Hassknecht said:
Bad_Karma said:
Lately i'm playing a bit of Mount & Blade Warbands with some mods. I really like that game. I'm still not sure if i should buy the next 'addon', though.
I heard it's a little like Darklands, gameplaywise. Do you recommend it?
Well i would say there are some similarities. As both have no defined end and are about a somewhat realisitic medieval world. I haven't played Darklands so much, so i can't really compare both that much.
I would recommend trying the demo or if you've the possiblity the game itself before you buy it. If you like the fighting in the demo it might be something for you - otherwise i wouldn't recommend it.
It got a lot of features which aren't so deep as they sound. Because in it's heart it's really what it names implies - a '1st/3rd person' game about riding a horse and fighting with a weapon - it's great in that terms. Not to forget that one can hire and train different troops from the empires which are quite a bit different , and you can buy a lot of different weapons, armors and such - so again battles are great.
You've got character development, because there's a underlying level system for characters and skills, and it's somewhat meaningful, so it's not too bad, but now to some other features:
You can trade or even own a buisness, but that part ist quite shallow and didn't add too much for me. Especially because there's - as far as i'm aware - no way to gain more power through trading as buying more troops from the money you get from it. The worst about trading , for me, is that you can get much more faster money if you're battling bandits and such. Not to forget that you can gain quicker money by fighting and if you don't loose too much troops they and you will level much faster.
You can join and empire or built your own, but it's not really about strategy or something like that, it only seems as if you need to battle more that way and do bigger battles with more soldiers involved. That's because there's also not that much of diplomacy in the game.
With Warbands you got the option to marry some lady/lord, but beside being forced to join their empire and becoming a knight that way, it doesn't really add much and isn't really fun to try to win the heart of the lady/lord.
There are a few quests but they aren't really too good - because they're really generic...
The multiplayer hase i think 3 game-modes : deam-deathmatch, deathmatch or conquering a castle - but it's quite fun, if you've now problem with being butchered by experienced players
So overall it's also comparable with Pirates! because you can fight for some empire, you don't have a real goal. You might be able to trade, but it's more focused on fighting.
So as said you should try the demo or the game itself (because the demo is somewhat short - it ends as soon as you reach level 7 ) and if you like the fighting, you might want to buy it.
Witcher takes a couple of days to complete, a week tops. It's also possible to play a lot of games at once, but I usually prefer to limit it to 1-2 and switch them more often, cause then the games keep my attention longer.