King's Bounty II

Your skills are locked to your gender. You can't be a wizard without being a woman.

Just all-around bad. Simple uninteresting game play. Rudimentary graphics. Terrible voice acting. Boring story.

I could gotten past the terrible voice acting, terrible horse riding, and terrible story if not for the horrendous combat. It's difficult to tell units apart since they're represented by many tiny, blurry, pixelated individual units instead of a single big one. It's rather simplified & boring, too (KB combat wasn't very complex to begin with). I don't even dislike the game because it's not the same as the first game. I dislike it because it just feels bad to play.

Feels like you are playing a mobile game for the couch.

For me King's Bounty always was about tale, but here plot is ♥♥♥♥♥. Mechanics in new game are also not so nice, your hero animated like moving tree. Only design and picture around more or less nice, everything else is pitty.

Game looks good and is very modern but it is not a legacy to the original King's Bounty. The game just 'feels' different. Instead of being easy to play with a mouse, now its a joystick with more controls, the game lost it's funny side that were in the original games, it is less playful and out of charm... I bought it at a low price on special so no worries here, but I don't recommend the game if you are a fan of the series, i got completely bored after a few hours as the game just wont keep my attention. If you like open world games, buy it when it's on sale.

If you're looking for another King's Bounty (1) or HoMM-like combat experience... ... look elsewhere. The overall graphics are fine, but fail to alleviate that most of the environment is empty and becoming boring and bland quickly. That there's only two overworld maps (one used for the game's introduction) doesn't help. The combat maps in contrast are nicely diverse and make tactical use of sight lines and elevation. Beyond that the strategic part of gameplay feels shallow, with units limited in amount and access linked to RPG story choices, which discourages combinations of playstyles, with synergies between units far and in between. The RPG part is equally lacking depth, equipment and inventory management feel restrictive and set items can be random or tied to RPG decisions, further limiting accessability for combining playstyles. The dialogue and story are neither overly engaging nor entertaining, taking itself rather serious but not delivering on that. From the mid game onwards, tedium sets in and the story just drags on. Travel takes *way* too much time, and you're going to run through empty areas a lot. The ending is equally unrewarding, [spoiler] not resolving anything, instead ending on a cliffhanger [/spoiler]. It's clear the developers were aiming to expand the game further, but with the state of the game features supporting the story as is, I can't see myself being enthralled to buy another installment. Flawed, but possibly worth your time when on sale

This is a decent game but I would be lying if If I said it didn't have serious problems. The biggest issue for me is the unbalanced state of the game. Some fights are very unfair where you meet far "better" armies then you should at the level you are at. The whole game just felt like it was a uphill struggle all the way. You were never really allowed to get a good army untill the late parts of the game. Locking the set pieces of armor behind random quest rewards is so stupid I'm lost for words. You will most likely play through the game and recieve a couple of random pieces of each set and never getting a full set unless you allready know and save/load many times as you return certain quests to get the piece you want. I did like the environments and the world. However the map is big but not really big enough to be comparable to the earlier kings bounty games.