Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Come on, Gore, don't hold back.

[Siege]

[Siege Defense]

[15 Mintues]

Also, MB2 was previously "estimated" as Q4 2016.

The siege looks so good. I hope they retain and improve on the strategic/rpg world map stuff too.

I'm so hype. Although I hope they make the game much easier to manage once you are King and have a large kingdom. Pendor and Floris kept me going for a long time on the first

Zaide said:

The siege looks so good. I hope they retain and improve on the strategic/rpg world map stuff too.

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From everything I've seen, you've got nothing to worry about. My understanding from listening to dev commentary is that they tried to add more strategic elements to both sides of the house (strategic vs tactical maps) so the game is more than just a graphical upgrade.

Game looks sexy and I want to see more about the improved influence/renown/faction system.

I don't know if it's what you were talking about, but there's more factions this time around although no proto-Vaegir.

Map looks like it's 1-2/3'rds bigger.

Devs at gamescon talked about how the renown/influence are currency (similar to Floris, no?). But haven't really expanded on the criminal/justice elements besides "we wanted to give you more to do in the cities besides hunt down the guild master".

Mario Speedwagon said:

I'm just really excited that sieges won't be that stupid one ladder clusterfuck anymore. Shit was retarded.

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My biggest gripe out of vanilla MB/MB:W was not being able to keep my archers posted back from the deathtraps stairs while my bash bros took captives every time the AI decided it wanted to take a castle. Having the Siege AI randomly take control every few seconds was lame.

Stairs and Ladders = greatest siege barrier ever erected in Calradia.

I'm looking forward to the pre-alpha kickstarter backer early access preload sneak peek version of this in 2023.

bytes said:

I'm looking forward to the pre-alpha kickstarter backer early access preload sneak peek version of this in 2023.

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Originally announced for Q4 '16 in some form; Devs at Gamescon it was hopefully "demo/beta" by Christmas.

Mario Speedwagon said:

I'm just really excited that sieges won't be that stupid one ladder clusterfuck anymore. Shit was retarded.

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You mean you didn't enjoy standing at the top of a ladder spamming the downward swing with a ruby 2 hander, easily defeating a besieging force 10x the size of the defenders?

Don't know if there's any truth to it, but there's a rumor that ACOK may have already been given access to a devkit. If that's true it would be an awesome trend to see continued from Xcom 2.

Love Warband so much. Probably my favorite single player game. Engine and mechanics created a unique and fun (if bemusing) vanilla gameplay. Top that off with AMAZING mods, Geko, various remasterings, and finally my favorite, The Last Days...? This is a game I'll be pre ordering.

Having. Followed most updates I have to say it looks like they'll be making a great game that's more accessible (if you have played M&B you'll know what I'm talking about - at first the UI and character progression is cumbersome and I personally made many bad decisions and characters before conquering Calradia) yet will be as punishing and delightful as what they put out years ago with Warband.

Release date on PS4 and I think Xbox(?) has been announced for September.

Guessing PC comes later with deeper features 1Q2017. Get hyped and clear ur schedules!!

Oh yeah, have you heard about the crafting system that be implemented!!??

Honestly I hope they create more meaningful character goals than just conquering the globe. Playing trader, bandit hunter, and bandit while developing your own character story.... =)

I believe the PS4/Xbone announcements were for Warband, not Bannerlord.

Captnamazing said:

Oh yeah, have you heard about the crafting system that be implemented!!??

Honestly I hope they create more meaningful character goals than just conquering the globe. Playing trader, bandit hunter, and bandit while developing your own character story.... =)

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Game is always going to involve global conquest, whether it's for you or for your liege, but I know with the crime/justice elements they are sort of getting there. Maybe as we get closer we'll see if they have other elements with depth - a functioning merchants guild to go with the global economy?

This is old but relevant to your crafting system:

Randin said:

I believe the PS4/Xbone announcements were for Warband, not Bannerlord.

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This is correct. They're not even getting DLC (WF&S/VC) IIRC.

Wrathin3L said:

Game is always going to involve global conquest, whether it's for you or for your liege, but I know with the crime/justice elements they are sort of getting there. Maybe as we get closer we'll see if they have other elements with depth - a functioning merchants guild to go with the global economy?
This is correct. They're not even getting DLC (WF&S/VC) IIRC.

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Yeah, well I love the conquest game of course. Like Skyrim, I've always had a lot of fun playing alts to explore the lesser avenues of the game.

Can't believe they are only releasing warband... Damn lol. I guess I got more time to build a PC though!