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King’s Bounty 2 is absolutely unforgiving in its battles, and there’s a definite learning curve to the game, but it still manages to be an engaging system that truly encourages tactical thinking. Past even that you also factor in the equipment on your character, who doesn’t take part in battle, but the equipment will grant certain stat boosts and perks. Layered on top of your units are a host of magic spells, with the ability to use one per round. These ideals also correspond to moral choices throughout the game, and the more points you have in one ideal the better the moral for those unit types will be. There’s a ton of variety in terms of army composition, as units are grouped into four different ideals Order, Anarchy, Power, and Finesse. Units take turns based on their initiative stat, and almost every unit in the game has a unique special attack. Combat is an evolution of the grid-based system used in King’s Bounty: The Legend, and it has a lot of strategy built-in. While the actual structure and story of King’s Bounty 2 leave a lot to be desired, the game’s combat system fares a lot better. It’s a shame that the world and NPCs end up feeling so lifeless because King’s Bounty 2 consistently wowed me with gorgeous vistas, putrid swamps, and more. The good news, however, is that Nostria is an absolutely gorgeous world, with a wealth of particle effects and wildlife dotting the forests and hills. To be fair, you do have a horse that can be summoned at any time, but bafflingly, when you’re in towns, the horse moves slower than you walk. This problem is coupled with an abysmally slow walking speed, with no option to sprint or anything else. Fast travel points dot the world, but the way quests are designed means it would be better if you could simply fast travel at any time, without having to go to a point. Getting around the world of Nostria also isn’t as intuitive as it could be. This can lead to a lot of confusion unless you want to consistently dig through your quest journal and reference it to your map. You can only track one quest at a time, which will be highlighted on your map, but every other objective is simply a basic exclamation point with nothing to denote which quest it belongs to. My biggest issue with the quests in King’s Bounty 2 is how they all kind of blend together, especially in terms of how they’re tracked. The writing is consistently very dry, and a mish-mash of questionable voice acting only helps drag things down even more. The game is filled to the brim with both main quests and side quests, but few of them manage to tell engaging stories. The story doesn’t do much to grab you initially, and it doesn’t get much better even 30 hours in.Īs you follow the main story, the formula of King’s Bounty 2 becomes abundantly clear proceed to an area filled with NPCs and load up your quest journal, complete those quests, and then rinse and repeat in the next area.

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The core structure of King’s Bounty 2 is pretty close to what you find in the genre, as the lone hero strikes out on a series of quests to unravel the core mystery of who’s causing trouble across Nostria. Unfortunately, the only interesting character is Katherine the Mage, who consistently throws out witty one-liners and sarcastic comments.

The story may be the same for all three characters, but there is some variation in how each character responds. Your character has been put in prison after being accused of poisoning the King of Nostria, but they’re given a second chance when the now-ruling prince sends you on a special mission. No matter which character you pick, the story starts out the same way. King’s Bounty 2 lets you choose from three distinct characters: a Warrior that focuses on unit strength, a Mage that can learn a wide array of spells, and a Paladin that has support magic. Despite some high points and a combat system that gets better as the game goes on, it unfortunately never melds into a cohesive whole, and little bits of frustration don't help matters.