For all you MMORPG players out there...
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:45 am
Here's something new.
Mount & Blade is an incredibly fun game, despite being a beta. It's not an online game (at least not yet) but it's still incredibly fun. The game's in the beta phase, but the developers (a Turkish husband/wife team that are incredibly skilled) are offering it at a reduced price, increasing until the final game, with a price tag of $25, is released.
The developers are very active within the community, and many of the good ideas from fans have already been incorporated into the game. A demo, allowing you to reach level 6, is already available for free. Unlocking further levels costs a one-time fee of $12. The fee also entitles you to receive the full version of the updated versions of the game in the future.
It's very, very rare that you see a game's beta have a mod community, but the modders are already lining up with their ideas. The game supports a high level of moddability, though it seems that you can't change models as of yet--the developers are planning on releasing modding tools that will hopefully allow this sometime in the near future.
The graphics are pretty derned good, easily outstripping D3--there's still quite a few rough spots, but in general the game stays very stable, and is extremely detailed considering the engine's being coded by one man.
Check it out! What do you think?
Mount & Blade is an incredibly fun game, despite being a beta. It's not an online game (at least not yet) but it's still incredibly fun. The game's in the beta phase, but the developers (a Turkish husband/wife team that are incredibly skilled) are offering it at a reduced price, increasing until the final game, with a price tag of $25, is released.
The developers are very active within the community, and many of the good ideas from fans have already been incorporated into the game. A demo, allowing you to reach level 6, is already available for free. Unlocking further levels costs a one-time fee of $12. The fee also entitles you to receive the full version of the updated versions of the game in the future.
It's very, very rare that you see a game's beta have a mod community, but the modders are already lining up with their ideas. The game supports a high level of moddability, though it seems that you can't change models as of yet--the developers are planning on releasing modding tools that will hopefully allow this sometime in the near future.
The graphics are pretty derned good, easily outstripping D3--there's still quite a few rough spots, but in general the game stays very stable, and is extremely detailed considering the engine's being coded by one man.
Check it out! What do you think?