Sandbox or Campaign?

[CzUSMC]

Which is better?

[TheAceOfSpodes]

Sandbox. Campaign is just sandbox with some content gated behind an extremely lackluster narrative.

[Clovis Sangrail]

Campaign. You can ignore the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ main quest and play it like a sandbox, but you get to rescue your siblings, who are three very strong companions. You do not get siblings in sandbox.

You do not need that main quest to create your own kingdom, and that banner is next to useless.

[Action Man]

Sandbox Ironman mode. Free family members are a crutch. :)

[QbeX]

Sandbox all the way, campaign is only worth it as a very first play through

[ShadowFox]

I prefer sandbox, feels more authentic to me

[CzUSMC]

Thank you sandbox it is then.

[dot]

After jumping between the two in two games in 1.2.6, I ended up liking more campaign. It has a faster pace. It gives a slim chance to actually see the family actually grow and become big before I get bored of the save and jump to another or another game xD

And then the "story" is kind of like total wars endgame scenarios, it is there in case you feel that things are too tame and may serve to spice it up a little bit.

[kristianjakob]

Always campaign.

Whether you just like to watch numbers go up or you want people to run caravans or the like; companions and family members are the core RP element in the game.

Without the extras from the campaign, the game is just poorer.

[~ Fabulous ~]

only play campaign if you like being gang up by all the faction

[LKAI]

Originally posted by ~ Fabulous ~:

only play campaign if you like being gang up by all the faction

Doesn't have to be that way, if you can put up with seeing the gold quest marker on loads of people and in the hud for the whole playthrough. Never ask anyone what old Nez's folly is. No conspiracy, no empire joining up or barbarians banding together, the dragon banner remains forgotten.

However the changes make it so kingdoms are now destroyed without any fiefs and the clans either have to join a new kingdom or else they get deleted.

[Hasbulat]

Play campaign only but only till the step
rescue the family.
Played the campaign twice thgrough.
But it was everything but not funny!

Play the campaign sandbox mode like is much superior to sandbox itself.

The game with siblings, with your brother (and his wife) makes the gameplay more interesting, brings more dynamics and more substances in the gameplay!

[fragonard]

"The game with siblings, with your brother (and his wife) makes the gameplay more interesting, brings more dynamics and more substances in the gameplay!"

I agree completely with this view.

[Cantung]

Sandbox Orphan.
You can pick your friends, but you are stuck with your family.

[Midnight Piper]

Campaign every time. No rational reason to give up the 5 extra family companions/generals that campaign mode gives me.

[devastationa]

I recommend, play the campaign once, just for the achievements and experience of it and then never do it again.