The STEAM Sales and Releases Thread - WINTER SALE 2024

[Multi-headed Cow]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mount+and+blade+wikipedia&l=1

 

[kingcomrade]

How does it play? The only kind of mounted combat games I can think of at the moment are the Dynasty Warriors games.

 

[kingcomrade]

Wow there are Sega Genesis games on sale on steam for like 3 bucks each. Ecco the Dolphin.......fuck Ecco the Dolphin, that game was unfair

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Sid Meier's Pirates! on horses. And with more depth. It's a big sandbox.

The mounted combat specifically tends to play out in driving your horse around in big circles or ovals and lancing people, though you can do mounted archery or mounted swording if you prefer.
Combat plays similarly to Morrowind or Oblivion only with better control over your own attacks but it's mainly left clicking your enemies to death.

You can run around doing things mostly as a mercenary or raider, join a kingdom and work your way up to becoming a lord, start your own kingdom, apparently marry women for some reason I don't know why since you've got a horse. In some respects it's a smaller scale action oriented Medieval Total War.

 

[kingcomrade]

It was only 10 bucks so I went ahead and got it.
I haven't spent any money from like my last 3 paychecks so I'm trying to find stuff to waste money on. I mean half of one paycheck pays all my bills for the month so what else should i do lol.

 

[kingcomrade]

So by combat better than in Oblivion you meant worse right. I like the whole sandbox thing but the combat sucks.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

So by combat better than in Oblivion you meant worse right. I like the whole sandbox thing but the combat sucks.

Though I see what you're getting at most likely. It's pretty simple. The enjoyment tends to come from large battles with many people slapping eachother, but if that doesn't float your boat then you're pretty much fucked.

 

[Achilles]

I enjoyed combat in M&B, but the series really needs a good single-player campaign.

 

[BirdsCanFly]

Huh? The combat in M&B is one of the best I've seen. Sure the AI is ridiculously stupid sometimes but it is pretty enjoyable if you know what you're doing. If you can't kill 20 Bandits on your own, then you suck.

 

[Tycn]

Jump into MP and see how far your Oblibians clickety click gets you.

 

[Zed]

So by combat better than in Oblivion you meant worse right. I like the whole sandbox thing but the combat sucks.

Combat is what makes the game better than 'good'.

 

[kingcomrade]

but it's just running around in circles on your horse trying to stab someone

 

[deuxhero]

Pft, real men are mounted archers.

 

[Mangoose]

In WB, is manual blocking and attacking directions on or off?

 

[deuxhero]

Menu/server option.

 

[Zeus]

So by combat better than in Oblivion you meant worse right. I like the whole sandbox thing but the combat sucks.

Dude, just... no. It takes a while to get used to it, because it's so much better than the usual dial-a-combo crap you'll find in other games. A power attack in Oblivion consists of what, holding down a button? In Mount & Blade, you actually have to charge, build momentum, and make sure you're swinging overhead at the right time (e.g., their shield is down, they're preparing for an attack, etc.)

Plus there's the simple fact that your body doesn't turn into a useless lump the minute you're sitting on a horse. Seriously, it was so frustrating that my big badass battlemage could neither heft a sword nor sling a spell the minute his arse touched down on Mr. Ed.

The best way to get used to M&B combat, not to mention build up your RPG stats, is to go to a city, enter the arena, and participate in one of their daily (shirtless) challenges. Not the big tournaments you bet on, just the bum fights.

 

[Mangoose]

Also, with manual blocking/attacking on, you have to choose which direction to attack (up/down/left/right) and which direction to block. With a shield you block all attacks, though a shield can break.

 

[Zeus]

Manual attacking all the way. And turn on the directional arrows option, they REALLY help you gague your next swing in the heat of the battle.

(I don't consider it a cheat, because in real life it'd be really easy to gague which direction your arm is stretched out. It's not like a magical quest compass that tracks things the player/character couldn't possibly know.)

 

[kingcomrade]

I'm sure it's very technically interesting, but it still is clumsy and awkward and the AI is bad.

 

[Tycn]

...as opposed to Oblivion.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

So by combat better than in Oblivion you meant worse right. I like the whole sandbox thing but the combat sucks.

Yup, i found enjoyment mostly from controlling troops and forming saxon shield walls, fending off archers and cavalry etc.

Worthless devs should have spend less time and money on making shitty graphics slightly less shitty and actually worked on the gameplay.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I bring thee back, thread. Not quite a week of Thanksgiving sales going on.

Most notable ones today are Alpha Brotocol for $7.50 and Sam and Max season 3 for $10. Also Deus Ex 1 and 2 for $5.
http://store.steampowered.com/

 

[Black]

God damn Steam selling games dirt cheap again. Reminding me why we hate it.

 

[Blackula]

TPB's sales are even better

 

[Gragt]

I think I'll get Alpha Protocol from Gamersgate.