Comments on: King’s Bounty Demo

By: mister slim

mister slim — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:05:30 +0000

That is an adorable Cerberus.

By: Him

Him — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:28:31 +0000

I see a lot of people citing the remake of King’s Bounty as reminiscent of HoMM. That’s probably because, prior to making the HoMM series, New World Computing made a game called King’s Bounty.
When I get my PC fixed, I’ll have to take a look at this one.

By: Badly Named

Badly Named — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:05:34 +0000

I have the whole thing imprinted on my memory, especially the 10-second loop of music. And yes, I seem to remember it being by the same people as HoMM.

Have to say though, that new thing up there doesn’t look all that interesting.

By: shinygerbil

shinygerbil — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:31:07 +0000

Am I the only person in the world who remembers being slavishly addicted to the Mega Drive version? :/ If I recall, this was actually the precursor to the HoMM series. Although I could well be wrong :P

By: Homunculus

Homunculus — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:11:49 +0000

Anyone know when the Space Rangers 2 reboot’s out in the UK? Stardock won’t sell it here, sadface.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:11 +0000

I finished the demo today, and I think it’s a great game. Normally I would be put off by the vibrant colours (I come from similar games like Disciples II and Warlords III), but it really works here. Like people mentioned above the game has a real polished feeling to it. It’s also refreshing that the world map works in real-time, compared to the turn-based battles.

The battles are identical to those of HoMM (some icons are exactly the same even), with some minor differences. With King’s Bounty you can summon (after finishing the first quest for the King) so called Rage Spirits. You can compare these to the summons used in Final Fantasy, up to the long animations after casting. The spirits can level up also and their effects vary from AoE or direct damage to defense spells and dot’s.

All in all, I really enjoyed the demo (although it’s funny that some quests can’t be completed due to geographical demo restrictions) and recommend it to anyone who enjoys games like HoMM, AoW, Disciples and Warlords.

By: James G

James G — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:57:36 +0000

Ooh, I shall be looking at this once I get home. I looked into it a bit the last time RPS covered it, and was just recently wondering how it was progressing.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:52:49 +0000

That website is taking a beating. Reminding myself to look again later.

By: Alexandros

Alexandros — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:43:35 +0000

Well I’ve tried the demo and it’s brilliant. It’s a lot like Heroes of Might and Magic, but it’s an RPG and not a strategy game. You get quests, level up, engage in dialogue etc. Graphics are great, gameplay is great, PC-centric game, I’m definately going to buy it. If you like RPGs you should give the demo a try.

By: LoTekK

LoTekK — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:22:22 +0000

Oh god, as a huuuge fan of SR2, I’m all over this like white on rice.

By: Esha

Esha — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:15:00 +0000

I would try this normally because I'm a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic (old HMM, anyway), and the title reminds me of an old Amiga (I think it was, that or Megadrive) game. But due to Spore I'm all strategy'd out, and in the way of strategy Spore is all I want to play at the moment. This is primarily because I am determined to master that game, and my loup garou children will become ubiquitous throughout the cosmos! So... indeed, it's a shame. I'll try and get to it, but it might be a bit away. Due to some of the comments though, it sounds like it may just be one to avoid.

By: Korgan

Korgan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:09:00 +0000

I liked Space Rangers 2 better, really.