I bought the game on release, its still in the works (BETA) but I had fun, I have big hopes for the game and I'm curious what other people think about it.
With M&B2 all I ever wanted was the old games but with better production values and even more things in it. and I'm getting exactly that. have had a load of fun with it so fat.
The modding scene is starting to pick up, mostly new helmets so far but as far a development goes mods are starting to do more work since mod tools released, I'm very hopeful
I played mount and blade 1 quite some years ago. Just recently bought the second game on sale, but waiting for it to come out of early access before I actually begin to play it.