Prowling about the Armchair General forums these last and dark days for SZO, someone pointed out a game that caught my attention: Mount&Blade.
First of all, I'm not a regular RPG gamer, thus I'm not in the first line of fire. My C.V. only includes Morrowind (best of all :whist: ) and a bit of NWN.
Mount&Blade takes place in Calradia, a medieval realm as any other, and you can roam freely around the 3D map, travelling from a city to another trading, escorting, doing quests, seeking for enemies or whatever. A chance meeting is very likely, and it's in fact the core of the whole game (no fight, no exp points).
It features a total lack of magic (both spells and potions), enchanted items or anything involving magical performances. On the other hand, it enhances to unsuspected extremes the combat system. Do you fancy a fight on foot or riding on a horse? Do you fancy bow shooting while galloping? or brandishing a lance at full gallop against a full galloping enemy in a joust style fight? What? Yes? Then download the demo right now.
I downloaded the demo and played it for a few hours, and I was amazed for such an original work, easy concept and solid interphase.
As my English sucks, I'd rather post some links than write a mess of review.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=5178
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount&Blade
http://www.taleworlds.com/ (Offical Web)
If anyone has played this game, please post a impresion of it.
First of all, I'm not a regular RPG gamer, thus I'm not in the first line of fire. My C.V. only includes Morrowind (best of all :whist: ) and a bit of NWN.
Mount&Blade takes place in Calradia, a medieval realm as any other, and you can roam freely around the 3D map, travelling from a city to another trading, escorting, doing quests, seeking for enemies or whatever. A chance meeting is very likely, and it's in fact the core of the whole game (no fight, no exp points).
It features a total lack of magic (both spells and potions), enchanted items or anything involving magical performances. On the other hand, it enhances to unsuspected extremes the combat system. Do you fancy a fight on foot or riding on a horse? Do you fancy bow shooting while galloping? or brandishing a lance at full gallop against a full galloping enemy in a joust style fight? What? Yes? Then download the demo right now.
I downloaded the demo and played it for a few hours, and I was amazed for such an original work, easy concept and solid interphase.
As my English sucks, I'd rather post some links than write a mess of review.
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=5178
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount&Blade
http://www.taleworlds.com/ (Offical Web)
If anyone has played this game, please post a impresion of it.