this game be great in many respects . it be a follow up to Mount & Blade , what I feel be the best medieval mount fight semi-rpg of all time . that say , it be a lot to live up to . Mount & Blade Warband fall short of the original and have a lot of bug -lrb- lot ! -rrb- . it appear the developer tweak the game in favor of multiplayer mode and fail to deliver on the single player aspect , forget to expand on the rpg element and to make the world believable . if you be into multiplayer , you be in for a treat . if not , then you may want to wait until the price drop down to $ 9.99 or until more patch be release to fix the bug , or the mod community have have a chance to release some interesting work to play . some of the notable bug I be see : \* - random rainbow artifact with the graphic when roam around the tavern \* - random graphic glitching during combat \* - nerfing of the couch lance ; it be nearly impossible now to be a lancer \* - nerfing of archer ; it be near impossible to hit anyone with a bow or crossbow , even when aim for expose body part , especially when you be on horseback \* - a bug where if you repeatedly re-assign the marshall role to any other lord under you , you relationship with the other increase ridiculously dramatically \* - after a battle , the battle summary that come up be miss the name of the soldier that die or be wound all in all , this game be not ready for prime time . I think it should have be in beta much longer . fortunately , Taleworlds be great at release fix and patch for customer . if you do make the mistake of buy it early and find the problem too annoying , hang on to you copy until the problem be fix or until the modding community have complete a few mod . this be easily the best modding game out there .