i pre-ordred the game, pre-loaded it and to my suprise could paly straight away. I have noticed 1 bug though, when you die in the arena if your spammnig lmb attack it crashes the game regularly.
seems exactly like the originals so far however the graphics are an improvement. Didnt notice any new items and havent progressed far enough to use any of the new game mechanics.
still some voice acting would go along way in this game, along with constructing your own settlements, possbily even chariots of some sort to and maybe elephant mounts
theres so much that can be added to mount and blade, but it seems like warband brings litle new to the
game
boats
naval combat
elephants
hunting wild creatures
building settlements
stealth element in towns at night
all the above would be welcome additions to the Warband campaign