Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 16 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

4
Average:

7
Bad:

2

Pros:

Very open ended.
Join lots of factions and team up with lots of people also tons of side quests.
Addition of firearms lends a new tactical dimension to battles.

Cons:

Very difficult.
Often outnumbered in battle and it takes a while to get into.

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Last revision on April 6, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Very open ended
Join lots of factions and team up with lots of people also tons of side quests
Addition of firearms lends a new tactical dimension to battles
More involved historical campaign
Financial and trade caravan tweaks make it easier to earn money
Great team deathmatch multiplayer

Reviewers Didn't Like

Very difficult
Often outnumbered in battle and it takes a while to get into
Guns tone down the pure mayhem of battles
Lowend visuals

Expert reviews and ratings

Wars are brewing all around you you need an army. A very large army. You will win some and you will lose some but, in the end, you can claim the throne of Calradia. With the addition of new weapons and factions your possibilities are even more endless...

By GamerTell on July 28, 2011

The introduction of guns proves to be a largely entertaining one, and the new multiplayer maps and mode are useful additions too. However, With Fire and Sword suffers from some issues with the balance of gameplay, and also drops some of the good stuff...

By itreviews.com on June 03, 2011

Mount & Blade is far from the perfect series. It's buggy, ugly as sin and extremely difficult to advance through successfully, but it offers a huge amount of enjoyment to players who are willing to stick it through. That said, With Fire & Sword's...

By ign.com on May 20, 2011

If only it was as simple as saying Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword is the latest addition to the Mount & Blade franchise. Despite having TaleWorlds name on it, this particular game was actually developed by a separate company in the Ukraine, and it...

By Strategy Informer on May 20, 2011

OK, that’s actually a bold-faced lie. To be quite honest, most gamers have probably never heard of the man (I hadn’t). Yet Turkish developers TaleWorlds apparently saw something they liked in his epic 1880s trilogy of historical fiction, using its...

By GameZone on May 19, 2011

Despite being a stand-alone game, Mount&Blade: With Fire and Sword comes at a measly 14.95 euros. This is because it is basically Warband with a few additions and a new setting. Set in 17th century Europe, the land of Calradia, which fans of the...

By Hooked Gamers on May 19, 2011

Gunpowder brings more tactical options to the fun and interesting Mount & Blade: Fire and...

By GameSpot on May 13, 2011

I won't blame you if you've gotten this far without having heard of Mount & Blade. It's like the independent game for those sick of "mainstream" independent games, and while the franchise has been around for years, its simplistic graphics and...

By AtomicGamer on May 07, 2011

Mount & Blade is one of my favorite indie games ever and is truly unique as a sandbox action RPG with real-time, large-scale battles. The first one was great, but standalone expansion Warband added so much more, including a fantastic, albeit laggy,...

By FiringSquad on March 16, 2011

With Fire and Sword is the newest expansion for Mount & Blade. If you’re not familiar with the game as it stands, first check out my review of the base game, and then the Warband expansion. The big thing this time is the addition of gunpowder. The...

By Icrontic on May 13, 2011

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