Mount & Blade?

[Zooggy]

Ahey, all,

Few days ago, I was logged in to the TS server for WoW purposes, as is my usual, when lo and behold, I noticed a room dedicated to the awesome impressiveness that is Mount & Blade.

Thought I to myself, cool, there are THNers who play M&B, must get on the forums to check that out, but, alas, said TS rooms seem to be all but gone.

So, my question, was it an experiment? Is it a regular thing?

*Do* any of you guys play M&B?

Just a general checkage.

Cheers,
J.

 

[thatbloke]

Chances are that it was a temporary channel.

You can make any number of channels yourself, but to make it a permanent channel you need to get a server admin to make it permanent.

Now i have never heard of Mount&Blade, so for the unenlightened, please enlighten us

 

[waterproofbob]

It's just the Nanorius I believe. I may be wrong but he is the only person I've seen playing.

 

[Ronin Storm]

Mount&Blade is written by a Turkish couple as independent developers. It's a single player game, which is why it doesn't feature highly on this board's priorities, but it is a very good medieval combat game. It has the best mounted combat I've played; horses have momentum, maneuver like horses, and timing is important.

They have a free trial that allows you to play up to level 6 without paying but then requires a small fee to unlock the game to continue after then. The license is perpetual after that and will apply to the released version too, as I understand it. The game is currently in beta and has been for a number of years.

I started playing probably back in late 2005, earlier in the beta. I still do play it occasionally, when the mood strikes me.

There are some excellent mods for the game, including The Last Days, which is a Lord of the Rings conversion. However, many of the mods require older version of the game because the mod tools develop quite radically between iterations; The Last Days is no exception but still well worth checking out if you can get hold of an earlier release.

I recommend checking it out.

 

[Nanor]

Yeah, I made it so me and my friend could play it and talk about it.

It's a really good game and I sincerely reccommend trying the free trial (which goes to level 8 IIRC). I've bought it I enjoyed it so much. I'm looking forward to v1.0 to see what they have added for the gold version. It's v0.903 at the moment.

Yeah, so get the trial!

 

[Zooggy]

Ahoy,

Chances are that it was a temporary channel.

You can make any number of channels yourself, but to make it a permanent channel you need to get a server admin to make it permanent.

Aaah. That 'splains it. Okies, got it.

As for enlightenment on the game itself, others have been forthcoming, and yea, I quite like it.

Cheers,
J.

 

[Gombol]

Anyone thought about getting the online expansion / thing of this? Personally think it would be pretty cool. I might have to get it when i get paid. (and if i can sneak £25 from the eyes of my parents. >_>)

 

[Nanor]

I hear it's not finished and not worth the £25. I'll wait 'til it goes down.

 

[Gombol]

I hear it's not finished and not worth the £25. I'll wait 'til it goes down.

Really? Fair enough.

I just hope they impliment Online country domination or whatever. Would be rather fun going against a freind for world domination!

 

[Zooggy]

Hoy,

Hmmmmmmethinks I'll give it a pass. I already have too much online gaming on my hands.

Cheers,
J.