King's Bounty II

Mechanics

King's Bounty 2 is divided into two segments. In the first one, we travel through the three-dimensional world, observing it from the third person perspective, as in many classic RPG productions. As mentioned above, players control one of the three pre-assigned heroes. Each of them has its own history and character. When we make decisions and perform certain actions during the campaign, we influence the ideas they hold (strength, art, order and anarchy). They change the way NPCs react to us and shape the world around us. The campaign puts a lot of emphasis on the player's choices. Some of them will influence the course of the plot and will have serious repercussions. During the game there will be no shortage of difficult moral problems, but more down-to-earth concerns will also be important, such as building friendly relations with the inhabitants of the visited cities.

The second segment of the game consists of turn-based battles, in which dozens of different opponents stand against our warrior team, which consists of many different units (people, elves, trolls, etc.). Hexagonal maps are more interesting than the first one. King's Bounty offering many previously inaccessible tactical options such as terrain. The combat system has been developed in a similar way, players have more types of orders and options to manage their troops.

Technical aspects

King's Bounty 2 is the debut of the brand on consoles and has been enriched with numerous features facilitating gameplay on these platforms (modified interface and for controllers), which are also available on PCs. The audiovisual setting is very good. The three-dimensional models of characters and surroundings were made with attention to detail. The soundtrack of the title is at an equally high level.