Perhaps my tactics could do with a little work.Īfter fleeing my captors and somehow magically acquiring a new horse at the same time, I hire some hardy looking mercenaries from the nearby city of Smolensk.

I attack single-handedly, get my horse shot from under me and am taken prisoner. Hey, I’ve just been slaying bandits, how hard can it be? Quite hard when you don’t have professional French soldiers helping you, apparently. Parting ways with my French pals, I visit the local village of Zamoshye and agree to solve a bandit problem for them. I’m still awestruck by the free horse.Īfter dispatching some more bandits, Les Foppo Grande offers me some exposition about Eastern Europe and the current political situation which I half pay attention to. This all seems very unlikely, but whatever. As we ride away from our scene of carnage, he tells me he had to flee France because he had a duel with D’Atagnan. He’s a gentleman, so he commends me for my shooting anyway. Lord Foppington hands me a pistol, with which I conspire to miss everyone and everything. And secondly, I hope our conversation has halted time because otherwise the rest of the mob are still wailing on us with sticks.

I dispatch a few and find myself talking to a foppish fellow who thanks me for helping out. Immediately after dumping my stats into some vaguely useful looking skills, I’m set upon by men with clubs. While crafting the rest of my handsome face, I’m aware that the range of facial modification sliders could make even the most in-depth Japanese girlfriend-sim jealous. It’s a marked improvement on the original Mount & Blade.

Moments into the game and I’m already impressed at the range of moustaches on offer. Peter Parrish saddles up and embarks on a week-long jaunt across the Polish Republic, taking on bandits, drunken bar patrons and troublesome bags of salt. Based in 17th Century Europe, the title is based on a period where early gunpowder weaponry clashes with the older ways of chivalrous combat.

Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword is a forthcoming stand-alone sequel in the Mount & Blade series.

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