In Freeman's combat, you've got a bit of real-time strategy, too. When it comes to the first-person combat, for me at least, Freeman immediately turns into a game of PUBG. It even has that same semi-weird element from Mount & Blade, where you apparently have a face-to-face conversation with an enemy, and once you've both agreed to kill each other on the overworld map you are suddenly miles apart on the combat map. Getting into combat is similar to M&B, too: just walk up to another force and tell them you're going to kill them. Yes, my adventure is off to a stirring and heroic start.Įventually I've made enough money selling trash to hire a third squad, so with 15 mercs now following me I go out looking for trouble. I don't know why this merchant wants garbage so badly that he'll pay extra for it (or even pay anything for it, since it's garbage), but I buy some garbage for cheap and sell it for a profit. A quick scan of the map shows no bandit gangs that look small enough for me to tackle with my small band of fighters, so I avoid conflict while shuffling back and forth between towns, having found a merchant that will overpay for tea and another that will pay a lot for 'garbage.'
I start by allocating my starting skill points into abilities like leadership, accuracy, weapon expertise, and first aid (this is the RPG part of the game). As in M&B, you can visit towns to trade, recruit, rest (in this case, by visiting a hospital to heal), or to attempt a hostile takeover.
Other factions, plus groups of bandits and looters, stroll around the map too, though not entirely in real time: when I stop moving, they stop as well. When I begin playing, the simple world map shows towns and roads, and I wander around represented by a single soldier with a little number next to me displaying the size of my hired forces (currently 10, made up of two squads). Having played a lot of M&B myself, Freeman feels immediately familiar. While it's a modern combat game with guns and grenades instead of horses and swords, it's still extremely Mount & Bladey.
But for another quick fix, you may want to keep your eye on Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, now in Early Access on Steam. I know Mount & Blade fans are eagerly awaiting the arrival (and even the announcement of the date of the arrival) of Bannerlord, and probably entertaining thoughts of Kingdom Come: Deliverance in the meantime. This Early Access FPS mixes Mount Blade with modern combat, plus a bit of RTS
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