mount and blade with fire and sword units

It seemed like an interesting change in the games mechanics, it?s less of a sandbox than before and it actually has a plot.

Now there swords and bows, but now there are muskets and grenades added as well. Not only is it set in historical Eastern Europe, but its storyline is also based on a novel of the same name. When With Fire & Sword was announced, it was a definite change in the setting. The setting was fictional, but there wasn?t any fantasy stuff like magic. The previous two games have had a medieval setting along with weaponry that was appropriate with the setting (swords, crossbows, bows and the like). To be fair, I?ve spent most of my time on the various mods that expand the games gameplay into new settings (there?s a large variety of mods that add whole new campaigns and worlds for you to play in) but the base game is still very solid and fun. They have a great modding community, and I have easily dumped 100+ hours into both of them combined. Personally, I am a huge fan of those games. Both games are rather unforgiving but you can change many aspects of the games difficulty in the options menu. It?s about as much of a sandbox as you can get in an RPG. You can be a trader, you can sell prisoners that you capture in combat, you can become a lord in another one of the games factions, and later in the game you can start your own kingdom and conquer other ones.

There is absolutely no story to be had in these games, it?s all about making your own story, and there are a lot of options on how to make money and play the game. You can recruit units from villages, and other places and they have their class tree where they?ll upgrade to stronger units. The combat is somewhat realistic, as you can?t take more than a few hits before going down and melee damage is dependent on how much momentum you have going when you hit your enemy.īehind the combat, there is a rather basic leveling system, where you can level up your character and put points into your attributes (basic stats like Strength), skills (stuff that affects other aspects of the gameplay) and proficiencies (how well you can use different kinds of weapons). There are some strategy aspects to the games, but it?s far from being an RTS, most of the strategy comes from picking the right kind of units to put in your army and where you put them on the battlefield. It?s rather hard to explain the basic gameplay of the games, think of it as similar to Total War and other similar RTS?s with a world map and different factions but instead of having RTS gameplay, it drops you down into the battlefield and has you fight and command your troops directly. Previously, there was the original Mount & Blade that was released in 2008 and a standalone expansion Mount & Blade: Warband that was released last year. For those of you who are unaware of the games, Mount & Blade is series of Action-RPG's for the PC.

Mount and blade with fire and sword units