Destructoid writes: "King's Bounty: The Legend is an upcoming PC strategy RPG developed by 1C and published by Atari. Unlike most strategy RPGs, the concept behind King's Bounty is to create a unique and rich experience outside of the turn-based style battles. The game certainly has an MMO vibe accompanying it. As I watched the presenter at Gen Con navigate the massive map, pick up quests, buy items, and interact with NPCs, all that I could think of was how inspirational World of Warcraft has been to the creation of even single-player PC RPGs.
Battles on the world map are not random. As players navigate from area to area, they will see the enemies and react according to their desire. The battle system is based in a grid composed of hexagons. The various classes in the game will be able to navigate the hexagons and choose attacks that befit them. I was pleasantly surprised by how small the battles appear to be. Players are constricted to a tiny grid instead of the massive and sprawling map. The fights that I saw lasted mere minutes as opposed to the large-scale crawl into which many SRPGs put players. Players may even have to fight their own weapons. Items in King's Bounty are sentient, and the choice of the wrong party members may cause disagreement between the protagonist and his trusty monster-slayer.
Players will be able to choose from three types of characters, which are the Warrior, Paladin, and Mage. After picking this class, players will be spawned in the area of their character's origin and be thrust into an extremely bright and exotic environment with several different landscapes that includes dungeons, cities, castles, and even giant turtles. King's Bounty is slated for a holiday release this year, and we'll be sure to keep you in the loop as more details come in."
Gamesta is back with more news about both the Humble bundle people and 1C Company. The two have come together to make this week's Humble sale, which sets up 6 Steam games from the notable publisher, for not even $4.
Does this port bring anything new to Mac OS?
Good ‘ole Valve, noticing the harsh economic times that us gamers are facing decided to throw us a bone.
They just took care of it a few moments ago as I post this but I was able to get a hold of the game while it was still working. All I have to say is... BORING.
So if you missed out on this, not a real loss unless you already had your eye on this game.
I'm not sure about that KB is hard as hell. It pits you with against almost impossible odds.
The game is a really good game. But it is hard as hell. However, I was never really good at these types of games so maybe it is just me.
If more people lurked the N4G forums then they would have known this hours ago. I snatched it literally 5 minutes before it vanished.
