KB: Warriors of the North

Kalah · Unread postby **Kalah** » 08 Oct 2011, 00:34

<img src="/https://www.celestialheavens.com/images ... rriors.jpg" align=right hspace=10 vspace=10>1C Company have just <a href="/http://www.1cpublishing.eu/news/warrior ... nounced</a> the next chapter in the highly successful King's Bounty series.

Developed by Katauri Interactive, <a href="/http://www.1cpublishing.eu/game/king-s- ... ">Warriors of the North</a> is set for release in spring 2012 and will feature the new hero Olaf:

"A new hero, young Olaf, the son of the Northling King, dedicates his life to the fight against the undead infesting the Northern Lands of Endoria. He will face epic battles, valor and love. Accompanied by gorgeous Valkyries who will assist Olaf on the battlefield, he will liberate the icy wastelands of the North, dwarven dungeons and Darion, the heart of the Endoria, from the reign of necromancy."

Among the features you will find:

<ul><li>New plot, telling the story of the fight between the Good and the Evil, betrayal and love

<li>New companions – 5 Valkyries, assisting Olaf on the field of battle.

<li>New locations, units, skills and achievements.

<li>New school of magic – Rune Magic.</ul>

If you would like to take a look at the original page visit this link:
https://www.celestialheavens.com/1318034094

Toejam · Unread postby **Toejam** » 08 Oct 2011, 01:00

hope this will be a true sequel and not a money grabber like crosswolrds...

Ryder · Unread postby **Ryder** » 08 Oct 2011, 02:40

Looks like a money grabber of sorts. Same engine as the last 3. It's putting MM6-MM8 to shame.

I will get it without hesitation however.

archcorenth · Unread postby **archcorenth** » 08 Oct 2011, 02:57

it's fine it's using the same engine. In the days of MM6-8 engines technologies were increasing so fast that the engine became dated. What would be important is that gameplay is changed enough to make it feel like a new game.

parcaleste · Unread postby **parcaleste** » 08 Oct 2011, 11:15

Can't wait!

Metathron · Unread postby **Metathron** » 08 Oct 2011, 11:54

I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for a full sequel, but an expansion is better than nothing. I'm actually looking forward to this more than to the new HoMM.

Then again, that's not necessarily saying much, since for me the whole rehashed KB franchise trumps both HoMM V and VI in its current state, by a long shot.

parcaleste · Unread postby **parcaleste** » 08 Oct 2011, 12:51

^ So, so. Can't measure the HV skills system, sorry.

On the other hand, I was wondering one of these days about some fan made maps for KB. After all they did released and a map editor with The Legend.

Rife · Unread postby **Rife** » 08 Oct 2011, 19:53

I like both games. King's Bounty captures more of the fun than the newer Heroes games, but it's single player and only one campaign (per expansion obviously). I will likely pick this up, even though I haven't yet finished all the ones out already (foolishly playing on hard difficulty first run through, the going is slow).

CloudRiderX · Unread postby **CloudRiderX** » 11 Oct 2011, 00:56

I did enjoy all of the King's Bounty campaigns thus far. My only complaint is that after the first playthrough, it gets really grindy. What I would really love to see is some of the amazing King' Bounty combat elements integrated into the HoMM series. Being able to move and take another action in one turn is so much FUN.

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