The new multiplayer mode removes all of the RPG and map elements from the single-player mode, instead focusing on direct combat. The game contains slightly improved graphics, along with new or altered animations in combat. The introduction of political options allows players to influence lords and marry ladies, and it is possible for an unaligned player to capture a town or castle and start their own faction. The main changes to the game were the inclusion of multiplayer capability, the introduction of a sixth faction, the Sarranid Sultanate, and the reorganisation of the overworld map. The game is won by becoming the ruler of all of Calradia. The player can also encounter companions across the map to add abilities to their warband. With enough renown, the player can work for lords, set up their own fiefs, attack towns, and hire more soldiers.

If the player wins the battle, their level of renown increases.

If the player encounters other parties, combat may occur, at which point the game switches to real time. Traveling around the overworld map is done by pointing and clicking on the desired location. At the start of the game, the player customizes the character, and is spawned into the world. Warband was released for both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in September 2016 for most regions, with an Australian and New Zealand release on December 20, 2016.Īs with the first game, Mount & Blade: Warband is a sandbox role-playing game that takes place in the medieval land of Calradia. The game places a focus on horse-mounted combat and giving orders to one's warband in the field, such as telling archers to hold a position or infantry to use blunt weapons.Īs of January 31, 2014, Paradox Interactive is no longer the publisher for Warband and has given publishing back to the developer. Reviews of the game were generally favourable, with the addition of multiplayer praised. Warband expands on the original game by introducing a sixth faction (the Sarranid Sultanate), increasing political options, adding the ability for the player to start their own faction, and incorporating multiplayer modes. The macOS and Linux versions were released on Jthrough Steam.

The game is available as a direct download from the TaleWorlds website, through the Steam digital distribution software, as a DRM-free version from GOG.com, or as a DVD with required online activation. Announced in January 2009, the game was developed by the Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment and was published by Paradox Interactive on March 30, 2010. Mount & Blade: Warband is the standalone expansion pack to the strategy action role-playing video game Mount & Blade.

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