Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord continues to offer a unique mix of grand strategy and large scale 3D battles. The strategy aspect could have used more depth and variety, as well as a better designed campaign and a lot more …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord takes you to the Calradia and then makes you drink wine from someone&s;s skull. Good game but still has the potential to be better. I can&s;t wait to see it."

"I’ve never been a big fan of games that require you to invest huge amounts of time before they get good. Our time is valuable and while Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord does eventually get good, the uninteresting grind along …"

"There is no other game like Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord. It&s;s a fantastic experience, one unique in the gaming space. The constant grind to manage and progress with your kingdom is hard work - really hard work - but …"

"Ten long years have passed since the announcement of the latest installment of Mount &a; Blade. Then the game was in early access, and now it&s;s finally finished and fully battle-ready. Not all fans are thrilled with the result, as …"

"Bannerlord doesn&s;t excel graphically or in storyline, but makes that up in flexibility and scale. The vibrant world evolves even without the gamer and offers both opportunities and threads that can be exploited. This is a true mediieval sandbox where …"

"Should you buy Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord? If you’ve got the slightest taste for big battles or an interest in medieval conquest, absolutely. Don’t expect the depth of, say, Crusader Kings III, but for fans of medieval warfare this …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord is a wonderfully in-depth adventure RPG. You&s;ll love its sprawling open world, and its time-sink campaign. Sadly, its multiplayer option isn&s;t as captivating, but that matters not. With vast battles and folksy audio, this will …"

"Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord is, in spite of some missing features, a must-play experience for anyone who&s;s remotely interested in kingdoms, claymores and combat."

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord is a complete medieval knight simulator that improves and at the same time gives greater accessibility to its first installment. We have had to wait 14 years for this moment and we will not be …"

"Despite some shallow ancillary systems, Bannerlord is the master of medieval warfare"

"Bannerlord, in spite of its shortcomings, is a great game to play for tactics enthusiasts and players that love huge battles. Its simulation style of gameplay is fairly unique and keeps me coming back. An easy recommendation to all that …"

"Mount &a; Blade 2: Bannerlord is a well-crafted, but too shallow blend of genres. While the 3D combat is realistic and immersive, the strategic aspects of the title lack detail, making the campaign monotonous and leading the player to repeat …"

"Mount &a; Blade 2: Bannerlord is a game that can swallow you whole and make you forget about everything else – including its own flaws. That’s the beauty of this series – the gameplay, and particularly the large-scale, real-time combat, …"

"My return to Calradia wasn&s;t entirely jubilant, though Mount &a; Blade 2 Bannerlord is a game I&s;ll likely stick with, simply due to my love of the original. A wealth of new systems and activities help this sandbox strategy sim …"

"A unique experience that finally comes to consoles in its final version."

"The struggles and the slow work up in the medieval hierarchy are good enough to keep us glued to the screen until late into the night. Especially if you want to compete against other army leaders in multiplayer mode, you …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord roundly excels because it lets players be whatever they want to be and rather than penalise those choices, instead makes players own those decisions and provide a peerless theatre for them to thrive. Though technically …"

"A shallow grind of an overworld strategy game threatens to ruin enjoyment of Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord&s;s unique and sublimely gritty tactical action."

"Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord is a masterfully crafted game, an absolute spectacular successor to the first game that will satisfy the hunger of any strategy games fnatics ou there though we don&s;t recommend going for a third installement for …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord combines RPG mechanics with grand strategy and features battles so epic they can be overwhelming at times. It has some rough edges, and the interface can be unwieldy, but at its core lies a roleplaying …"

"Slightly or greatly improved in most areas, still lacking in a few others, Bannerlord is an altogether updated version of the Mount &a; Blade series&s; addictive gameplay and the undisputed king of Sandbox RPGs."

"Bannerlord is a layered experience, even played on console, despite some flaws with its controls."

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord comes back with improvements to everything we liked about the previous games and some new systems as well. However, it&s;s not a perfectly polished game, so you&s;ll have to navigate a few edges on your …"

"For everyone else, there is nothing quite like Mount &a; Blade. This expansive, massive, deeply immersive blend of open world, open-ended RPG and medieval strategy might be the biggest time sink on the PlayStation 5, but it’s also one of …"

"Bannerlord pulls it off. Calradia is a living, responsive, and wonderfully unscripted sandbox where you can spend hours merely because "one more quest" evolved into a surprising civil war. For people who like medieval turmoil, big battles, or role-playing games …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord is very much a superior sequel in so many ways. It&s;s still a bit of a brick wall to get past in terms of understanding its finer points, but keep hammering away and you will …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord is a medieval RPG and strategy game with a realistic and challenging combat and army management, tons of different features and various gameplay styles. It&s;s fun and addicting, but it&s;s not without flaws. If you …"

"Grind and jank aside, there is nothing else like a Mount and Blade game, and Bannerlord is undisputably the best one yet. Its uniqueness alone makes it worth playing. To talk about it that way is to do it a …"

"Mount &a; Blade II: Bannerlord provides the kind of power of fantasy and freedom that other games just promise in their marketing materials! You are free to be anything from a rogue bandit leader to a powerful merchant lord to …"

"Like Total War, when the players massive armies clash in battle it is a sight to behold, luckily the game offers the option to simulate battles and watch the AI troops clash. This, to me was massively more enjoyable than …"