As someone who has not played the previous games in the King's Bounty series, I think it is a very below average game to evaluate without making comparisons with them. Although the graphics and animations seem far behind the period it came out, there is a very serious optimization problem, but even if you turn the graphics to the lowest, there are persistent FPS drops. Everything else is pretty generic and not very redeeming. In fact, the more details you dig into the game, the more flaws you keep finding. The main story doesn't seem interesting at all and the dialog and voice acting are pretty mediocre. The tedious fetch quests that follow only make things worse. To make it less obvious that the game is a walking simulator, the developers have added a horse to ride, but the riding mechanics are so bad that it makes you wonder if it would have been better if there were none. I've seen a similarly terrible horse-riding mechanic before in 2007's Two Worlds. In that game, our horse moved like a crazy who was literally uncontrollable. But it's not acceptable for a game released in 2021 to have the same terrible mechanics as a game released in 2007.

It is a complicated game to make a honest review as it is one of those things which really lacked a budget and time to be what it wants to be. On other hand, it never even planned as something big, AAA, super advanced. This game is a mid-budget RPG-tactics title from eastern europe, which implementation while borrowed some more modern stuf, by spirit stayed somewhere in 00s.

If you think about some 00s european RPG title like Two Worlds you will be more close to the idea of what King's Bounty II is. But, never the less, the game for what it is crafted really well, it has lots of content everywhere, world does not feel empty or dead. Each battle and quest are carefuly staged to deliver specific experience, so it is probably not something you are going to replay a lot.

This game is also not in any way like old Katauri King's Bounty "The Legend" series games, even tho it borrows some ideas from it. In the end, I'm sad that ending of this game is quite rushed, some things are not polished, some other were not implemented properly. Since game not sold well and.. other real life events, we will not see new add-ons or sequels. Which is indeed unfortunate.

Juego de nicho donde los haya, enfocado únicamente a los fans de la saga y de los clásicos HoM&M. No será candidato a GOTY, pero desde luego no es la diarrea de camello de la que hablaron los análisis en su lanzamiento. Quizás la versión actual haya mejorado mucho con diferentes parches y no tenga nada que ver con la inicial.

Pros:
- El sistema de combate por casillas sigue entreteniendo tanto como en los anteriores.
- El mundo es enorme y premia mucho la exploración.
- A diferencia de las críticas que he leído, la campaña te brinda recursos (oro y maná) de sobra para toda la partida, incluso despilfarrando en muchas ocasiones.

Contras:
- La navegación por el mundo es bastante mejorable, siendo bastante robótico el movimiento del personaje, por no mencionar lo sufrido que es controlar al caballo.
- El guion, al que el doblaje tampoco hace ningún favor, es sencillamente ridículo.
- No se incentiva demasiado al cambio de ejércitos una vez que ya te has asentado con unas unidades concretas.

King’s Bounty II é um RPG tático que tinha muito potencial. O game apresenta ideias boas em relação a narrativa e até mesmo no seu gameplay, entretanto elas não foram tão bem executadas. Pois, embora tenha um mundo que aparente ser interessante no inicio, a falta de liberdade e limitações dele acabam sendo comprometedoras. Além disso, o sentimento que o game transmite é que a exploração presente tem a única função de servir como grinding para o jogador juntar ouro para a compra de tropas.

Portanto, também temos o fator do combate. A situação aqui é bem similar, embora ele estimule a criação de estratégias, por ser pouco intuitivo, o jogador acaba tendo dificuldades acima do padrão nos confrontos, o que acaba tornando as batalhas frustrantes.

Por fim, King’s Bounty II é um game apresentou muitas ideias promissoras, mas infelizmente acabou se perdendo dentro de sua própria proposta, se tornando assim um jogo com muitos elementos que poderiam ter sido melhores.