King's Bounty returns

Fleisch · Post by **Fleisch** » July 13th, 2007, 9:54 pm

On display at E3 is King's Bounty, a remake of the original with real purty graphics. Both IGN and GameSpot offer a brief preview:

http://pc.ign.com/articles/804/804593p1.html

http://e3.gamespot.com/story.html?sid=6174942

Both reviewers betray a mindset at odds with mine (I was going to say "with reality" but your mileage may vary) regarding what constitutes an RPG.

The GameSpot reviewer says: "Like in many turn-based games, the entire area was covered in a honeycomb-like movement grid." Yes, many turn-based wargames employ this grid, and that's basically what King's Bounty is - Heroes of Might and Magic (or Warhammer), a tactical wargame exercise with a fantasy overlay; no actual story or characters.

But hey, at least it's turn-based. We may be having a turn-based Renaissance!

YouTube · Post by **BasiliskWrangler** » July 13th, 2007, 10:21 pm

W-O-W!!

That is so cool looking! I didn't really even read much about the game itself, but seeing a hex-grid turn-based fantasy game looking that good is so exciting!

Gallifrey · Post by **Gallifrey** » July 14th, 2007, 10:24 am

Fantastic! Will definitely be watching this one. 1C Games publishes some really interesting stuff, but I've never seen the games for sale over here in North America.

Saxon1974 · Post by **Saxon1974** » July 16th, 2007, 7:20 pm

Looks very interesting!

I recal the original a little bit, I remember the box cover but don't remember much about playing the game.

joshuasmyth · Post by **joshuasmyth** » December 12th, 2007, 1:34 pm

I played the original alot, enough to complete it on hard. The sequal looks interesting... hopefully they've kept the gameplay that made the original fun...