Mount and blade warband new dawn review full#
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Taking on more guys or even less, but better trained, enemies can leave you getting defeated very easily. While the game can start off slow itвЂ™s more important to not bite off more than you can chew.

ThereвЂ™s plenty to choose from depending on your playstyle. The skills are varied and benefit different ways to play, from increasing accuracy on horseback to leadership which means you can have more followers in your army. There are also heavy RPG elements in place with an emphasis on player choice, with players having attributes such as strength, agility or charisma which all lead on to skills. Tons of unique NPCs populate the expansive world, from lords to ladies, with each belonging to one of five factions, again with its own unique culture, architecture, armour and weapons styles and units. More than this there is a massive overworld filled with castles, towns and cities, each is unique and explorable form the markets to the tavern.

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ThereвЂ™s lots of choice in what players want to do, whether it is working your way up to being a lord or a king, being a bandit or playing as a free mercenary, players can do whatever they please.

Women werenвЂ™t seen as equals in medieval society and so starting as a peasant women can lead to a lot of lords giving you abuse. This not only changes the skills and weapon proficiencies but can also change any NPCвЂ™s attitude towards them.

This all plays into Mount & Blade: WarbandвЂ™s idea of choice, as players are able to choose the sex and appearance of their character, as well as some of their backstory. Players have four slots for weapons so they can mix and match whatever they fancy. Polearms can do some serious damage from horseback while a one-handed sword and a shield can defend and make a few quick jabs at enemies. All the weapons have their place, with different pros and cons to each class and individual weapon. Ranged weapons like bows, crossbows and thrown weapons for ranged attacking, as well as some weapons which could double up as multiple classes like axes that can be used in one hand or thrown. There is also plenty to choose from when it comes to weapons, with one-handed, two-handed and polearms ready for melee combat. The blows feel and sound heavy, and landing a two-handed hammer on someones face makes an almighty вЂthunkвЂ™ that makes you feel sorry for the poor bugger. However, this doesnвЂ™t detract from the brutality of combat. Combat becomes a rather intricate dance of death, with strikes, feints, blocks and parries all bouncing of each other. Blocking is just as important as attacking, as players canвЂ™t soak up damage like in other games, especially at the start of a game, and knowing when to go on the defensive or even retreat is key to staying alive.ДЄll these little tricks and mechanics give the combat a more tactical and timed feel to them rather than hacking blindly at opponents. I found it more fun to have to manually direct my blocks to the appropriate side though. They can be broken if they soak up too much damage, although there is an automatic option for the direction to block. It takes a little time to get used to and a lot longer to master, but eventually you can maximise the damage done in a single swing.Д«locking functions in a similar way, although if you use a shield it blocks the majority of your front. You control the direction of attacks, and blocks, by shifting the camera in time with your attacks. With most weapons you can strike from four angles вЂ“ left, right, overhead and a thrust вЂ“ if you combine a strike from the left side and turn or move to the right your weapon will hit faster and harder, thus increasing the amount of damage you can do. The direction you swing from, the speed in which you move into the cut (and away) and the speed in which you turn into your strike all affect where the blow lands and the damage you do.

Mount and blade warband new dawn review full#

A lance or a spear can be deadly if used correctly from a horse going at full gallop. ThereвЂ™s more to combat than just hacking away at opponents until thereвЂ™s nothing left thereвЂ™s a considerable amount to strategy when it comes to swordplay.ДЇor example, each type of weapon deals different kinds of damage at different ranges and speeds, and are more useful in certain situations.

The meat is of course in the combat, with the mechanics feeling meaty, visceral and just generally great. Graphics aside Mount and Blade: Warband has an incredible amount of gameplay mechanics going on under the hood.