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Post by WSS? on Feb 4, 2014 0:14:56 GMT -5
A real-time medieval political / warfare sandbox game. You create a character and then roam an overworld map screen at your leisure, stopping to visit cities for quests or companions or to get in fights with roving bandits or armies of the five randomly warring kingdoms. No fantasy elements like dragons or magic, it's all about combat (usually mounted, hence the title), building your own army, and working your way up the ladder via castle sieges, tournaments, relationships with vassals and lords, etc. It's amazingly deep and there are several ways to play (merchant, sellsword, marshal, king). The graphics are crummy and it's totally non-linear (no major story, no specific direction) but that's the point, it's all about setting your own goal (usually conquering an enemy faction) and working towards it. It's a lot of fun to build your army and fight in battles and sieges (or attack one of the kingdoms, or just roam around and attack people from all sides). EDIT: Here's a pretty descriptive review. Hm. Looks interesting. I'll pick it up if it goes on sale on Steam. |
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Post by miketheratguy on Feb 4, 2014 0:24:17 GMT -5
It's all about free-roaming strategy, really, it just happens to have a real-time combat system (and a very addicting one). I've heard of it being on Steam sales several times over the last few years.
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Post by WSS? on Feb 4, 2014 0:54:58 GMT -5
I've heard of it being on Steam sales several times over the last few years. Yeah, it seems to be on sale quite frequently. By the way, I'm downloading the demo. |
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Post by miketheratguy on Feb 4, 2014 1:47:41 GMT -5
Let me know what you think, I wasn't sure about the game for the first hour or so but after I played for a while and started getting the hang of stuff like combat I couldn't put it down.
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Post by WSS? on Feb 4, 2014 2:05:27 GMT -5
Let me know what you think, I wasn't sure about the game for the first hour or so but after I played for a while and started getting the hang of stuff like combat I couldn't put it down. I LOVE it. The combat is really fun and smooth, and the other stuff reminds me of Sid Meier's Pirates, one of my first (And favorite) video games. HOWEVER, I ran into a really big bug. steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198068059565/screenshots/It's the second screenshot. |
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Post by miketheratguy on Feb 4, 2014 2:26:19 GMT -5
Let me know what you think, I wasn't sure about the game for the first hour or so but after I played for a while and started getting the hang of stuff like combat I couldn't put it down. I LOVE it. The combat is really fun and smooth, and the other stuff reminds me of Sid Meier's Pirates, one of my first (And favorite) video games. HOWEVER, I ran into a really big bug. steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198068059565/screenshots/It's the second screenshot. LOL when I was trying to think of the best way to describe the game I actually wrote "The game's structure is a lot like Sid Meier's Pirates" but then I erased the text because I figured "eh, what are the odds that anyone else here is a fan of that game"? Glad that you're loving it so far, it only gets better and better. When you start putting together your customized army of specialized troops and companions, and once you've sworn fealty to a kingdom and get involved with military politics, the game really takes off. I've sunk hundreds of hours into it and I've never seen that glitch before, with any luck that's a very rare occurrence or just something in the demo. |
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