

I know it’s crazy to run separate campaigns at the same time, but hey, I had a lot of free time on my hands.Īnyway, when the early access first came out, all your campaign saves would be mashed together.

I always have to have the Conqueror, as whom I would create my own kingdom and try and conquer all of Calradia the Law abiding citizen, as whom I would join an existing faction and do my best to please the ruler of that faction the Rogue, as whom I wouldn’t join any faction and simply do whatever I feel like doing. I don’t know about you guys, but I can never stick to just one character when playing a Mount & Blade game. Fair warning: whilst you are still alive, do produce heirs, otherwise you will have no one to play as after you bite it. Instead, you will continue playing through your selected heir. How well thought out is it? Well, should you die in the game – whether it’s in battle, as a result of an execution, or just from even old age – your game will not be over. Players can choose whether they want the realistic feature activated or not, but I fully advise you to try it out, as the game is really well thought out in that regard. When I played Warband and saw that not even 10 arrows to the face could wipe me from the face of the earth, I felt a bit disappointed. And if you have no family, then know that Companions can also be married off to other people, on your command of course.īannerlord has a feature that no previous franchise game had: your character can die. You’d get a response from said lord or lady saying you should speak to the head of their family to formalize the wedding, but when you did it, there would be no option to wed your sibling or other family members.Ĭurrently, you can do it, which is a considerable improvement, as you get new allies. Should they refuse, then the matter was settled, but the problem was when they accepted. Right when the early access came out, you could speak with lords and ladies and propose an alliance marriage with one of your family members, and they would either accept or refuse. When you first start off the game, you are given a family: an older brother, Nathanos, and two younger siblings.

One of the biggest improvements came in the marriage system actually working now. When the Bannerlord early access came out, a lot of the game’s features were disorganized or somewhat lacking, but with each patch and update, the game has gotten better and better.

Rest easy, I’m going to analyze the current state of the game inside and out, and let you in on all the ups and downs of the early access.įirst of all, let’s go over some of the good things about Bannerlord. It’s not clear if the Mount & Blade community believes Bannerlord is worth playing in 2021 or not. If you have been keeping up with the news and Reddit discussions, you probably know that people’s opinions towards the game are very different depending on who you ask.
