A little Campaign Story (includes screens)
With the lack of news lately and the team thinking about when to release, I thought I might show you guys what we've done so far in terms of the campaign. I'll be updating this post every now and then with the next turns. Hopefully it'll give you guys some idea of what stage we're at, and what Chivalry would be like if we released it now.
This campaign i'm playing as the English. Now, before people complain about me playing one of the most mentioned peoples of the Middle Ages, i'd point out that there's a more important reason why I have. England is what i'd call the most playable faction at this stage. It's mostly surrorunded by rebel armies whose units are finished, the rebel names have been done and the armies are in good positions. The closest rival factions are Northern European faction's which are largely finished. This is all means that it'll turn out with much better gameplay and graphics.
One last thing I definetely have to stress, all of this is WIP! And i'd like to stress that it's a work in progress even more. The campaign has had barely any kind of balancing, we're trying to get it to work without ctds first. Also graphics and terrain aren't completely done. Most importantly to you guys, there will be no sieges as we have yet to export all our buildings and settlement plans into BI. Criticism is welcome, as long as its not obvious things that we've probably already thought of.
The year is 1072 and after putting down some rebellions in the north England is ready to expand. It has numerous directions to expand to, by both land and sea. Before it builds armies though, it must build up an economy. To support lengthy campaigns you have to have enough money to do so. So the first thing I did was build some of the economic buildings and raised taxes. After gaining a fairly good income I was then ready to look for somewhere to conquer.
A dominantly Saxon army lead by some knights is moved into Wales to inspect the enemy. After moving as much as they can into Welsh terriotory they decided to wait out the winter in camp.
A local Welsh army attacks the English invaders. However they underestimate the enemy and overestimate their abilities, and find thmselves down a couple of hundred men. They'll have to rely on their famous longbowmen (who I like to call Rangers) to defeat the English.
The English find the best highground they can and decide to sit out and wait for the attackers. The Welsh come towards the English in a disorganised manner, with the Cavalry rushing forward, the infantry trailing behind and the archers and longbowmen behind even further. Despite a powerful charge from their native cavalry, the saxons hold the line and eventually get countercharged by the knights. The infantry and archers were too far behind, and were slowly cut down and routed by the knights.
After the battle the general is promoted and even adopted into the royal family with his display of military genius. The army quickly moved onto Abberfraw and after a lengthy siege the few defenders surrender and the settlement is captured. Harsh taxes are put on the locals for their defiance.
Following the success of the Welsh campaign, an army from Normandy under the leadership of the royal family member Hugh sets out into flanders. The army knows almost nothing about the land so marches blindly towards what they hope will be easy conquering.
Fortunately, after continuing the march they find the region to be undefended, except for the few natives in Gand. The settlement is immediately sieged. However, on the border they spot a large Flemish force that could cause trouble for them later on.
Also following the success of the Welsh campaign, Richard a close heir to the throne is moved into Scotland with a small army. After a few months of travel the area seems to be relatively defenseless, so the army moves towards where a known settlement is. On the way disaster strikes when they are ambushed by a Scottish force with hundreds more men than the smaller English force. Despite losing the suprise, the Scottish also have a much more professional force than the English, with some of the fighters being the best in the Highlands.
Although having some of the best cavalry in the kingdom, the English are outnumbered 2-1. The natives rush towards the slow moving knights and hurl javelins (don't look at the shields
Richard quickly decides that the only way he can save the battle is by overpowering the superior Scottish infantry. He charges the Saxon levies towards the Scots, but the battle hardened enemies repel the charge and then rout the Saxons. The famous Saxon Huscarles are charged froward to immediately engage the Scottish spearmen. Hearing news of the rout, Richard charges toward the last infantry engagement to try and take as many Scots as he can. The Scottish fight ferociously, but are beaten back after the flanking attack from the Royal heir. Sensing the battle is lost after his knights rout, Richard orders the Huscarles to make a retreat. The Scottish have other plans though, and make a charge at the Huscarles, smashing into their backs and instantly routing them. After fighting them off as best as he can, Richard's bodyguard finally breaks and runs away from the battle.
That's all for now, we'll see how the next Scottish expedition turns out later on. If you want to make any suggestions on what I should do next, please do so
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