Product Description: In a fairy tale fantasy world of fearless knights, evil mages, wise kings and beautiful princesses, you are a hero. King's Bounty: The Legend is an adventure game with tactical turn-based battles and role-playing elements. Gameplay is divided into two major sections: adventure mode and battle mode. In adventure mode you control your character in real-time. You move through the adventure map seeking various treasures, fighting monsters and accomplishing quests. In battle mode you lead your troops in tactical turn-based combat. Battles take place on land or sea, in dungeons or castles or even in some items. You yourself don't participate in the combat, but can assist your troops by casting spells or summoning different creatures.
A rich role-playing system including 7 parameters and more than 30 skills and perks and a highly-developed system of tasks and relations More than 70 spells to use on the battle arena and in everyday life An alternative option for magic development are the Spirits of Rage to be summoned in combat More than 60 unique creatures with special abilities and skills ready to fight in your army Dozens of different battle arenas. Unique arenas for castle sieges Various traps and bonuses on battle arenas that can change the course of fight Unique system of live items acting of their own will and changing their essence Ability to start a family, find a wife and have children
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Just One More Turn...Again
If you are a fan of short, but not too simple, role-playing games, this is a great choice. There's a lot of battle management, but it's doable, and difficulty can be set - I'm doing it on Normal, and it's challenging enough. The magic system is complex enough to allow a different play style between magic users and fighters. There are interesting choices that can be made to support evildoers or oppose them, to pick factions in local squabbles, and to conduct diplomacy and guard missions. I highly recommend this game as an easy to get into, hard to master, fun to play single player tactical/roleplaying masterpiece.
Rating: - Could be a Great Game if it didnt CRASH in Vista
I would normally give this game 4 of 5 stars losing only one for lack of replay value because of the single scenario. The game is fun interesting & witty in spots and even allows for character growth and customization. The graphics are beautiful and music is good if abit repetitive. The one thing I can't stand is that even after they have issued a patch for some issues it still crashes every few hours and this game takes many hours to play. Now I dont know about most of you but having to reboot vista without being able to shut the computer down because of a game bug is not my idea of cool
Rating: - Excellent Strategy game....
Very fun and thought provoking game where you need to think ten steps ahead before performing any action.
Excellent game and very fun.
I'm running this on a Windows Vista PC and have had no issues with the game at all. I downloaded and installed the latest patch from the game's website before playing.
Rating: - Great Fun
It is a great fun game and gets better the more you get into the game.
Make sure you save the game after each big battle or an level upgrade.
The grapics are great and I wonder even how people can come up with those
amazing idea's.
You do get a chance to use almost every different unit in the game if you choose to.
The one draw back is that some battles you don't stand a chance... Come back again later when you have lots more troops.
Rating: - Old School RPG Greatness!!!
King's Bounty is the best turn based strategy game since X-Com came out in 1993.
It works on XP and Vista 32-bit.
There may be problems with Vista 64-bit.
Concept:
King's bounty is a great mix of turn based strategy, adventure, and RPG elements. You explore a world and find items to increase your stats and gather troops for your army. If you encounter enemies, you battle them in turn based combat. You can also cast spells during the battle to heal your troops, increase their stats, weaken enemies, or alter the battleground.
Heroes
You can choose one of 3 Hero types (Warrior, Paladin, Mage) and customize them through a skill tree or equipping items. Your class, skills, stats and items affect the army that you control.
Warriors have more troops and weak magic skills. Paladins are balanced. Mages have the fewest troops but can cast the most powerful spells during the battles.
Attack - Increases the damage that your troops dish out.
Defense - Decreases the damage that your troops take.
Intellect - Increases the power of your spells.
Leadership - Increases the amount of troops you can have in a battle.
Gold - Allows you to buy new troops and items.
Runes - Allow you to buy skills on your skill tree.
Your Army
There are over 90 different types of creatures you can have in your army.
Tanks - knights, giants, dwarves...
Ranged - archers, elves, beholders...
Infantry - soldiers, snakes, spiders, pirates...
Spellcasting - priests, mages, inquisitors...
Special - werewolves, vampires, ghosts...
So, why is this game so great?
You're constantly being rewarded for playing. It seems like every 10 steps, you're getting gold, runes, new units, and leadership banners. New enemies constantly appear and change the strategy of the battles. The game never feels stale. You're always learning new spells and trying to exploit the enemies' weaknesses.
Just when you think you've got the game mastered, you gain access to new lands, new enemies, new spells, and new units.
There are tons of optional side quests, too. If you complete them, you get gold, experience, or special items. You may even make a new alliance which adds new troops to your army.
The box says rated T for Teens, but this game is fun for everyone. The descriptors say:
Drug Reference - I never saw one, although pirates talked about rum.
Language - I didn't see any harsh language.
Mild Fantasy Violence - knight swings sword, hits monster, and a 25 appears above the monster. There's no blood or impaling.
What could be better about this game?
The story is good, but the writing on some of the quests is sub-par. One of my friends had trouble playing it on Vista, but he got it working.
The game is about 40-90 hours long, depending on how you play. It's a must buy if you like turn based strategy games, old school RPG's, or want to kill time while you're waiting for Diablo III.
- Just One More Turn...Again
- Could be a Great Game if it didnt CRASH in Vista
