![]() The games are definitely open-ended and there’s definitely a lot of action in those battles and tournaments. ![]() Mount & Blade is sometimes referred to as an open-ended action-RPG. It's a good thing I picked a unisex name for my character. But you treat and RPG very different from an RTS. I don’t really know, and I think it’s just semantics. It is more along the lines of something like Oblivion or Fallout but it seems to have far less story than those WRPGs (though it is supposedly more story driven than Warband), only sharing the open aspect of the world map and semi-customizable player character. But to me, I have always called it a “sandbox RPG.” It’s not like the hardcore RPGs and JRPGs where you play a set character and have a very strict story line to follow. I’m not a developer or a professional critic who supposedly knows all the ins and outs of these terms. What type of games are the Mount & Blade games, anyway?Īs I was writing this, I was trying to think of what I would classify Mount & Blade as… As I have stated, I am no expert. This is very important when it comes to With Fire and Sword‘s “historical accuracy,” which I applaud certain aspects of. Toto, I don’t think we’re in Calradia anymore. Probably the biggest difference is that the game’s setting and story are based on a historical fiction novel, Ogniem i Mieczem by Henryk Sienkiewicz. There are some very big differences in content however that I think I should also point out before I go on to discuss the game play itself. A better term for With Fire and Sword in respect to the previous Mount & Blade games is probably that it’s a “spin-off.” That’s fine it just seems to be a little slim on the new content and features that would make it very different (in ways that I enjoy) from Warband. However, it became clear to me that With Fire and Sword is supposed to be an entirely separate game altogether, mostly just using the framework of the previous two. I thought that being a stand-alone expansion meant it would include and expands on the previous Mount & Blade games, specifically Warband. I feel like I should point out that Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword is not a sequel or what I consider a normal expansion it is a “stand-alone expansion.” A very odd category that I checked out the wikipedia entry on anyway. On to my observations about the newest installment of TaleWorld’s signature series, which by now, came out a couple months ago. But if you enjoy exploring a world of lords and ladies and carving a name out of the war-torn land for yourself - these are some niche games that are worth a shot. Granted, I haven’t encountered that many games that focus on realistic medieval mounted combat. Though the Mount & Blade series lacks the polished feel of other sandbox-like games, they are probably the most accurate RPG representation of a medieval world I have encountered. When I say semi-realistic, I mean that there’s no magic, and that the characters mostly stick to what we would consider the societal norms of a medieval realm. The games prior to With Fire and Sword took place in a semi-realistic fictional medieval land called Calradia. You create your own character and lead a band of heroes and soldiers in a world wrought with war (you get to decide who makes up your army and how many soldiers you take along). ![]() For those of you that are not familiar with the Mount & Blade series, they are a set of open-ended RPGs focusing on medieval mounted combat (hence the “mount” in the title). I have been quite a fan of TaleWorlds’ Mount & Blade series for some time. ![]() I just play ’em and sometimes have opinions. Also, I am not a video game developer, nor am I a critic. I think I’ve played over 50 hours in Warband, and I still enjoy running around the map doing my thing and definitely have not seen every aspect of the game. With a game like one of the Mount & Blade series, you have to spend a lot of time playing the single-player campaign to really experience it all. I say a “reaction to” because I’ve logged less than 10 hours and therefore I have not gotten the full experience yet. ![]() This is the first time I have actually sat down to write a review of, or rather a reaction to, a video game. ![]()
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