So, wars just keep breaking out and ending all over the place.Įach Faction also has a claimant to the throne, residing in another Faction’s city. A Faction can only totally eliminate another one with a player’s help.
Most of the time a Faction is fighting against multiple Factions at once. The various Factions are at war with each other all the time, signing trade and defense treaties with some while being at war with others. Though, if you are weak enough, they will confront you.Įvery Faction starts the game with four cities, several castles and a bunch of villages. You can choose to fight, ignore or aid these groups. In addition to Factions, there are different kinds of groups roaming around Calradia, such as sea raiders, man hunters (slavers), deserters (usually better-equipped) and various types of looters and bandits, depending upon the terrain. Well, how that plays into the actual fighting, anyways… The various cultures and how their troops evolve is perhaps the key element to Mount and Blade’s appeal. A Sarranid castle looks different than a Swadian one. And a fight against the Nords is quite different than battling the Khergits, so you will likely adjust your strategy accordingly.Īlso, the appearance of structures vary by culture, giving different areas of the map different looks. So, you can mix and match your troops by type and culture (more on that later). When you recruit a villager to join your band, they will evolve into the type of cavalry, infantry or archer of the culture you got them from. I love that the game is populated by different cultures. Warband lets you form your own Faction, which is red. They feature cavalry and light archers (as opposed to long bowmen). Sarranid Sultanate – The yellow Faction is based on the Arab culture (think of the Crusades). Vaegirs – The grey Faction is based on the Slavic nations, including Russia. They produce the game’s best heavy cavalry and also feature longbow archers. Swadia – The orange Faction is based on the Franks, and also the British. They also produce strong mounted knights. They have powerful crossbowmen and spearmen. Rhodoks – The green Faction is based on Italian and Swiss troops.
#MOUNT AND BLADE WARBAND KEY TO FIGHTING MULTIPLE ENEMIES UPGRADE#
They upgrade to be fierce Infantry: the best in the game. Nords – The blue Faction is based on the Vikings. Their strength is fast-moving horse archers. Khergit Khanate – The purple Faction is based on the Mongols. The first five Factions below are from Mount and Blade, with the sixth added in Warband: A Faction has its own color on the map and starts with the same cities, castles and villages each time, in fixed positions. Each Faction represents a different medieval culture and has its own troop characteristics. There are five Factions (Nations) in M&B, with a sixth added in Warband. There are no fantasy elements (though for that, you can always play a mod). Your character is dropped into the medieval world of Calradia. You won’t survive long if you don’t build a strong war band, and recruiting, commanding and building up your troops is really the heart of the game. You create a character, form a band of troops and roam around the land, solving unrelated quests, fighting enemies and either serving a liege or carving out your own kingdom (creating your own Faction was a Warband addition).
The latter is both a strength and a weakness. M&B is a combination first person combat and strategy wargame, with some role playing elements. Mount and Blade and Warband are overall, quite similar and I’ll be using the phrases interchangeably, distinguishing between versions when relevant. However, I have never tried that option and don’t plan on doing so. There are some gameplay differences, the most prominent being that the latter includes multiplayer. I spent my first round playing the original, Mount and Blade ( M&B). But Mount and Blade (and the stand alone expansion, Mount and Blade: Warband) holds a unique spot for me and several years after last playing it, I’m in up to my elbows again.
And from Temple of Apshai to Dungeon Master to Baldur’s Gate to Age of Conan, I’ve quite enjoyed them. I have spent a lot of hours on a lot of different PC/video games over the years – mostly of the fantasy/RPG variety (though Out of the Park Baseball is my favorite simulation game).
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