Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword Gets A Hefty Update

Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, the popular RTS from Paradox Interactive, is getting an extensive update and including some new features that fans have been looking forward to seeing for quite some time now. Paradox is aimed at providing players with what they want, and the new update definitely delivers.

The new update features new line formations, female characters, faster mounts, and more. Mount & Blade comes out a bit more balanced with the new update, not to mention more interactive with more players. Pikemen will now steady their weapons to cripple incoming cavalry, and marksmen can arrange themselves in multiple firing lines to maximize their damage output.

Here is the full feature list for the update:

• New alternative melee fighting style for musketeers.
• Great new ragdoll physics effects.
• New particle and sound effects for firearms, for added realism.
• Completely redone Captain Mode introduces a new troops purchasing system & all new troops!
• Female player characters and armors!
• A rebalanced single player experience, including an improved economy, item balance, and difficulty.
• New and more realistic caravan management system. New quests.
• An improved multiplayer balance to both classes & weapons, providing more distinct play styles.
• Healthier, faster horses!
• Crouching and the ability to run and reload add more styles of play.
• An all new grenade system with a new explosion model and particle effects.

For more information on the update, or to learn more about Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, head on over to the game’s official website. From there players can view new update trailers, and download full storyline walkthroughs. Paradox Interactive continues to step up to the plate within the PC gaming community, and with this new update they are keeping great games alive.