Sweet Realistic Medieval Combat (Mount and Blade)

[Major Robert Dump]

Veho Nex is the man.

This POP MOD is hard. I am playing on hardest settings. Have had to start over several times with new characters. May tweek a stat file to give myself at least a few points to start, probably in CHAR and leadership skills to compensate for the fact that I am a squishy

[Monk]

I played the original, beta version of mount and blade waaaaay back, wasn't that impressed. I saw Warband for cheap during the steam sale and my interest was piqued. Decided i couldn't wait and bought it.

What the hell. This is... good. Incredibly good! I know, i know, way late to the party. But this game was responsible for wrecking my entire saturday afternoon. I can't help but still be a little charged. On the recommendations of this thread I installed POP, and yeah its really hard. REALLY hard to be exact, but its difficult to complain with the quality it shows. Really loving the freedom of the SP game and the whole "Here's a sandbox, make yourself famous" approach to gaming, i loved it in SM: Pirates! and i'm really enjoying it here.

Though i got that sinking feeling when it comes to the faction I aligned with. Poor Sarleon is getting her back-end handed to her by the Empire in war after war. The hilarious/great thing about it is, as the kingdom heads into decline around me, my own star is shining ever brighter - as I'm working with a coalition of northern lords to keep our backyards clear of brigands and Jatu raiders - and winning almost every tournament in the realm. If i could just get a few more fiefs to my name I could probably break off from Sarleon and make my own faction. Here's hoping!

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Seriously. Buy this game.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I played the original, beta version of mount and blade waaaaay back, wasn't that impressed.

You're a monster!

[Monk]

You're a monster!

I make no apologies for not liking it! It was buggy and an unplayable mess imo, it still needed a lot of work to become the great game it eventually did. But credit where it's due, it got there and i'm a fool for not playing it much sooner.

[johnhughthom]

The Last Days mod for the original Mount & Blade released soon.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I wonder why they didn't go ahead and port it to Warband...

[rajpoot]

The Last Days mod for the original Mount & Blade released soon.

Just got back from a trip and saw this on Taleworlds!!

I wonder why they didn't go ahead and port it to Warband...

AFAIK the guys are all tried, and they were working on this mod because they did not want to leave it unfinished. By what they said on their Facebook page, they don't have any current plans to port it to Warband. That shouldn't be an issue though as long as they permit others to do it in their stead.

[econ21]

I wonder why they didn't go ahead and port it to Warband...

Is Warband much better from regular Mount and Blade from a single player point of view? I passed on the expansion, as I could not discern much benefit.

I still mainly play the 0.77 or whatever version of M&B that the old TLD works for, but when I compare the engine with the 1.0+ one I use for the vanilla campaign, I don't see much of a difference.

[johnhughthom]

Is Warband much better from regular Mount and Blade from a single player point of view? I passed on the expansion, as I could not discern much benefit.

I still mainly play the 0.77 or whatever version of M&B that the old TLD works for, but when I compare the engine with the 1.0+ one I use for the vanilla campaign, I don't see much of a difference.

I'll be honest, the difference between regular and Warband single player is minor, Warband is certainly superior, but the difference was not worth forking out for a new game. Taleworlds lost a lot of the goodwill I had toward them with Warband.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I'll be honest, the difference between regular and Warband single player is minor, Warband is certainly superior, but the difference was not worth forking out for a new game. Taleworlds lost a lot of the goodwill I had toward them with Warband.

Uhh, multiplayer?

[johnhughthom]

Uhh, multiplayer?

Not worth buying a new game, not even when the small additions to singleplayer are taken into account. I'm not overly bothered as I paid peanuts for regular Warband, but I expect serious improvements in M&B 2, or it'll be the last time Taleworlds see my money.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Not worth buying a new game, not even when the small additions to singleplayer are taken into account. I'm not overly bothered as I paid peanuts for regular Warband, but I expect serious improvements in M&B 2, or it'll be the last time Taleworlds see my money.

Multiplayer definitely made it worth it for me.

CR

[Vuk]

You have 10 seconds till I add you to the list of Vaegir casualties!

What a shame...

[rajpoot]

The Last Days due tomorrow.

[Vuk]

The Last Days due tomorrow.

Sweet! Why couldn't they wait till after midterms though?!

[rajpoot]

Ladies and gentlemen, after years of waiting, it has been released.

The Last Days for Mount and Blade v 1.011.

Do not miss this one.

[Major Robert Dump]

Yay! I will play this next spring when it is on it's 2nd or 3rd version and I can play it proper: with a cigar and a glass of scotch.

[Vuk]

Yay! I will play this next spring when it is on it's 2nd or 3rd version and I can play it proper: with a cigar and a glass of scotch.

lol, I downloaded it yesterday, before they even put the links up. :P I loved that old version too much to not play the new one.

[Vuk]

Quick update: This is the greatest M&B mod to ever have been released. The only definitely negative thing I can say is that it will make you fail your classes it is so addictive. The Last Days is a masterpiece. After 40 hours of gameplay, not a single crash (4 year old laptop).

[rajpoot]

Quick update: This is the greatest M&B mod to ever have been released. The only definitely negative thing I can say is that it will make you fail your classes it is so addictive. The Last Days is a masterpiece. After 40 hours of gameplay, not a single crash (4 year old laptop).

Seconded...although it has been crashing all the time on my PC....I finally had to reduced the graphics and the battle size.
Also I think they've already released a weekend patch for it.

[Vuk]

Seconded...although it has been crashing all the time on my PC....I finally had to reduced the graphics and the battle size.
Also I think they've already released a weekend patch for it.

I am playing on the lowest graphic settings, with DX7 rendering (it is all my PC can handle...but my PC is a dino). I have only turned on DX9 rendering so I could look at the breath-taking beauty of Minas Tirith (I still cannot believe that they created the entire city like that...it is the most magnificent thing I have ever seen in a game. I spent 15 minutes just wandering around in it) and the Hornburg (which I am equally as impressed by).

[Mouzafphaerre]

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OMG, TLD ported? *rushes away to DL*
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[johnhughthom]

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OMG, TLD ported? *rushes away to DL*
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It hasn't been ported, it's on the original M&B, not Warband.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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It hasn't been ported, it's on the original M&B, not Warband.

Oh, yes, it's been ported indeed: finally, years later, from 0.8x to the final version. Never meant WB.
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[Mouzafphaerre]

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The 1866 mod for M&B (haven't got WB yet) has kept me going for 6 months now! It's almost exclusively what I play whenever I get the chance.
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[Ibn-Khaldun]

I still play original M&B Warband (and M&B With Fire and Sword) and still haven't got tired of them. I think M&B is the only game that I have played so long without trying any mods for it.

[johnhughthom]

I still play original M&B Warband (and M&B With Fire and Sword) and still haven't got tired of them. I think M&B is the only game that I have played so long without trying any mods for it.

You haven't even scratched the surface then, so many mods that make the game even better. Prophesy of Pendor is my mod of choice, Brytenwalda is fantastically atmospheric, but rather buggy,

[Ibn-Khaldun]

You haven't even scratched the surface then, so many mods that make the game even better. Prophesy of Pendor is my mod of choice, Brytenwalda is fantasyically atmospheric, but rather buggy,

When I get tired of hacking my way through the enemy ranks as a Nord mercenary captain(and this is allways fun! 2handed axes!!!) I'll might get Brytenwalda.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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M&B has become one of the most successful games out there, apparently. I will get WB too when I feel like giving more time to gaming. Presently I'm merely taking a break from the finals.
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[Hooahguy]

When I get tired of hacking my way through the enemy ranks as a Nord mercenary captain(and this is allways fun! 2handed axes!!!) I'll might get Brytenwalda.

Brytenwalda is very buggy. Go with PoP, you wont regret it.