Mount&Blade II: Bannerlord [Screenshots]

[zagibu]

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.

[cmp]

Last time I checked there were many more options other than "Warband improved" and "Unreal Engine 3 lookalike".

[Adamar]

Yeah, they should have done something in the ancient world, or medieval Japan, or 18th century piracy,... So many other options.

[Christo]

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!

[Weren]

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.

[cmp]

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?

[Adamar]

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.

[okiN]

Did you seriously miss all the times it's been pointed out that this is set in an earlier time period?

[MrDeucer]

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.

[Adamar]

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.

[Xant]

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.

[Segd]

Who cares about graphics? Bring me some coop campaign!

[Latvian]

Who cares about graphics? Bring me some coop campaign!

bless this man!!!!

[zagibu]

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.

[Xant]

If you think it doesn't look like Warband, you should get your eyes checked.