
There are a lot more, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind. Sign on as part of a Lord's army and fight as common footsoldier. New economic options - you can buy land in towns, buy ships for fast travel between ports, and have more options for trading. New missions - there are new missions you can get from lords. Reworked maps - the various siege maps have been heavily reworked, and graphics improvements have been made to the random maps.ĪI improvements - the AI can use the new formations and in general fights better. New strategic options - you can pre-plan battles and formations, pick who follows you into battle, and in battle you have options to new formations and commands. New character creation options - expanded backgrounds that alter skills and improve on skills.

This affects bandits and mercenaries, too (even the female mercs get expanded and powerful options). Troop Tree Overhaul - every faction gets a complete overhaul to its troop tree with loads of new troop types. Loads and loards of new and improved items, including weapons, armor, clothes, horses, foods (including quality), and muddafuggin' War Elephants (which don't look so hot in practice because of engine limitations, but still). New, fully-implemented companions with all the same features of the old ones. Streaming below is an exclusive pre-release debut of the band’s titular song, “The Morgul Blade” and companion synthesizer intro “He Who Sits Upon the Black Throne of Angmar.There's actually a full wiki describing what it does, but in brief:Ĭharacter overhaul - the appearance of every character in the game is generally improved. Morgul Blade are the real deal - they don’t need some dude saying ineffectual prose about them - and their upcoming debut full-length, Fell Sorcery Abounds, out on No Remorse Records in November, is bound to slay all who pose. With all this, it almost seems like these Philly heads are a meme or caricature of metal, but do not assume that. And would the album art look great airbrushed on the side of a van? 100 percent, yes. Their black metal-guided take on something they call “True Metal,” which I’ve learned essentially means US power metal but with high fantasy influence and a little more oomph, is simply badass a true exercise in a metal what’s-what.


I tried to think of a lot of smart things to say about Morgul Blade, but I figure I’ll put it in simpler terms: Morgul Blade kicks ass. Streaming, Track Premiere black metal, Fell Sorcery Abounds, Morgul Blade, No Remorse, Philadelphia, premiere, Trad Metal.
