Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Games Discussion => Topic started by: Bianconeri on June 02, 2009, 12:02:26 pm
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this is a game i discovered a couple of weeks ago, and personally i really enjoyed it
it has been made by 2!! persons, husbands, from turkey,
over the years they got help from an official company in games
its a cheap game, that will get updated once in a while, for free
you can download the game with a free trial, which goes up to lvl 7 of the character,(around 30-60 minutes, all depending what you do)
then it will save the game and stop it
after that you can buy it on internet, which will get you a serial key,
for a price of around €23,-
personally i got the trial version still, but im going to buy the full version once i got paypal good
you can visit there website for the forums, downloads, a story and the gallery,
read my stuff if you want first, and then go all the way down to the link
what sort of game is it?
its difficult to really place it into 1 group, it got parts of different sorts in it:
at the first look you would say strategy game,
but when you start fighting you will see its not really a strategy game
the fighting more reminds of San andreas, but then with swords and horses
also it got parts of RP in it, since you play a role inside your kingdom,
at the start as just a soldier, doing some low quests for your lords
but you will move up in rankings
so i cant really give it 1 group, you should try the trial version and find out yourself
what you think
the game itself:
you will start with choosing some options,
like what was your father?(thief, warrior, hunter, nobleman, etc...)
what did you do yourself?(crafstman apprentice, university student, troubadour, shops assistent, etc.....)
why do you go on an adventure?(lose of a loved one, personal revenge, etc........)
this choice is important for the location you start in Calradia, the name of the place you play
there are 5 kingdoms in the game:
-Kingdom of Vaegirs(green)
-Kingdom of Nords(yellow)
-Kingdom of Rhodok(light blue)
-Kingdom of Khergit (purple)
-Kingdom of Swadia (orange)
outside that you got the bandits
including: mountain bandits, sea bandits, forest bandits, deserters, looters
the bandits are walking all around the map, and will try to rob you if they are strong enough
so you made your choices and ended up in a certain area of the map
then you have to make more choices for further in the game
the walking goes with your mouse, click a place and they will go there
except when you are at special places, there you will use normal controls as WASD, in combat you use WASD for example
which kingdom would you like to join? or do you stay more neutral and do things for all kingdoms?
for example the Vaegirs, then you should go to there locations,
villages, castles and cities,
every kingdom got multiple lords, every lord is the leader of a castle/city and a village
you can go to his main hall and talk with him, in most cases they will have some quests for you,
in the start the quests will exist of bringing letters to other lords, finishing hitman contract and collecting debts and taxes
you will get some money for doing this quests, and also relation with the lord and the kingdom he is part of will increase
also you can do tournaments and melee fights, tournaments are hold in cities all around the map
if you have found one you can place bets on yourself, which can earn you a lot of money
it will have around 60 fighters who will try to fight there way through every round in teams(red, yellow, green and blue)
and in the final it will be 1 vs 1
the weapons you can use depends on which kingdom it is in,
some will mostly use polearms, others archery and another swords
while travelling you will come across bandits, which you can charge if they rob you or pay them money,
in the start you wont be able to pay, or it will be a big part of your money you have to give away
so you attack them, there will always be some stuff laying on the ground if you win,
so you can pick up hats, weapons and sometimes even horses who survived
and a little bit of money
also if you knock them unconscious instead of killing them, you will be able to capture them, and sell them later on
you must have the prisoner management skill for it though
if you lose they will get you as prisoner, and sometimes you lose some inventory,
you will escape after a while from them
what to do with money?
you can buy new equipment in cities, new armoury or a weapon, and horses also
also you can hire units in the taverns, they will then join your party and will fight with you
but beware! they cost money every week, and you will also need food in your inventory
to get money/supplies you can also attack villages, sometimes villagers will give you supplies for free,
but sometimes you will have to fight your way through 50 villagers
once you earned lots of money your party will also be able to grow more and more,
you will get harder quests, and the chance to join a kingdom
1 lord will then say: the king asked me to hire new soldiers for the war,
if you accept you will be part of the kingdom
which will make enemies, you cant enter other villages easily anymore,
you will have to hide yourself
you will get missions to capture enemy soldiers, or to get to a spy
tell the spy a strange centance, and if its the spy he will answer on the good way
and will give important information
you can also siege enemy castles to take them over, but this early its not smart to do so
once your army has grown to around 50 units you will get invitation from your kingdom to become a lord yourself,
if you go to the king you have to do some oad and then you will receive your own villages
where you get taxes from, and you can do things in it, building a school for example
this is how far you can get with your trial version, at least if you do it on the good way,
else you will rank up very fast
how goes the inventory?
you will have to think of runescape like things, places where you can place your stuff, and transfer other stuff into
(http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_showimage.html?img=Images/Screen_shots/024.jpg)
if the picture doesnt shows: http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_showimage.html?img=Images/Screen_shots/024.jpg
its a picture of the inventory
leveling up?
leveling goes by experience you gain from doing some things, when you level up:
you got 3 different rows, first is with things as intelligence, charisma, agility and strength
2nd is much more deeper with things as horse archery, shield, leadership, persuasion, prisoner management and much more
and the last is about the profiency of weapons, 1 handed/2 handed/polearms/crossbow/archery/throwing
every level you will get new points at every row, which you can use to increase some points
time of the game?
medieval times, you dont have to think about seeing tanks and all,
you will have archers, horse riders and all that sort of medieval stuff
how does the fighting works?
for me this is a rather unique fighting system in war like games
you will be riding a horse while fighting normally
its not strategic fighting as you will expect in such sort of games, where you lead a bunch of fighters
you will fight in the middle of your units, you will really play for yourself instead from above commanding units
you will be controlling your horse with movements keys(wasd) and using your mouse to use your weapon
and to release it on time against your enemy, so its a bit of first person fighting war game
and i never have seen any war game using that sort of fighting
cod got that yes, but CoD is a much different game then mount&blade
mount&blade is most of the time from above, like empire total war controlling your units
(http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_showimage.html?img=Images/Screen_shots/031.jpg)
(http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_showimage.html?img=Images/Screen_shots/012.jpg)
if the picture doesnt work: http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_showimage.html?img=Images/Screen_shots/031.jpg
http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_showimage.html?img=Images/Screen_shots/012.jpg
it are pictures of fighting
i really liked the game, and its cheap to buy full version,
and the trial is for free, so i recommend to try to trial version, doesnt take long to start with it
site:
http://www.taleworlds.com/
or direct link to gallery:(in the bottom there are some trailers/videos of the fighting, it might take a while for it to load trailer/video)
http://www.taleworlds.com/mb_gallery.html
direct link to trailer:
http://www.taleworlds.com/Images/Videos/M&B_Trailer-01_Final_720x480-wmv.zip
i hope more will like the game, or are already playing it
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Wow, look cool! :cool:
I'm going to buy it, once I got Paypal or have time to purchase it :cop:
Thx, Bian! ;)
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np, tell me if you like it when you have played it
note:
the payment is 1 time, some might think its monthly because its only internet buyable,
but dont worry 1 time is enough
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This is a really nice game, i played it so much but i don't play anymore because i changed my pc and lost my keycode to play :P
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you should be able to recover it with your email?
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I dont know i don't want to play anyway :p
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I love this game aswell, it's in my eyes a mixture of strategy and action - great combination.
Not to mention it's a never ending game.
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yeah as i mentioned you cant really place it in 1 sort of game category
its a good mixture between different sorts
never ending, i guess it should end when you got all places?
but i got trial so far dont know
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Don't forget about it's mods, especially The Last Days.
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never ending, i guess it should end when you got all places?
Easier said then done, my friend.
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SO it is MMORPG?
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SO it is MMORPG?
Single Player
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yes indeed,
although i have seen somewhere that there is a mp
but its mostly single player indeed, it looks a bit like a mmorpg except its on your own
are there mods for it then?
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I played this game since years ago. Somehow i found seems like i only played it since yesterday ^^. Fun to play,btw be sure to wait for
Mount & Blade : Warband...
And...i love to play the mod..Horseless mod :P where we fight with pride without using Horses dang!! dang!!! dang!!!!
Immma nord guy with a great axe to chop all you guys head off!! :lol:
btw...Multiplayer is gonna come out sooner or later....
Mount&Blade :Warband is an expansion for that... :D
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no horses? thats just horrible lol, i like the horses without them i will be pwned
well even with horses im pwned, because i keep attacking the king with my 20 units :hit:
i did kill the king though :D
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wat?
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finally bought the full version, really great
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no horses? thats just horrible lol, i like the horses without them i will be pwned
well even with horses im pwned, because i keep attacking the king with my 20 units :hit:
i did kill the king though :D
acodring to my strategy, its easier to kill people on horseback when ur not on horses :D
Just line up all ur men closely and wait for the horses to charge. When they rammed the line, they got suck....well then its up to you to chop off their head or kiss ur life's away xD
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I have this game for a couple of months and it is really great, i love going to tournaments.
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i still prefer horses ;) if i lose my horses i will be dead soon :cry:
since your enemies will block you in, and you wont have a chance
also horses first strike is strong
well currently im a Marshall of Vaegirs(marshall is the highest rank after the King, and i believe only 1 can have it)
marshall can command all other lords to do things, or to follow and all
currently fighting Swadia, all castles are gone, only 4 cities to do
currently i got 3 villages, 2 castles, and 0 cities under my command
150(me and a friendly lord) against 300, we won, without any loses :D
multiplayer coming out also
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Ya, i can't wait for that.Your gonna drew out first blood :P.BTW,Its only first strike, mostly second they are stuck with their enemies :P. my record is owning 2 cities 3 castles and 5 village...And i am with Nord all teh time :)mostly..im finding its hard to kill a khergit since they didnt ram on our formation line...they roam around and use archer on me =/
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khergits are horrible to fight with, stupid horse archers and khergit lancers
but i heard they suck to play with yourself
Swadian knights and man at arms are also horrible creatures
strongest points each faction:
khergit horse archers(not sure)
Vaegir archers
Swadian horses
rhodok crossbowman(not sure)
nords infantry
rhodok are easy to fight against, they are weak
in my game Swadia is also weak, only recruits/millitia, the others are all beaten no castles left anymore
never had war with Nords though
in that you are right about horses, first strike is really strong,
but after that they keep standing in middle of the enemy group
but they still are as strong as infantry for that
so you still got advantage on first strike, and after that equal
and what do you do against Khergits?
they always got a big horse army mostly horse archers, and then you come with infantry
then you dont stand a chance, you wont be able to get to those horse archers,
except if you got good archers
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Forgot to mentioned that ive got swadian crossbowmen on my back when we are on our formation :P. they are really helpful..and a killer machine too :D
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i dont like my own archers, they really suck and never kill anyone
well only when they use melee
i always put them in my castles, because for shooting of the castle walls during siego is usefull
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Lol, it has got a nice graphic.
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the game isp retty cool if you like beating up armies like me MWAHAHAHAHA
And also the mods can make you stay more interested in the game.
It's fun to cheat though.... beat up over 500 men in your own with the army size extender mod thingy