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super_furry · 01-09-2010, 16:36

It looks rubbish, the controls are poor and laggy and the collision detection very dodgy. And still, it's hooked me like no other game since Mass Effect 2. Not sure if I'd even be able to recommend it to someone else, but I still can't stop playing it. Got the follow-up Warband to get through too.

Kiith · 01-09-2010, 17:01

You can't stop playing it because it awesome. Definitely one of the best low-budget titles released in years, and it has some fantastic combat in it. Can be a bit buggy at times, but nothing beats a good cavalry charge.

*Sarky* · 01-09-2010, 17:28

It is a gem of a game. Rough round the edges but a real time sink. Warband improves it a fair bit. More quests, learn poems/sagas/songs to woo maidens, start your own kingdom, it's good stuff.

And well-supported by modders. I saw a Napoleonic war mod out there that was really quite impressive.

Canis Lupus · 01-09-2010, 18:22

Yeah great little game if flawed. Have to say I'm more fond of the horseback fighting in 1, Warband has made it feel a bit more hit and miss.

Pyr0 · 01-09-2010, 23:33

Been meaning to grab this, sadly I don't have access to a credit card

Kazuma · 03-09-2010, 13:18

I had meant to make a "SALE! BUY THIS GAME!" thread for M&B Warband, but I lazed out at the last second. Absolutely fantastic game, very difficult to stop playing it at times (even though every now and again you'll start wondering if you're actually having fun or not).

Pugsley · 03-09-2010, 17:22

Been playing this game on an off since version 0.102 or something years ago, an absolute gem of a game! Still very unpolished, but the combat is simply fantastic fun. And starting your own empire and taking over the kingdom has a lot of good things to be said about it too

Agricola · 03-09-2010, 17:34

Almost bought this from Amazon once to make up the 25 quid free delivery order. Then I just thought to myself, it looks so shít il be sick of it inside 10 minutes.

Coriolanus · 06-09-2010, 18:24

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Originally Posted by Pyr0

Been meaning to grab this, sadly I don't have access to a credit card

3V voucher, anywhere with a pink phone credit machine can print one off. (payzone or something like that)

Anyway, been playing this for at least five years. Great game, just wish they'd spend a bit more time on the rpg aspect of it. Multiplayer was the only real improvement between original and warbands and wasn't worth it imo.
Much prefer the original lance combat as well. I've given up altogether in Warbands, just take a Sword of War or a nice long axe.

Pyr0 · 07-09-2010, 23:55

Double Handed Scmitar ftw !

Stevo105 · 08-09-2010, 11:04

"The Prophesy of Pendor" is the a fatastic mod...i just wish they port it over to warband soon.. This mod makes it much better that the original game.

Warband is steam activated so just get it cheap from amazon and put in the serial code

Chaotic_Forces · 08-09-2010, 15:01

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Originally Posted by Pyr0

Been meaning to grab this, sadly I don't have access to a credit card

I saw Game in the Ilac Center in Dublin 1 have it. Think it was 25 euro.

And OP, the graphics can be improved greatly (at least IMO) with the nivdia control panel or the ATI CCC. Just have a decent graphic card and turn the settings up and smile.

Canis Lupus · 08-09-2010, 15:35

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Originally Posted by Chaotic_Forces

I saw Game in the Ilac Center in Dublin 1 have it. Think it was 25 euro.

And OP, the graphics can be improved greatly (at least IMO) with the nivdia control panel or the ATI CCC. Just have a decent graphic card and turn the settings up and smile.

They're....functional imo, the world map is something from circa 2000? and the battle map not too far after it.

Chaotic_Forces · 08-09-2010, 15:45

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Originally Posted by Canis Lupus

They're....functional imo, the world map is something from circa 2000? and the battle map not too far after it.

The world map looks far better with the options turned up. In the nvidia/ATI thing.

Coriolanus · 10-09-2010, 21:47

I'm playing the Brytenwalda mod at the moment. Dark Ages Ireland and Britain ftw!

Anyway, as far as arguements go, the idea that older looking graphics ruin a game is ridiculous. So what if they look like something from the turn of the decade, plenty of games back then were played and enjoyed, no? The fact that some games today have better graphics doesn't detract from how good this game is.

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super_furry Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 13,413 Adverts \| Friends	Why can't I stop playing Mount and Blade? It looks rubbish, the controls are poor and laggy and the collision detection very dodgy. And still, it's hooked me like no other game since Mass Effect 2. Not sure if I'd even be able to recommend it to someone else, but I still can't stop playing it. Got the follow-up Warband to get through too.

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Stevo105 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 192 Adverts \| Friends	"The Prophesy of Pendor" is the a fatastic mod...i just wish they port it over to warband soon.. This mod makes it much better that the original game. Warband is steam activated so just get it cheap from amazon and put in the serial code Last edited by Stevo105; 08-09-2010 at 11:09.

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01-09-2010, 17:01	#2
Kiith Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dublin Posts: 10,335 Adverts \| Friends	You can't stop playing it because it awesome. Definitely one of the best low-budget titles released in years, and it has some fantastic combat in it. Can be a bit buggy at times, but nothing beats a good cavalry charge.

01-09-2010, 17:28	#3
Sarky Herpivore Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Fort Kickass Posts: 19,391 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Ask Doctor Demento, Esoteric Order of Dagon, Legends of the Boards, The Cuckoo's Nest	It is a gem of a game. Rough round the edges but a real time sink. Warband improves it a fair bit. More quests, learn poems/sagas/songs to woo maidens, start your own kingdom, it's good stuff. And well-supported by modders. I saw a Napoleonic war mod out there that was really quite impressive.

01-09-2010, 18:22	#4
Canis Lupus Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bunny land Posts: 5,288 Adverts \| Friends	Yeah great little game if flawed. Have to say I'm more fond of the horseback fighting in 1, Warband has made it feel a bit more hit and miss.

01-09-2010, 23:33	#5
Pyr0 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ballymun Posts: 3,862 Adverts \| Friends	Been meaning to grab this, sadly I don't have access to a credit card

03-09-2010, 13:18	#6
Kazuma Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maynooth Posts: 620 Adverts \| Friends	I had meant to make a "SALE! BUY THIS GAME!" thread for M&B Warband, but I lazed out at the last second. Absolutely fantastic game, very difficult to stop playing it at times (even though every now and again you'll start wondering if you're actually having fun or not).

03-09-2010, 17:22	#7
Pugsley Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: That rock beside England Posts: 7,113 Adverts \| Friends	Been playing this game on an off since version 0.102 or something years ago, an absolute gem of a game! Still very unpolished, but the combat is simply fantastic fun. And starting your own empire and taking over the kingdom has a lot of good things to be said about it too

03-09-2010, 17:34	#8
Agricola Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gobbler's Knob Posts: 3,751 Adverts \| Friends	Almost bought this from Amazon once to make up the 25 quid free delivery order. Then I just thought to myself, it looks so shít il be sick of it inside 10 minutes.

07-09-2010, 23:55	#10
Pyr0 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ballymun Posts: 3,862 Adverts \| Friends	Double Handed Scmitar ftw !

10-09-2010, 21:47	#15
Coriolanus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,807 Adverts \| Friends	I'm playing the Brytenwalda mod at the moment. Dark Ages Ireland and Britain ftw! Anyway, as far as arguements go, the idea that older looking graphics ruin a game is ridiculous. So what if they look like something from the turn of the decade, plenty of games back then were played and enjoyed, no? The fact that some games today have better graphics doesn't detract from how good this game is.