Mount & Blade: Warband

Combining hardcore roleplaying with deep combat, and throwing in a Counterstrike-esque multiplayer mode, this sort-of-budget game has more longevity than most full-priced, big-name-studio games. If you can get past the ugly façade, Mount and Blade: Warband is well worth a look.

While Mount & Blade: Warband hasn't really gained a whole lot in the jump from PC to console, it's great that such a deep and sprawling game has found a home on new platforms after so many years. It looks dreadful, but scratch beneath the surface, and Warband is an enormously rewarding RPG/strategy/medieval warfare sim-type thing that's becomes more and more compelling the more you play. Chaaaarge!

For a newcomer, there won’t be much to enjoy in Mount & Blade: Warband‘s console release. Mainly, because of how divisive the game is by itself. If you can overcome the game’s obvious technical limitations and control problems though, you’ll find an impressive western role playing game that emulates the older, more classical games in the genre. Unfortunately, TaleWorlds seems more concerned with getting the game’s sequel out the door than actually creating a valuable port, and have instead simply reminded us all of the series’ unfortunate reputation. At the end of the day however, it’s impossi...

It’s like we said in our preview - Warband is a huge improvement over the original game, but we’d have to wait for a sequel in order to see anything really new and exciting (aside from multiplayer I guess)… the only problem is though, is that this IS the sequel, apparently. It’s slightly misleading, but then the description pretty much confirms it’s the same game anyway. If you loved the original, you’ll love this, and I’d recommend it to new audiences as well. A highly-addictiv...

SCORING CHART: MH- Must Have, get it ASAP SG- Should Get, worth picking up after it gets cheaper WR- Worth Renting, rent it instead of buying it DR- Demo Recommended, try the demo before deciding since it isn't for everyone SA- Stay Away, come near this game at your own risk. OPGN- Oh Please God No, Avoid at all costs.