Shokuho is hardly the primary mod to adapt TaleWorlds’ Mount & Blade sequence to a brand new period of historical past. Mount & Blade: Warband’s startling array of whole conversions virtually allow you to command armies anyplace and, certainly, anywhen on the earth. 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 conflict and political intrigue. As in vanilla Bannerlord, the mod permits you to carve a path via the interval in all method of the way, corresponding to increase your individual military, or becoming a member of the forces of an area 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 line with the creators, is “5 instances 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 common Diplomacy Mod, which provides programs like alliances and conflict exhaustion, it additionally options a number of mod-specific mechanics. These embrace tiered fort sieges the place you will need to combat via a number of checkpoints, and totally 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 put up right here. TaleWorlds is working by itself naval growth to the bottom sport, nevertheless it will not arrive for a while but.
Additionally, contemplating Mount & Blade has by no means been a visible powerhouse, Shokuho has a exceptional sense of favor. The discharge-date trailer printed a few weeks again reveals battles happening 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 on the market to obtain over on ModDB. As for Bannerlord itself, TaleWorlds’ Battle Sails growth was initially scheduled to launch subsequent week, nevertheless it has since been delayed to autumn because the builders get it ship-shape.
