PC RPG Fans owe it to themselves to buy Kings Bounty: Legend

[mrstickball]

superkasei said:

mrstickball said:

If you've never played Kings Bounty on PC or Genesis back in the day, you absolutely owe it to yourself to play Kings Bounty Legend.

It has to be one of the best WRPGs in awhile that I've played...Up there with Mass Effect and Oblivion. SRPG fans are going to love the tactical battles.

And if you even know what Kings Bounty even is, then you MUST play it. KB was one of the quintessential RPGs of the very early 90s. It's party based like most RPGs, but you hire your soliders to fight for you. KB:L has a huge listing of new characters, and the entirety of old fan favorites such as the deadly Pesant. Which has a major overhaul. I used them during the entire demo with great success.

This is not the kings bounty game that i play when i was a kid, i play a kings bounty for the genesis produced by Electronics arts, the worst game in hystory

Kings Bounty for Genesis is the same one that came out for PC that this game is based off of. And I'd love to know what's so bad about KB on Genesis: It did as much for the Western SRPG genre that Herzog Zwei did for RTS games.

@ Galaki and Flagship:

A quick crash course of history for you: Kings Bounty was the direct predicessor of the Heroes of Might and Magic series. HMoM is far more strategic, and less RPG-ish. Kings Bounty (and this new one) are far more RPG oriented. There's no pervasive economy in the game. There is gold. And gold buys everything - Weapons, Armor, Armies, Ships, ect.

It really fusterated me, being a Genesis gamer back in the early 90's playing Kings Bounty (I still have a copy, despite not owning a Genesis anymore), and never getting a proper sequel till now. If you liked H:MoM, but want something more RPG-ish (and akin to the Might & Magic series), you'll want to play Kings Bounty.

And the demo gives you a good "feel" for the game. There's a great compliment of uber-battles in the demo that will tear you limb from limb early on. The learning curve is moderately paced: It's not the easiest game to grasp, and took me about 30 minutes to get re-acquainted with the new concepts of Legends, but it's very good. You'll be recruiting and battling pretty aptly in no time.