Is this game anything like Heroes of Might and MAgic?
 

It looks very HOMM-like, and the original KB is what inspired HOMM, so I was wondering, is this a turn based strategy game with RPG elements? or is it an RPG with turn based gameplay (like japanese console RPGs)?

What game does it resemble most?

Also, does it support widescreen resolutions?

If the game has Starforce on it, I'm not buying, so please pressure the publisher to not use it. Securom is good enough.

Yes, No, King's Bounty/HMM, thus yes, unknown, and unknown.

That is an RPG which turns to turn-based strategy when the battle starts, though that is certainly not a JRPG.
Widescreen is supported, and the security system will be depending on local publishers.

I would describe King's Bounty as an RPG with turn-based battles. It is more close to Final Fantasy rather than HoMM. What makes it similar to HoMM is setting and turn-based battles.

we just wait for it to be out in english as soon as possible. very hard to be patient at this time.:( we plead admin crew to lighten us.

I'd probably opt for the easiset answer and say this resembles an updated version of King's bounty the most :D But considering it is what lead to HoMM, you will find some similarites here and there. Dunno about the Jrpgs though.. personally i hate them.

How do you recruit troops? Do you go into a castle and buy them, ala HOMM?

The graphics engine used and perspective does not look very RPG-like. It looks like it was built as an RTS or TBS. KB's models have been designed to be viewed from a zoomed out perspective, which you would only see in a hack n slash (diablo-esque) RPG, rather than an ordinary RPG. This is interesting. To someone who doesn't know anything about the game, looking at the screenshots, they would mistake it for a strategy game, or more precisely, a HOMM clone. Especially so, if the hero can only cast spells and use abilities, but not attack or be attacked in combat.

You guys should have been given the rights to HOMM5 rather than Nival.

And I am unanimous in that as well.

And yeah, I would say it is closest to...ooh, if you have ever played a heavily scripted AOM map, where you have one character that runs around doing stuff, and then turn based battles like H5 or Fantasy Wars, its a bit like that. With other things thrown in.

Yea I agree looking at the screen shots I would definitely think that it was more of a TBS then an RPG not that in my opinion that is a bad thing im still dying to play the game :) please lets make the release in june :-P

I remember some rpg's back in the days of Nintendo like that. Was it Ultima 4perhaps? There was one where you had a party walking around represented by one figure on the adventure map but fights went to a turn-based battlefield with all your party members.

Anyway I like the format.