Sweet Realistic Medieval Combat (Mount and Blade)

**econ21** · 05-31-2005, 22:27

Wow, Kraxis, that's a pretty enticing recommendation. Downloading now... What's the "campaign" or "quest" system like, that glues together the combats?

**Alexander the Pretty Good** · 06-01-2005, 00:14

Hmmm. I've played a couple hours so far. The combat is excellant, though I am unskilled. I need more money to get better weapons. That seems to be the hard part.

The towns and things feel unfinished, but that (hopefully) will be corrected when it's finished. And for $11, I might just try it.

Here is a review I found online.

Another review with some screens.

The official page.

Multiplayer combat would be amazing, I suspect. Though I doubt it will happen.

**Thoros of Myr** · 06-01-2005, 00:20

Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good

Multiplayer combat would be amazing, I suspect. Though I doubt it will happen.

No kidding. I could see a zillion clans and tournaments popping up if MP was added. A fully realized jousting arena with this combat would be pure gold!
Full battles of 16-32-48 people would be a sight to behold and 1 on 1 combat would be very intense!

**Crazed Rabbit** · 06-01-2005, 03:32

I must admit I found it on the ME:TW forums.

Wow, Kraxis, that's a pretty enticing recommendation. Downloading now... What's the "campaign" or "quest" system like, that glues together the combats?

There is, as of yet, no main quest or story. YOu can choose between two warring sides, however.

Hmmm. I've played a couple hours so far. The combat is excellant, though I am unskilled. I need more money to get better weapons. That seems to be the hard part.

There's a salt mine you can buy salt from for 78 gold and sell for 160 gold in Zendar, though don't load yourself down so much that you get caught by bandits. The best weapons come from the battles, though.

My favorite thing is joining a huge Vaegir-Swadian battle.

No kidding. I could see a zillion clans and tournaments popping up if MP was added. A fully realized jousting arena with this combat would be pure gold!
Full battles of 16-32-48 people would be a sight to behold and 1 on 1 combat would be very intense!

Amen to that! Actually, I believe the next release will incorporate modding tools, so if anyone is skilled enough...

I'm gonna buy this soon, and I can't wait for the mods sure to be made!

Crazed Rabbit

**Kraxis** · 06-01-2005, 09:59

Indeed, there is no main quest or even a storyline. But there is a little indicator that there might be in the full release. It seems to me that there might be more to the war than meets the eye and there are also 'dark' forces out there (and they are strong)... Maybe they will work on that.

I don't mind much that the towns are so unfinished, only that the tavernkeeper is so far away in his building.

I agree with rabbit that the best equipment comes from battles. You just need to beat up big groups of enemies. So look around for caravans under attack. They are normally rather well protected and withyou and your buddies you should be able to win against even rather large groups of enemies.
Make sure you do missions for the merchants, they give you 700+ for just escorting a caravan to a nearby town, a lot more if it farther away. Some times you will even be charged with missions to deliver goods somewhere, again at a good price (I accidentally sold the goods the first time and ended up owing the merchants 18600 gold, no trade until that was paid with interest).
Beware of the Sea Raiders though... They are not as weak as their name suggests. When engaging them, be sure to have at the very least 2/3rds of their numbers, and if you feel you haven't got enough, just hire peasants in large numbers. They are bad fighters on their own, but I saw how they dealt with a number of Swadian deserter knights. The knights stormed in, but they were soon halted by the mass of men (and women) and before long they were either dead or their horses were dead. One poor knight actually survived and was ganged up on by 5-6 peasants, his HP and armour obviously helped him a long way as he took hits all the time, his shield splintered and he simply couldn't defend himself, he couldn't even retreat away. Eventually I had to step in and put an end to his misery. But the visage of pitchforks, sickles and clubs striking the defenseless man was impressive. And very good by the way. The knights charged headlessly in and suffered from it. The infantry that followed proceeded to make mincemeat of the peasants until I and my men rescued them.

MP? I can't see why this can't be made, it is perfect for it. The Tournament in Zendar is a perfect setting for it and almost looks like a test for future MP.

**zelda12** · 06-01-2005, 11:30

MP will not be coming out for M&B 1 but Amargan (One of the only two developers) has hinted that it might be included in M&B 2.

I've had the game for a week or so, and it is amazing. I'm currently lv 27 and with my band of Swadian Infantry. Having 20 crossbowmen in one place blunts any cavalry charge.

**Kraxis** · 06-01-2005, 14:59

I constantly run into trouble as soon as I have a nice army.
I had 3 knights, 5 sharpshooters, 4 crossbowmen, 7 men at arms and finally 7 Footmen.

A nice army that should be able to take on anything, especially bandits (you know those quest bandits). I ended up in a battle against 34 of those bandits. And yup, they managedto take out my entire army eventhough I dropped them like flies. Finally my crossbow ran out of ammo and my horse got knocked out from under me and I still faced some 6-7 enemies, of which 2 were mounted.
I got beat so bad.

Then it was simply goodbye army, one I had used so much time in building to a proper state (I had just handed over 5 knights and 6 men at arms for quests so this was the beginning of a new round of troops). RATS!