King’s Bounty 2 Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published September 26, 2021 · Updated February 10, 2022

Our King’s Bounty 2 Review has us taking on the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty game, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre. Expanding on this legacy with an entirely new epic story, factions, enemies, and new features to forge an open and breaking fantasy world Antara. With the kingdoms in disarray, counties demanding independence, bandits prowl the roads, all the overseas nations have denied the King’s authority over them, and blighted creatures lie in wait for the unwary, new accidental heroes emerge as a last hope.

King’s Bounty 2 Review:

Decent graphics.
13.65GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Graphics – fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, anti-aliasing, brightness, texture/effects/shadow/foliage, and shader quality, post-processing, and resolution scale.
Advanced graphics – framerate, texture filtering, ambient occlusion, field shadows l, lighting quality, shadow resolution, bloom, motion blur, depth of field, shadow LOD and foliage LOD.
Tooltips will pop as you play. You get to do optional tutorial exercises like combat.
Controller settings – Invert left or/and right axis and sensitivity sliders.
Three characters – Paladin, Katharine (Mage), and Aivar (Warrior).
In-game cutscenes.
Decent voicework.
3rd person RPG adventure gameplay.
Can skip or fast forward cutscenes and interactions between characters.
Three types of merchants – recruiters (units for your army), Armorers – (armor and weapons), and Merchants (items and gear).
You can fight or run away from encounters.
Turn-based combat – all play out on a hex board, initiative sets who goes first.
Earn EXP for your hero character and any surviving units from your army.
Units lost in battle are gone forever.
Altars will grant a one-time random permanent stats point, Altars are hidden all over the game world.
Morale system at play so actions has consequences.
Before you engage the enemy in battle you can see who you will be fighting.
Reserves – you can only have five active units in play but the reserves allow unlimited.
Find loot chests, boxes, barrels, and all sorts.
A stele is used to fast travel.
Missions/quests – main story ones and optional side ones to find and do.
Full inventory system.
Find lore books.
Very handy easy to read compass bar that shows objectives and locations.
Save and load when you want.
Level up to earn a talent point that you use on the skill tree to unlock new abilities and stats.
Portals – transports you to another part of the World or another world!
Play how you want.
Your character will talk and give hints or explain the situation.
A Control Zone is an arena with a fiery border and entering one will trigger combat.
Puzzle elements.
Fast loading times.
In combat you only move and give commands to your units, the actual fighting is random and has counter-attacking. You as in your Hero character can cast spells and abilities from afar.
The story changes depending on your actions and choices.
Interactive elements will glow.
Build unique armies.
It Goes from an RPG to an almost tabletop-style combat system.