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Definitely thought this article was going to mention this recently released game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x2gY7CjDKs

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That's my game! We've been working on the tech for about 5 years.

I have had a lot of conversations about this exact topic.

It looks pretty awesome. I hope it is a success.

Cool looking game. Added to my Steam wish list. I'm curious about the scale of the game. Aside from the unique concept, the combat reminds me of Mount and Blade quite a bit, but the scale looks larger. How many individuals are there on the battlefield? Was the tech to support such a large scale battles a challenge?

Yes, it was very challenging. It is in the thousands. In the trailer that is in the neighborhood of 4-5k soldiers. We are still deciding how many will go in the final game. But the number would only go up from the trailer(The trailer is essentially a playable build).

I'm pretty sure that is more than bannerlord, which I think is around 1000, but maybe they have less on consoles.

Thanks! Really looking forward to it. I play Bannerlord on PC with settings pretty much maxed and my recollection is that 1000 is about right. A 4x (or more) improvement over that is seriously impressive.

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