Mount&Blade Warband is one of the most addicting games I have ever played, why you may ask? Well I will tell you.
Singleplayer: You start out by making your character you can edit your whole face to make it your own, you can choose between male and female, different hairstyles etc. Next thing you do is choose how your past life has been.
Once you get into game you will be attacked by bandits make quick work of them or they will make slow work of you, from there you can basically choose your own path you must gain renown for other lord to like you. You can marry, you can capture lords through battle not to mention all the mods wich can totally convert your game into a ancient greek setting, starwars, WW2 so on and so forth.
But what really makes this game is the Combat it is so simple yet you need skill if you are to be good. Attack up block up, attack down block down, attack left/right block left/right it is all about timing. It is easy to learn difficult to master.
If you have steam I suggest grabbing it it is definatley worth the buy. Below is a link to the steam store page.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/48700/Mount__Blade_Warband/
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