Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Reviews

While it is incredibly frustrating that this game feels very unfinished and lacking in its vanilla state, the mods available cover for most of its glaring holes. With that said it's still one of my all time favorite games, nothing comes close to the experience a playthrough delivers.

The strategy + roleplay aspects make it a unique experience I love advancing my Character, Clan and Castles / Towns. If this would've a coop-campaign I'd love it even more!

it is such a fun time building up from nothing i can't say much about he late game because i have never gotten to be my own kingdom but the huge armys are so good and the clan system is so much fun i love it and if you don't have this game get it and if you have it play it more because you will get your brain stuck in this medivel world and just a great expreance 10/10 would buy again

I've waited for this game to release since its announcement and i have to say, i thought that my expectation were met at first glance. After a few hours though, i realized that this game suffers from the same issue that Warband had. In both cases, quests are repetetive, full of boring and soulles characters accompanied by a great combat system. Unfortunately though, the good combat system cannot save these games. Once you play it for a few hours and capture some castles, it just becomes a continous loop of sieges and battles until one of your castles gets gangbanged by an army of 2000. When you look at it, the game has many features, such as: blacksmithing, trading and etc. But once you start digging deep, you realize that everything is done on a surface level and almost every feature lacks depth. I enjoyed every second of my first singleplayer campaing (until i became a king and started doing sieges), but once i tried creating and playing with a different character, it just feels too tedious. I also have to mentions the modding community. Even though the game has many mods, it CANNOT be compared to the amount of mods warband had. It has alot of potential, but lacks depth and it seems to be abandoned by TaleWorlds. ps. i cannot say much about the Multiplayer version of the game, not really my thing,

Its so sad. I have 36 hours in this game and then after update it crashes every time I try to start it up. Ive had this problem for years now and revisit the game from time to time to check if something changes but it doesnt. Cant play it and it sucks! But when it worked i loved it.

This is the most polarizing game in my library, as wide as an ocean and as deep as a puddle, this game would last just as long as warband if not longer if they would just support mods. even with butterlib and harmony, your game is bound to crash at some point likely sooner than later. The base game is enjoyable but dumb AI can make you insane. I do enjoy this game and i think it has so much potential, but talewords decided that this was the final version and the inability to mod the game basically destroys that potential.

I love the Mount & Blade franchise, and I loved Bannerlord when it first released in early access back in 2020. However, Bannerlord has barely changed since 2020. The developers, it seems, forgot that this game needs features and not just minor bug fixes. Troop deployment is just as buggy as during early access, the late game is still just an endless grind to defend your castles and fighting lords, etc. It is sad that mods released for Warband over a decade ago have more depth of gameplay than this sequel.

This game is great - with mods That is basically what you will hear from everyone This game, on its own without mods has an incredible early game The start is always incredibly fun but that is the only fun part... The end game is a slog, if you do not get a thousand mods to make it interesting you are just torturing yourself This game is completely abandoned by the devs and i have no idea why Crank out a few DLCs to fix the game or something this game is loved, it has an active community what more can you ask for as a dev??? Taleworlds isnt even gone or anything i cant imagine they are doing anything else right now This really is one of the weirdest games out there but i cant not recommend it PLEASE TALEWORLDS UPDATE THE GAME

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is everything you love about Warband, but with a new coat of paint, more horses, and a slightly better chance of dying dramatically. The enemy AI? Let’s just say they could use a few lessons in basic tactics. You’ll often find them charging headfirst into battle like they’re trying to impress the local tavern girl—entertaining... for about 10 minutes. Then you realize it's the same thing every time. We’re still lacking in diplomacy options, but otherwise, it’s the same chaotic medieval mayhem we all love. Has the game changed dramatically since pre-release? No, not really. But hey, the modding community is the real MVP here—they’re adding more fun, fixes, and horse armor as time goes on! The quests? Let’s just say they’re repetitive. Rescue a caravan, defeat a bandit, ride around a village… rinse and repeat until you’re ready to throw your sword at a wall. Overall, it’s a good time. 8/10, would die charging a shield wall again.

I recommend this game, BUT - Only with mods. The game standalone feels like it was left behind. They made the core game and then basically left it in the dust after a few tweaks here and there, but it's severely lacking in content. So if you like to mod you games for the ultimate experience, ABSOLUTELY get this game. If you like to play games standalone, sure you might be able to get some satisfaction from the game, for a while - but it gets dull fast. (Also too many damn exploits in standalone.)