Mount & Blade: Warband

This one is for players who like medieval life without the polish: muddy fields, long rides, and choices that decide who stays with you in the saddle. The mood is calm, but the battles pull you in fast. The highlights: - Your first sessions go to gathering your own band and running small skirmishes where every soldier matters - You can play alone or set up a 64-player fight in modes like siege or capture the flag - What sets it apart from similar games is that you don't just fight, you build your own realm, marry rulers and hand out land to your vassals - There's plenty to do between the campaign, multiplayer and the upgraded graphics You can get Mount & Blade: Warband as a Steam gift here: send us your quick invite link and the game lands in your library through Steam. In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia! Mount & Blade: Warband is a stand alone expansion pack for the game that brought medieval battlefields to life with its realistic mounted combat and detailed fighting system. - Graphical overhaul: Support added for HDR, FSAA, depth of field, soft particles, tone mapping, and many other effects - New models with greater detail and high-quality textures - Multiplayer battles with up to 64 players. Multiplayer modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Conquest, Battle, and Siege - A campaign allowing you to become the ruler of a faction and convince lords to become your vassals - The ability to upgrade your companions to vassals by granting them lands - The ability to marry a lady of the realm for romance or cold political gain. Try to win a lady’s heart through poetry or bravery - Improved mechanics for soldier morale: Soldiers will break and run away if their morale gets too low - Pick any projectile off the battlefield for use as additional munitions - New motion-captured combat animations - Numerous improvements to the combat system: Your shield will still stop arrows even if you are not actively defending - The ability to play multiplayer matches on random maps as well as hand-designed ones - Multiplayer equipment system: Earn money by fighting opponents or accomplishing goals - The ability to use most throwing weapons in close combat: Switch to using a javelin as a short spear when the enemy gets close - Spend gold on more powerful equipment, using a carefully balanced system that will make combat more exciting without giving too much of an advantage to the leading team