Mount & Blade: Warband

This is an old game fair, but there was definitely game with more flexible gameplay and more readable UI at the same time. Tried M&B Bannerlord, and was frustrated by the awkwardness of the system, bought and tried this one as people say it is the holy grail, and no it is not. Remove your rose tinted glasses. This is clunky as hell and not fun.

Every fcking time i play it crashes out of nowhere please fix this shit!

I'd rather name it "A sandbox ruined by missing and flawed features which turn into annoyances in the long term." But too long. As another reviewer said, there's no plot, no end, no objective, no actual characters (unless you consider some pixelated face with a body and weak background a character), no nothing. You're in this big world (that you can only see through the world-map) and you can do nothing but keep doing infinite, repetitive quests until you get bored and "Retire from adventuring" -- the one and only Game Over -- or start your own kingdom and dominate every other one. Ok, so you're interested in becoming Emperor or Empress of your own kingdom (which is the only "goal" you're encouraged to do a/w). Then you will have to face the hassle of dealing with one of the dullest parts of the game: Politics. Simply put, the promise of a deep system of entangled webs of alliances and deceit is just: - "I declare war to you!" - "k." (8 months later there's a peace treaty) or - "I want an alliance!" - "k." (Next 2 months alliance gets broken). Getting married with a Noble is just as useful as melting your gold to make a golden statue; pretty but useless and a big waste of money. Time consuming too. Getting in good terms with their families and/or your future couple takes a lot of time and it's unrewarding for what you get: a generic wife/husband with very little use. And do not get me started on how awful managing your empire, even your tiny little kingdom is. Even with mods, these problems do not get completely fixed and remain annoying. The only major feature left is the combat, a rather debated feature on all M&B games. This is where most opinions divide on "How deep" and "How bad" it actually is, hence the popularity on massive multiplayer battles of up to 200 players and Horde-mode mods. It's complicated to explain, so I recommend you watch some gameplays or play the demo (Steam). In what everyone agrees, though, is that sieges have always been terrible.

Mount and Blade: Warband is one of those games that can truly say that they can offer a fun experience for many people. Looking into single player you have the module system that can put you into different fantasy game worlds or even based on events in the past. When it comes to difficulty, you are given the option to choose what YOU want to be more difficult, whether it be the overall map speed, combat, or simply adjusting the damage that is inflicted to you or your allies.

Time has only proven that this game is a true work of art and passion, with a great modding community and plenty of things to do if you know were to look.