The gameplay is split thanks to its diverse genres. You’ll travel Calradia looking for fame and fortune, and spilling a fair amount of blood along the way. You are the leader of an up and coming clan, looking to make a name for yourself. A kind of unique mix of say Dragon Age and Total War. Trying to take a stab at the genre is the first confusion, with the best description I can pinpoint as a strategy RPG. It’s a constant contradiction, a confusing melange of the good and the bad, and I kinda like it, I think. You’ll find yourself whisked off to a medieval fantasy land and then abruptly dumped you back into your own reality.
It will make you wince and smile at the same moment.
It’s an experience that will both frustrate and entice you. Like the political and military machinations in the land of Calradia, where Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is set, answering the simple question of whether this is a game worth your time is, well, complicated.