Posted on: October 6, 2023

Machinators
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 78
Old school mechanics-driven CRPG
This is not an AAA RPG designed with modern graphics and brain-dead combat where one button presses will win the game. This is a true old-school style CRPG in almost everyway; be it the presentation, aesthetics, combat mechanics, encounter design, difficulty spikes, wealth of content... you name it. KotC2 is aimed at the hardcore CRPG crowd looking for a challenge, messing with builds that are both viable and non-optimal, having lots of content to dig into but ultimately a good D&D RPG based off actual old-school rulesets. If you've played the Goldbox RPGs of the 90s and Temple of Elemental Evil then you know what you're in for. To name some cool features that I personally enjoy, they are item crafting, actual puzzles to solve and decipher and trap finding. KotC2 does all these exceptionally well. I just wish the character sprites and sound effects were less cartoony and "stock"-like because the game could be even better if, for example, your character's equipment changed the look of the doll and swinging a sword sounded different to a club. Overall, a must-try for old-school hardcore CRPG fans.
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