I'm an avid Mount and Blade fan. I have thousands of hours in the previous titles and about 300 in Bannerlord. I loved the old game. When they announced that this would be set after the fall of the Calradian Empire and be a couple hundred years before Warband, admittedly I was a little disappointed. I generally prefer later medieval styles from the 14th century, and thought that would have made a better sequel.
However there is still lots of awesome in the dark ages. Reality gives us battles like Hastings, which would have been cool to see a Vlandian Duke William invading a Batanian King Harold. However, the styles of each faction do not hold up to their counterparts nicely, which is fine, this is Calradia after all, and the factions are only inspired by historical counterparts.
Even still though, the game falls short for me in that the armor styles in the game are often nothing like what would have been seen in the dark ages on Earth. Too often the armor is much heavier than it should be and it just breaks the immersion for me. Many of the weapons are from a later period as well. Then there's the strange mixing of shield styles even within the same faction that is just odd.
However there is still lots of awesome in the dark ages. Reality gives us battles like Hastings, which would have been cool to see a Vlandian Duke William invading a Batanian King Harold. However, the styles of each faction do not hold up to their counterparts nicely, which is fine, this is Calradia after all, and the factions are only inspired by historical counterparts.
Even still though, the game falls short for me in that the armor styles in the game are often nothing like what would have been seen in the dark ages on Earth. Too often the armor is much heavier than it should be and it just breaks the immersion for me. Many of the weapons are from a later period as well. Then there's the strange mixing of shield styles even within the same faction that is just odd.
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