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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord buffers itself against crashes with two test branches
For weeks, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's biggest threat hasn't been some rival army, amassing its forces. No, it's been the nature of the game itself - crashing and crumbling and splintering apart, bringing feudal campaigns to a frustratingly abrupt close. This weekend, developers TaleWorlds decided to strengthen Bannerlord's defences against this existential threat with two new test
Feature: How to use the shield properly
It's all well and good knowing how to rule a kingdom in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord, but are you any good wielding a sword and board? Perhaps firing arrows at your enemies is your preferred method of fighting, or maybe you like to charge foes with your lance? Whichever style of combat suits you, we have some tips on how best to use your…
Feature: Band of bothers
The best thing I can say about this, the most eagerly awaited medieval ARPG of all time, is that I want to keep playing it. I have played exactly four million games, a number which is only possible when you learn to drop something you're playing without hesitation. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, for all its teething problems, will probably be brilliant when it's finished.
Feature: How to defend against invaders
Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord settlements: how to manage your own town
It's not all just battles in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord. You're also be able to take on the role of ruler in your own kingdom. This means managing the many settlements that you'll be conquering along the way. Taking over the settlements is rather difficult, but keeping control and developing them further is also a big challenge.
Feature: Recruiting prisoners to your army
Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord prisoners: ransoming and recruiting enemy soldiers
In Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord, the most efficient way to get new troops for your army is to recruit prisoners who are willing to change their alliances. That's not all you can do with your prisoners though, as you can ransom them for a good source funds for your campaign.
Feature: How to thwart Istiana's or Arzagos's plans
Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord conspiracy quest guide: how to declare war
During the main quest in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord, you'll meet a couple of influential people who want to steer you in a certain direction. Whichever person you decide to side with out of Arzagos or Istiana, the other person will try to thwart your plans later on. There is a lot of confusion surrounding these quests, so let's talk about what's happening in…
We're still neck deep in horseflies and looter gizzards here at the sinister RPS emergency underdome. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is a hefty game with a lot of moving parts, and I expect to be playing and talking about it for a long time.But right now the most important news is that a player has created a custom banner editor. You can now fly…
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord continues its quest to quell quarrelsome crashes
Settlements of bugs and crashes burn behind them, but the campaign is not yet complete. This Friday, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord developers TaleWords took the fight against the game's crashing to a new front. Patch e1.0.4 purged the game of 17 more crashes, with a scant few performance issues and balance oddities finding themselves caught in the crossfire.
Feature: How to smelt and refine items
You could just buy weapons from traders in Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord, but why would you do that when you can make your own? You'll need to set things up first, such as getting some hardwood to refine into charcoal, as well as plenty of loot from fallen enemies to learn weapon parts, but with our help, you'll soon be making wonderfully powerful weapons…
Feature: Looking for love in all the wrong palaces
I met Arwa during a siege. She was a spearwoman of the Aserai. A fighty southerner who had been taken prisoner on four separate occasions, but still loved to go to war. She made me feel dizzy, a real knock-out. Or maybe that was the Imperial mace that cracked me across the skull. It's hard to say what mystery ailments arise from love, when you're…
A phalanx of heavily-armed bug fixes cut down a number of crashes in a new Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord patch released last night. The sandbox medieval warfare multi-hyphenate RPG entered early access on Monday but some players got off to a bumpy start. Enter this patch at 9pm, with fixes for over 18 crashes and soft-locks as well as some 'infinite loading' problems. I…
Feature: There are ways around a lot of the problems
Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord bugs: fixes and workaround for crashes and known issues
Let's just say that Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord has had a bit of a rough start. Performance issues are plentiful and many have complained about it. Some are funny, like the baby mode pictured above, but many are really not amusing at all.Some workarounds have been found, as well as causes for critical errors, so we'll list the most troublesome ones here for your…
Feature: Bairnerlord
You can play as a baby in Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. I have words, but I'm not sure why.
Feature: Banner performance
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord performance – how to get the best settings
Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord has finally charged into early access, albeit with quite a number of technical issues in tow if Sin's early experience is anything to go by. I've yet to become mired in the same loading time issues and mission crashes as she has, so I'm afraid I can't offer any quick fixes for those unfortunately, but what I can talk about…
Feature: Count & Wait
Mount & Blade 2 is promising, but its performance issues are too serious to review it yet
Mount & Blade predates RPS. That's how long we've been waiting for its sequel, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, which released yesterday afternoon.I had hoped to have some basic impressions ready last night, but that wasn't possible, because whatever else I can say about this open world medieval(ish) combat RPG, it's completely overshadowed by technical problems.
It's time to saddle up and ride out, for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord entered early access this morning. The long-awaited follow-up to Warband (one of the best RPGs, don't you know?) will once again send us out to ride around a sandbox medieval world, raising armies, politicking, laying siege, and charging around big battlefields with hundreds of soldiers throwing down. But if you'd rather…
After seven years of waiting, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is finally almost here - and it'll actually be a little early. TaleWorlds Entertainment today announced they're bumping the sandbox warfare RPG's date up, shifting its early access launch from March 31st to March 30th. That's one whole extra day! But hey, each day feels about six years long right now.
Feature: Everything we know about Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord release date, gameplay, factions explored
After nearly a decade of development, it looks like Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord might be finally upon us. This prequel to the much-beloved, much-modded open-world RPG Mount & Blade looks to expand greatly upon almost every aspect of the original. Below we've outlined everything you need to know about the game, from Bannerlord release date details to gameplay previews, combat details, multiplayer and modding…
Seven years after its announcement, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is almost here. TaleWorlds Entertainment have announced an early access release date of March 31st for their feudal sandbox. Mount & Blade is a strange series, a big open-world and open-ended sandbox combining bits of empire-building strategy, political manoeuvring, roleplaying, and getting your hands dirty on the battlefield yourself fighting alongside your army. It's also…
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord rides into early access in March
One Gamescom tradition is that a lucky few get to play a new Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord preview build, then developers TaleWorlds lock up their medieval warfare sandbox fight-o-RPG for another year with nary a word of when the rest of us might get to play it. Well, Gamescom is here again, we have another appointment to play a preview build there, and... wait!…
