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I would have to mention Knights of honor because its such an awesome game. But its a strategy game where you are tied to a faction, but anyway, randoms have been mentioned before.
Arikel said:I noticed this game called Kenshi while poking through steam's new greenlight feature, it seems very mount and blade like, but also looks to be in a real early stage of development. There is also a playable demo out apparently but I didn't try it yet, as it sounds really basic. Something to look forward too for the future maybe though. Here's the link to their website: http://www.lofigames.com
hah was just browsing thru some posts and found this was already mentioned, ah well.
Edit 2: If you are an old school gamer you might enjoy Darklands, it's a very open ended game with fascinating character creation and very low fantasy elements only. The issue of course is dated graphics and that it is centered around a small group of adventurers as opposed to building an army. Was one of the first games to use the real time with pause combat type. Nothing ever really has been like it since and actually when I started playing mount and blade it brought my old times playing darklands to mind.