For those that played The Legend, this game will be relatively familiar territory. Travelling the world is much less cumbersome in Armored Princess (fast travel is unlocked earlier, and later your horse learns to fly), and there are several rewarding improvements to the character building system. Overall it's a wash: the mechanics are slightly better than the first, the flavor of the game slightly worse. It felt like the world and dialogue weren't given as much love as they were in the first game. The armorbearers are less interesting than the wives were, and the pet dragon feels like a downgrade after managing the spirits of rage with Bill Gilbert (although it is much cuter than any of them). However, these are minor complaints. I loved the first game, and I loved this competent sequel.

Many game reviews liken King's Bounty Armored Princess (and The Legend) to Heroes of Might and Magic. To be clear, though the games are similar, (Might and Magic bored this writer to tears and was uninstalled after 8 hours) Armored Princess is much more appealing on most fronts: aesthetics, gameplay and no irritating TBS/Action Points -- the hero can move freely -- dodging enemies and not. The game receives 5/5 stars and is money well spent for those looking for a decent fantasy adventure RPG that is neither too hard nor too serious. As for drawbacks, the text-based dialog will bore most audiophiles and is a bit difficult to read for the sight challanged. Otherwise, players can ignore most the text (not always) or conversely enjoy the subtly and fluffy quests that set the tone of the game. May the KA series usher in more good, clean fun such as this. Albeit the game is not squeaky clean -- be it the desire demons or the Princess's response to chauvinistic comments from NPCs. P.S. The King's Legend Bundle is a good buy. Consider playing The Legend first, the game will make more sense and be enjoyed all the more for its improvements over its predecessor.

Armored Princess cleans up and expands considerably on The Legend but manages to stumble over itself with a punishing difficulty curve and a few errors of its own that manage to pull the game down more than the improvements buoy it. It should come as no surprise that cheat codes to bolster Amalie are available on the game's main page, which may be the key to completing the game, even if it may not be entirely moral. While the difficulty should not scare away fans of the genre and anyone looking for a challenge, in the end it may be more suitable for someone new to the series. Someone preferring a more sedate pace may be best advised to check out the previous entry in the series. More here: http://www.rpgamer.com/games/kingsbounty/kingsbountyap/reviews/kingsbountyapstrev1.html

Its been a year since the release of Kings Bounty and now the sequel Kings Bounty Armoured Princess is here. Kings Bounty is a mix of Heroes of Might and Magic and a RPG game (yes, I know that its inspired by an old game called Kings Bounty that predates Heroes). In both Kings Bounty games you control a hero that preforms quests and explore land mainly by doing lots and lots of fighting. The fights are turnbased and a lot like in Heroes of Might and Magic. The fights are longer and more complex though, and thus more rewarding. You can play as a warrior, paladin or mage. Slowly you get access to more and more areas to explore and there is a background story unfolding. I must say that I dont care much about reading all the text in the game and I mostly just read the part that says what I have to do. In the game you will find runes that you spend on a skill tree divided into magic, mind and might (related to mage, paladin and warrior). What is new in Armoured Princess. 1. You now have a pet dragon instead of the box thingie in the first game. The do perform mostly the same, although the dragon is a very nice touch. He is extremely important in my game as a warrior and often do up to 50% of the killing. 2. In the quest descriptions there are now often picture of the offender that you (probably) have to kill. Great touch! 3. You can now have a follower that gives bonuses 4. You get rewards (medals) for different tasks (like 10 battles without a loss) and these gives bonuses as well 5. Travel between areas is easier, you no longer have to find a portal in the sea. Now you just bring up the travel map and click on destination. One strange thing is that the travel map and the normal ingame map is not connected and I was looking at the game map for a long time without finding out how to travel. I actually had to ask in the forum before the told me about a small button in the lower right corner of the game. Bad UI or I am getting old. These new touches are all good in my opinion. Since I loved Kings Bounty, I strongly recommend that people buy Kings Bounty Armoured Princes (it is a stand alone game, not an upgrade). The graphics are great and the game is quality all around. My score is 9/10!

After playing Kings Bounty: The legend for weeks i was really looking forward to the expansion, and i was not disappointed. For those of you who have not tried the first one, i recommend downloading the demo and getting familiar with the battle system and get a view on it, it is not for everyone, but i love the turn based set-up, since it gives you the option to be very tactical and think through each fight. Hard to rate this without having The first kings bounty in mind, therefor i gave it 4 Stars. It would have gotten 5, But the Story seemed to lack that something extra that the first one had. But fear not, what it lacks in story it gives back in additional updates and reward systems. Some Suggestions to beginners: *Easy is no shame if you are new to this genre *Press the Alt button the view turn order and health *Take the Test at the start

Only a couple of hours into this game, released today, but already feeling the addictiveness that was KB The Legend. In terms of interface and troops, approx 80% of the content seems to be the same or similar with princess variation, maybe 20% new. All the adventuring lands are new. The dragon looks like he will work well as a rage entity, and the ability to pick your "type" of dragon at the start is a nice touch. A hint for old and new players - the tutorial section offered very early on is worth doing even for experiences KB players, due to the extra loot that can be picked up in the tutorial.

Nice start, "in medias res" - in the middle of the action. Taking the pulse of the drama of the ending of previous game. First thing is that you travel to another world. So there is sure enough lots of new areas to explore. Much is like in the original game - but with a much higher level cap, occasional flying abilities and a brand new pet dragon of your own (strategic) choice, there is sure much fun to be had! :-)