Recent reviews by ScottSterling

Not playing this game until vortex's are toned down.
Just going from Cordon Bandit Base to the Bridge you'll run into a minimum of 25 of them, and that's running in a straight line so there are clearly hundreds of not thousands of them.

Someone in chat said to turn up your volume, no that does nothing. I have my volume to an actual earbleeding level and there is still no sound indication that you are about to hit a vortex, and my sound setup is extremely expensive.

Online says to sprint in a single direction to get out of them, while at works about 95% of the time, however there is a bug that about 5% of the time you just hit an invisible wall at the edge of the vortex pull range and you can't get past it or get out so you just die. Remember how I said you encounter 25 vortexes, well with a 5% chance one of those are guaranteed to be bugged and just cause you death.

The game isn't fun when all you do is die to vortex. The other anomalies are an actual joke, doing little to no damage while all having the ability to navigate away/out of them.

1. Fix the bug where 5% of the time a vortex is inescapable
2. Reduce the vortex spawn rate by at least 250%.
3. Increase the visibility of Vortex
4. Increase the range at which sound is emitted warning you of vortex

Not sure why this game is getting bombed with negative review already..

For the positives....
So I've played both the alphas now and each time I saw significant improvement with the game. Are there still bugs, yeah but the major ones for the most part have been resolved. No game is ever released without bugs, get over yourself. Communication with the community on things as well as taking feedback appropriately and acting on it has been great. I'm thoroughly excited for what is to come with this.

For the negatives...
Having gear in supporter packs is a big nono, and you know it. Do other games do this? Yea ofc, but that doesn't make it right. Some of the biggest and most popular games out there have built themselves up on being cosmetic only for supporter packs and have still come out on top for some of the most profitable and played games. Is the P2W small? Yes but still don't have it at all. People will GLADLY pay for the chance to look cooler than the guy standing next to them.

In conclusion...
YAGER has done an excellent job with this game. I think their openness to communication and fairly quick turnaround time with major bugs and problems has been fantastic. This launch has CERTAINLY been smoother than previous alpha launches. Which seeing as there is more playing now than in the alpha that is a feat. I'm looking forward to what is to come, and I hope they continue to listen to the community and continue furthering our excitement for Fortuna.

This game is just honestly incredible.

My first time playing this game I was a little overwhelmed. Not really knowing what to do or how to continue improving my character and army, but once I finally got the hang of it I've now enjoyed every minute of my Bannerlord adventure. If you're new to the M&B Series you may want to do some Tips and Tricks for Bannerlord videos before jumping in. Hopefully there is perhaps a bit more involved campaign to help you understand things better as a new player.

If there is one thing that keeps you coming back for that 1k+ Hours is mods. Having a game that supports mods keeps you enjoying the game, even after doing a full play through. The modding community is INCREDIBLE and I just started checking some out and can honestly say that I haven't even scratched the surface of what this game all brings to the table.

With some early access games you get the initial release and then new updates can become scarce. This is not the case with Bannerlord. Over the past 3-4 months of playing this game I have seen an ABUNDANCE of updates bringing SO MUCH to the game. I am so excited to see what comes next.

I don't normally do reviews but this was SO worth my time. Thank you TaleWorlds for a great game and looking forward to see what is to come!

One of the best games to play with your friends.

It was great. Now it seems like Garry has given up on it and the repetition is killing the game.
Went from 16k+ players on to ~7k, dying slowly and it's a shame to see.