In the original game there really isn't that much of one. The mod I'm currently using (Age of Machinery I think) has the end goal of creating your own kingdom (which I have done) and conquering the world (which I haven't).

The original game is essentially just a base for the mods to be built onto in my opinion, its fun and worth the money in its own right (due to the excellent combat in game) but its the mods that really make the game shine in my opinion.

Here's my submission to review games on here (it wasn't good enough, and it was too short))
I left comments about the sound, because it is rather forgettable. Nothing special about it, just sounds medieval-ly with flutes and lutes. The battles are mostly screams, and the sounds of arrows and horses.


Rating 8.8

Review of Mount & Blade (PC)



Mount & Blade is an indie game, first started by a Husband and Wife team. Now, I know this almost never sounds very good, as it usually means some sort of cake/food making game. But Mount and Blade is a Medieval strategy/combat game. Yep, I bet you didn’t see that one coming either.



As you start the main game, you get to choose to be male or female, who your father was, what your early life was like, how your young adulthood was like, and what made you go out adventuring into the world. This decides your early traits in the game. You are greeted with a deep character customization feature afterwards, where you mostly just choose your skin color, and facial features. It goes really in depth in the face department, but you will most likely spend virtually the whole game with a helmet on your head, so it’s a little unnecessary for it to go THAT deep.



Before I go any further, I would also like to mention that the game has a tutorial mode, and some instant action scenarios for when you just want to slaughter your enemies. There are only 5 of them though, but that’s okay, because the real meat of the game lies in the main campaign.



After you finish creating your character, you are plopped into a sandbox world, the world of Calradia. Five Nations Vie for control of the land, the Nords, the Rhodoks, the Khergits, the Swadians, and the Vaegirs. You can fight for these factions, help cities and towns, just go around attacking weakly guarded caravans, or become a mercenary. Another thing you can do is to help a claimant regain his throne, which would belong to one of the five factions. Your character is represented on the map by a small character on horseback. You can check your quests, view relations, check your army, and so on.



Missions in the game come from Taverns, the lords of the land (which are found on the map, or in castles and cities), and village elders. Combat usually comes with the missions. Such as killing a murderer, taking part in fighting tournaments, raiding caravans to start wars, following a general on the war trail, or capturing an enemy lord in battle so he could be used as ransom.



All of this is very cool, but noticeably low budget. But none of this can kill the actual combat. In Mount and Blade, you only use the wsad keys to move, the mouse wheel to choose your weapon, the spacebar to jump, the shift key to zoom, the right mouse button to use your shield and block, and your left mouse button to attack. You move your mouse in the direction to want to attack. Sounds simple, right? Well, it really, really is. But don’t get me wrong, this is not a dynasty warriors type game. You command your troops using the backspace key and choosing your commands. Which is good, unless you’re just using cavalry, then you just want to charge and get it all over with.



I loved taking castles and stuff, but the sieges last too long, especially since you have to participate in each battle, or your troops get slaughtered, even if they are the best units in the game. The armor, weapons and horses are upgradeable for you and your companions, up to a point.

One of my other quips with the game is that going around the map feels slow sometimes. The game just.. sucks you in. You make your own goals, you decide when to stop.

One thing I need to mention before the end of this review: the mods. The mods are greatly supported, and sometimes make the game better than the original, since you cannot have your own kingdom in the main game, this was a big plus for me on the mod side of things. I have logged around 100 hours with this game, and plan to go back later.

the unthinkable has happened! Apparently Mount & Blade sold so well on Steam that they ran out of CD Keys!!! Now Valve will have to get more CD Keys (should take 1-2 days) but by then the 75% Off M&B deal will have expired.

Whose bright idea was it to have CD keys for digital distributed games?

 What else would they use? The key is everything, it's proof that you actually paid for the game.

They should just be called Registration Keys or something.  But great news to the guys who developed the game.

What? They ran out of CD keys?? This is good news for a sequel!