

Using the right trigger button to attack, you also have to aim the right stick to perform the strike at that direction. Long ranged combat - using bow and arrows, javelins and crossbows is tolerable, yet still somewhat inaccurate judging on having to aim high and to the left to make contact with the skulls you have to hit. The combat on Xbox One is just terrible, and combat on horseback is nothing short of torture, but I'll touch on horseback combat mechanics in a moment. The safest place to start is the tutorial, and for a good reason. You're not going to step off into the world looking like Brad Pitt or Kim K, but you'll bear a passing resemblance to human that looks as though it emerged from Dragon's Dogma's character creator. What you do from there is up to you, whether you choose to go and be a swine or a sweetheart. It is a popular medieval simulator ported from PC, in which you create your character and their backstory and set off into the world. If you missed out on the fuss about Mount & Blade: Warband, let us quickly fill you in.
