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What are the best games on Steam with a focus on horses?

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Mount & Blade : Warband vs Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain vs Shadow of the Colossus

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Genre

Action-RPG, Strategy, Simulation

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems

Steam Rating

Overwhelmingly Positive

Publisher

TaleWorlds Entertainment, Ravenscourt Games

Developer

TaleWorlds Entertainment

Recommended OS

Windows XP or greater

Recommended Processor

Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+

Recommended Hard Drive Space

100MB available space

Recommended Sound

Standard audio

Recommended Memory

1GB RAM

Recommended Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, ATI Radeon 9600, or better

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Action

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Co-Op

Single Player

Native Resolution

1080p60

Genre

Action-Adventure

Platforms

PlayStation 2

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Pros + Cons

Pro
 The best Mounted Combat of any game

Yes, this game has, hands down, the best mounted combat of all time, riding across the battlefield on your mighty steed and felling an enemy is one of the best feelings. All weapons work on horseback, barring very heavy crossbows, and they are all fun. There's your traditional jousting with a lance in tournaments, but you can also use a greatsword, a sword and shield, a bardiche. With mounted combat like this, other games with mounted combat will seem completely obsolete.
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Con
 Horseback Archery is difficult

Doing archery on horseback is very difficult to pull off, not impossible, just very difficult, the realism is appreciated, though it's a bit too hard to hit a target when riding a horse.
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Con
 Brutal and unforgiving

You get captured, and that is it, your entire army is gone completely, you will lose all your gold, and a lot of the companions you had, you may even lose some of your inventory or equipment, this is especially bad when you play under the "Realistic" save settings, as the game automatically saves after every event, which means you've lost everything and there is nothing you can do about it.
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Pro
 Multiplayer

Multiplayer is a part of M&B with Warband and allows for battles as large as 64 players with tons of different class choices for each player, making for a varied online battle each time. There are also different modes and maps.
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Pro
 Have your own army to command into battle

You can build up your own army and command them into battle, Total War-style, only with you leading directly and taking place in the battle. There are tons of different commands for you to give out to your army.
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 Impressive & realistic Combat system

The game has one of the most realistic medieval combat systems ever, and it flows very well. There are different ways to control swordplay as well as archery, blocks are done using the mouse and moving it in the direction of the enemy's weapon and clicking the right mouse button. Archery is very realistic is well and there is always a sense of accomplishment when you kill or even hit a target.
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Pro
 Deep economy aspects

Buying and selling items in the single player game can be deeply rewarding but will take a lot of time to learn the ins and outs in order to maximize profit.
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Pro
 Old but gold

This is an old game, but it's also a very, very good one.
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Con
 Subpar graphics

Definitely not one of the best looking games out there, and age is not helping it either.
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Pro
 Allows players to create their private military company

Throughout the story of the game, the player will be trying to rebuild their private military which was lost in the epilogue of the previous title in the MGS series. Other than building their "Mother Base" which is an ever-evolving giant structure which serves as a base of operations for the player and other NPCs which help the player, players can also recruit enemy soldiers to increase the size of their mercenary company. These soldiers can help based on their area of expertise to either work on developing new projects or be dispatched around the world to complete missions and earn in-game money.
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Pro
 Multiple ways to approach a mission

Metal Gear Solid V gives players multiple choices on how to approach a mission or clear an outpost. For example, the player can choose to use stealth and cunning in order to complete their mission and kill only when it's absolutely necessary, or they can get in guns blazing and kill every single enemy soldier sometimes even sniping each one of them from afar or calling the helicopter for air support. This gives a special flavor to the gameplay and doesn't let it get stale for a long time since it leaves the choice on how to play to the player, without penalizing them for not completing a mission by using stealth (as other previous MGS used to do).
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 Ever evolving Mother Base

One of the goals of the game is to capture as many enemies alive as possible. With those captured troops users can start building more of their base out, making for an even bigger and better experience as the game progresses.
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 Large assortment of tools and options

As one plays through the game they can develop more weapons and tools with the enemies they capture. While not every one has to be used, the sheer fact that their is so much choice makes for a lot of fun experimenting.
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 Reflex system

Once spotted by an enemy time will slow down for a short period of time allowing the player to react more accurately in a tense situation.
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 Plays at 1080p and 60fps

There is some frame drops during gameplay but the main target of 60fps is more often reached than not. V-Sync is used, so there is no screen tearing and everything plays at a native resolution of 1920x1080.
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 Extremely intelligent AI

As the player levels up gear so will the AI, who are programmed to constantly keep the player on their toes. Being that the whole game is designed to allow the player tackle any level in a multitude of ways, seeing the AI always react differently makes for an original experience every time something is tackled.
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Con
 High learning curve

There is so much detail to grasp in the game that it can be overwhelming, especially at first. It will take a good bit of time to become accustomed to everything the game has to offer and how to control and interact with it.
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 Micro transactions

Something often found in free to play games is microtransactions, sadly they are included in the multiplayer aspect of The Phantom Pain going so high as $79.99 for a bundle of in game currency that can be used for advantage in the online part of the game. Considering that MGS V already is a full priced title at $59.99, to see Konami milking their fans for never ending microtransactions is pretty disheartening, especially when considering they can be used to get a leg up over others in the multiplayer by easily creating more resources over other non paying players.
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