Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]

[okiN]

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.

[Daunt_Flockula]

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.

[Adamar]

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.

[WilliamBerne]

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.

[HappyPhantom]

Haters gonna hate.

[Daunt_Flockula]

Haters gonna hate.

[Turboflex]

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.

[BASNAK]

It's Calradia guys not some Total War game. Who gives a shit about historical accuracy when it comes to M&B.

[Butan]

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

[zagibu]

Nah, they will just correct history if there are any mistakes.

[Adamar]

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.

[cmp]

I think 'chronological unrealism' is one reason why these games get so overlooked by gamers.

You're joking, right?

[Adamar]

You're joking, right?

No, it does look quite messy, unlike war of roses and chivalry, who happen to have shittier combat.

[[ptx]]

/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).

[Adamar]

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.