A once underrated classic gem of a game, it now stands the test of time as one of the best RPG's around. Definitely worth picking this up on a sale! If not to just undergo, the dreaded but loved Bitterblack Isle.

The combat is thrilling, as you lead your pawns to glory throughout bizarre dungeons, spooky misty mystical forests and even the high rising peaks of the mountains, you will find aught there of that which you seek as you explore the world's secrets and mysteries. The plot is quite simple, straightforward towards the end, but all in all. It plays out as if you're forging your own destiny as the "Arisen", saving your "love" and slaying the enigmatic Dragon.

Dragon's Dogma on Launch was overlooked, I played it before on the 360, seeing it on a shelf and it caught my eye. It has so much goodness in it from the combat, customization and pawn system that you'll be itching to see what may lie next as you grow in strength, tackling fiercer monsters and bosses as the world adapts to your conquest. It plays out as a Immersive Sim as well, training and developing your main pawn's behaviors and discipline alongside your own as you tie your combined strengths into other "players" pawns coming to your aid with their own knowledge and prowess. That aforementioned "goodness" may blind you to some of it's jank and often aim's to punish you at times for lack of preparation or over-boldness in certain situations.

If you're a fan of games akin to the older Dragon Age and other party based RPG's, you'll enjoy this thoroughly as your pawns will not forget to remind you of your progress. Good, Bad and Indifferent.

Such a gem of a game, my steam hours don't do it justice. Countless hours poured into this game from mods alone, even offline.

Even from the first, Mount and Blade. This series was special, from the mods down to it's quirks as you try to gain glory, fame and perhaps a legacy across Calradia. In which you can do so, in many ways. Plan to lead a rebellion, aligning yourself with claimants of thrones scattered across the realm? Or perhaps live your days as a hardened mercenary, fighting in the petty or righteous wars for various factions and kingdoms aiming to cement their place. Maybe even become a Mandalorian and set out to conquer the galaxy? Slay orcs, raze Saxon strongholds over the seas, pillage and conquer Westeros!

Are we talking about the same game here?

I recommend picking it up on a sale however and it's "successor" expansions like Fire and Sword, Napoleonic Wars or Viking Conquest also are quite fun and refreshing as the game evolved. Although Napoleonic Wars and much of the multiplayer elements of the game have been diminished, there are pockets of players that still duel and lay siege. Perhaps even against tides of enemies with mod's such as Full Invasion!



Even with it's age, it's undeniably a solid RPG classic. To this day, mods are still in development albeit slower then before for this game, some mods for Warband are even rivaling those currently in early development for Bannerlord and there years old.