The computer game Mount Blade Warband in Russia is known as the "Tournament Age." Its developer was the Turkish company Tale Worlds. The product was released in 2010 in the role-playing game genre. Mount Blade Warband is an addition to Mount Blade. Users were able to familiarize themselves with the original in the fall of 2008. When passing Mount Blade Warband, it became possible to activate the multiplayer mode.
System requirements
The passage of Mount Blade Warband is possible with:
- Windows XP operating system;
- Intel Pentium GHz 4.2 processor;
- NVIDIA GeForce FX / ATI Radeon 9600 Pro;
- RAM 2 GB.
These are the recommended and minimum system requirements that will enable the comfortable passage of Mount Blade Warband. That is why before starting the game you should make sure that these parameters of your PC match.
Country Calradia
What is the passage of Mount Blade Warband? During this game, you can plant on the spear of the enemy, find a horse for yourself, be knocked to the ground from the saddle, and then again rush into battle. The user will have the opportunity to defend his castle by climbing the fortress wall, and standing on it with a shield and an ax, chop down all the besiegers. You can remember the nobleman who will offend the hero, and later, after a game year, find him, sell him into slavery or rob. In other words, during the passage of the game Mount and Blade Warband, the user is completely immersed in the Middle Ages. "The era of tournaments" is for this and created.
When passing the game Mount and Blade Warband, we find ourselves in Calradia. This is a fictional country in which everything resembles medieval Europe 1150-1350. In earlier times, Calradia was part of the great empire as a province. But during the passage of the game Mount and Blade Warband 1. 143 we see that its territories are divided between Swadia, the Kingdom of the Nords, the Kingdom of the Rodoks, the Kergit Khanate and the Kingdom of Wegir. All of them conduct constant internecine battles in which the user can take a direct part.
All the powers that are in Calradia are feudal states and are ruled by a king, queen, khan or sultan with vassals. In this case, the player is given the opportunity to become a user of one of these kingdoms. To do this, you will either need to enlist as a mercenary, or take a vassal oath. If the kingdom chosen by the player wages war with a neighboring power, then sooner or later a proposal will be made to conclude a mercenary contract. On the one hand, it is much easier for them to be than a vassal. However, having won the battle and seized certain territories, one cannot receive them at one’s disposal.
You can become a vassal if the player achieves the trust and recognition of the ruler. In this case, you will need to take an oath of allegiance. And only vassals have the right to receive land plots that will bring a steady income. But these territories will have to be protected from enemies.
As a result of completing Mount Blade Warband quests, the player has the opportunity to gain power, allowing him to compare with other rulers, and gain ownership of Calradia. In this difficult and very exciting adventure, he will need a manifestation of the skill of the fencer and the ability to solve complex strategic problems.
Character selection
When completing Mount Blade Warband at the beginning of 1 game, you need to decide who to be. It should be borne in mind that the hero in the proposed plot is not at all a savior of mankind. His goal is simple - to achieve power.
Which character will be chosen?
The decision is entirely up to the user. For example, you can become a free shooter. In this case, in the course of the plot, you will have to destroy the bandits. And you can become a criminal yourself and engage in robbery. The most sensible move would be to make a decision to stand under the banner of any of the five kings, subsequently taking the oath of allegiance to him. There may be many options for a game biography when passing Mount Blade Warband.
The main motivation for any game is to receive money. Soldiers fight for their salary. With the growth of abilities and improvement of equipment, its amount increases significantly. Maintain a large army for the leader is quite difficult. That is why you have to constantly raise money by selling trophies in cities and prisoners of war on galleys. The village can bring good income. However, you still have to get it. Based on the tips for completing Mount and Blade Warband, when choosing a trader’s path, you can only contain a small detachment.
There are no special effects in Calradia. Being in this country, you are immersed in the usual Middle Ages. The peoples of Calradia sometimes live peacefully, but most often fight, using swords, spears, clubs, bows and axes. You can pick up any weapon for yourself. The same goes for protection. A huge assortment has been developed for vesting the hero, starting with a quilted quilting and ending with three-quarter armor. But it should be borne in mind that the more armor the warrior has, the slower his movements will become.
Combat system
The basics of fighting for users in the game are intuitive. Their hero can chop, and when choosing the appropriate weapon - stabbing from above, left or right. When defending under attack, a shield or weapon is substituted. All the subtleties of the battle will be learned in its process. Thus, the inertia of the take-off will give the impact even greater strength. She will turn a spear in the hands of a rider into a formidable weapon. As an additional argument during the battle, a horse can also be used. It is recommended to send it to the foot soldiers, who immediately scatter like skittles.
Learning how to handle a crossbow or bow will be somewhat more difficult. In this case, you will need to make an adjustment for the speed of the arrow and the range of the enemy.
The battle in the game is not only the constant movement of weapons. Here, the user will need to take a series of tactical decisions of the true commander. For example, send infantry behind a nearby mound, and then wait for the moment when archers significantly reduce the number of enemies. Or, perhaps, immediately rush to the attack? The cost of each of these decisions will be the size of the losses.
An important factor that can lead to victory is the composition of the army. So, the cavalry will show its strength in the open field. However, on a hilly terrain, she clearly cannot deal with infantrymen or spearmen. Archers are good when the enemy is far away. The infantry inspires great respect. However, victory with its use will be given a lot of blood. In this case, there is only one way out - to complete the army on the basis of a combination of various types of troops. You can also buy mercenary services. However, it is very expensive. Moreover, the death of such an army will hurt your pocket.
The fight against the robbers
Our hero, regardless of the user's choice, appears in Calradia as an unknown, lonely and almost without money. To begin the ascent to fame, let's try to fight one of the small groups of robbers. We put on armor and arm. To begin with, we are engaged in mountain and forest brotherhood. A little later, pumping up muscles, we switch to more serious sea robbers. In this case, it will be possible to gain not only experience, but also equipment, which will be needed for the further passage of the game.
Each battle allows the character to gain a little fame. But this will happen only when the battle was not easy. Fame will allow to increase the size of the detachment. One soldier will be added for every 25 points. When enough fame accumulates, it is worth going to be hired to serve one of the rulers. However, relations with other states will immediately fall to minus forty.
Modifications in the game
Consider the various Mount and Blade Warband mods:
- Middle Earth at War helps you find yourself in the Lord of the Rings universe.
- Thanks to Persistent World it will be possible to recreate a more realistic medieval world.
- The Philippine Revolutionary Movement 1887 mod allows you to be in the thick of the events of the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
- Chile Zombie reschedules in 2017 to witness a strange experiment that got out of hand.
- With the help of the Kingdom mod, the player ends up in Europe during the 15th century.
These and many other mods allow gamers to diversify the process of passing Mount and Blade Warband.
Vassal oath
This is the next step in the game. But in order to take such an oath, you will need to apply a mathematical formula, including three things in it. Namely, multiply the reputation in the country by the reputation of the chosen ruler, and then add fame to the amount received. The resulting number should be more than 160. Only in this case it will be possible to be called a senior. Instead of a weekly salary in the form of a bag of gold, the hero will have at his disposal a village. But at the same time, relations with those who previously owned it will certainly deteriorate.
Insurrection
The player may stop serving the king and begin to support the one who claims his throne. In this case, rebels will appear in Calradia. If you take the side of a quiet reformer, you will need to give a big bag of money or start to lure the seniors to your side using the skill of persuasion.
You can also accumulate a huge fortune and create a large army. When passing Mount Blade Warband, the first war should be unleashed with a detachment of about a hundred thousand people. Good relations with the villages will be needed. In several of them, you will need to complete the tasks of local residents in advance. To train troops, the skill of a “mentor” will be needed. If all this is available, then you should free yourself from the vassal oath and establish relations with all countries, except for the one in which the king will be overthrown. Further actions are to destroy the army of thousands of the enemy. After capturing all castles and cities, the enemy will disappear from the map. But the coronation is not worth the wait. For the country, the hero will forever remain a rebel.
Other directions
For those who do not want to interfere in political games, you can assemble a small detachment and begin to rob villages and caravans. The goods obtained in this way can be resold. However, you won’t be able to earn much on this. The fact is that merchants have very little money. And more than a few units of goods cannot be resold. Anyone who wants to make good money is recommended to become a regular in tournaments. But here you will need to learn how to win.
Battles
You can do without them in the game. However, it is in battles that the hero gains experience. In addition, the main point of the game is that the character amuse his natural aggressiveness.
You can start a battle in the steppe or in the mountains. But it is worth keeping in mind that trees will make it difficult to shoot, and rivers will slow down progress. The number of fighters in this case depends on the size of the armies of the two warring parties.
If it is necessary to capture the castle, it should first be besieged. As a rule, the number of defenders reaches one and a half hundred. That is why you should not go ahead. It is necessary to find garrisons that are understaffed after the previous assault. Theoretically, the castle can be taken by siege. However, this will require the availability of large stocks of provisions. In order to take the castle by storm, you will need to build a siege staircase or tower. The first option is much faster. After that, it is recommended to offer the besieged choice - to surrender or continue the battle.
When using the ladder, the assault will be much easier. The troops will only rise on it and begin the battle. The tower will have to be rolled up, which will increase the mortality of soldiers at the preparatory stage. During the assault, you will need to control both your and other available troops.
It will be much more difficult to capture the city. Here it will be necessary to conduct attacks or wait for help from the fellow seigneur. The storming of cities is carried out in three stages. Initially, the defenders release their army on the field in front of the walls. The second stage is a direct assault. The third and fourth are to conduct battles on city streets.
Rarely, but our hero will have to defend himself. If he has to prevent the enemy from entering the castle or the city, then he should not expect inside. You need to climb the wall and destroy the enemies below.
Tournaments
Let's move from battles to competitions. The initial conditions of tournaments in the game are quite simple. The player, while in his underwear and holding some kind of weapon in his hands, goes to the arena. Here he has to fight with five opponents. The reward for victory will be a small bag of coins. If you manage to cope with ten opponents - there will be more money. Victory over twenty enemies means receiving a super prize in the form of 250 dinars.
You can become a participant in a full-fledged tournament in one of the big cities. To win, you need to prevail in six fights. What will they be? It is impossible to guess in advance. Opponents can be three teams, each of which includes five people. Sometimes there are two groups of two fighters. And only the battles of the last round always take place one on one.
What will be the equipment? It depends on the city of the tournament. For example, among the Nords these are axes and shields, among the Kergits, fighters are certainly on horseback with bows or darts in their hands.
Before each round, it is allowed to bet from 10 to 100 dinars. However, as you progress through the stages, the margin from the rate decreases. Winning will be issued only upon victory. The attitude of the townspeople towards the hero will improve and his fame will increase slightly.
Sometimes you have to fight for the honor of a lady who will entrust to deal with the seigneur, who spread rumors about her. In the case when it is not possible to break up peacefully with such a person, the rivals move to the city arena. Here the opponents are not in the tournament, but in full combat gear.
If the main character and I get married in Mount Blade Warband, the passage of such a game process will be as follows:
- we get on a holiday;
- we choose a bride;
- we seek the respect of the girl’s father;
- ask him for permission to meet with his daughter;
- we gain the respect of the bride, devoting her victory in tournaments and reading poetry;
- we ask her father for her hands;
- We are waiting for the preparation of the holiday;
- We come for a holiday and get married.
Map walkthrough
As mentioned above, Calradia is divided between five large countries. Each of them has its own strong and numerous army. There is no peace-loving environment in this medieval world. Almost always, each of the states is at war with one or two opponents, or even with all its neighbors at once. The status of hostilities, as a rule, is determined already at the start of the passage. Moreover, in the process of the game, declarations of war and armistice are quite rare. The attitude to the unit under the leadership of the player depends on the reputation. In the event that it is negative, the enemies armed to the teeth will not keep themselves waiting long.
And on the map of Calradia constantly wandering troops that do not have a certain citizenship. Some of them are neutral to the player and countries. They fight only with the bandits. Other similar units are aggressive. They consist of robbers and deserters. All this should be taken into account for the hero, who in the interval between battles moves through the territory of Calradia. The speed of the detachment will decrease as its number grows, as well as the number of prisoners and the weight of objects. She can grow thanks to a skill called "finding the way", which is available for one of the members of the group, as well as spare horses. With increasing speed, the chances of someone catching up or, conversely, faster retreating increase.
Kergit Khanate
The population of this country is most like the Mongols. The Kergit army consists of cavalry, and the equipment of its soldiers is darts or bows. Nevertheless, the soldiers of this army are protected and armed worse than the soldiers of other powers. Such is the cost of maneuverability. The Kergit army fights beautifully on level ground, but the hills nullify its advantage. They should not be used during the assault, but they are suitable for defense.
Kingdom of the Nords
The prototypes of the inhabitants of this state are the peoples of Scandinavia. When passing Mount Blade Warband for the Nords, it is worth bearing in mind that their Huscarls (heavy infantry) are the best in the game. The soldiers of this army are usually armed with a shield and one-handed weapons. Sometimes they use two-handed axes. At the last stages of the battle, the Nords add throwing weapons to their arsenal.
In addition to infantry, archers may also be in this army. There are no cavalry here at all. That is why it is better not to withdraw such troops to the open field. But when storming castles, such fighters will prove indispensable.
Kingdom of the Roots
The inhabitants of this state are similar to the Italians of the Renaissance. Their infantry, which includes spearmen, is much better at fighting cavalry than on foot units of enemies. There are crossbowmen in this army. These soldiers rarely shoot, but quite accurately.
On the one hand, it seems that this fraction is not necessary to use when completing quests. However, she is attractive in that her soldiers are capable of little by little. They only need to be disposed of correctly.
Swadia
This fraction is one of two primary. Its prototype was the armies of the European continent. In Swadia there are all kinds of troops - and crossbowmen, and cavalry, and infantry.
Vegir
This is the second state that arose in Calradia in the very first versions of the game. Her army has heavy cavalry, archers and infantry. It should be borne in mind that the veggie shooters are the best in Calradia in terms of equipment and characteristics. In addition, they should be taken to the defense of castles, in which they are most effective.
Viking conquest
The passage of Mount and Blade Warband Viking Conquest became possible after the release of this adon to the "Tournament Age". This happened on December 11, 2014.
When passing the Mount and Blade Warband Viking Conquest, the user has access to options that he himself can change. At the same time, if desired, the character’s life story can very well be started from scratch.
At the beginning of the game, four attributes will appear on the screen that can be added to the hero. This is agility and strength, charisma and intelligence. Attributes affect maximum levels. By adding one point to these characteristics, you can change the number of points. At the very beginning of the passage of Mount Blade Warband Viking on the screen on the right, you can see skills that indicate the level of possession of weapons. The user must distribute all points to his liking. And the main thing to do when starting the Mount Blade Warband Viking is to give your character a name.
Each of the decisions made by the user will affect the basic characteristics of the hero. Anyone who decides to make him a merchant will receive an increase in charisma. The squire will have increased strength. And these points must be taken into account before completing the Mount Blade Warband Viking Conquest storyline. The fact is that after the start of the game it will be impossible to increase the basic characteristics.
The story of the character’s life, regardless of the original country with which the game was started, will be the same. The difference appears only in the army of this state. That is, in one country there are arrows, in another - Vikings, etc. Their characteristics have some differences. That is why the user should try every army and understand what suits him best. After that, you must click "Continue", which will allow you to either be on Wodenric (in the plot) or on a map in that part of the world that corresponds to the character’s legacy.
The action of Mount Blade Warband Conquest takes us in medieval times to the territory of Britain, Denmark, as well as Norway. On the map of the game you can see three hundred new castles, villages and cities. The user has the opportunity to use twenty-one fractions and six unique cultures that were not available in previous games in this series. The card itself has become really huge.
The game can be carried out in two modes. When using one of them, the hero follows the line where there are specific, clearly designed quests. In this case, the game is gradually filled with a plot. You can also go directly to the second mode. In this case, a sandbox appears in which the character is allowed literally everything.
When passing through the storyline, the player is faced with the need to choose. Its result will have rather serious consequences. The character has to get involved in a whirl of love lines, face betrayal, survive the ups and downs.
The game still provides an opportunity to choose its background and initial characteristics. However, unlike previous options, such a background is of greater importance. For example, what kind of religion a character will adhere to will depend on the attitude of those people who meet along the way. However, with regard to faith, you can change it during the game.
Napoleonic Wars
Fans of Mount Blade Warband got the opportunity to look at the battles from the other side. And they were allowed to do this by the network addition Mount Blade Warband Napoleonic Wars, the passage of which allows the user to feel the spirit of the Napoleonic campaign in Europe.
The game features online battles in which up to 250 soldiers participate. At the same time, each of the players is given the opportunity to create a hero from 220 of the most diverse variations that are available to five European nations. In this case, you should take a saber with you to battle or use the services of artillery and participate in a game that reliably reproduces the bloody 19th century.
Wolf of war
Features of the passage Mount and Blade Warband Warwolf, which is an odont for the main game, are:
- the possibility of choosing an era (from 1184 to 1573);
- a battle system that is completely redone from scratch;
- the scale of the fighting;
- a new system of government and trade;
- the ability to search for historical places.