M&B Rivals? I Have Seen The Future: And We Ride!!

[Elias_Maluco]

Before "Mount & Blade", the best meele fighting system I had ever played was in "Jedi Outcast". It was very fun to play, specially in multi-player. But when I discovered that it wanst completelly based on skill (there are luck involved, random numbers are also used to determine if a strike hits), I got kinda disapointed.

Other medieval combat systems Ive tried are usually too simple and basic, like Morrowinds, for example. Just keep clicking and if you got good stats and a "Mythril Sword of the Gods +135", you beat the enemy. Or stay away firing arrows with perfect aim has the poor enemy tries to get close to you. Those seens to be the main rule in most medieval inspired combat systems.

Then "M&B" came and everything changed. Next to "M&B", all medieval combat games has to hide their repetitive and simplistic face in shame. I totally agree with the guy that said that if Morrowind had "M&B" combat system (and horses, of course), it would be the one of best games ever.

 

[Stiler]

I've been wanting this type of combat with mounts in games forever it seems, i'm glad mount and blade can show other developers how it can be done and be fun.

I was really hoping that with TES4 oblivion having mounts they'd have combat on them, but alas they won't have any combat.


I'd really like to see M&B2 with physics and damage to armor and such aswell as area specific damage to living things.

Espically would love to see actual jousting tournaments and such.

 

[SimonForsman]

TES: Oblivion (Morrowind 2) will apparently include full physics/gravity effects on the arrows, as well as mounts and a new interactive combat system (if you want to block or dodge an attack you have to actually do it yourself, character skills will no longer do it for you.) sounds a lot like M&B's combat system, and im definately looking forward to it.

NOTE: TES: Oblivion is the fourth game in the series, Morrowind was the third. (Arena and Daggerfall was the 2 first games) , so oblivion shouldn't be called morrowind 2. also the main problem with mounted combat is to make it balanced. also oblivions combat system will not be as action heavy as M&Bs
and we probably don't get to see that many large battles.. it will probably be a great game though, but it won't kill M&B for me[/b]

 

[Sir Saladin]

If some developers stole this horse combat and put it in a wild west type game it would be fun but of course I would expect Arm and Ipek to sue their pants off. But it would be fun shooting high caliber rifles and pistolas. While running a gambling hall and being a lawman and pimp like Wyatt Earp.

 

[Stiler]

If some developers stole this horse combat and put it in a wild west type game it would be fun but of course I would expect Arm and Ipek to sue their pants off. But it would be fun shooting high caliber rifles and pistolas. While running a gambling hall and being a lawman and pimp like Wyatt Earp.

You can't "sue" anyone for having a similar combat system...

That'd be like the first fps game suing other fps games..because they are fps games.

 

[CurryMutton]

There is a (epic) fantasy FPS featuring character classes, massive mulitplayer and mounted combat, known as (temporary) "Project Offest":

http://www.projectoffset.com/

Just read it from Dubious Quality.

Thx.