Overview of Conqueror's Blade

A detailed analysis of Conqueror's Blade - a new MMORPG in a medieval setting from Booming Games

Conqueror's Blade is a new multiplayer MMORPG in a medieval setting, which has already been tested by tens of thousands of users on several continents. You should not take online statistics for the CIS countries as a basis, since the project is multinational: the same system is used in many games, even in the notorious Fortnite battle royale. Here you are guaranteed to meet Germans, French and other representatives of the European community. But whether to fight with them shoulder to shoulder, or vice versa, mercilessly destroy their heroes and units - it's up to you.

Command maneuver

Conqueror's Blade largely adapts to beginners, because at first, in addition to training and all sorts of training grounds, the character himself follows from task to task. Someone may like such an element, but for us personally it looks very casual. ?It's more that the game is designed for epic battles of hefty guys in armor.

And we want to devote the first part of our review to these battles, because the combat system is the main element that really draws you in and does not let go for a very long time. In fact, the combat in the game cannot be called revolutionary, because for the most part the gameplay is a banal capture and retention of control points. It would seem that it does not take much intelligence to capture and hold a key point. But, when real players, and not artificial intelligence, are fighting against your team, you involuntarily realize that this is actually not easy. Especially in such a dynamic mode as "Siege": when both your team and the enemy team have fifteen people each with all kinds of units and artillery. Therefore, Conqueror's Blade is exclusively a team game.

The sieges of medieval fortresses are truly exciting battles. Even with the small number of maps available in the game today, each siege will be different and play out in its own unique way. And most importantly - in the game it is not necessary to have a connection with all fifteen teammates, because during the battle you will still not be able to agree normally. The exceptions are mainly battles in the war for ??territory - when each member of the bracket knows its role, and the actions to be taken in case of unforeseen situations.

The essence of the siege in Conqueror's Blade is quite easy to understand: fifteen brave fighters with numerous squads are trying to recapture a fortress, port or castle from the enemy. The attackers are given a certain time, during which its members must jointly capture the final key point. If this does not happen after the expiration of time, the defenders of the fortress will win, and the aggressors will have to be content with consolation prizes.

Even if several members of the squad will "catch the crows", the team will loosen its grip and quickly give up the first key position.

versatility

Conquerors's Blade is the only game in its genre where the hero not only has the right to change the weapon used right during the battle, but also can use siege equipment and artillery: cannons, culverins, ballistae and other weapons. And so that the battlefield does not seem empty, floor?The commander equips several detachments for battle, which will help him in difficult military affairs.

We mentioned the different types of weapons for a reason, because in the game you can choose one of the ten available classes. Each class uses its own weapons and has unique abilities. Naturally, a novice user has a question - which class is better? There really isn't a "best" class in Conquerors's Blade as it all comes down to the player's personal preference. Of course, you can create several different fighters, but this makes no sense, since nothing prevents you from opening any other class for an already existing fighter and leveling it up. After all, as we have already said, with the necessary armor, in one battle you can be a swordsman and a musketeer at the same time.

Why pay more?

The game has an open world system with many?? cities and towns that can be captured. Each settlement owns a part of the land, on which, in turn, there are points for the extraction of minerals or other resources. They serve for processing and further creation of weapons for units, artillery and other items. To put everything in its place, first of all, we note that it is completely optional to extract resources and craft in the game. From the word "absolutely". All minerals, equipment for squads and artillery can be purchased either in an allied city or at an auction. And here is the question of price. It's much cheaper to spend a few hours digging up resources, refining them, and stocking up on gear for days ahead. But after all, not every gamer has free time, especially since the main community of the game is a mature audience. For such users, it is easier to buy some in-game currency and stretch it out for a certain period of time, without filling your head with loot and crafting.

This motivates other players to gather in Houses and Alliances, conclude allied treaties and declare wars. All for the sake of capturing lands, from which, in turn, you can collect valuable resources, putting them up for sale or sending them for further processing. Such an economy puts users on an equal footing: if you have no desire to donate?? game, but there is free time, then you can craft expensive equipment for the squads and sell it at a high price. And a player with a lack of time, but the opportunity to invest real money once a week in several thousand sovereigns, will simply buy this equipment from the first player.

A little more optimization!

The game looks good, and in general the project itself can be called quite good. And when you start to delve into all the mechanics and game subtleties, you really want to linger in it. But the system requirements of the game and not so hot, what kind of optimization will not allow everyone to do this. For the sake of experimentation, we downloaded and installed Conquerors's Blade on an almost identical minimum PC. What happened in the end, it is very difficult to call a comfortable game. If in some battle against artificial intelligence or a PvE mission it is still possible to fight without friezes and freezes, then in the main mode, for which many people are delayed in the project, it is unlikely that they will be able to play normally. Well, there are a lot of textures, models and other elements that need optimization.

Why go far: there are almost thirty people on the map, each of whom has his own pocket army of at least twenty fighters. In total, there can be more than six hundred models on the map at once, and all of them are constantly moving, shooting, fighting and performing other actions. To process all this, you need, if not a top-end, then a PC above the average level.

This is probably the only reason why our editors do not predict a big online in the domestic region in the near future. Well, to all owners of a good PC and lovers of medieval battles, we definitely recommend trying your hand as a field general.