Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword is set at the time of the Cossack Uprising (also known as the Khmelnytskyi Uprising ) in the 17th century. The plot is strongly based on the 19th century novel With Fire and Sword written by Henryk Sienkiewicz .

Gameplay

The gameplay is almost completely taken over from the predecessor, only individual aspects have been changed compared to the predecessor (see section New Features ).

At the beginning of the game you create your own character in a character editor . The action takes place in the area of today's Ukraine, the Baltic States and western Russia in the 17th century. The Cossacks , led by Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj, rebel against their masters in Poland and Lithuania . You can decide whether you want to side with the revolutionary Cossacks, the crisis-ridden Poland, the Tsarist Russia called for help by the Cossacks, or the two waiting Swedes or the khanate of Crimea . In addition, you can choose between three different main quests, two of which are based on real events ( False Dmitri , Swedish Flood ).

On the world map, you can travel to another position in real time with a click. On the map it is possible to interact with fixed places (e.g. castles, villages and cities) or mobile units (looters, caravans, princely armies). It is also possible to carry out certain management aspects of the game on this card.

If you enter one of the places mentioned or enter a battle, the view changes from the map perspective to a third-person perspective and you are able to control the character using the mouse and keyboard, as is typical for role-playing games.

An elementary game idea of Mount & Blade is that you not only lead yourself, but an entire mercenary company that you have built yourself into battle. These mercenaries can be recruited as recruits in the villages on the world map and upgraded to stronger units through training, or they can be acquired in taverns.

Innovations

The most important innovations compared to the two predecessors ( Mount & Blade , Mount & Blade: Warband ):

The graphics have been improved

There are firearms, but no more crossbows

There is a historical background

There are also taverns and marketplaces in castles and fortresses

In cities academies, quartermasters, garrison masters, and much more. built, which are used to recruit soldiers in cities, to automatically recruit garrisons in their own fiefs, etc.

Only militia units can be recruited in the villages

There are no longer the so-called "troop pedigrees", which make it possible to train elite troops from weak units. From now on, units will only become a veteran version of the unit

There are no trades, but you can trade through caravans

Three "storylines" are now available, which was not the case in the previous version (" The Flood " as the main quest of the Poles, " The False Dmitiri " as the main quest of Russian tsarism and " The Secret of the Black Mace " as the main mission of the Cossacks).

Modding

There are individual modifications for Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword , but the majority of the mod community is dedicated to Mount & Blade: Warband .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Quests . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).
^ The Deluge . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).
↑ False Dmitriy . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).
^ The Secret of the Black Mace . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).

[1] Quests . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).

[2] The Deluge . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).

[3] False Dmitriy . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).

[4] The Secret of the Black Mace . In: Mount and Blade Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed May 14, 2017]).