The combat system is using a skill-based directional combat system that is realistic and takes some time to get used to, e.g to do a left swing (and block a left swing attack), you first swipe your mouse to the left quickly and click (left click to attack, right click to block). But if someone manages to take you down, be prepared to fight on the ground too (or you can choose to get off your horse, or get on someone’s horse after its rider dies). You are not there to just issuing commands but you can also join the fight yourself from the comfort of a war horse (or camel). It’s challenging and fun, but there is more. Or form a circle with your Pikemen and have your archers inside the circle, raining death from above while being protected from a cavalry charge.
There are even formations that you can ask the armies to form so for example if you have those infantry types with big shields, you can ask them to form a shield wall and advance, while your other troops with those big axes (they pack a punch but have no protection against arrows) can follow closely behind. You will be issuing commands to each army type such as moving into a position, advancing, charging, holding fire, and more. However, rather than having a top down view to command your army, you are actually in the battlefield itself – like in real life. If you played one of the Total War series before, you can probably imagine what I was trying to say here. The highlight of Bannerlord is definitely its massive scale of battles with all the variety of troops: infantry, cavalry, archer, and siege engines.
Starting as an adventurer without much money and no armies, you will slowly crawl your way out from leading a few looters and bandits to leading thousands of heavily-armoured troops, manage castles and towns, climb a siege ladder yourself, get married, and become the king of a faction if you want it to be.Īll these options and possibilities are there and in fact, this game is pretty immersive in its medieval settings and executes them really well even while it’s still in Steam’s Early Access. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (which I’m going to refer as Bannerlord from now on) is a vast, sandbox, medieval combat simulator and role-playing game.
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