differences between mount and blade and warband

So really, you will either absolutely detest Warband for its clumsy UI and dated audiovisual presentation, or, you’ll be able to look past those failings and foster a love for its ambitious and compelling hybrid of strategy and combat elements. Furthermore, it’s also hard to feel too slighted by the bereft of technical excellence in Warband, since after all it retails at a budget price point (around $20 tops), rather than the full price of the AAA efforts that many folk will see fit to compare it to. So from a technical perspective then, Mount and Blade: Warband clearly doesn’t fare so well, and yet it’s worth remembering that the Turkish developer behind the game is modestly sized to say the least. You see, while the musical score is both appropriately epic and majestic for an effort such as this – that wades so deeply into medieval themed waters – there is no voice acting whatsoever instead Warband relies upon walls of text as its primary mode of exposition, which not only feels dated but can be exasperating for the player too. The sense of scale in some of the battles can be quite something indeed.īeyond the visuals and the UI, the audio impresses but also simultaneously disappoints.

It’s not just the visual side of things that look like they’re misplaced out of time either the UI is poorly optimised for PS4 too with the presence of an on-screen mouse cursor and lack of transitions between menu screens suggesting that the game was, probably quite literally, chucked into a conversion machine whereupon someone hurriedly pressed the big red version that said ‘Make PS4 Version’ and so here we are. I will say this however Warband does in fact trundle along at a rock-solid 60 FPS while maintaining a 1080p screen resolution and level of responsiveness to match, so it’s not all bad news from a visual perspective.

With character models that look like they failed an audition for The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind back in 2001 (their facial expressions don’t change – ever) and when combined with geometrically simplistic world design, it’s fair to say that Mount and Blade: Warband isn’t really much of a looker at all. Let’s address the low-poly, jarringly animated elephant in the room first. Mount and Blade Warband PS4 Review Technically leaves a lot to be desired

Differences between mount and blade and warband