Mount&Blade

[Cyclotron]

If you haven't heard of it, there's a pretty popular beta floating around the net of the above title. Think first-person/third-person/RPG style medieval combat, straight up lances, swords, and bows without the fantasy element you usually find in these kind of games. Add to that the ability to raise a small army from peasants to knights and marksmen, and you've got a game that's been occupying the spare time of a whole lot of people here in my dorm.

The game can be downloaded at http://www.taleworlds.com/. The downloaded version allows you to play until 6th level for free; you can keep starting new characters if you want to play more. It's $11 to register the game, and in my opinion, very worth it.

Edit: The price is now $18; the plan is that the price increases slowly as the game is developed until it hits retail (see my post below). Still a great deal.

See, the interesting thing about this game is that it's apparently made by just some guy and his wife; there isn't really a company involved. How they found the time to do this, I'll never understand.

Check it out. If nothing else, you'll be giving the independent game developing world a hand.

[Asmodean]

Re: Mount&Blade

Originally posted by cyclotron7

See, the interesting thing about this game is that it's apparently made by just some guy and his wife;

Asmodean

[General Ludd]

A great little game. I've been meaning to make a thread about it for a while.

[DrSpike]

If it's a beta when is the real game coming?

[Cyclotron]

Re: Re: Mount&Blade

Originally posted by Asmodean




Asmodean

It's true, but don't let it dissuade you. It's really astonishing how much they've done with it; certainly, many final realeases of games with big-name developers and producers are less fun than this thing in beta.

If it's a beta when is the real game coming?

The official response on that, I believe, is "when it's done." New additions and patches are released on a regular basis, mostly as a direct result of communication with users on their boards. For example, I posted that they should include a compass on the main screen, and armagan (the husband guy of the team) posted back, saying it's now on his list of things to do.

When the game does come out, apparently, it will retail for around $25, but those who registered for the full game while it was still $11 won't have to pay anything extra.

[child of Thor]

Cool , thanks for the link and info cyclotron7, i've been having a gander at their forums; the game sounds interesting for sure.

[Cyclotron]

I've been meaning to raise this thread from the dead for a while now. If you haven't played this game, it's awesome - no other first person medieval combat game is even in its class. It's basically the only game in town for realistic cavalry combat, and it's got a whole adventure game to boot.

You can download a free trial that goes up to level 6; the full game costs 14 bucks, and will increase over time until it hits the retail price of 25 (still not bad) when the developers complete the game.

For those of you who have played this before, some of the new additions are well worth checking out again - battles in rain, fog, snow, and in the desert really make the graphics much more interesting. Lots of new items and some very cool tweaks to combat (like riding an armored charger into a mass of river pirates and seeing them get blown away like bowling pins).

[Skanky Burns]

Very fun game.

I've registered my copy.

[Cyclotron]

I should add that - knowing that many of you at Apolyton are into moddable and customizable games - this game in particular is extremely open and very easy to mess around with. It's still in beta, and people have already made their own mods with castle battles, blue-painted briton barbarians, new weapons and skins, and much more.

[DrSpike]

I'll sure take a look when it is finished.

[Dis]

Re: Re: Mount&Blade

Originally posted by Asmodean




Asmodean

I was thinking the same thing.

[DrSpike]

It's just you think much much slower than Asmodean.

[Cyclotron]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I'll sure take a look when it is finished.

You can actually save money if you buy it while it's still in beta - people who purchase a key for the beta at the reduced beta price will get the final, retail version for free when it comes out.

[DrSpike]

I would rather play a finished product than save a few measly squid.

[duke o' york]

But you might as well try it while it's free, and then get a reduced price finished game if you enjoy it. After all, if you don't enjoy it, then it would be a complete waste of cash to buy it, but you wouldn't know until you got it home.