rusty_shackleford
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Review from a smaller reviewer who typically only covers RPGs(and probably posts on the codex):
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King's Bounty II
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KeighnMcDeath
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I can't read that fake Rusky currency. Is it in potatoes? That's a problem.
Reinhardt
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Don't worry - few more years of ridin with Biden and you can easily beat those numbers. Remember - inflation is a good thing.I can't read that fake Rusky currency. Is it in potatoes? That's a problem.
NoSoup4you
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So hang on... The modern Kings Bounties were good? They seemed like cheap bundle fodder. I really liked the Genesis one, but never got around to any others.
KeighnMcDeath
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The extra DLC... JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!
Heinrich
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Yes, especially crossworlds. It's a very sharp experience on highest difficulty. Also, while some people are put off by the art style, I think going that all-in on the fairy-tale stylization is pretty unique in games and gives it a special atmosphere.
They somehow forgot a "dark and grown up" art style doesn't exactly mesh with a silly, goofy, fantasy-fodder story about magical kingdoms, princesses and evil wizards.
Dark and grown-up art works when the world, lore and writing is dark and grown-up too, like in Witcher or Kingdom Come.
The 2D art in the prequels is fantastic btw, a rare case of a traditional Western fairytale style, restrained and elegant, so welcome in this day and age when everything is either nuAnimu or garish Warcraft-like dumbfuckery.
Contrast with this:
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I wouldn't say the art style looks terrible.
Really, I think it's fine.
But what that screenshot above shows excellently, is how terribly bad the UI design is.
Just look at what part of the screen is actually used for information/function vs completely useless free space.
Really, I think it's fine.
But what that screenshot above shows excellently, is how terribly bad the UI design is.
Just look at what part of the screen is actually used for information/function vs completely useless free space.
Reinhardt
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Katauri games were about adventure. Young knight's first quest. Big unknown world, vivid colors. And yes - it appeals to grown up men. Because to see serious and grown up shit they don't need games. New developers are retards. No one wants to see how two bunch of peasants in shit colored robes fight for heap of manure to smear it over their clothes.
Zboj Lamignat
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They just thought that if they make the game look like budget witcher on promo screenshots the console crowd will buy it, cue the obviously console ui and console peasantry problems. Because it's only 2021 and they had no hindsight on what might happen. I'm sure that 1C HQ is still full of people absolutely shocked at all the 4/10 reviews from console-focused media.
So now that we know the game is shit, can we blame Poland for it?
Well said there is a similar trend in some of the recent movies - they are too real to be entertaining.
KeighnMcDeath
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Contrast with this:
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Well, that top pic is pretty
Edit... but does it play like MM3? Or close to the original? I wouldn't know. I see the DLC content for it and the space one and just turn away.
and these combat screens look... ugh.
i guess certain stills are deceptive.
i will say the original has aged a bit and I didn't know there was a KB2
KB 1
KB 2
Gorillas?
"Magic Secret Powers were revealed to me the day I held my Magic sword and said....."
"I HAVE THE POWER!!"
He's downright D A N G E R O U S !
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Indeed. When the TV set is meters away, elaborate UIs are lost and even bad. Hence minimalist design with large elements.
Yeah everyone is obsessed with "clean and functional", even in fantasy. Fucking retarded.
Ok, it must be then main driving force behind this retardation of UI design
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