# War of the Roses anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 3, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544 "2012-10-03T02:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/1 "2012-10-03T02:34:56Z")
I want to get into some medieval multi-player battles! War of the Roses came out today, and I believe another such game is coming out pretty soon called Chivalry. I’ve played some of the War of the Roses Beta, unfortunately I was having some issues with the graphics so I didn’t play long. Hopefully the Release straightened that out. Has anyone played it yet? IS there any interest? War of The Roses and Chivalry, BTW are both multi-player games where you perform great deeds of arms against the pernicious foe with sword, mace, spear, and bow. It’s a medieval battle royale in the style of Mount and Blade - only with better graphics. The main difference between the two lies probably in the mechanics of the game and the character development system. Ye olde War of the Roses Trailer: [War of the Roses Release Trailer - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maq08tanRqA) Ye olde Chivalry Trailer: [Chivalry Medieval Warfare GDC Trailer 2012 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y0las3-e1M) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/2 "2012-10-04T02:19:58Z")
Is War of the Roses by the Mount & Blade people? I’m not big on multiplayer, but I could go for another M&B(-like) game. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/3 "2012-10-04T05:56:25Z")
Not quite. War of the Roses looks like a Paradox Interactive in-house project, while Mount & Blade is developed by Taleworlds but published by Paradox. It’s definitely the same flavor, though. For me the turn-off is that it’s multiplayer only. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/4 "2012-10-04T16:35:15Z")
I’m not sure why I thought War of the Roses was by Taleworlds. If the game is only multiplayer, I think I’ll pass. Chivalry looks like it might be worth picking up if it has a single-player mode. Incidentally, Talewords is [working on Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord](http://www.taleworlds.com/main.aspx). Hopefully it will take the franchise back to Calradia (or a similar setting), and have a robust single-player experience. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/5 "2012-10-05T05:57:47Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Incidentally, Talewords is [working on Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord](http://www.taleworlds.com/main.aspx). Hopefully it will take the franchise back to Calradia (or a similar setting), and have a robust single-player experience. I completely agree, I just hope it’s not good enough that I spend _another_ 500+ hours on it. That said, I’d like to try War of the Roses, especially if the single-player campaign that got cut during production shows up at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/6 "2012-10-05T13:14:49Z")
I got into the Beta for War of the Roses, but never got it to run. I think my computer is too slow. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/7 "2012-10-05T13:37:07Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I got into the Beta for War of the Roses, but never got it to run. I think my computer is too slow. You’re not feeding the hamsters enough sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/8 "2012-10-05T13:45:21Z")
I played the beta. It was kind of disappointing. I liked the customization functionality, but the combat was pretty clunky overall. If they put out a demo to showcase the finished engine, I’ll give it a shot but I won’t otherwise be buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-roses-anyone/636544/9 "2012-10-05T16:18:52Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I’m not sure why I thought War of the Roses was by Taleworlds. If the game is only multiplayer, I think I’ll pass. Don’t know why either, but I thought the exact same thing upon hearing about the game and looking a little into it. And yeah, multiplayer only, Battlefield-esque experience ? Count me out. The graphic engine looks shiny nice though, do wake me if someone makes a mod to implement it in \*Warband \*or something 🙂