Is M&B "Aimless" Without Mods?

**ccllnply** · December 07, 2008, 09:27 AM

So, I was just reading a PC Gamer article that was praising M&B modders and mods. Can be found here

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/filling-...21122847445059

I found myself agreeing with most of the points in this article. Vanilla M&B just seems pointless and like your going no where. I was playing M&B when I tabbed out of it to read this article and by the time I finished reading it, I just exited M&B. Thoughts?

**Internazionale** · December 07, 2008, 10:07 AM

I think the game is too weak and boring without any mods. I totally agree with the article.

**Kamos** · December 07, 2008, 01:02 PM

I suppose he has valid points, but I still can play Vanilla longer than most games.

**Kennylz** · December 07, 2008, 01:29 PM

I play Vanilla sometimes in between patches. Mods are the reason I stick around though.

**_TheChevalier_** · December 07, 2008, 01:51 PM

M & B is a good game in it's own, though I wouldn't play it like I do without mods.

**Fabolous** · December 07, 2008, 01:59 PM

Is M&B "Aimless" Without Mods? Yes. And its wonderful. No campaign, just a world. Beautiful if you can accept the mindset difference. You make your own campaign.

**ivan_the_terrible** · December 07, 2008, 06:06 PM

It keeps your imagination sharp

**hellheaven1987** · December 07, 2008, 08:31 PM

Basically M&B is a "grand strategy game" with tactical and RPG elements.

And the final goal of the game is, obviously, defeat all other factions.

**Sidus Preclarum** · December 08, 2008, 02:41 AM

Elite was aimless too...

**Armatus** · December 08, 2008, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Fabolous

Is M&B "Aimless" Without Mods? Yes. And its wonderful. No campaign, just a world. Beautiful if you can accept the mindset difference. You make your own campaign.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I've always wanted to play a "sandbox game" that was innately friendly to being modified. You see this is the thing people don't seem to understand. Mount&Blade is for you to mod!

Personally I'm tired of trite RPG storylines. I want a world I can explore and manipulate, a world where the fun isn't in the story, but the story I create.

Originally Posted by hellheaven1987

And the final goal of the game is, obviously, defeat all other factions.

This too people seem to miss. I think because it is not an easy thing to accomplish. Thank God!

**Kamos** · December 08, 2008, 04:05 PM

It's not really that hard once you take down one kingdom, after that you have enough money, troops, and land to take anything.

**~~sabaku_no_gaara~~** · December 08, 2008, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by Armatus

Couldn't have said it better myself. I've always wanted to play a "sandbox game" that was innately friendly to being modified. You see this is the thing people don't seem to understand. Mount&Blade is for you to mod!

Personally I'm tired of trite RPG storylines. I want a world I can explore and manipulate, a world where the fun isn't in the story, but the story I create.

This too people seem to miss. I think because it is not an easy thing to accomplish. Thank God!

Yep Armagan stated specificly that he wanted to create a game that would be fun to play, but more importantly verry moddable, and he was verry anxious to see what kind of creative mods would be created.

P.S. Armatus, for some reason, sometimes I think you are actually Armagan in disguise

**Swagger** · December 12, 2008, 06:07 PM

is there any mod, that adds new factions, units, quests, stuff, but still with the old factions (old ones + new ones)

but in a realistic way ?

with the same athmosphere the original version has ?

without making a big overhaul ?

something like SS, M&B version...

**molls** · December 12, 2008, 06:17 PM

native expansion for you swagger : absolute fun, I'm playing with the khergits atm...
this mod nearly doubles the normal unit roster!

**Swagger** · December 12, 2008, 06:36 PM

may you give me a link with more info?

**molls** · December 12, 2008, 06:41 PM

lazy

eh
I mean of course, here you are: möp

**Gelgoog** · December 15, 2008, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by sabaku_no_gaara

P.S. Armatus, for some reason, sometimes I think you are actually Armagan in disguise

lol, ditto

**fieldmarshal** · December 15, 2008, 06:43 PM

Vanilla M&B is interesting when you first play it, since it is one of the very few games that does mounted combat well. But other than combat, the game is weak, and once you've had enough fun with combat, it gets really dry. The Mods pretty much save the game, as they bring in new content and atmosphere, especially the historical mods.

**Numenor** · December 16, 2008, 08:39 PM

if you play it too long, it will eventualy make you feel useless. it's my opinion lol. without mods, it gets boring too fast. it's true, you can make your own history... but it's not the same thing. The fun in a game having a history is like reading a book. You WANT to know what's going to happen. Mount and blade has nothing of that...

**Armatus** · December 17, 2008, 06:15 AM

I'm just glad the foundation was laid. Sometimes as fans we can get carried away always wishing for more. Well as this thread is titled "is M&B aimless without mods?" Well depends on what you expect from the game. Certainly as a combat simulation the only thing that would make the game pointless is the fact there is no player vs player. So let's look to the future of Mount&Blade, a sequel that will contain much of what we now wish for. As you know the combat will only get better and the world richer.