#Mount and blade total war update#

But the sequel has blown me away with not only how great the character models are and how well the landscape in general looks but with how well it performs during some of the more grueling battles. While the original had pretty scenery, it was still blocky at times.

#Mount and blade total war update#

The biggest update BannerlordВ has had is in its graphics. I am very happy to see that the core things that made Mount & Blade what it was, came through beautifully in Bannerlord. I remember having some issues before with horseback archery, but it feels smoother now. The combat system is the same as before but feels a bit more refined to me. The skill system has had a few tweaks to it but is still a core thing of if I wanted to get better using bows, then I needed to shoot more people and gain that xp. Mount & Blade II: BannerlordВ does a great job of not breaking what was already such a great part of the original game. This was one of the things that made Mount & Blade so fun for me, coupled with the in-depth skill system, sieging of enemy castles and trying to slowly climb your way up your factions noble system to become a noble of renown, or just be a mercenary and lay waste to whoever got in your way. But I could also tone it down and concentrate more on leading my army in massive battles that gave a tactical bent on the battle as I could let my archers fly at range while my spear soldiers covered my flanks as my cavalry awaited my orders to charge into the enemy forces. It was great in that you could make it as hard as I wanted to with the melee combat that included parrying and aiming to get the juicy bits of your enemy. It was a game that gave me the chance to live out my fantasies of being a knight of old as I lead a party of armsmen around the map fighting for my faction. This is our Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord review for PC.Д«ack in 2008, TaleWorlds came out with Mount & Blade. Did they deliver? BannerlordВ still has some bugs, but it a glorious game of being a conquering knight during the medieval age that has me constantly going back for more. TheyвЂ™ve finally delivered in a sequel with Bannerlord, that not only promises better graphics, refined gameplay, and more of what I personally loved from the original. ItвЂ™s been quite some time since TaleWorlds Entertainment first introduced the world to Mount & Blade.