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Other Games => Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord => Topic started by: Apsod on September 27, 2013, 06:48:29 pm

Title: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Apsod on September 27, 2013, 06:48:29 pm
http://www2.taleworlds.com/

Enjoy.
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: SirCymro_Crusader on September 27, 2013, 06:58:40 pm
Graphics look quite good at the moment, but i'll wait for the gameplay before making a proper judgement
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Thomek on September 27, 2013, 07:00:37 pm
wont load?
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Apsod on September 27, 2013, 07:01:16 pm
wont load?
Its being overloaded. Give it some time.
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on September 27, 2013, 07:02:52 pm
Of all the things I want to see improved from Warband to Bannerlord, graphics are one of the least important.  Nice to see some of the updated graphics (they're still pretty bad), but I care more about what's going to happen with the game play, especially in regards to single player.

Wake me up when something interesting happens.
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Algarn on September 27, 2013, 07:03:07 pm
Same ... Seems it doesn't even load :l
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Turk_Otto_Knight on September 27, 2013, 07:03:44 pm
too slow loading but i saw all photos it seems nice :)
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Jarlek on September 27, 2013, 07:06:10 pm
Its being overloaded. Give it some time.
Let me guess. The authentication servers are the same as their webpage and people wanting to see the new info is why authentification fails and we can't join the servers?
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Nessaj on September 27, 2013, 07:08:47 pm
I managed to pull all images (I think) except for the last two from the site before it died, e.g. better quality than the ones posted on Facebook.

Album link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3ijh8r15m600x28/dYTASM2l7Q (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3ijh8r15m600x28/dYTASM2l7Q)

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Updated.

Updated again.
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Falka on September 27, 2013, 07:10:27 pm
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We are thrilled to officially announce Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, the sequel to Mount & Blade: Warband, is in development

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Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Necrorave on September 27, 2013, 07:11:05 pm
There is a hole in my pants where my crotch used to be.

I had to blow out the flames after it made a dramatic exit.
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: PsychoTwins on September 27, 2013, 07:11:58 pm
Let me guess. The authentication servers are the same as their webpage and people wanting to see the new info is why authentification fails and we can't join the servers?

Exactly :/ all servers aren't showing up for a bunch of people :(
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Corsair831 on September 27, 2013, 08:05:20 pm
https://www.facebook.com/mountandblade

this one loads
Title: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Kincore on September 27, 2013, 08:23:36 pm
Here are some screenshots that I took from facebook! This thread is for the people that don't use facebook :D

                                       
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Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Man of Steel on September 27, 2013, 08:24:55 pm
Nice to see something new! Thanks   :wink:
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: karasu on September 27, 2013, 08:26:20 pm
Shinny helmutz, gief.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Fips on September 27, 2013, 08:33:36 pm
At least it doesn't look like shit  :P
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: JackieChan on September 27, 2013, 08:34:59 pm
hey on their page they even have a crpg pics

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Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Dionysus on September 27, 2013, 08:38:45 pm
Warband with Chivalry's graphics. I can dig it. Here's to hoping the site goes back up soon!
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Sir_Mahtin on September 27, 2013, 08:39:50 pm
Oh jeebus, could not contained my excitement and insta jizzed in my pants.  :oops:
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Nessaj on September 27, 2013, 08:56:20 pm
Merged the threads, there's too many already (MNB2 dedicated forum as well).
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Miwiw on September 27, 2013, 09:01:14 pm
Looks alright actually and the typical warband style isn't lost. You still notice house styles and stuff. Will still take them some time to develop plus I don't believe they're about to master multiplayer and make it balanced. :P
Title: Re: Mount&Blade Warband II : Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Sagar on September 27, 2013, 09:05:00 pm
Some art work.
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Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Molly on September 27, 2013, 09:40:49 pm
I don't care cuz I am a Scholar :D
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Elindor on September 27, 2013, 10:04:47 pm
Will be interesting to see what MB2 holds and where Melee : Battlegrounds gets to...

Could we go from having Warband being the only decent native melee combat game (with cRPG improving on that) to having TWO solid melee combat game choices??? 

Mind blown.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Prpavi on September 27, 2013, 10:25:27 pm
Eye candy, we'll see how it plays and what kind of multiplayer will it have, current Native setup or cRPGish twist. Certanly won't play the Native.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Tomas_Miles_again on September 27, 2013, 10:27:12 pm
I thought Bannerlord wouldn't have multiplayer!

Also, I'm scared, I didn't see any black models in the screenshots.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Jarlek on September 28, 2013, 12:17:16 am
Personally, I don't give a rats ass about Bannerlords MP unless they bring something really surprising. What I'm looking forward to is the SP and what improvements they made there.

For MP I have... other... games in my scope for the near future :)
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Senni__Ti on September 28, 2013, 12:20:13 am
I wonder if they plan on having a beta similar to warband's...

Interested in how this turns out :D.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Apsod on September 28, 2013, 12:28:38 am
Personally, I don't give a rats ass about Bannerlords MP unless they bring something really surprising. What I'm looking forward to is the SP and what improvements they made there.

For MP I have... other... games in my scope for the near future :)
I'm telling you man, War of the Vikings wont live up to all the hype you have for it..

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I wonder if they plan on having a beta similar to warband's...

Interested in how this turns out :D.
Hai Senni!
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Son Of Odin on September 28, 2013, 12:37:09 am
Will be interesting to see what MB2 holds and where Melee : Battlegrounds gets to...

Could we go from having Warband being the only decent native melee combat game (with cRPG improving on that) to having TWO solid melee combat game choices??? 

Mind blown.

Or maybe the donkey crew really should make cRPG for Bonerlord and dominate the whole field :D. Yes it would bring more cash to TW, but it would be a moral victory for donkey & friends.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Butan on September 28, 2013, 12:48:34 am
Or maybe the donkey crew really should make cRPG for Bonerlord and dominate the whole field :D. Yes it would bring more cash to TW, but it would be a moral victory for donkey & friends.


Except if they left a coding door as large as Uranus into their work so that it is possible without scraping everything that they have done, you can be sure that this option is 6-12 months of development too late  :wink:


Its a lot more interesting to have 2 way different games available on the market, than the 1st letting the 2nd co-exist. If one is shit, you have the other to play  :P
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Arrowblood on September 28, 2013, 12:58:21 am
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Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Armycook_of_KSantiago on September 28, 2013, 01:18:34 am
Permission to repost on CN forum.
PRETTY PLZZZZZ :P
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 28, 2013, 03:42:36 am
Meh. Doesn't look that much better than Warband. It's like Warband+ with some pretty shaders on top. Still looks very similar to WB.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 28, 2013, 10:43:48 am
Or maybe the donkey crew really should make cRPG for Bonerlord and dominate the whole field :D. Yes it would bring more cash to TW, but it would be a moral victory for donkey & friends.

Undercutting their own game and boosting a competitor is a "moral victory"? I wasn't aware the term was synonymous with idiocy. :P
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Thomek on September 28, 2013, 11:01:00 am
It's not that simple I think oKiN.. But we can take that discussion somewhere else :)

To say something short, I think it's best if cRPG community is kept close at hand, and not to be lost before a certain launch..
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 28, 2013, 11:38:33 am
It's not that simple I think oKiN..
It really is that simple. It would make no sense for M:BG developers to spend time making a mod for M&B2.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Thomek on September 28, 2013, 12:06:38 pm
In a certain scenario, yeah sure xant.

If M:BG gets delayed however, and porting cRPG to M&B2 is a quick job then it may be worth it. The most important is to keep players playing melee based games overall. Then when M:BG launch they can just close down the M&B2 mod and take the players with them. :)

It's basically a bunch of IF's in the equation. We'll just have to wait and see. It's really too early to say what is the best action.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 28, 2013, 12:25:46 pm
Then when M:BG launch they can just close down the M&B2 mod and take the players with them. :)
Now that's not that simple...
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Polobow on September 28, 2013, 12:36:50 pm
Can't wait for september 27 2014, where they'll release another 10 screenshots.
Title: Re: Just thought you guys should know...
Post by: Johnnyfirs on September 28, 2013, 01:40:22 pm
Of all the things I want to see improved from Warband to Bannerlord, graphics are one of the least important.  Nice to see some of the updated graphics (they're still pretty bad), but I care more about what's going to happen with the game play, especially in regards to single player.

Wake me up when something interesting happens.
I think it's quite interesting that we actually see more than a teaser now. This is very interesting.
But yeah, graphics aren't that important, so I'm just glad they're updated a bit didn't expect more than that.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 28, 2013, 02:26:09 pm
Well, given that the teaser was exactly nothing, the fact that a year later they've now managed to show us something marginally more interesting really isn't much of an achievement. We still haven't seen or heard anything that matters at all, aside from minor graphical improvements and some info on the setting.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on September 28, 2013, 03:34:09 pm
Yeah, it just seems like an upgraded version of warband. They should have done an entirely different game.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Jarlek on September 28, 2013, 03:49:49 pm
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This screenshot gives me the hope that they made quivers and arrows two separate items.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: zagibu on September 28, 2013, 06:01:46 pm
Meh. Doesn't look that much better than Warband. It's like Warband+ with some pretty shaders on top. Still looks very similar to WB.

Which is great IMO, because we don't need another Unreal Engine 3 look alike. It looks pretty unique so far.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: cmp on September 28, 2013, 07:08:09 pm
Last time I checked there were many more options other than "Warband improved" and "Unreal Engine 3 lookalike".
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on September 28, 2013, 08:43:51 pm
Yeah, they should have done something in the ancient world, or medieval Japan, or 18th century piracy,... So many other options.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Christo on September 28, 2013, 08:49:46 pm
Ancient world is cool, Japan is boring, piracy maybe as an expansion.

Now if they'd do like a huge map of asian factions, (just like how shogun 2 should've been at the first place), that would be nice!
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Weren on September 28, 2013, 08:51:20 pm
Yeah, they should have done something in the ancient world, or medieval Japan, or 18th century piracy,... So many other options.

AFAIK the game is set in fictional Late Antiquity, which to me sounds like a damn interesting scene.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: cmp on September 28, 2013, 09:15:37 pm
Yeah, they should have done something in the ancient world, or medieval Japan, or 18th century piracy,... So many other options.

You do realize we were talking about the graphics engine?
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on September 28, 2013, 10:24:04 pm
I didn't


Honestly I'd rather go for some first person samurai action and take over japan, or be master of my own ship or fleet as a pirate, or serve the crown alternatively. That would be cool with better water mechanics.

But re-visiting calradia with slightly better graphics just seems boring.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 28, 2013, 11:02:55 pm
Did you seriously miss all the times it's been pointed out that this is set in an earlier time period?
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: MrDeucer on September 28, 2013, 11:05:36 pm
Japan is not nearly as interesting as Calradia where there is a mix of cultures instead of just one. Also the people who made WF&S were/are making a pirate mount and blade. AFAIK

I think the graphics look very much improved, or maybe it's just their models are better. But to anyone who says it still looks bad is an idiot. They improved a lot from mount and blade to mount and blade warband, so with more time and perhaps a better budget then they did last time I think it will be full of goodies. Either way it doesn't matter I don't care if it's just a big expansion pack the singleplayer is still fun to this day and all the mods that will come with it will make it a great game.

Also the time period it is set in is pretty interesting and from their brief description of the world it sounds like you will have a lot more options in this game. This is all just speculation but they things like bandit kings and mercenary companies so hopefully you don't have to just be a king or vassal you can be those things too.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on September 29, 2013, 03:10:40 am
Did you seriously miss all the times it's been pointed out that this is set in an earlier time period?

It's 13th century according to the screens. So, no plate armor perhaps, but that's about as different as it looks.

It still looks like an improved version of warband. I don't see the big deal in accepting it.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 29, 2013, 04:07:42 am
The biggest problem that I see immediately is they kept the awkward, disproportionate character models.

All in all, those graphics don't stand out compared to M&BWB on highest graphics. And since these are cherry-picked screenshots that's not too promising. None of us play(ed) WB for the graphics, though, but we'll see if they've done any more for the gameplay than they have for the graphics.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Segd on September 29, 2013, 04:13:00 am
Who cares about graphics? Bring me some coop campaign!
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Latvian on September 29, 2013, 05:50:57 am
Who cares about graphics? Bring me some coop campaign!
bless this man!!!!
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: zagibu on September 29, 2013, 01:29:05 pm
All in all, those graphics don't stand out compared to M&BWB on highest graphics.

Bullshit, many things are improved, environment models, lighting, displacement mapping, etc. If you think it looks like Warband, you should get your eyes checked. The art style is obviously the same, but technically, it's a lot better.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 29, 2013, 01:32:40 pm
If you think it doesn't look like Warband, you should get your eyes checked.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Felix_Mage on September 29, 2013, 02:42:43 pm
If it won't have fighting system atleast as good as Warband and on top of that lots of improvements then I don't care what the graphic will look like in it, I won't play it.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 29, 2013, 03:36:25 pm
ok
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Weren on September 29, 2013, 03:49:19 pm
The biggest problem that I see immediately is they kept the awkward, disproportionate character models.

You can see a few odd looking NPCs in the background, but I assume those are just placeholders because in the most screens the characters(mainly the player) look vastly improved.
That being said, they might still be a bit disproportionate, but they are definitely not the same character models as in Warband.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 29, 2013, 04:28:58 pm
You can see a few odd looking NPCs in the background, but I assume those are just placeholders because in the most screens the characters(mainly the player) look vastly improved.
That being said, they might still be a bit disproportionate, but they are definitely not the same character models as in Warband.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/je5qt5wd0r0n6ji/Bannerlord_01.jpg
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/navm3ms9s6f562d/Bannerlord_09.jpg

These are immediately recognizable as WB character models.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Weren on September 29, 2013, 04:34:26 pm
Well I am not seeing it.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 29, 2013, 06:46:26 pm
It's 13th century according to the screens.

I wasn't aware the Roman empire still existed in the 13th century.

No, the Germans don't count.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Johnnyfirs on September 29, 2013, 08:10:15 pm
I wasn't aware the Roman empire still existed in the 13th century.

No, the Germans don't count.

Byzantine Empire -
The Roman Empire never truly fell, it just changed continents.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 29, 2013, 08:13:55 pm
Not the same thing either. They were more Greek than Roman.

Look at that concept art. That is a legionary. We're clearly looking at a "Decline and Fall of the Calradic Empire" scenario, they told us that much outright.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Johnnyfirs on September 29, 2013, 08:19:54 pm
Either way, it would definitely be interesting to see some ancient roman, greek, macedonian or phrygian inspired factions.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Butan on September 29, 2013, 11:09:43 pm
Either way, it would definitely be interesting to see some ancient roman, greek, macedonian or phrygian inspired factions.


Yep, and there is a loooooot of armors/weapons that never went into the medieval era so we should see some pretty exclusive stuff. If they dont only depict the classic ones.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Bittersteel on September 29, 2013, 11:27:26 pm
They are bringing it to PS3 and Xbox360. That's rubbish.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Christo on September 29, 2013, 11:45:04 pm
They are bringing it to PS3 and Xbox360. That's rubbish.

My expectations just went under zero
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Moncho on September 29, 2013, 11:47:56 pm
They are bringing it to PS3 and Xbox360. That's rubbish.

Where did you get this from? Cannot find it anywhere.

About the roman look, the archer in the gate scene reminded me a lot of an auxiliary roman archer.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Jarold on September 29, 2013, 11:49:10 pm
Me thinks Xant just wants to stand out and try to pick out bad things in this WIP game. Even if they are made up.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Christo on September 30, 2013, 12:07:35 am
Me thinks Xant just wants to stand out and try to pick out bad things in this WIP game. Even if they are made up.

Get ready for that one liner
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Bittersteel on September 30, 2013, 12:32:06 am
Where did you get this from? Cannot find it anywhere.

About the roman look, the archer in the gate scene reminded me a lot of an auxiliary roman archer.

https://www.facebook.com/BannerlordFan?fref=ts

Scroll down and they'll be like 'GOOD NEWS WE ARE RELEASING IT TO CONSOLES'
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 30, 2013, 12:52:08 am
Top tip, buddy, that's not an official page, so it could easily be bogus. They claim to be in communication with TW, though.

Wait for announcements.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on September 30, 2013, 02:48:18 am
I wasn't aware the Roman empire still existed in the 13th century.

No, the Germans don't count.

Did you miss the pot helmets and high medieval armor?
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Xant on September 30, 2013, 07:03:18 am
Me thinks Xant just wants to stand out and try to pick out bad things in this WIP game. Even if they are made up.
Oh yeah, I so badly want the sequel of the game I've played 1200 hours to be awful. I sacrifice small animals daily so that M&B2 would suck as much as possible.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: [ptx] on September 30, 2013, 07:36:29 am
Can we just take a moment to admire how sexy this archer looks?
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Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Vibe on September 30, 2013, 08:28:01 am
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/navm3ms9s6f562d/Bannerlord_09.jpg

reminds me of this

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Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Weren on September 30, 2013, 02:33:35 pm
https://www.facebook.com/BannerlordFan?fref=ts

Scroll down and they'll be like 'GOOD NEWS WE ARE RELEASING IT TO CONSOLES'

This (https://www.facebook.com/mountandblade) is the official Facebook page. The one you linked to is completely fanmade.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Bittersteel on September 30, 2013, 03:13:41 pm
Well excuusssee me.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Teeth on September 30, 2013, 03:47:16 pm
Okin, where did you get that information about the setting from? I see some sort of legionnaire inspired dude and medieval arabs and a guy on a barded horse with a kettle helmet and a crossbow. I'm hella confused. Are they doing a Calradia Invasion sort of thing where the old factions get invaded by some Roman-ish faction?
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: [ptx] on September 30, 2013, 03:58:17 pm
As i understand it, Ye ole Calradian Empire is roman-like and this would be sort of a fall of roman empire-like setting?
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: okiN on September 30, 2013, 04:55:51 pm
Okin, where did you get that information about the setting from? I see some sort of legionnaire inspired dude and medieval arabs and a guy on a barded horse with a kettle helmet and a crossbow. I'm hella confused. Are they doing a Calradia Invasion sort of thing where the old factions get invaded by some Roman-ish faction?

No, like I said this is clearly set in an earlier time period. Don't you guys pay any attention? I'm pretty sure I remember some of the fluff text given out by Warband characters mentioning the Calradic empire as a historical entity, and now we have this (http://www2.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord):

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The once-mighty Calradic Empire is in a state of decline. Warlike tribes have seized swaths of its territory. Client kingdoms have declared their independence. The Emperor has died without leaving an heir, leaving three jealous factions to scramble for power. Mercenary companies, bandit lords and nomads hover on the sidelines like vultures waiting for a meal.

A hero who can master the art of single combat, of leading armies in battle, of plotting ambushes and raids, and of exploiting the rivalries of noble houses and tribal clans may be able to unite this Empire -- or, alternately, to deal it the final blow that sends it crashing down. Will Calradia experience one final sunset of imperial glory, or slip into a night of chaos before a new age dawns?

And this:

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Did you miss the pot helmets and high medieval armor?

This series was never perfectly historically accurate, and one its chief issues in that regard was the way it mashed together equipment and cultures separated by several centuries. That doesn't change the fact that the setting is obviously undergoing a backward shift in time with this game.

As i understand it, Ye ole Calradian Empire is roman-like and this would be sort of a fall of roman empire-like setting?

Yes, as has been pointed out loads of times already.
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Post by: Cyclonite on September 30, 2013, 07:36:51 pm
This is all they release after a year? They are either not too far along in development or they are purposely keeping quiet.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Tibe on October 01, 2013, 05:08:42 am
Im sorta hoping that the system requirements wont be very high. Not because of me but other people. The game isnt a lot of peoples cup of tea already and getting 200 player battles without everyones PCs preformance crashing and burning is hard. I dont get what the fuck where the people who said "Warbands minus is its graphics" smoking. Cause you dont get awesome giant meleegame playerbattles with HD Crysis graphics. You get em with crappy graphics.
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Post by: zagibu on October 01, 2013, 08:46:48 am
Im sorta hoping that the system requirements wont be very high. Not because of me but other people. The game isnt a lot of peoples cup of tea already and getting 200 player battles without everyones PCs preformance crashing and burning is hard. I dont get what the fuck where the people who said "Warbands minus is its graphics" smoking. Cause you dont get awesome giant meleegame playerbattles with HD Crysis graphics. You get em with crappy graphics.

No. It's called LoD and mip-mapping.
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Post by: cmp on October 01, 2013, 01:45:04 pm
It's called making trade-offs (cutting down on graphics, dynamic physics, etc...).
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Post by: Tibe on October 01, 2013, 03:02:09 pm
It's called making trade-offs (cutting down on graphics, dynamic physics, etc...).
Its a good trade-off imo. Graphics is really a small price to pay for better gameplay.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Nessaj on October 01, 2013, 04:47:20 pm
I'd rather have the option of downgrading my graphics rather than being forced bad graphics just for the sake of everyone being able to run it at full FPS.

ArmA3 does it rather well, on ultra and everything at max the game looks stunning and realistic, but if you don't have the machine for that it also gives you the option of downgrading the graphics tremendously, netting you full FPS.
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Post by: Molly on October 01, 2013, 04:57:04 pm
I'd rather have the option of downgrading my graphics rather than being forced bad graphics just for the sake of everyone being able to run it at full FPS.

ArmA3 does it rather well, on ultra and everything at max the game looks stunning and realistic, but if you don't have the machine for that it also gives you the option of downgrading the graphics tremendously, netting you full FPS.
...not to mention that ARMA 3 is really well coded or so it seems cuz it's even running on older machines very smooth with "high" settings :wink:
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Post by: Tibe on October 01, 2013, 05:57:48 pm
I'd rather have the option of downgrading my graphics rather than being forced bad graphics just for the sake of everyone being able to run it at full FPS.

ArmA3 does it rather well, on ultra and everything at max the game looks stunning and realistic, but if you don't have the machine for that it also gives you the option of downgrading the graphics tremendously, netting you full FPS.

Althou I agree with what you said, id still like to point out that ARMA is still a shooterthingy and M&B is melee.  Going melee with directional block requires like 80 FPS or something, while in shootinggames its like 40. But yea, being forced crappier looks does kinda sound sucky. I quess its all in the optimisation. Something Warband did not do well.
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Post by: Xant on October 01, 2013, 06:00:25 pm
No, first person shooters definitely require more FPS than a melee game like M&B. If you're hoping to play a shooter competitively, you'll want at least 100 fps. 40-50 is enough for M&B, possibly lower, haven't tried.
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Post by: Tibe on October 01, 2013, 06:10:43 pm
Nah, ive played Warband in 55 FPS for an extensive period of time and its simply awful. Played shooters with 45FPS and ive done relatively alright. True, I dont remember my FPS in fast games like CoD or something thou, where you run like a monkey on steroids with an assualtrifle.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Nessaj on October 01, 2013, 06:21:07 pm
A game with directional melee combat is a very similar experience to a normal shooter, I'd want good FPS in both.

However, in a game like Warband I won't sacrifice everything I can for as much FPS as possible, but in a shooter I would if I'm playing multiplayer, 120 preferably to match screen HZ.
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Post by: Tibe on October 01, 2013, 06:53:57 pm
Fair enough, im beat.
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Post by: Xant on October 01, 2013, 07:08:24 pm
It's beyond the point either way. Arma 3 sucked in alpha/beta stage when it came to optimization, but it's great right now. "High" (with textures on Very High, of course) looks great and runs great. Ultra looks really good. And a crappy machine can run it on low. So that's something games like M&B2 could and should aim for.
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Post by: Nessaj on October 01, 2013, 09:20:39 pm
It's beyond the point either way. Arma 3 sucked in alpha/beta stage when it came to optimization, but it's great right now. "High" (with textures on Very High, of course) looks great and runs great. Ultra looks really good. And a crappy machine can run it on low. So that's something games like M&B2 could and should aim for.

This is true, ArmA 3 was awful to begin with in terms of optimization, horrible fps, laggy, etc. Now, especially with the latest update, it runs really well, I'm getting full fps by downgrading graphics. Very minimal amount of desycing too, a previously serious problem all the way back from ArmA 2.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Falka on October 01, 2013, 09:32:22 pm
Nah, ive played Warband in 55 FPS for an extensive period of time and its simply awful.

Heh, Fuma the Duck plays with 30 fps I think :P
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Post by: Gnjus on October 02, 2013, 01:02:02 pm
id still like to point out that ARMA is still a shooterthingy and M&B is melee. 



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Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Banok on October 06, 2013, 04:02:29 am
Yeah there was good speculation that it would be set further back in history, I was truly hoping/banking on it being full on viking/migration era since all we had seen was that anglo saxon dude.
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its got to be the biggest disapointment of these screenshots that instead of going for something historic they seem to be going for even less historic.



This series was never perfectly historically accurate, and one its chief issues in that regard was the way it mashed together equipment and cultures separated by several centuries. That doesn't change the fact that the setting is obviously undergoing a backward shift in time with this game.


True but the historical gap in m&b was never so huge that a average person would really notice imo. The culture mash was more noticeable, but less important in a game imo.

but surely even people who know nothing about history would find it jarring to have roman looking gear along side clearly late medieval gear shown in these new screenshots. so I don't get what taleworlds are doing at all.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: FleetFox on October 06, 2013, 10:40:34 pm
Well its a good job there are great modders out there who I am sure we can depend on making more historically accurate versions :D
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Banok on October 07, 2013, 06:05:13 am
Well its a good job there are great modders out there who I am sure we can depend on making more historically accurate versions :D

true, I think brytenwalda mod is largely responsible for why I was excited about an earlier timeframe.
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Post by: okiN on October 07, 2013, 08:54:51 am
but surely even people who know nothing about history would find it jarring to have roman looking gear along side clearly late medieval gear shown in these new screenshots. so I don't get what taleworlds are doing at all.

What would you single out as late medieval there? I'd say it looks more like they're going for early to high medieval. We'll have to see how much they let antiquity seep in.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 07, 2013, 10:28:44 am
I will mostly be looking forward to some nice depth effects. The screenshot showing an archer from behind kind of gives a sense of depth but not enough to judge. We will wait and see I guess.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on October 08, 2013, 09:45:49 am
We could make it chronologically accurate with mods. Saracens, vikings, and feudal knights, all existed in the eleventh century right? We could go that way and make the calradian units look byzantine if they dont already.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: WilliamBerne on October 30, 2013, 04:29:31 pm
IMO the quality of these "work in progress" is quite pathetic. Shadow and light effects didn't improve much in the past years from what we can see.
In fact I can't figure out what taleworlds were trying to show us, cause there is nothing new in that! Maybe they just want to proof that they are alive.
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Post by: HappyPhantom on October 30, 2013, 10:08:01 pm
Haters gonna hate.
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Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 30, 2013, 10:24:08 pm
Haters gonna hate.

Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Turboflex on October 31, 2013, 02:35:37 pm
Why do people want it to be super historically accurate? I like the amalgamation it's interesting and keeps to historical themes without being so limited by it,  and  also harassed by ankle biting armchair historians like those paradox/total war people are.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: BASNAK on November 09, 2013, 07:32:19 am
It's Calradia guys not some Total War game. Who gives a shit about historical accuracy when it comes to M&B.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Butan on November 09, 2013, 02:05:41 pm
Does Bannerlord's devs expect to be historically accurate anyway?
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Post by: zagibu on November 09, 2013, 08:31:54 pm
Nah, they will just correct history if there are any mistakes.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on November 09, 2013, 10:15:13 pm
It's Calradia guys not some Total War game. Who gives a shit about historical accuracy when it comes to M&B.

I do. I think 'chronological unrealism' is one reason why these games get so overlooked by gamers. Makes it look cartoonish, just like bad medieval movies.

It's a pity.

Does Bannerlord's devs expect to be historically accurate anyway?

Not historically, but technologically. Mixing different gear that didn't coexist due to the evolution of the millitary makes the game look kind of childish and underdeveloped.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: cmp on November 09, 2013, 10:16:24 pm
I think 'chronological unrealism' is one reason why these games get so overlooked by gamers.

You're joking, right?
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on November 09, 2013, 10:19:30 pm
You're joking, right?

No, it does look quite messy, unlike war of roses and chivalry, who happen to have shittier combat.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: [ptx] on November 10, 2013, 11:50:34 am
/facepalm

Most of the gamers that overlook these games have no idea about historical accuracy anyway. M&B looks messier than WotR or Chivalry, because more diversity and less budget towards presentation (shiny visuals, etc).
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Adamar on November 10, 2013, 01:17:52 pm
And because the devs went through the trouble of designing a bunch of models without taking technological consistency into account. Either they didn't care or they dont know, but the game does suffer from it.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: zagibu on November 11, 2013, 05:23:46 pm
What mostly bugs me is the hair fashion. You can clearly see that the depicted hairdos are way off based on a chronological standpoint. In one screenshot, you can see a dude sporting hair fashion from the early dark age right next to a woman having her hair braided like it was first done in the late 16th century.

Also, dat barrel texture.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Butan on November 11, 2013, 05:42:53 pm
There was more than 6 official hair style per era I think  :P
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Trikipum on May 01, 2014, 05:37:02 am
What mostly bugs me is the hair fashion. You can clearly see that the depicted hairdos are way off based on a chronological standpoint. In one screenshot, you can see a dude sporting hair fashion from the early dark age right next to a woman having her hair braided like it was first done in the late 16th century.

Also, dat barrel texture.
Hair isnt an issue aslong they arent from the 80s. Would hate having archers looking like tina turner all around.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Snufalufagus on May 01, 2014, 07:16:49 am
I'm pretty stoked.
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Post by: KingBread on May 01, 2014, 11:48:05 am
I will mostly be looking forward to some nice depth effects. The screenshot showing an archer from behind kind of gives a sense of depth but not enough to judge. We will wait and see I guess.

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Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Polobow on May 23, 2014, 07:04:01 pm
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http://www.merlininkazani.com/Mount__Blade_II_Bannerlord_On_Inceleme-oyun_oninceleme-73876p1.html
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Post by: Daunt_Flockula on May 23, 2014, 07:18:56 pm
Dat Assasin's Creed appearance tho.

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Post by: Sagar on May 23, 2014, 09:57:10 pm
Here is translation of that article
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,249537.msg7213402.html#msg7213402
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Post by: 722_ on May 23, 2014, 09:57:49 pm
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Unlike Warband game will focus more on our character . However, it should be said that we move away from large-scale war . Diplomacy mode to be added to the game and not just wars now , talking we will be able to expand our borders .

In general we do not expect a big change in the game mechanics . Already in this regard TaleWorlds said they'd give importance to the development of the visual .

In the video on Bannerlord'l TaleWorlds show us a detailed display of characters and had a chance to see the talent tree . In addition, more detailed and appropriate for the times we were able to see the medieval attractions . Locations feel quite detailed and the atmosphere seemed to have created a structure .

edit: sagar ninja
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Post by: Sagar on May 23, 2014, 10:07:54 pm
edit: sagar ninja
8-)

Looks interesting. I hope that we will see some gameplay video soon ...
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Polobow on May 24, 2014, 12:59:53 am
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In the video that TaleWorlds showed us about Bannerlord, we did see a detailed character screen and a skill tree.

I'm not sure what to think of this
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Post by: 722_ on May 24, 2014, 12:19:11 pm
I'm not sure what to think of this

sounds to me like a watered down version of how you selected skills in warband
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on May 24, 2014, 01:05:03 pm
Yeah, most probably it won't be your typical fantasy rpg skilltree, but just an embellished version of the Warband skill system.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Moncho on May 24, 2014, 02:40:24 pm
I am disappointed in the direction they are taking... More eye candy and campaign but not so much for big battles and such :(
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Weren on August 29, 2014, 05:57:13 pm
https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/8 (https://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/8)

New log!  :)
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Batuhan_of on September 28, 2014, 10:20:06 am
bannerlord very good
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Post by: Tovi on September 28, 2014, 11:21:06 am
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Post by: Weren on February 13, 2015, 11:35:30 am
Few leaked screens:

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Post by: Molly on February 13, 2015, 11:46:20 am
Is it just me or does the engine demo look way better than those leaked screens?
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Post by: Vibe on February 13, 2015, 11:52:08 am
Looks as if anti-aliasing is disabled and probably some other graphics option/feature.
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Post by: Weren on February 13, 2015, 12:14:48 pm
Yeah on some screens its painfully obvious the guy was playing with some potato settings.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Golem on February 14, 2015, 03:34:36 am
Is it going to be full roam open world or another macro-map sequel?
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Post by: Daunt_Flockula on February 14, 2015, 11:58:16 am
Is it going to be full roam open world or another macro-map sequel?

The latter most probably.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Golem on February 19, 2015, 12:49:55 pm
The latter most probably.
Well I hope someone makes a mod, that lets you roam the world on foot even if you hve to press F every time you get to the end of a scene.
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Post by: Polobow on February 19, 2015, 02:17:03 pm
Well I hope someone makes a mod, that lets you roam the world on foot even if you hve to press F every time you get to the end of a scene.

If they really improve moddability as they have promised, then such story/RPG mods will definitely pop up. If not, there will always be a PW-like mod.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: Golem on February 19, 2015, 02:28:12 pm
If the modding system isn't too complex and hard on coding I might actually make this mod.
Something like Skyrim modding would be ideal.
Title: Re: Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]
Post by: FleetFox on February 19, 2015, 05:23:06 pm
A Persistent World mod called ''Heskey's Island''?

I can see that yeah.
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Post by: bagge on February 19, 2015, 08:08:18 pm
The game is a lie :<
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Post by: Golem on February 20, 2015, 12:28:18 pm
A Persistent World mod called ''Heskey's Island''?
No, a singleplayer mod called "NotSoHeskeyTime - The Plague"