The BANNERLORD Review You've Been Waiting For...
What's this under the Christmas tree? An hour long review for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord ? Wowee! But what's that? The short answer is that Bannerlord is a medieval Sigma Male Grindset Simulator set in the fictional land of Calradia. If you wish to find out more, watch the review. ;)
And since the Steam Winter Sale slashed 30% off the price of Bannerlord, why not check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/261550/Mount__Blade_II_Bannerlord/
Note that this video is not sponsored, khajiit make no coin off your purchase.
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LINKÉS:
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/halcylion
Complete Mercenary & Roguery guide for 1.0 - https://youtu.be/1e3PKnRJfKI
How to Ruin Economies for Personal Profit (in Bannerlord) - https://youtu.be/8KovOGWbc0c
Bannerlord Guides (NOT 100% UP TO DATE) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8NGFmiRebtjvd2j0FKVo4O6Qbv2BNM1R
Bandit Playthrough (ONGOING) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8NGFmiRebtgQMS6TiDvAuHHqXNtb-L7q
Merchant King Playthrough (FINISHED) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8NGFmiRebthwb_sCMdOj4Cp1XRXsscyK
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - A Decade of Mount & Blade
2:37 - The First Steps
5:08 - A Change of Perspective
7:32 - Lifepaths, Missions and Reputation
10:04 - Welcome to the Sandbox
12:19 - Capitalism at its Finest!
17:23 - All's Fair in Love and War
19:10 - Human Resources Division
20:50 - Character Development
26:19 - A Dance of Death
29:00 - An Arsenal of Fun
30:12 - To Battle!
31:55 - Plans of Conquest
35:16 - Your Politics bore me, and your demeanor is that of a pouty child!
38:24 - A Hail of Criticism
50:07 - Modding Tools
51:15 - In Graphic Detail
53:24 - Swords & Stories
54:48 - Epilogue
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As mentioned at 14:44, here's a list of the "english-speaking Bannerlord Youtubers that I'm aware of":
(Also, I'm hoping that the @ thingies are just links to their channels...)
Tale Worlds Entertainment: - The Development Team
https://www.youtube.com/@TaleWorldsEntertainment
Yours Truly - Themed Guides
https://www.youtube.com/@Halcylion
Resonant - The OG / Modding & News
https://www.youtube.com/@ResonantRTS
Artem - Modding & Patchnote Summaries
https://www.youtube.com/@Artem1s
Strat Gaming - In-depth Guides
https://www.youtube.com/@Strat_Gaming
Flesson19 - Guides, Let's Plays and Exploits
https://www.youtube.com/@Flesson19
ThreatX - Modded Let's Plays
https://www.youtube.com/@ThreatX
Italian Spartacus - Guides & News Coverage
https://www.youtube.com/@italianspartacus
Simo - Memes & Themed Playthroughs
https://www.youtube.com/@NotSimo
Koifish - More Talking, Even More Raiding
https://www.youtube.com/@Koifish
ReformistTM - Modded Let's Plays
https://www.youtube.com/@ReformistTM
Jackie Fish - Modding, Updates & Livestreams
https://www.youtube.com/@JackieFishHD
Benoni - Multiplayer
https://www.youtube.com/@Benoniyoutube
Pixelated Apollo - Let's Plays
https://www.youtube.com/@PixelatedApollo1
Guiden - Master of Memes
https://www.youtube.com/@GuidenYT
Lionheartx10 - Let's Plays
https://www.youtube.com/@lionheartx10
The VMP Show - Chad Let's Plays & Streams
https://www.youtube.com/@TheVMPshow
Mr.Chicken Bannerlord - Variety
https://www.youtube.com/@Mr.Chicken
STAN Games & Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/@stangametutorials
SurrealBeliefs - Modded Let's Plays
https://www.youtube.com/@SurrealBeliefs
Mah-Dry-Bread - Technically not covering Bannerlord anymore, but I owe a favor. :)
https://www.youtube.com/@MahDryBread
There's probably a lot more lads that I'm unaware of, so for those who did not make the list... sorry. I spent 500 hours of my life on this project, I can't dedicate any more time to scrolling through thousands of videos until I find every single creator so I can expand the list. :(
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More to be written here, if my two remaining brain cells manage to establish a stable connection.
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