250 Player Napoleonic Warfare DLC. This is PC gaming at it's finest.

It's not always about graphics. Sure, we all love polygons, pixels, and all of that good stuff. It's perfect fuel for the System Wars fire. However, PC gaming isn't just about looking the best, it's about being the first to play some of the most unique experiences ever.

Let's be honest, a game like Mount and Blade would never have worked on the console. Not becuase the game is overly complicated or has the best graphics we've ever seen. It wouldn't have worked because the mentality of gamers on the console is completely different. On the consoles, gamers see games as a product. You buy the product and you enjoy it until a new one comes out. On the PC, gamers see a game as more than just a product for their entertainment, but as a service and a creative platform that could be used to further expand the original idea of the game. Some PC gamers see an incomplete, misguided mess of a game like Mount and Blade was back in 2007 as the foundation to the game they've always wanted to play.

This mentality and vision has given birth to some of the best games of all time. This tradition is still alive today with the Napoleonic Warfare DLC. Somewhere down the road an eager fan of Mount and Blade said "hey, what if I had a musket." Thus, the mod Mount and Musket was born. Instead of whaling on each other with swords and spears, players were battling all 17th century styIe on large battlefields with muskets and cannons.

Taleworlds, the developer of Mount and Blade took note and offered the developers of the mod a chance to turn their idea in to retail success. The result is the Napoleonic Wars DLC for Mount and Blade Warband.

Launch trailer.

Before you say "oh Wasdie you fool, it's just some stupid DLC" you need to read the features of this "DLC". It's a little more than some extra armor for our horses.

• Accurate early 19th century weapons, uniforms and environments.
• Massive multiplayer battles with up to 250 players. (specially patched in for this DLC)
• Five nations with more than 220 unique units to choose from. (there aren't even 220 units in Mount and Blade Warband)
• A wide range of artillery pieces ranging from field cannons to mortars, capable of firing cannonballs, canister or explosive shells, all fully controllable by players.
• Destructible environments. Players can use a range of artillery and explosives to destroy various buildings, bridges and other structures.
• Finely crafted game balance insuring player skill is the hero of the battlefield, not the gun or the sword.
• Construct barricades, dig trenches, and rig explosives with the multi-purpose Engineer class.
• Special musician units with drums, fifes, bagpipes or trumpets; able to play historically accurate tunes. All recorded and played by award winning musicians. (What other game lets you play a bagpipe in the middle of a massive battle? None. That's how many.)
• More than 40 classical background music tracks.

All of this for $10? Sign me up.

Just for clarification. You get to play as one of the soliders. Everything you see in these pictures are players. No AI. There is a Total War styIe camera for a commander who can direct their entire side if they want to use it.

Why am I making this thread on System Wars? PC gaming isn't always about better graphics or controls or more ways to play, it's because with PC gaming there is a different mentality. A game like this would never exist without PC gaming. Somebody tried something radical and it worked better than they could have hoped for. The gaming world is a better place because of things like this.

So many games in the past were built like this. Counterstrike, Team Fortress, Minecraft just to name a few. This is one of the biggest advantages that PC gaming has and is a reason why nobody sould ever hope that PC gaming dies. These kind of games lead the way for innovation that paves the road for the next generation of games. If it wasn't for PC gaming, who knows what kind of games we would be playing today.

So there. If you have a PC, buy Mount and Blade Warband and the Napoleonic Wars DLC. Warband is cheap on Steam right now too.

Hurp durp not enough assplosions, gaem sucks!!

Sure looks unimpressive for being PC gaming's finest.siLVURcross

Thanks for missing the whole point.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]Sure looks unimpressive for being PC gaming's finest.Wasdie

Thanks for missing the whole point.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]Sure looks unimpressive for being PC gaming's finest.siLVURcross

Thanks for missing the whole point.

Don't "feel" like reading or can't read.

didn't read the post is this a RTS because if it is I'm downmetal_zombie

It's not. You actually get to play as one of the soliders.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Thanks for missing the whole point.

Wasdie

Don't "feel" like reading or can't read.

Already plan to buy, though I hope the Captain CO-OP from With Fire and Sword makes it in.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"] I generally do that when I don't feel like reading.siLVURcross

Don't "feel" like reading or can't read.

Don't be shy. You can admit that words scare you.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]Sure looks unimpressive for being PC gaming's finest.Wasdie

Thanks for missing the whole point.

You realise your talking to the 'I LIKES DA HALO!' crowd? Things like this are lost on them.

Already plan to buy, though I hope the Captain CO-OP from With Fire and Sword makes it in.

lordreaven

There is no single player mode outside of a small custom battle. It's all about the multiplayer.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]Sure looks unimpressive for being PC gaming's finest.tenaka2

Thanks for missing the whole point.

You realise your talking to the 'I LIKES DA HALO!' crowd? Things like this are lost on them.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Don't "feel" like reading or can't read.

Wasdie

Don't be shy. You can admit that words scare you.

I was never very fond of Mount and Blade, but hearing recent news of this (I think I only heard of this a few days ago) made me whip out my credit card just to buy this.

[QUOTE="lordreaven"]

Already plan to buy, though I hope the Captain CO-OP from With Fire and Sword makes it in.

Wasdie

There is no single player mode outside of a small custom battle. It's all about the multiplayer.

[QUOTE="metal_zombie"]didn't read the post is this a RTS because if it is I'm downWasdie

It's not. You actually get to play as one of the soliders.

Love Mount & Blade. Such a pure PC story...devs attempting to do way more than they ever should have, deliverin broken, but still fun product, fans sticking with them, then the flood of mods and incredible Warband...and the success so big it's already inspiring others (War of Roses, Chivarly etc), but inspiring them in good way, ie..they make their own takes on the idea instead of copying.

Will go down for Napoleonic Warfare too :) Because whenever you make a great medieval PC game, sooner or later the question everybody asks is "can I have napoleonic era please?" :)

That looks way sick.AcidSoldner

Once I buy (next Friday/Saturday) I shall lead the Habsburgs to victory!

[QUOTE="AcidSoldner"]That looks way sick.Ravensmash

Then why do you play console games all day?

:)

Then why do you play console games all day?

:)

Wasdie

Oh, snap :lol:

awww yeaaaaaaaaa booooiiiiii

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaKH59AyQnI

[QUOTE="AcidSoldner"]That looks way sick.Ravensmash

[QUOTE="Ravensmash"][QUOTE="AcidSoldner"]That looks way sick.Wasdie

Then why do you play console games all day?

:)

Oh Wasdie you fool, it's just some stupid DLC :P

On a serious note, thanks to the amazingess of Warband, Mount&Blade is quickly becoming one of my favorite new IPs this gen and I always wanted more games in the napoleonic time period. Unfortunately, I am not much of a fan of Warband's multiplayer, and the taste left from WFaS is still in my mouth. Regardless, this looks like very well made DLC, and I am sure it will be a great addition to any fan of M&B.

There's nothign more satisfying than driving a lance through some fool in Warband, and this DLC looks pretty amazing!

Definitely picking it upt.

Oh well, we still have MAG, a FULL 256 Player Game.

Oh well, we still have MAG, a FULL 256 Player Game.

ThisIsTwoFace

Oh well if you want to play that game. We have Planetside, you can have 1500 players in a single battle. ArmA 2 also supports 256 players and so do a few old NovaLogic games.

Oh well, we still have MAG, a FULL 256 Player Game.

ThisIsTwoFace

EvE online can have over 2000 people. At ONCE in the same battle.

Oh well, we still have MAG, a FULL 256 Player Game.

ThisIsTwoFace

[QUOTE="ThisIsTwoFace"]

Oh well, we still have MAG, a FULL 256 Player Game.

Wasdie

Oh well if you want to play that game. We have Planetside, you can have 1500 players in a single battle. ArmA 2 also supports 256 players and so do a few old NovaLogic games.

Yea that is definitely a PC game.

Looks ok, but I'm wondering what the leg will be like in a game like this.XanderZane

If you join a server in your region, there is virtually no lag. That was a really big deal for TaleWorlds because it has melee combat.

Awesome concept, but TC is wasting his time trying to explain to consolites why this is great. It's not even a question a fanboyism; I just don't think they're capable of understanding how that sort of thing helps gaming in general to evolve.

Well yeah , if by any means any console try to play this game , most likely game will froze . OUT OF MEMORY----> GPU and SYSTEM...

Console kids don't like these kind of games.

Console kids don't like these kind of games.

Mr_BillGates

[QUOTE="ThisIsTwoFace"]Oh well, we still have MAG, a FULL 256 Player Game.Wasdie

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Thanks for missing the whole point.

Wasdie

Don't "feel" like reading or can't read.

Seen a ton of Mount n Musket videos and looks really cool. Only thing is they have to have EXTREME coordination if you have seen some team battles on mount n musket they RP the **** out of that and actually do mock battles so everyone knows how to form up and march, so 200+ people would require some serious practice and patience.