15, 2022
    55
    Like Total War, when the players massive armies clash in battle it is a sight to behold, luckily the game offers the option to simulate battles and watch the AI troops clash. This, to me was massively more enjoyable than trying to struggle through the games clunky combat. While I loved the depth offered in the RPG elements of the world, I came away disappointed enough by the combat that is just made the whole experience feel like a chore to play; combine that with the lack of a real story and I Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord just didn’t turn out to be the total medieval simulator game I was hoping for.
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  1. Xboxygen
    Nov 7, 2022
    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is the long-awaited sequel fans have been waiting for and it offers a much better gameplay experience than its predecessor thanks to a myriad of adjustments. Still as addictive as ever, the concept is once again foolproof and gives us even more freedom of choice in the adventure and the kingdom we build. Graphically speaking, it is much more up to date than Warband and this new opus will undoubtedly seduce previous fans and win over new players.

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#73 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2022
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#72 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2022

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User Score
6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. waterloopride
    May 20, 2023
    2
    Game is great at the start when you have to form your own strong army. Once you have made a strong army the game gets very boring.
    1.Very    Game is great at the start when you have to form your own strong army. Once you have made a strong army the game gets very boring.
    1.Very repetitive and grinding(you take a town or castle and walk away and the enemy goes and takes it back and then you take it back and it just repeats over and over)
    2.A way to get some kind of modding onto console. The PC version of this game has such a huge modding community and makes the game 10x more interesting then the boring vanilla game.
    3.Fix the Balance of Power bug...i have gone into battles with over 1000 more soldiers then my enemy and have the balance of power in my favor and still lose. Makes no sense
    4. Please work on getting some add ons for the console because the basic game alone gets boring real fast and retention can't be good without some type of mods or add ons.
    Biggest takeaway from this review is that this game could be really fun and interesting if it can add some type of modding to the console versions. The basic game alone on console gets boring real fast.    … Full Review »
  2. Hookinsu
    Mar 4, 2023
    1
    Game is complete junk and full of bugs. Multiple times crashed my console due to them. Even after the latest patch that was supposed to fixGame is complete junk and full of bugs. Multiple times crashed my console due to them. Even after the latest patch that was supposed to fix the said bugs, they're still there.

    Luckily never wasted a dime on this trash and only tried it out via gamepass.    … Full Review »
  3. Broyax
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    Ils sont coutumiers du fait et la preuve en est fait, encore une fois, avec ce M&B numéro 2 qui ne déroge certainement pas à la règle du jeuIls sont coutumiers du fait et la preuve en est fait, encore une fois, avec ce M&B numéro 2 qui ne déroge certainement pas à la règle du jeu daubé de partout… comme d’habitude ! la seule différence, c’est que la daube est aussi sortie sur consoles et notamment tombée dans le daube passe et on comprend pourquoi… très vite.

    Moche, injouable, mal présenté et mal fait, ingérable et foiré, ce jeu est une catastrophe industrielle ! d’ailleurs, soit dit en passant, même le didacticiel est complètement bugué et foireux. L’interface est calamiteuse et n’aide pas le joueur sur la console, l’adaptation s’avère en effet lamentable.

    Cette bouse reste un mélange de stratégie maladroite et de (soi-disant) jeu de rôle très répétitif et borné, psycho-rigide et d’un autre âge : plusieurs générations de retard au bas mot, tout comme les précédents M&B qui étaient tous ratés et catastrophiques. Cette constance dans la nullité laisse béat d’amiration… il faut tous les inviter au prochain dîner !    … Full Review »
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