Those will smaller TV’s will be struggling to see everything that is going on. I say this because of the sheer amount of text that is on the screen during the character creation, with all the different options.
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I would also argue that this type of game is much more suited to a PC gamer, that to a sofa bound console gamer. It makes for uncomfortable gameplay, and one that will make a lot of people not want to even bother with the main game. This leads to the camera being all over the place as you are trying to fight and defend in battle. Unfortunately, the camera is also controlled by the stick you used to swing. On paper it sounds like a decent way of approaching combat, by pushing in different directions depending on the type of swing you take. Coupled with this is the awkward controls. It is a very clunky experience which at times felt overly slow reacting to what I was trying to do. I went straight to the tutorial mode, which demonstrated how the games combat system works, and to be totally honest it put me off the game straight away. And yes I appreciate that ‘graphics aren’t everything’, but there really should have been some work gone into this, especially as the controls are poor aswell. No improvements have been made here for the console port, and if you didn’t know better you’d think it was older than the 6 years it is. It hasn’t aged well at all from the menu systems to the graphics. You build your character up by fighting, working for different factions and eventually taking over areas of land and people.Īs soon as you start the game you can tell this is old. And from there you are left to create your own story.
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You create your character at the start of the game using a series of questions to create a backstory for yourself which helps distribute early attribute points into a huge amount of different options. And there is actually very little in term of actual storyline. You have swords, bows, crossbow, armour and horses to get you through, not a dragon in site. Don’t expect anything similar to Game of Thrones here though, there are no fantasy elements present in game. Mount and Blade: Warband is an Action Role Playing Game set in medieval times. Will this be a game that manages to surprise me? This can be even more prevalent in RPG games, which Mount and Blade: Warband happens to be.
Sometimes the control mechanics can be too in depth, or there are a whole plethora of menus that need to be trawled through, or in the case of older games, there is a LOT of reading to be done. I’ve frequently found that games made for PC can struggle when ported over to console. Hell, I’ll fully admit I’d never even heard of the game, apparently it is actually a standalone expansion to a game that the Mount and Blade game that was released in 2007. It’s pushing 7 years old, and it’s not like there has been a calling for it to get a console release, unless I’ve been totally blind to it. This is a game that was released initially on PC back in March 2010. Mount and Blade: Warband is one of those games. There are times when I see a game get re-released and I just scratch my head as to why.