Cut down trees, establish and produce crops, hunt wildlife, and mine ore, and fish in the nearby seas and fjords. From victuals to Vikings, carefully manage your resources to ensure you can survive the winter and build your town season after season.
Each of your villagers is a stand-alone character. Your villagers could be strongly built strongmen and women or silver-tongued thespians with 20+ qualities. When assigning tasks to your employees, consider their talents and competencies. Not all Vikings are alike, nor are they equally capable of performing all tasks!
As your colony grows, more Vikings will want to join you. You can either welcome them or reject them. Your Vikings will start new families and have children, expanding their lineage and strengthening your settlement.
This land will present numerous problems to your settlement, ranging from earthquakes to fire-starting lightning from above. Band together and do your best to resist these tragedies.
Seasonal changes, as well as events and natural disasters, present unique problems. Prepare for storms and blizzards, as well as the long, deadly cold of winter. Prepare enough firewood and food to keep your Vikings warm and fed!
Your neighbours are a fantastic source of products and gold. . (e. e…………… You may also send out your own trading trips if you have enough villagers to crew the vessel – and enough beer to keep the crew fueled!
But any good Jarl knows that the best way to greatness is by force. Raid distant villages for gold and silver to acquire Fame points. Train and fortify your Vikings to achieve success.
Grids are not permitted! You can build wherever you wish, creating your community as you see fit, and increasing the happiness of your Vikings. Construct Odin or Freya monuments and change the appearance of your Viking ships. In one of the Early Access upgrades, you’ll even be able to change the appearance of houses using the Building Editor!
Spending Fame points in the Tree of Life unlocks new buildings and bonuses. Learn how to make beer and construct a Tavern for your villagers to unwind in. Invest in goat farming in order to collect wool and weave fabric for better clothing. Your Vikings will become healthier and happier as you improve their living conditions and resources, and your settlement will thrive!
Thoughts
Wow, so early in the game, yet this game is just addictive. If you enjoy games like Banished, this is the game for you.
[PROS]
– True Sandbox Experience – Incredible amount of promise
– Active community and developer team
– Communicative development team
– Many hours of challenging or casual gameplay, both feeling rewarding
– Excellent Art
– Interesting quests and spontaneous events that make it much more engaging and immersive
– TONS (And I mean TONS) to do. I’ve yet to have any genuine downtime.
[CONS] (Please note, this may not be relevant at the time of reading, please check post date) (Please note, this may not be relevant at the time of reading, please check post date).
– Definitely early access, a lot of content coming but not quite yet
– Can become overwhelming when you reach a certain citizen limit, even on lower difficulty maps
– Natural disasters are currently pretty horrendous, though they don’t happen often, you can expect one at least once a year with no way to combat it other than sitting through it
– Stone should be much more accessible and require less migratory effort to move your population toward a stone quarry –
– A lack of quality of life mechanics, such as the ability to fill roles automatically (refer to when I say it can get overwhelming)
– A lack of life outside of the community, Cutscenes were added to Bannerlord to depict specific events. I believe it would be beneficial to include some for trade and raiding to make it appear as if it actually occurred rather than simply having a message stating that it did.
– There is no detailed instruction.
[WORTH MENTIONING]
– The soundtrack is amazing, but it becomes repetitive. It would be fantastic to be able to hear a greater range of music, perhaps three different songs on a loop throughout the year.
– The ability to further personalise the dwellings and create custom buildings (similar to Planet Zoo) will elevate this game to a whole new level.
– USEFUL PETS, so many games add useless pets, and while they do contribute to the world’s life, they miss out on all the possibilities in expanding their gameplay. Allow us to have dogs that we can use to augment our warriors’ damage, herders’ produce, or hunters’ efficiency. That would be fantastic.
– Changing the terrain would make this game worth twice as much as it is now… I will only accept this as reality rather than opinion.
– Including more religious content and populous interaction would make the game feel more alive. Allow us to host meetings, and ceremonies for new borns, and allow me to log on and feel like a viking, not just a puppeteer, but in the city, with the people.
– A general lack of customization
– Gridless… but not entirely. The situation has made me feel quite constrained. Referring back to the concept of terrain modification, perhaps developing some form of random map generation would be a useful addition, ensuring that all of them are somewhat moldable.
– There are no funeral places or rites yet; your followers simply poof away.
[CONCLUSION]
Is it a good investment? Yes.
Do I understand that this game is under early access and that much of what I stated may be added anyway? Yes.
Am I about to start playing this game right now? Yes.
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