King's Bounty II Reviews

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I wanted to like this one, I really did. I loved the series so far but this one feels like it need more time cooking. Feels like an alpha version. Many parts of the world (up to where I explored) feels empty, lifeless. Always had a feeling "something" was missing when looking at the world/room/place I was in at the time. Dialogue is atrocious, to say the least. They needed more time, more polish, less forced edgelord and more medieval/magical world person. Not to mention the many times the two people talking felt completely disconnected from each other, like each one is on their own conversation. And there is something with the graphics and my brain that does go well, I felt really nauseous while playing. Only thing close to this was Fallout 76 on release. No amount of configuration changes would help. FOV, Blur, diff resolutions, diff screens, etc. I see potential, I think the change to 3D might pay off immersing us in the world, but if developed more, The state it is, it's a miss for me. I hope the devs don't give up on the series, hear the feedback from the community and improve on the next game.

IMO it's still OK for turn-based rpg, but not as great as previous KoB.

I really enjoyed this game, but it shouldn't be called Kings Bounty 2. Maybe Kings Bounty Role Playing Edition or a complete overhaul mod for The Witcher (although that doesn't do it justice). Gone is the top down 2D map with resource gathering, securing mines, and capturing towns. Gone is the decision of what to build and weekly recruitment. Instead its a 3rd person role playing game in the vein of Witcher, Skyrim, or Fallout with a Kings Bounty lore open world to explore, quests to complete, and battles that are the most faithful to the Kings Bounty/Heroes of Might of Magic genre with turn based hex battles (although now more 3Dish). This turned out to be the hybrid game that I didn't know I wanted, and I'm loving it. Now, its not perfect, and it has its flaws, but if it had been better explained of what it was to genre faithful, and advertised to role playing fans, I think it would have been more successful as a game. Very much worth getting on sale, and much more enjoyable after the post release negativity. Just take it as it is, you've been warned

Not nearly as fun as the the other versions. Third person aspect is terrible.