Generally, I am disappointed with Bannerlord as well. However, i know i'm going to get my money's worth out of the game after the mods come in and fix everything. Obviously the vast majority of the 7+ years of development time were put in to the engine and not in to gameplay features or character development.
I'm baffled by the fact that no one could really play WB in the later years without some version of Diplomacy installed, and yet Bannerlord releases to EA without any of those features. I've given up on single player, even with the DiplomacyFixes mod, theres too much else wrong with the game. Clans were an interesting idea, but we see how poorly implemented they were with the voting system and the 3 candidate cap.
Honestly, i did just want a reskinned warband with a robust implementation of diplomacy built in. Hopefully some talented modders get us there soon.
