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Originally Posted by Onir303
In the end, this title feels rushed. It's sad since it brings nothing new to King's Bounty. Same game, same engine, same everything. Don't get me wrong. It's a good game, but it could have been much better.
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Yes, and same maps, for most of the game. It goes beyond that, too: many NPC and Heroes use the exact same art as other characters from the previous games, bosses are copy-paste... Everything is copy-paste, and what little new elements are there (mainly the Viking race) is still half-recycled (berserker and viking units, the soothsayer is a reworked druid, slingers are freaking halflings, and ice dragons and spiders... not exactly new either). And don't even get me started on the storyline and the hero's background: Armored Princess' wasn't as strong or well thought-out as The Legend, but this one is just generic. Instead of having a cohesive universe and a hero with a mission, we get a generic knock-off of the existing human faction, and a hero who's just walking around and happens to take in quests as he finds them, just because. No real purpose or concept, there.
This is by far the weakest episode in the series so far. Although sure, it's still enjoyable (bugs aside), it's freaking King's Bounty, after all; but it's still really disappointing that it's such a half-baked rehash of previous episodes. Even Crossworlds, which wasn't officially a new game but just an add-on of AP, had way more new content to offer.