King's Bounty: Princess in Armour

[Hamster]

So, there is an expansion announced for King's Bounty: The Legend.

First 3 screens here:

http://www.ag.ru/screenshots/kings_bounty_princessa_v_dospehah/246626#show
We are playing a chick. Judging by game's title and her name on screen, it's a daughter of king Mark from original game.

http://www.ag.ru/screenshots/kings_bounty_princessa_v_dospehah/246627#show
She has a cute pet dragon instead of box of fury.

http://www.ag.ru/screenshots/kings_bounty_princessa_v_dospehah/246625#show
There are flying mounts.

Nothing else is known so far, game will be presented on Igromir 2008 exhibition in Moscow, starting 7 november, so expect more info after 7 nov.

 

[JarlFrank]

Awesome, I love King's Bounty so an expansion will be very welcome, especially since I love playing female chars.

 

[Lesifoere]

Some people whined that they couldn't play a girl, I guess, or that an exclusively male protagonist is a spit in the face of female gamers.

LOL the dragon. What the fuck.

 

[Texas Red]

Ruchnoi drakonchik <-- Ahahahaha, how adorable.

 

[Texas Red]

I stopped playing King's Bounty today after many, many hours of enjoyment. The magic system really killed the game for me. Always the most effective way was just to spam killing spells. I reached almost the height of my magic power and I knew there was nothing else. On the elven islands I also had more than a million in gold and could pretty much defeat anyone without worries due to unlimited buying capacity. It was interesting in the dwarven lands because I was on a verge of bankruptcy.

The leadership system is... odd. There's no achievement in finding high level troops because ultimately they will be less effective than a horde of low level creatures. Also their numbers are very limited and so I avoid using them, which is annoying.

Hope this expansion will add more options to magic. I enjoy disabling opponents and buffing my troops more than just mindless slaughter. Is the game with the warrior or paladin class more interesting BTW?

 

[Dabrinko]

I've heard that the warrior can spam Rage-attacks since it fills up so fast.

On what difficulty are you playing?

The game isn't out here in Sweden yet. In fact, the release got postponed to february.

 

[Texas Red]

The 3rd difficulty. I often found myself in position of not knowing what the hell to do next, since everyone was way too strong. Yet that pretty fun and I wouldn't suggest playing on normal.

 

[Heresiarch]

I don't find the chick + dragonling lame at all in those screenshots. Actually it fits very well the fairly talish atmosphere of KB:TL. Definetly looking for the expansion, though I doubt we can see the translated version within half a year after the Russian is out.

 

[Zhuangzi]

Just heard about this today and it looks really interesting. The baby dragon is making this look more and more like a Japanese cartoon, eg Pokemon, but no matter.

Dark Individual, the spell system isn't broken, but Impossible is the only real challenge and even then I had over 2 million gold at the end (as a Mage).

To get more of rare creatures, you use Sacrifice. I actually like the leadership system because there are no 'uber-units,' Black Dragons are the best unit but the leadership requirement is very high (2500 each). This actually means that there are dozens of different units that can realistically be used, even in the endgame.

My 2 cents.

 

[made]

If you find yourself with too much money, go ahead and buy some runes/magic crystals from that dwarf castle. You'll be broke in a heartbeat.

 

[Texas Red]

Compared to HoMM 5, the creature art and design is pretty awful. Where the hell is the interest in controlling ZOMG MINERS. Instead they could have made dwarven warriors and knights or what not. Only vampires are better looking than in HoMM 5, everything else worse.

 

[thesheeep]

I heard that multiplayer was going to find its way into the game with the expansion.
Is that right?

 

[Hamster]

I heard that multiplayer was going to find its way into the game with the expansion.

No. Singleplayer for teh win.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=5200&page=2

Added infos from devs at russian forum:
* best optimalization for minor system requirements
* playing time more 10 hours
* quickly hero leveling
* more complicated battles
* demo - maybe
* you can't attack from the air
* abilities have 8-12 levels (in old KB only 3)
* spells have again 3 levels
* release date is maybe april 2009 (russian version)
* not multiplayer
* more colors for Drago spirit (yellow, black, blue...)
* flying is for quickly traveling too

 

[Black]

I've heard that the warrior can spam Rage-attacks since it fills up so fast.

In theory only. I finished the game as a warrior and later in game the only useful rage-guy is the guardian of time with his black hole, you can't spam it tho', due to its recharge.
Mages on the other hand... have no recharge. SPAM SPAM SPAM

 

[Applegate's Breasts]

Some people whined that they couldn't play a girl, I guess, or that an exclusively male protagonist is a spit in the face of female gamers.

LOL the dragon. What the fuck.

Are you kidding me? The men are HOT in this game. Wouldn't you agree, sister?