King's Bounty: Dark Side

All the King's Bounty games are based on the Heroes of Might and Magic series........ and why not? No point breaking a winning formula. So if you love HMoMM you will like these. The elephant in the room with all the KB games is repetitiveness. You will be doing a lot, A LOT, and I mean A LOT of going backwards and forwards to the same places through the same maps (which are rather small and claustraphobic) and may find some quests extremely irritating, with a chance to have them rendered uncompletable....... not good if it's a core quest! So you have to be careful and will probably be using Google a lot. The KB series seems to have more types of units and spells than HMoMM does though, and KB is more orientated toward the adventuring side - though you will still get through 1000s of battles! "The Dark Side" seems to be quite a bit bigger and longer than the others as well. So, if you like this sort of thing, and are a VERY patient gamer and can put up with some tedious quests, you'll get every penny's worth out of this one!

I really enjoy the king bounty games. However as in all of the king bounty games the combat get old and boring. I put in over 120 to complete the game an still had mission to finish. Now get 120 hour out of a game for $20 usd is a good deal in my book. Also I was able to walk away from the game and come back to it after 4 month.

... but it feels so rushed and unfinished. It had the potential to become the best in the series but the annoying little things ruin it. It is not a bad game though, more like it is really frustrating to see the missed oppurtunities. A couple more months and attention to detail would have made this game a must-have, in its current form I only recommmend for the fans of the genre.

You go through the game freeing different regions from your enemies with your ever-growing army of dark minions. Part RPG part tactical battler. The good (and great): - Fun tactical combat - Fun finding and combining loot for unique bonuses (and set bonuses) - It's fun finding and combining units and their abilities for synergy - Dark humour wil consistently make you smile and chuckle - You will suitably hate your enemies - The game is actually really beautiful in places. I was struck by this whilst playing in a forested area and dozens of little lanterns lit up as darkness fell. The bad: - Some quests will have you scratching your head as to where to go next and who to talk to. I'd recommend just searching online if stuck as the solutions are sometimes quite random. - Your home base gets upgraded over time, but the upgrades are basically a wallpaper (think x-com style antfarm base but without the ability to zoom in on rooms). It would be nice to walk around the new additions and have some interaction, but I'm nit-picking. Overall the good far outweighs the bad, I just completed the game, and had an absolute blast. Sad that I'll never experience it for the first time again. I am taking a quick break to write this review, but really just want to play some more - that says it all really doesn't it?

-Fun but easy turn-based combat. If you like the prior games you'll like this combat too but it IS easier and that might make it a disappointment for some. -Pretty graphics and loctions. Spooky ones are creepy-fun. -Really fun and funny protagonists. Text dialogue is sometimes hilarious. -Many story-based puzzle-quests involving NPCs. Most are really good but more than a few can really leave you wondering what to do next. -A critical Orc NPC and ally loves torture a little too much which hurts the comic vibe. -Final boss difficulty jump is pretty close to a 100% increase in difficulty. It's a different game. It can take 20 to 30 minutes to fight this fight and you'll fail a lot. I hated this boss.