This game improves on the previous verison of King's Bounty. Very similar game to the first one, but many new addition to it make it a great game.

King's Bounty Armored Princess is the sequel to King's Bounty The Legend and it's a worthy addition to the series. More spells, a pet dragon that kicks ass, more bosses (six of them), more islands to explore equates to more fun. Really this is the pinnacle of tactical turn based strategy for me. I played the campaign through I believe 4 times, and at 30-40 hours of gaming per playthrough, that's sensational value. Lookout for the next installment in the series, King's Bounty Crossworlds, which is due out for download on Sep 17.

This game is a case study in how to write an excellent sequel, it improves on the original in many ways, while keeping the core experience the same. I haven't been feeling well, and started playing this game on Thursday. It's now halfway through Wednesday, and I've done a marathon session every day. Haven't finished it yet (it's big), but given that I play a lot of games for less than 4 hours before walking away forever, that means they're getting something right.

Very good addaon to Legend. If you have the primary title, you should also get Armored Proncess.

Armored Princeess is a bit like Kings Bounty 1.5 It follows the same patterns, while throwing in enough new content to satisfy. I basically acts as a new campaign for the 1st game. I was a little bit disappointed in the lack of new content, although there is a whole new race. I thought adding a unit or 2 to the existing races and a few new monsters would have gone a long way, in addition to a few new spells. But, for fans of Kings Bounty, this game is still pretty excellent. 4.5 stars.

This game is fantastic and is now up there with Heroes of M & M 3, Age of Wonders and Disciples 2 which are all great games! If you haven't played any of the aforementioned then do so because you won't regret it. This game got me wishing that those too get a brush up / revamping without losing what was beloved from the older versions. This is HOMM 3 revamped and it is done so with near perfection. Now, why aren't there MORE fantasy turn based options?

A true gem in nearly every way. This series is going down as one of my all time favorites in the turn based strategy game genre. Graphics are fantastic, music isn't annoying, lots of strategy, story driven, and much much more. I found the first Kings Bounty to be a tad harder, but I wasn't able to beat this one in the end. I played a mage this time around, and had an easy time until the last two bosses. That may be my only complaint about the game. It was worth every penny.

If you enjoyed King's Bounty The Legend you'll love this. I thought the first game was exceptional, but I had many BOD's and some graphic artifacts that spoiled it for me. Not too much, as I still played it obsessively, but it did make it less enjoyable. So far I've played Armored Princess without a single crash. It's a lot more streamlined with clearer objectives and balanced very well. You have to play well to make it and obviously lose as few units as possible. Really, really good game.

If you haven't played The Legend, the King's Bounty games are essentially roleplaying adventures with turn-based tactical combat; think Sacred meets Heroes of Might & Magic.

Armored Princess is charming and addictive, and improves on The Legend in almost every way. A lot of small changes make AP more polished and interesting than The Legend, but the biggest is probably the more open-ended game world, complete with a larger variety of encounters that make the game feel less repetitive than The Legend. AP also features new and revised combat units, which give combat a bit more depth this time around.

Armored Princess is a LONG game - it will likely take dozens of hours to complete, and it can get a bit repetitive after a while. It's best played over time whenever you're in the mood, as opposed to trying to run a marathon and finish in a week or two - you'll probably run out of steam.

Bottom line: if you enjoyed King's Bounty: The Legend, Armored Princess should not disappoint you.

This is one of my favorite game. I spent over 150 hours playing it, and I am not done yet. It is the perfect combination of strategy and excitement. The graphic is superb, the story engaging, and you can reply it so many times, using different armies and trying new strategy. In comparison to the previous game, I like the flying horse, it opens entire new realms of possibilities and strategies. It run smoothly in my PC, I never found a single bug. If you like turn-based games with RPG elements, this is the game for you. Five out of five.

I greatly enjoyed playing King's Bounty: The Legend so I really looked forward to playing King's Bounty: Armored Princess. I enjoyed it just as much :) I liked the improvements it made, but I was definitely disappointed in the lack of availability of certain troops. The game is challenging (especially the final boss who, when playing a mage, is just about impossible!)

As a standalone sequel this game plays more like an expansion - the story isn't as developed (it requires you to have knowledge of the previous game) and it feels a bit short-changed in the end. They have some great little stories that could really go places (such as the pet dragon) but they're never expanded upon. I can only hope that there will be another game!

Haven't finished but I'm liking it so far, if you like other games like heroes of might and magic and such, you'll probably like it.

This is an improved version of KB The Legend, but a bit harder in all aspect. No more land roaming like in the Legend where you were just crushing ennemies after another, here you will need to carefully pick your fights, ... or die.

The difficulty curve wont forgive any mistakes you've done, like loosing too much troops after a battle, thus leading to spending much gold to get more soldiers, when gold is very difficult to gain at start.

But after level 15-20 (depending on your class, warrior is much more easier than playing a mage hero, while paladin is intermediate) you will be able to fight "invicible" ennemies easier.

Skills and powers are given by two means. Each time you level you get a certain amount of leadership (the more you have the more soldiers you can control), and talent runes (those are given related to your class). You get more might rune as a warrior, while more magic runes as a mage, then those runes can be spend to "buy" skills in one the the 3 class skill tree.
You have to carefully spend those talent runes because you'll never know how much you'll get on next level roll, even if you can find some talent runes while exploring map, or trading with a dwarf npc at some point in game (but very expensive).
Basically you arent really stuck to your class but since your class reflects the percentage of talent runes received, you'll never be as good as a warrior if as a mage you choose mostly warrior's skills.

I like the mage a lot. Even if weaker in term of leadership, so less soldiers controlled, but you can use powerfull spells to give you a clear battle advantage (like the phantom spell to make "decoys" to save your real troops from dying too much, the fear spell also very usefull against humanoid, and many others very usefull spells you will discover). You can also improve the power of your spells school (not only as a mage, but most probably since you'll get more magic runes) extending spell power, or how many rounds the spell will have effect and so on.

Some people think the mage is umbalanced because its offensive spells (like fireball and so on) are pretty weak compared to the damage inflicted by your troops or your pet dragon, that is true, but non combat spells really do make a difference (most of the time i win my battle without loosing any single troops thanks to those spells as a mage versus invicible or lethal ennemies, when at game start (read under lvl17) without those spells i was crushed all the time by such difficult ennemies)

A very good game, harder than KB The Legend, so if you want to discover what King's Bounty is, start with The Legend, the story will make more sense either.

Same interface and gameplay as the previous King's Bounty, but the game feels a lot more polished. A lot of 'broken' spells and units have been tweaked to fix them without making them totally useless. The badge system adds a nice dimension to the game and lets you accomplish something without having to wait for a level or runes. Finding troops is a lot easier now and you really can't have an 'unlucky' game where you don't find some basic unit.

Even things that weren't majorly overhauled are still a tiny bit different (more hp, lower leadership, etc), which makes playing the game feel a little like playing a new game where you are discovering things for the first time and less like an expansion. Its clear that they didn't just add new maps and fix 10 things and called it a day.

The screenshots don't actually portray what is actually going on all too well. The core of this game is turn based strategy with an overworld map where you can see opposing armies and decide to fight or run away. The overworld map is much like an RPG where you go to shops, find quests, and shop mostly for troops as well as items. The troop variety is great, though the shops have a limited supplies of troops so take too many loses and you may run out of a source for soldiers.

The game is fun and challenging, especially when you go for a 'no losses' challenge. This is difficult early on but even on impossible it is still feasible. The main characters roll is mostly bonus stats for the soldiers, a skill tree to improve those stats, and casting spells. She doesn't actually take place in battle, that part is solely for your soldiers.

I'm enjoying my purchase of this game very much. It's a nice soft blend of hardcore TBS with troop variety and management.

For those that played The Legend, this game will be relatively familiar territory. Travelling the world is much less cumbersome in Armored Princess (fast travel is unlocked earlier, and later your horse learns to fly), and there are several rewarding improvements to the character building system. Overall it's a wash: the mechanics are slightly better than the first, the flavor of the game slightly worse. It felt like the world and dialogue weren't given as much love as they were in the first game. The armorbearers are less interesting than the wives were, and the pet dragon feels like a downgrade after managing the spirits of rage with Bill Gilbert (although it is much cuter than any of them). However, these are minor complaints. I loved the first game, and I loved this competent sequel.

Many game reviews liken King's Bounty Armored Princess (and The Legend) to Heroes of Might and Magic. To be clear, though the games are similar, (Might and Magic bored this writer to tears and was uninstalled after 8 hours) Armored Princess is much more appealing on most fronts: aesthetics, gameplay and no irritating TBS/Action Points -- the hero can move freely -- dodging enemies and not.

The game receives 5/5 stars and is money well spent for those looking for a decent fantasy adventure RPG that is neither too hard nor too serious.

As for drawbacks, the text-based dialog will bore most audiophiles and is a bit difficult to read for the sight challanged. Otherwise, players can ignore most the text (not always) or conversely enjoy the subtly and fluffy quests that set the tone of the game.

May the KA series usher in more good, clean fun such as this. Albeit the game is not squeaky clean -- be it the desire demons or the Princess's response to chauvinistic comments from NPCs.

P.S. The King's Legend Bundle is a good buy. Consider playing The Legend first, the game will make more sense and be enjoyed all the more for its improvements over its predecessor.

Armored Princess cleans up and expands considerably on The Legend but manages to stumble over itself with a punishing difficulty curve and a few errors of its own that manage to pull the game down more than the improvements buoy it. It should come as no surprise that cheat codes to bolster Amalie are available on the game's main page, which may be the key to completing the game, even if it may not be entirely moral. While the difficulty should not scare away fans of the genre and anyone looking for a challenge, in the end it may be more suitable for someone new to the series. Someone preferring a more sedate pace may be best advised to check out the previous entry in the series.
More here:
http://www.rpgamer.com/games/kingsbounty/kingsbountyap/reviews/kingsbountyapstrev1.html

Its been a year since the release of Kings Bounty and now the sequel Kings Bounty Armoured Princess is here.



Kings Bounty is a mix of Heroes of Might and Magic and a RPG game (yes, I know that its inspired by an old game called Kings Bounty that predates Heroes). In both Kings Bounty games you control a hero that preforms quests and explore land mainly by doing lots and lots of fighting. The fights are turnbased and a lot like in Heroes of Might and Magic. The fights are longer and more complex though, and thus more rewarding. You can play as a warrior, paladin or mage.

Slowly you get access to more and more areas to explore and there is a background story unfolding. I must say that I dont care much about reading all the text in the game and I mostly just read the part that says what I have to do. In the game you will find runes that you spend on a skill tree divided into magic, mind and might (related to mage, paladin and warrior).

What is new in Armoured Princess.

1. You now have a pet dragon instead of the box thingie in the first game. The do perform mostly the same, although the dragon is a very nice touch. He is extremely important in my game as a warrior and often do up to 50% of the killing.

2. In the quest descriptions there are now often picture of the offender that you (probably) have to kill. Great touch!

3. You can now have a follower that gives bonuses

4. You get rewards (medals) for different tasks (like 10 battles without a loss) and these gives bonuses as well

5. Travel between areas is easier, you no longer have to find a portal in the sea. Now you just bring up the travel map and click on destination. One strange thing is that the travel map and the normal ingame map is not connected and I was looking at the game map for a long time without finding out how to travel. I actually had to ask in the forum before the told me about a small button in the lower right corner of the game. Bad UI or I am getting old.



These new touches are all good in my opinion. Since I loved Kings Bounty, I strongly recommend that people buy Kings Bounty Armoured Princes (it is a stand alone game, not an upgrade). The graphics are great and the game is quality all around. My score is 9/10!

After playing Kings Bounty: The legend for weeks i was really looking forward to the expansion, and i was not disappointed.

For those of you who have not tried the first one, i recommend downloading the demo and getting familiar with the battle system and get a view on it, it is not for everyone, but i love the turn based set-up, since it gives you the option to be very tactical and think through each fight.

Hard to rate this without having The first kings bounty in mind, therefor i gave it 4 Stars.
It would have gotten 5, But the Story seemed to lack that something extra that the first one had.

But fear not, what it lacks in story it gives back in additional updates and reward systems.

Some Suggestions to beginners:

*Easy is no shame if you are new to this genre
*Press the Alt button the view turn order and health
*Take the Test at the start

Only a couple of hours into this game, released today, but already feeling the addictiveness that was KB The Legend. In terms of interface and troops, approx 80% of the content seems to be the same or similar with princess variation, maybe 20% new. All the adventuring lands are new. The dragon looks like he will work well as a rage entity, and the ability to pick your "type" of dragon at the start is a nice touch. A hint for old and new players - the tutorial section offered very early on is worth doing even for experiences KB players, due to the extra loot that can be picked up in the tutorial.

Nice start, "in medias res" - in the middle of the action. Taking the pulse of the drama of the ending of previous game. First thing is that you travel to another world. So there is sure enough lots of new areas to explore. Much is like in the original game - but with a much higher level cap, occasional flying abilities and a brand new pet dragon of your own (strategic) choice, there is sure much fun to be had! :-)