I understand now why this is the greatest game ever made

I truly understand now the depth of this amazing game. My eyes are finally open. I feel revigorated, with a library full of games, that represented nothing to me, now I come home to play Warband until sunrise every single day. I give it no rest. I give myself no rest over it. I'm addicted. Obsessed. And I'm not even autistic.

In every playthrough of Warband, I always ended up cheating for the sake of conveniency. I never felt it was too hard but the option was always on, never gave much thought. It was fairly easy to just spam the fuck out of CTRL-X whenever I needed some money or I wanted to have swadian knights instantly.

"Oh shit, Harlaus is calling me to his crib", so I just teleported instantly to Praven for another feast of debauchery and pleasure in that city of sin.

I did the same thing with battles. Whenever my body laid on the ground, motionless and unconscious or my troops where getting slaughtered, with one command I would knock out everyone and rejoice upon their unconscious bodies, plus gaining exp in the process.

But it always felt wrong. I felt unworthy and the longest game I've had was 56 days.

Still, I clearly saw the potential Warband had. I was happy. But empty.

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So I decided.

Disable cheat? Yes

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So my adventure began, first as a serial victim of common banditry, now a powerful vassal of Harlaus.

So many things are happening that I've never seen. The game just keeps on giving and giving and giving.

I'm discovering the economy system.

I'm discovering about horses and their utility for carrying things in the inventory.

I'm discovering why the fuck the lords give +2 +3 at most in the beginning and the downsides of having them on your badside.

The things you have to consider with a large army and the costs that they imply.

Every night, a training session. It feels good to have a swadian knight by my side in battle. Fruit of my effort.

Every time I encounter a "its almost harvesting season" or "I'm gonna break yer legs, noice and slaw", I truly understand them.

I am now 432 days in and counting. I just lost 80 elite units and spent 3 weeks in prison.

It never felt more satisfying to lose, for fucks sake. But also, to win.

Even Jeremus, a battle seasoned warrior in my game, falling in combat brings a warm smile to my face. Because I know he did his damndest. He couldn't cheat his own death.

Warband is amazing. And I am fucking loving it.

Submitted December 13, 2018 at 08:01AM by Hunncas https://ift.tt/2EgvvBM