Posted on: December 11, 2012
Aronaar
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Possibly good, but...
... I think one has to be patient in order to be sure about it. I heard some good things about the game, it was pretty cheap at the store, so why not ? And the tutorial hooked me. It is silly, cynical, with some snarks throwed at the recurring clichés of the genre, I was pleased. Even if already I was a bit confused concerning the combat mechanics, still, it was amusing, so I went on. Alas, I soon discovered that the story became quite bland, and the quests were nothing that special and whatever my choices, the outcome was more of less the same. As for the goals, under a cover of silliness, it was in fact basic. But I could overlook it, after all, if the gameplay is gripping and addictive, one could tolerate being deceived by the promising premises. And that's where I am a bit baffled by the number of five-stars review. I'm not a HOMM hardcore-fan, mind you (I only played the IV extensively, wheras many consider this episode terrible, and I barely got past the first campaign of V before being discouraged), but compared to this series, I don't find anything special about KB's combats. Not only tactics, mechanics, weaknesses and strenghts of the units are not really intuitive, but the combats are painfully, painfully slow. You spend ages to fend off the most basic of evil plants, and can get your bottom kicked hard without any hints. The hero's progression is a bit messy as you can't know for sure what's really important and what's not so much. And only three classes ? Damn. What really bugged me too was all this leadership business, limiting the size of your army (wich could already be difficult to manage tanks to poor learning curve), and the need to go back and forth every so often to get new recruits. It reminded me of the stupid removal of caravans in HOMMV. In all fairness, the game might be getting good at some point, especially after hours of trial and error. I must admit that after only a few hours, I was bored. In any case, I'd strongly advise to try a demo of KB before purchasing it.
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