Posted on: November 14, 2014
gully_dwarf
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Rough around the edges, but brilliant.
I've never beaten Warband. I'm not particularly good at it, and I have something of a short attention span when it comes to playing Warband, but beyond the serviceable graphics is a game that requires skill, daring, and wit to play. While the game's RPG elements initially seem puzzling, they're actually fairly simple (and it's easy to make a character that's not really suited to surviving in Calradia). Still, the RPG elements, the excellent and exhilarating simulationist combat, and the constantly changing alliances, battles, hostages, and trade going on in the background create a living, breathing world at war that hasn't been done until this series. And of them all, Warband is still so far the best example. Some of the most fun I've had is roaming around the coasts of Calradia fighting Sea Reavers (a fairly tough foot enemy) with my small band of heroes, and then trading between the cities before going back at it with the Sea Reavers when I approach the coast. I have something of a fixation on punishing those Norse inspired brigands, since on my early explorations of Calradia they used to kill/capture me quite often. Now that I'm more experienced, they die like anything else. Another tough but fun activity is the tournaments. I used to die a lot in those, and now I win them on a fairly regular basis. Warband is just one of those games where the best teacher is experience, and being able to accept defeat/failure, and learn from it, will be one of your biggest assets to enjoying the game. Warband is tough but fair, and if you can manage to get the feel for the rules of how things work in the politics and overall strategy of waging war in Calradia, you'll be well on your way to carving out your own kingdom. Don't neglect the economy however (this is something I'm still trying to figure out - so definitely look into investing in town and seeing what you have to do in order to be allowed to do that, as money and food are what an army needs).
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