In October Paradox Interactive (the makers of Mount and Blade, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron) launch War of the Roses, a medieval combat game set during the Wars of the Roses. Essentially this looks like a historically set version of Mount and Blade, but with better graphics. Mount and Blade features simple but fun combat, which is actually quite hard to master – all seems to be about timing, especially when you’re mounted.
From the look of the videos War of the Roses promises more of the same:
The list of features promises options to choose different fighting styles – so maybe there will be some more sophistication than currently allowed in Mount and Blade – it will be something to watch this autumn, and hopefully there will be a demo to try out when the game is launched.
What also intrigues me about the game is whether there will be any story-line or campaign? Most Paradox games tend to be pretty open-ended, which is great sometimes, but I think a game like War of the Roses would benefit from a story-driven campaign that would take you through part of the historical reality of the Wars of the Roses. No mention of that though in the game features at the moment. Nor is there mention of an open-ended campaign like Mount and Blade. At present it seems that its more about outfitting a single character and fighting with it.
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