Kinda silently, the game will be released this Friday in Europe and major DD platforms, although right now you can only pre-order it from GamersGate, 10% off and with a few blue coins as a bonus.
From the official website:
King's Bounty: Armored Princess is an adventure role-playing game in which you play the role of Princess Amelie as she embarks upon a quest to explore the previously uncharted world of Teana. She travels into the unknown in search of her missing mentor the legendary knight, Bill Gilbert, a warrior of wide renown and peerless reputation.
Take care, for Teana is a new world filled with unknown dangers! Armies of terrible creatures, terrifying monsters, huge bosses and the bloodthirsty race of the Lizardmen all stand in the Princess’s path. Adventure brings the constant threat of danger in its wake bringing the main character face to face with a host of formidable enemies with whom she must do battle if she is to succeed in her quest.
As she grows in experience Amelie will develop new powers, skills and abilities to aid her along the way – even taking to the air, surmounting any obstacle in her path.
Throughout her travels the Princess is accompanied by her faithful pet dragon who never leaves her side. This beast –still a young dragon – appears somewhat small and cute, yet is deceptively dangerous owing to its rapidly developing combat skills. Docile only in the gentle hands of the princess, in battle he will fiercely protect his mistress by all means available. At first he makes simple attacks and recovers treasures, but he will ultimately learn to enter a battle frenzy and even awaken the force of volcanoes.
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It's quite similar to the Heroes of Might & Magic series, but you don't need to manage castles and maintain ownership of towers and stuff. You run around recruiting troops (up to 5) and doing quests, choose the spells that you'll write in your spell book and also buy items that the character will carry.
There are a lot of screenshots here:
http://www.kings-bounty.com/eng/screens.php
And the website details other stuff too, such as the races and how the pet dragon works.
I have clocked 60 hours in the first game (King's Bounty: The Legend) and I'm hurrying to finish it before the week ends, but I think I have some 15+ hours left.
And my dwarves killing a red dragon in the first game:
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