Expansion details

[Amamake]

Thinking about the little that we know so far, I have a couple of questions...

1. Will Princess Amelie be the only character you can choose? If this is so (as it appears to be) will there be any replayability in the game at all? Currently we have 3 different classes.

Sure, there are still 3 classes.

2. Will the tech tree be altered? (Might, Mind, Magic). Does this mean there will only be one tech tree, or what?

Skill trees will be changed significantly, with new skills added. Also, the whole Medal thing will act sorta like the 4th tree.

3. The pet dragon sounds okay, but only 9 skills compared to 16 in the main game is a bit of a reduction. Will there be any diversity in the way you play the game?

No details yet.

4. Will Princess Amelie marry husbands and have children etc. Personally I wouldn't mind, but I doubt the developers will do it like this. Will there be another system in place instead?

Apparently, the family system is replaced with hirable henchmen.

[Roman]

I am looking forward to the expansion, though it sounds like the aesthetic customizability of the hero seems to have been reduced. In King's Bounty: The Legend we can chose from 3 heroes and I can name myself how I want to - in the expansion, there will, apparently, be only one hero choice (though three classes - but one hero means one possible look) and there is seemingly a pre-set name.

Of course, the gameplay is ultimately much more important and I am sure the expansion will deliver there!

[Brynjolfr]

Won't our current characters have access to the new contents of this expansion (new level-cap, storyline, etc.)? That's extremely dissapointing!
An expansion pack is supposed to be an enhancement to a game.... not a complete stand-alone!

[feanor]

- new storyline, new gameworld
- new woman hero: princess Ameli with more 50 levels
- hero can flying on the pegassus at the global map

* 3 clasess: warrior, paladin, mage with only one portrait
* medail for excellent playing with bonuses
* new rage spirit - domesticous dragon with 9 unique attacks
* new race - lizards
* promptly traveling on the sea
* you can hire the squire
* contract system for chase trophies
* improved RPG system with more abilities, tree system 13-13-14
* new Traveling magic for the global map and some new spells
* 5 new unique bosses: Borer, Gremlion, Archidemon Baal etc.

Added infos from devs at russian forum:
* best optimalization for minor system requirements
* playing time more 10 hours
* quickly hero leveling
* more complicated battles
* demo - maybe
* you can't attack from the air
* abilities have 8-12 levels (in old KB only 3)
* spells have again 3 levels
* release date is maybe april 2009 (russian version)
* not multiplayer
* more colors for Drago spirit (yellow, black, blue...)
* flying is for quickly traveling too

[Zhuangzi]

Originally Posted by feanor

- new storyline, new gameworld
- new woman hero: princess Ameli with more 50 levels
- hero can flying on the pegassus at the global map

* 3 clasess: warrior, paladin, mage with only one portrait
* medail for excellent playing with bonuses
* new rage spirit - domesticous dragon with 9 unique attacks
* new race - lizards
* promptly traveling on the sea
* you can hire the squire
* contract system for chase trophies
* improved RPG system with more abilities, tree system 13-13-14
* new Traveling magic for the global map and some new spells
* 5 new unique bosses: Borer, Gremlion, Archidemon Baal etc.

Added infos from devs at russian forum:
* best optimalization for minor system requirements
* playing time more 10 hours
* quickly hero leveling
* more complicated battles
* demo - maybe
* you can't attack from the air
* abilities have 8-12 levels (in old KB only 3)
* spells have again 3 levels
* release date is maybe april 2009 (russian version)
* not multiplayer
* more colors for Drago spirit (yellow, black, blue...)
* flying is for quickly traveling too

I'm glad they are keeping the Warrior/Paladin/Mage system. I was concerned that the game would be much less replayable without it, so I am happy about that.

10 hours playing time? As opposed to 60-70 for the original game? Or do you mean 10 MORE hours than in the original compaign?

No multiplayer sucks, but I can live with it.

[Amamake]

Originally Posted by Zhuangzi

I'm glad they are keeping the Warrior/Paladin/Mage system. I was concerned that the game would be much less replayable without it, so I am happy about that.

10 hours playing time? As opposed to 60-70 for the original game? Or do you mean 10 MORE hours than in the original compaign?

No multiplayer sucks, but I can live with it.

The developer was unclear on the total number of gameplay hours, but I seriously doubt that it will be shorter than the original.

Now they are talking about a "big online project" they're gonna do after this game is finished.

[Zhuangzi]

Amamake, if they are talking about 50 levels, even with faster level progression, then the game would have to be at least as long as the original. So maybe Feanor means '10 more hours gameplay than original KB:TL.' For me a game takes about 60-70 hours, so we are taking a seriously long game.

If Katauri need someone to proofread/check their dialogue for the English translation next time, I'd be happy to do it. I am a high school English teacher in Australia, so this would be very easy for me. The published game is full of small mistakes that a native English speaker would be able to pick up without a problem. Obviously, I can't translate from Russian but I could easily proofread the dialogue. I love this game so I'd happily do this for free. Just a thought.

[Kolorabi]

This all sounds very, very good. Thanks for the info, you made my day!

[Zhuangzi]

This is new on the 1C website:

http://www.1cpublishing.eu/game/king...ncess/overview

Click on the different tabs, including screenshots, for a bit more info.

[Ryder]

Uninspired with some of the changes.