They're no better or worse than most others in the genre but they're not CGI cutting edge or even close.The controls are easy to work out but the camera controls were a bit buggy and frustrating. It was very easy to install on my Win7 machine but I haven't tried it on my Win8 laptop as that hasn't got the Steam account on it.The graphics are not too terrible but that's coming from a perspective of someone who plays a lot of these types of games. Not having any experience of earlier in the series I don't know but I expect the style will appeal to those who prefer an old skool gaming experience but with modern graphics. This is also very similar to the Heroes of Might & Magic series.Turn based combat seems a bit dated to be honest but maybe that's the appeal of these games. I haven't played any of the other King's Bounty games but I'm no stranger to RPG type games and for several years have played a MMORPG online. and it happens again and again.4 out of 5. You will literally be sent to a location to check on something, sent back to the quest-giver to find out what to do next, be sent across the map to another NPC or even to a different map, then back to the quest location, then back to the quest giver then off to a third NPC. Something that becomes really apparent in the later game is the amount of criss-crossing quests that you'll do. I'd still recommend the 2008 original over this for someone completely fresh to the series but it might still be worth revisiting for a veteran. You know what, it's not as grindy as the last game, Heroes of the North, and its charm has kinda grown on me. The interface is functional but nothing special.There aren't THAT many games that expect you to play the bad guy so i suppose that works in its favour, and if this is your first exposure to Kings Bounty then you can be assured that there'll be plenty to keep you occupied, but if you've been there before then you've already seen it all and either that's enough to convince you to grab it at once or steer well clear.EDIT: I've played a bunch more, and I'm well into the late stages of the game. There are not just oddball quests but funny loot to be gathered as well.Truly the engine doesn't look to have changed since the original 2008 release and still insists on defaulting to 1280x1024 resolution, when pretty much every other game you'll play can auto-detect native resolution. Rinse and repeat.One of the signature features of the series is the quirky humour revealed on the map quests, and that's still there but it's all getting a bit strained. Visit shops to replenish troops and supplies. Obviously things don't go exactly to plan and it'll be a long time before you're either done with the quests or simply too tired to carry on.Raise an army to the maximum of your leadership ability, navigate the map picking up treasure and additional units. With Dark Side the first major goal you're given is to raise an unholy army and get back your castle. A lot of it looks very familiar.In the previous games you could amass armies made up of ghouls and skeletons but it could have a morale effect on your own troops. With Warriors of the North I don't think I managed even five hours.You can see where this is going?To be fair, I've played more than five hours of Dark Side but there's nothing here to trouble a veteran of the series. Second game I managed about 15 hours before the grind got to me. I must've played around forty hours or more of it. Loved the first Kings Bounty (technically the first of the remakes to use the name) game but never did finish it because it became a grind.
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