King’s Bounty II (Preview) – Spotlight

We recently got our hands on an early build of King’s Bounty II for preview and have been playing the game for a while now. For the uninitiated, the King’s Bounty series of games have traditionally been turn based RPGs, with the first game, King’s Bounty: The Legend, putting you in the shoes of King Maximus. There have been other games in the series, however, King’s Bounty II is a direct sequel to the first game.

In King’s Bounty II, you get to pick from one of 3 hero characters, build your own team of warriors, and lead then into a fight against the enemies of Nostria. Firstly, the visual upgrade is noticeable, and while not a tech showcase, it does look great, especially with the simplistic yet appealing art direction. And while still turn based when it comes to combat, the exploration and interactions are all done via a third person camera perspective. This makes the exploration more fun, though the world is not as open to it as you would want. Note that this is still an early preview version and not the final release.

You’ll go about exploring, talking to people, recruiting members to your team, and fighting enemies. The combat is well presented and really fun. Upon starting an encounter the game changes perspectives and presents a grid like vide of the combat arena. You then issue commands and engage the enemy. A fair amount of options are presented to you in terms of team composition, enemy variety, and abilities.

Overall, we enjoyed our time with it, and do look forward to the final release.

You can wishlist King’s Bounty II on Steam here – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1135300/Kings_Bounty_II/

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Darkness descends over the world of Nostria. Conspiracies, sabotage, and necromancy are overshadowing the country. But maybe a saviour – the kingdom’s last hope – is already here, to fight back and finally restore peace and order in Nostria!

King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre. Expanding on this legacy with an entirely new epic story, fractions, enemies, and new features to forge an open and breaking fantasy world Antara. With the kingdoms in disarray, counties demanding independence, bandits prowl the roads, all the overseas nations have denied the King’s authority over them, and blighted creatures lie in wait for the unwary, new accidental heroes emerge as a last hope.

They are determined to bring order to the chaos. Play as one of them, recruiting, developing, and commanding your personal army on a non-linear adventure of betrayal, sacrifice, and survival. Fighting for your own future, outsmarting enemy in uniquely turn-based combat, making difficult decisions, and experience the intensity of one of the classic sagas in an exciting new way.