This game has been extensively reviewed and described. I just want to add a perspective from someone who has played a LOT of games over the past thirty-five year, since the Dawn of Gaming. Over that time, just a few games have been so addictive and to make me play all night, and then when the final victory scene comes up, immediately click on the new game button. For me, the original Master of Orion and a couple of the HOMM series were such games. This is another. Enjoy. And then enjoy again, and again.

A treu follower of King's Bounty, which I already played when the computer only knew 2 colors, black and green. Starting as a mage, warrior or scout you seem to have a lot of variation, unfortunatly when the game evolves your characters and their powers are becoming to look a lot like each other. But the worlds a fascinating enough to make up for this. Espaccially the wide range of creatures you can buy and control.

I like this game, it´s an amazing game,you have a lot of missions to solve apart from principal. The game is long and I see one problem with the combat. You have to recruit new troops in every combat, this is a bit boring, but the graphics and the ambient of the game is fabulous, a mix RPG strategic game. I recomend it.

There's a lot to love about King's Bounty, and I can certainly see the appeal. If you know you love tactical RPGs, and you like the look of this game, I don't think you'll be disappointed. For those who aren't quite sure though, I recommend trying the demo to get a feel for the tactical combat and soak up the atmosphere for a while. If you do purchase the full game, one thing you won't do is finish too quickly. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if a large majority of players never reach the end. That's not so much a slight on KB as a recognition of just how much of it there is -- it can, though, lose some of its lustre and even feel like a big of a slog eventually. Still, it's the kind of game that is there to be played and enjoyed, not rushed through. If you get, say, 20 hours of fun out of King's Bounty, I don't think it really matters if you burn out and don't make it all the way through.

King's Bounty is a game with somewhat eclectic appeal, but for its target audience it will probably prove extremely addictive - it kept me busy for a solid two weeks. The game combines HOMM-style tactical combat (though better balanced, due to the restrictions on army size) with gameplay more focused on exploration and questing than resource-gathering and defending towns. You control only a single hero here, rather than many. The core of the game involves exploring the world, questing, fighting monster armies, collecting treasure, and leveling up to improve your hero and expand your army. It's very easy to succumb to "one more encounter" or "one more treasure," and the game will take you a good while to complete if you fully explore its world. Aside from the somewhat odd translation to English, the only criticisms I can offer are that the game sometimes feels grindy, and combat against similar armies can get a bit repetitive because of it.

It's hard not to mention Heroes of Might and Magic or Disciples, so I won't bother trying. It's just like those games, except it has a continuous world (no seperate scenarios) and a wondefully off-center sense of humour. In comparison to the named games, this cookie is tough. Super tough, if you want to do everything in the game, take all the loot and kill everyone. However, you are never forced to go diving into the hard stuff, you can quite happily diddle around doing some gardening instead (which isn't quite so easy when they are trying to eat you).

Had never played or heard of King's Bounty before I spotted this game at a discount here. Read reviews with comparisons to HOMM series, which I liked and decided to try it. Glad I did. The story line is very rich and much better in my opinion then any of the HOMM's (but I haven't played HOMM V, yet). KBTL (I decided to make my own acronym for King's Bounty: the Legend) is also very easy to pick up and begin to play. Even the battles and purchasing of troops/spells is easy to understand. I do like games that take hours of reading the manual, but sometimes it's nice to just get into a game and NOT have to spend time in the manual at all, if you don't want to. KBTL was easy in that respect. The only parts I needed help on were finishing some of the quests. I wasn't exactly sure where to go sometimes to find a certain person or castle etc. It's probably just me because I don't like to go exploring all over the place to find what I need in a quest I need it spelled out for me. I do highly recommend this game if you don't mind turn based battles. But, if you like a good story, real time exploring with your character and very good (sometimes humorous) NPC conversations then get this game. I would even have paid full price if I would have known how good it was.

As others have stated this game is brilliant. Fun, addictive, graphics are well crafted and immersive. One of the best of the best.

Since the comparisons to HOMM have been made extensively, I'll try to avoid making any more and focus on the pros and cons instead. The graphics are colorful and detailed and the game is beautiful for the most part. Small details like squirrels jumping from tree to snow-covered tree may seem irrelevant but ultimately add a lot of life and character to the game world. Unit models, spells, and animations are detailed and very well done, which is good as you'll spend the majority of the game looking at them in one of the seemingly endless battles. The only area where the graphics seem to fall flat is the character portraits and inventory, which can be nondescript or overly simplified. Additionally, the highly detailed battlefields and units are great but can get cluttered making it occasionally difficult to decipher what exactly is going on. There are a variety of quests options keeping things varied, from overworld collection quests to fetch and return quests to "kill the monster" quests, and they are of varying difficulties, which keeps things varied. Each overworld map typically has a handful of more difficult battles which will force you to move on and come back later to complete, which is both good and bad - on one hand, this keeps you from getting bogged down in a single area, while on the other, you can occasionally accidentally get into a game-ending fight quite on accident, forcing you to load from a previous save. This would be less irritating if the autosave occurred a little more frequently - it's very necessary to make use of your quicksave to avoid fairly serious backtracking. Additionally, while there is a quest log it doesn't provide very detailed locations of where the NPCs in play are located, which when combined with the rather barebones map can occasionally result in mindless wandering trying to re-encounter the NPC who gave you the quest in the first place. While it is easy to add your own map notes, it would be nice if the game gave a little more direction. The battles themselves - the meat and potatoes of the game - are very well done with several tiers for each unit type, essentially two different magic systems, multiple special abilities for many of the units, and sufficiently distinct units (for the most part) to keep things interesting and avoid tedium. Because you don't control your own castles for unit generation you are forced to adapt to the unit types available in a given region and change the nature of your army frequently, which is good because your armies are composed of only 5 different unit types at any given time. I wish there were more options for upgrading your units to more powerful versions, or the ability to carry around more units to select which 5 will go into battle - this would add an additional "strategic" element to each battle and reduce the amount of backtracking needed, especially early in the game. Overall I quite enjoyed this game - while it's not particularly difficult a

King's Bounty: The Legend is what I like to call "western strategy RPGs", or the Western equivalent to Japanese SRPGs such as Fire Emblem, etc. The game gives you control of a character in his quest as an employee of the king, meeting hilarious characters and situations. The player must manage a small army of units, exploring the world to recruit new troops, while solving quests that will guarantee the money and leadership required to support the army. The character can also carry items which may affect combat results (granting extra money) or combat itself (boosting units stats). A major feature of the game is the Chest of Rage, which gives more combat options and also more humorous dialogue. The worst part about army management is having to backtrack along cleared areas where there's nothing left to do. It becomes a chore after hard battles when you have to replenish units. The world is bright and colorful, a great choice in days when developers choose to follow the photorealism path. The battle arenas are very detailed and animations are good enough. Although most of the quests require running from one point to another and fighting something, there are interesting battles such as the item Keepers and Boss battles that offer some variation. Overall, King's Bounty is recommended to anyone that enjoys a good game that doesn't take itself so seriously but is polished and deep enough that will provide hours of fun.

Hello, This is a nice game with good challenges and really nice graphics. Look out for the expansion that's coming out for it. You needthe expansion, since it adds a lot to the game.

So... I have been playing the game for about a month(!) and I fear I have long to go, the game has gotten a bit slower since I cannot complete a certain monster for the moment. Other then that I HIGHLY recommend this game to anyone who liked heroes of might and magic (even though the gameplay is quite different outside combat). + The storyline is long, the dialogs well made. I really fancy the graphics but it might seem childish. The music is abdorable... Lots of monsters, many environments. More to say but I'll cut it here. - Battles are alike and might get boring. 4/5 - Might get repetitve

This game is very addictive. Its made in such a way that it is almost impossible to get stuck and so that you will always have something to do. This is a quality game, and I am eagerly anticipating the addon "Armoured Princess"

This has been a great game. I've actually gone through it twice. That's odd because I'm not usually a replayer so the replay value is high. It's just such a different game. That is what makes it so much fun. It plays fairly well on my notebook (core2duo processor, 3 gb ram, integreated video card). Give it a try. You wont be sorry.

You know Heroes of Might and Magic (preferably 5)? Yes, it has been said before: Kings Bounty feels like HoMM (although HoMM 1 felt like the first Kings Bounty, actually, ages past). The feel is the same - style and quality of graphics are rather similar, combat system is very much alike... but it's an RPG, and real-time, at that (except for combat, that's turn-based). You only play a hero (of one of three classes) and do not own castles. You can visit them, buy troops from them, but you do not own, build or expand them. You only travel, collect treasures, and fight. The storyline is interesting, although some of the dialogue may seem a tad forced if you have a specific image of your character in mind. Difficulty is okay, although you should watch where you are going (there are some parts of early maps that aren't supposed to be accessible right away, they are guarded by VERY strong foes, watch your step!) and you should accept beforehand that you may not be able to beat every quest given to you at the time it is given to you. Long story short: If you like turn/hex based combat HoMM-style: Good. If you also like RPGs, exploring and living through a storyline, and can live without the castle/empire-management typically associated with turn-based games: Even better. And even if you're not sure, it's no problem: A Demo is available, and it shows a nice bit of the game already...

This is an absolutely terrific game that offers many many hours of entertainment. As an admitted fan of the original, I wasn't sure whether my nostalgia for the original would be enough to carry this game. Fortunately, nostalgia was not required as this is a brilliant game in its own right. The combination of RPG, strategy elements, exploring work together to make a really great game. The world is huge and contains tons of content - content which actually feels carefully designed rather than just cut and paste to extend the game. This game comes very highly recommended - one tip, as a laptop user I found turning off anti aliasing improved the performance of the game 100%!

This was quite possibly the best game I purchased in 2008. Don't go into it anticipating an amazing story, but do expect many hours of fun exploring the different areas, finding new items to aid your hero and building the "perfect" army. Plenty of gameplay, nice graphics and multiple ways to develop your hero make it a no-brainer for fans of the original and/or the Heroes of Might & Magic games.

This game has become an absolute addiction for my husband and I. We've both played the game through a number of times as different characters and the random nature of the various enemies provides a challenge each time. I'll come to the challenge aspect in a moment, but first let's look at the story. A story, to my mind, is one of the most important things in a game. If your game exists purely of shooting inanimate objects or blowing up buildings, then you're going to get bored very quickly ... either that or perhaps you're using your game to let off steam! Seriously, a good story gives you a reason to keep picking the game up again and again. A good storyline gives you a reason for blowing up those buildings and killing the monsters. Kings Bounty has a storyline spread across a number of different lands where you encounter a number of races, humans of varying occupations from the law-abiding to downright criminal, and monsters from all parts of the spectrum. The story is quite well written and is revealed in small chunks, which is quite clever and keeps you waiting for the end revelation. I won't reveal the actual story here, but suffice to say the first couple of main quests are pretty far removed from the final outcome. The graphics are great, with amazing detail if you zoom in as you play. That mode of play can be quite irritating though, and you'll miss some details, along with hidden bonuses if you wander round the playing world at this "zoomed in" level. Best bet, is to play at a "halfway house" - not all the way out, but not all the way in either! That way, you'll get to see the little nuances of the game - the floating butterflies, the wandering insects, as well as get a full view of approaching monsters. There's also the random appearance of the signal to dig - I'll leave you to find out what that means - along with the various chests and hidden bonuses along the pathways. So, the game holds great graphics, a good story and is relatively straightforward to play. I can't stand these games where you've got to take an entire degree before you can play effectively - you know the sort, the ones with endless side quests, almost unending functionality around magic and fighting skills - one's head is spinning even before you've got past the introduction in the manual! (If of course you read the manual!) Fortunately, King's Bounty can be played quite nicely without a manual or a PhD in astrophysics! The one downside in my opinion is the number of monsters and battles that you need to go through and the limited availability of funds, especially early on in the game. I will own up here and now to the fact that I don't think I could have beaten/won the game if I hadn't cheated in terms of keeping my army well manned. It would either have taken soo long it would have been tedious - having to traipse back to the castle everytime I wanted to restock with my favourite troops. Or, I would have had to co

Wow, this game is amazing. If you're a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic, then this game is definitely for you. With excellent graphics, great dialog (for a Russian game, it sure has awesome translations!) and addictive gameplay, you can't really go wrong. The combat system is essentially the same as the famous HoMM3's but with some subtle but important improvements. First, the interface is vastly superior, offering in-depth and informative mouseovers such as predicted damage and kills when casting a spell or attacking, movement ranges and turn orders. After playing KBTL, you will have trouble playing HoMM3 without the convenient additions to combat. Some other core changes to the combat system include the ability to move and go in defense mode, wait, use abilities or use ranged attacks, if movement points are available, in one turn! A key difference between KBTL and HoMM3 is the scope of the game. KBTL is all about one hero's path to glory while HOMM3 is more about a faction's path to glory. KBTL does not have multiplayer. It's purely single player and is excellent at that. There are plenty of fun and interesting quests you can take up that offer non-aggressive (!) solutions. A final key difference between HOMM3 and KBTL is the removal of a major source of randomness involved in leveling your hero. You no longer get 1 random skill upon level-up but rather get runes (rage, mind and mana runes) that are spent to progress your hero through a "talent tree"-like leveling system. You still get a small random buff on level, too, such as a choice between +1 attack or +40 leadership. Oh, speaking of Leadership... this is an interesting new mechanic that restricts the number of units you can have in your army. Choose your army carefully. You can no longer get a stack of 80000 vampires and steamroll the entire game :P

All the comparisons to Heroes of Might and Magic are valid, but there are some differences this game is more of an adventure with one hero than a map conquering strategy.

King's Bounty: the Legend is not just for fans of the Heroes of Might and Magic games, even though it is clearly related to that series. If you like your games to come stocked with a good story that is loaded with charm and humor and the good sense not to kill the flow of the game with relentless cut scenes, this is your game. If you like turn-based battles that allow for true tactical problem solving without the crushing minutia of hard-core wargames, you'll enjoy this fast-paced fantasy title. Tired of playing games that are poorly put together and feel like they were designed by non-gamers? You might want to try this game! This game is full of nice touches. Like setting up correctly on installation. Even the screen resolution was spot on from the first time I ran it. Other nice touches include being able to configure the game to skip the opening cinematic (by checking a box) and the easy contol scheme used by the game. King's Bounty was made by people who obviously love games. Russian people, to be exact, and therein lies the game's weakness. If you really want to call it a weakness. The translation from the original language is a bit rough in spots. It is quite noticeable and quite funny - to me - in it's own right. This game is more fun than any game I've played in years. Years!

Buy this game right now if you like turn based games. The combat is well balanced but breakable, the quests and world in general are engaging, the advancement elements are addictive, the graphics are excellent, the magic system is fun. There is nothing wrong with this game. I would buy it in a house, I would buy it for a mouse, I would buy it here or there, I would buy it anywhere.

I played the first Kings Bounty some 18 years ago on the Amiga and it was a enjoyable experience this game is even better ! The 3D graphics is excellent and colourful, the sound is average,the gameplay is very enjoyable and addictive with a lot of places to explore tons of loot to buy or fight for and many quests and subquests to take the difficult setting is fine there is a good challenge for both novices and more experienced gamers.

4 Thumbs up, i haven't been emersed in such addictive gameplay for quite a while, excellent product, ***** FIVE STAR

I stumbled across this game while waiting for Sword of the Stars: AMoC to finish downloading, and I'm glad I did. I have fond memories of playing the original King's Bounty, and became hopelessly addicted to the Heroes of Might and Magic games that spawned from it. From the first second I loaded up the game it was obvious that the developers loved the original King's Bounty as much, if not more, than I did. Every inch of this game is a faithful recreation and improvement to the simple game mechanics of the original game. The environments are lavishly detailed (not just the overhead world but the battle arenas as well), the battle system is superb and even makes fights not always about who has the most/better troops. The RPG character leveling is incorporated seamlessly into the game and allows for many different styles of gameplay (my warrior ended up more like a warrior/mage hybrid than anything else). I love the fact that they kept the leadership system from the original game that forces you to decide on what troops to hire, keep and complement each other against tough opponents. This is where the game really shines in my opinion. The game's difficulty on normal is not a breeze. Several times you will have to go up tough opponents and find a way to win (or in some cases, trick enemy stacks into an area where you can just avoid them). Losing a lot of troops can be just as fatal as losing a battle, as there are a limited number of recruits to buy. Hunting around the world for different troops to recruit can be a bit tedious, but doesn't detract from the gameplay too much. In one case, searching for new recruits led me to an undiscovered cave an lots of treasure! There are a few problems with the game, but most of them are minor. The camera angles can get a bit quirky if you have the camera follow your character, and the mouse/camera control is slightly awkward. I was looking for a menu to customize the keyboard or camera controls but didn't find any. The dialogue looks like it was translated quickly in English, there's a plethora of spelling errors. The mini-maps are pretty but only point out very important locations, everything else you have to remember where things are (fortunately, you can add notes to the mini-maps for later use). None of this detracts from the enjoyment of the game, however. I got used to the camera and the dialogue is understandable and very detailed. Minor flaws aside, this gem is sure to stay on my hard drive a long time. These developers deserve a lot of credit for their effort in refurbishing and restoring one of the classic games of this genre.

I wanted to finish the game before my review but after 40 hours of gameplay I am maybe only half-way through this immense and rich game. More importantly, the game has gotten no less exciting as I play through it. Because most of the non-quest elements of the game randomize each time you start a game, and because there are three character classes, I would anticipate that this game has at least 300 hours of play in it, possibly more. While graphics and sound are very nicely, the depth and just extreme attention to detail in the game just gush with developer love. I feel bad for the developers because they have done ten times the amount of work needed to sell the game but because it is from an East European developer it will never get the recognition it deserves as one of the top three best strategy/RP games of the last five years. I would have paid at least $300 for this game so I feel guilty having paid only $40. There is so much content in this game that trying to list it is really not possible here. Suffice it to say that the hundreds of multi-part quests will be keeping you busy and directed while you work on building new strategies and combinations of units, skills, spells, items and wives: ALL of which are customizable! Yes even the wives! I consider myself somewhat of a feminist but the wives/children/family system in this game is just so charmingly done that I think people on both ends of the political spectrum will find it a daring and really enjoyable feature. It is done tastefully (you have children by kissing your wife...) so there is nothing offensive here to taint younger players. I have spent three years as a professional game reviewer and this game gets my highest ranking for depth, immersion, fun-factor, accessibility and innovation. It also marks the point at which (at least in this case) production values in Europe began exceeding those in the West.

This is an outstanding game, a mixture of beautiful 3D graphics and intelligent turn based fighting. I was hanging out for Disciples III but I think King's Bounty is possibily even better. The combat is reminiscent of HOMM V but the overall game is MUCH more fun. Highly recommended!

I have been waiting for this game for a long time and it was worth the wait. Any HOMM, Desciples, or Age Of Wonder fan will love this game. I've only been playing for a few hours and it is awesome. A few gripes: Combat speed should be a slider A hot key to show spell effect on all units (It might be there I have not looked that hard) and an auto refill troops. You will see what I mean (there called peasants for a reason) :)

This game is excellent, looks like HOMM but the quests have more depth, graphics are better then HHOM and sound is very good. It feels like the "Good ol RPG Strategy games". This is a game where i was waiting for very long,