This large mod for Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord not solely converts it to Sengoku-era Japan, it provides absolutely simulated naval battles months forward of the bottom recreation

Shokuho is hardly the primary mod to adapt TaleWorlds’ Mount & Blade collection to a brand new period of historical past. Mount & Blade: Warband’s startling array of whole conversions virtually allow you to command armies wherever and, certainly, anywhen on this planet. But not solely is Shokuho a complete conversion for the marginally much less well-served Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, however additionally it is one of the crucial complete, transposing TaleWorlds’ historic RPG to feudal Japan in spectacular depth and element.

Shokuho’s samurai motion begins in 1568, the 12 months Oda Nobunaga marched on Kyoto and sparked two centuries of civil battle and political intrigue. As in vanilla Bannerlord, the mod enables you to carve a path by the interval in all method of how, akin to increase your individual military, or becoming a member of the forces of a neighborhood lord to stand up the ranks.

But whereas Shokuho is constructed upon Bannerlord’s foundations, that is no easy reskin. Shokuho boasts a totally new map that, in accordance with the creators, is “5 occasions as large as vanilla [Bannerlord], with 56 cities and 181 castles,” all of that are based mostly on settlements, clans, and kingdoms from the period.

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Furthermore, in addition to bundling within the widespread Diplomacy Mod, which provides programs like alliances and battle exhaustion, it additionally options a number of mod-specific mechanics. These embrace tiered fort sieges the place you will need to combat by a number of checkpoints, and absolutely simulated naval battles that allow you to management your individual ships, destroy enemy vessels with archers and gunfire, or board them with your individual troops. Amusingly, Shokuho has pipped Bannerlord to the submit right here. TaleWorlds is working by itself naval enlargement to the bottom recreation, however it will not arrive for a while but.

Additionally, contemplating Mount & Blade has by no means been a visible powerhouse, Shokuho has a outstanding sense of favor. The discharge-date trailer printed a few weeks again exhibits battles going down throughout windswept grassy plains and misty forests, snow-dusted sieges of mountain fortresses, and a samurai duel beneath the golden cover of an autumnal Japanese maple. Developer Dockside Interactive has clearly taken a leaf out of Ghost of Tsushima’s artbook, and it is paid off.

Shokuho is offered to obtain over on ModDB. As for Bannerlord itself, TaleWorlds’ Conflict Sails enlargement was initially scheduled to launch subsequent week, however it has since been delayed to autumn because the builders get it ship-shape.