| Feature | Unofficial “Highly Compressed” | Official Steam/GOG | Optimized Official (CompactGUI + WSE2) | |--------|-------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------------------| | | 350–600 MB | 1.2 GB | 800 MB – 1.0 GB | | Multiplayer | Often broken | Full | Full | | Mod support | Poor (missing files) | Full | Full | | Safety | High risk (malware) | Safe | Safe | | Install time | 15–30 min decompression | 2 min (direct install) | 1 min (compression tool) | | Performance | Unchanged or worse | Baseline | Slightly better (WSE2) | | Updates | None | Auto-updates | Auto-updates |
Here is why this feature is critical for a compressed version: mount and blade warband highly compressed better
But there is a catch: mods. The vanilla game is roughly 900 MB to 1.2 GB. That is tiny by modern standards (where AAA titles push 100GB+). However, once you enter the world of Prophesy of Pendor , A Clash of Kings , or The Last Days of the Third Age , your hard drive space evaporates. A fully modded Warband can easily balloon to 10GB or more. | Feature | Unofficial “Highly Compressed” | Official
For the best experience, consider:
: A rearranged overland map featuring bandit camps and improved AI for both lords and commoners. TaleWorlds Entertainment System Requirements (Official) However, once you enter the world of Prophesy
A "highly compressed" version (often found as 100MB or less in third-party "repacks") rarely offers better performance and may come with significant trade-offs: Missing Content