One of The absolute Best Ancient Combat Games ever and it's still BETA!

User Rating: 8.9 | Mount & Blade PC
By firemyth | Review Date:
This game is leaps and bounds ahead of anything near it's genre. Add to that the fact that it's independently produced and still in BETA and you have a game that has not only loads of potential but CRAP LOADS of content currently running. As of this review it's in .751 (i think) and allows for castle sieges and take overs, raising of huge masses of armies, and a combat system like no other. Plus it's a very polished game. Granted the graphics are dated but they still don't look bad, and the sounds are a little soft and sporadic but again not badly done. The real hook to this game is the combat system. A) Dynamic combat, you wanna swing cross body with a long sword? Point just to the left of your target and attack, Overhead chop? just above his head and swing, thrust? center mass baby etc, etc. it's very intuitive and is everything the word clunky is not.

Don't like swords? fine go buy a crossbow or a long bow and pelt them from afar. Still not good? Grab an axe and split some skulls, or throw some javelins, or daggers, or or or...

Not to mention... don't wanna run across the field of battle? Hop on a horse and CHARGE across the field of battle. Trample your enemies or run 'em through with a lance.

And the battles can be HUGE! 50+ combatants at a time can cause mayhem to go to a new extreme not to mention there are usually reinforcements for one or both sides whenever the body count gets high enough. Granted the plot is almost non-existant right now but like I said it's still in BETA and I get the feeling that this game is more about the combat anyway. There are so many things this game has that I don't have the time to list, download it for free, play till ur character hits lvl7 and then buy it for a low price, you'll get free updates including the final version, and avoid paying for much larger price after it's done.

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