King's Bounty II

Item: King's Bounty II
Rating: 46
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-31

Summary

Engaging quests and puzzles present.
Tactical turn-based battles on hex-grids.
Exploration and questing are emphasized.
Poor balancing and limited unit variety.
Clunky controls and character movement.
Unfinished, lacking content at release.

Categories

Turn-based RPGTurn-based CombatTactical CombatUnit ManagementCharacter ProgressionOpen-World ExplorationSingle-player StoryEquipment Customization

Reviews (sample size): 434
Helpful reviews: 85%
Unhelpful reviews: 13%
Protest reviews: 2%

46%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
54%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 673
Negative points: 1330
Gameplay points: 289
Perf. points: 62
Rec. points: 346
Misc points: 56

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging quests and puzzles Description The game features engaging quests and puzzles, with multiple solutions and interconnected storylines. Side quests are a major highlight, offering unique stories and character development for the NPCs involved. The game world is full of quests around every corner, and town portals for fast travel. Importance 19%	The game features engaging quests and puzzles, with multiple solutions and interconnected storylines. Side quests are a major highlight, offering unique stories and character development for the NPCs involved. The game world is full of quests around every corner, and town portals for fast travel.	19%
Generally enjoyable and acceptable Description These clusters express general enjoyment and acceptability of the game, but lack specific details. They mention the game being enjoyable initially, decent, and stable, but don't provide concrete feedback on gameplay or features. Therefore, the importance score is reduced. Importance 9%	These clusters express general enjoyment and acceptability of the game, but lack specific details. They mention the game being enjoyable initially, decent, and stable, but don't provide concrete feedback on gameplay or features. Therefore, the importance score is reduced.	9%
Balanced and appropriate difficulty Description The game offers a balanced challenge, with a learning curve that is appropriate for a strategy game. The difficulty is well-designed, making players carefully consider each piece of equipment and spell. The game can be tough, especially on the hard difficulty setting. Importance 8%	The game offers a balanced challenge, with a learning curve that is appropriate for a strategy game. The difficulty is well-designed, making players carefully consider each piece of equipment and spell. The game can be tough, especially on the hard difficulty setting.	8%
Improved mechanics and quality-of-life Description The game includes quality of life improvements and well-designed mechanics. The ability to buy back lost units immediately after combat if even one survived is a huge time saver and makes the game more enjoyable. The changes in game mechanics work well. Importance 8%	The game includes quality of life improvements and well-designed mechanics. The ability to buy back lost units immediately after combat if even one survived is a huge time saver and makes the game more enjoyable. The changes in game mechanics work well.	8%
Well-executed progression systems Description The hero progression system is well-executed, and the combat progression feels great. The game features a decent equipment set system. The unit leveling system is a great idea, with some units gaining new active skills upon leveling up. Importance 3%	The hero progression system is well-executed, and the combat progression feels great. The game features a decent equipment set system. The unit leveling system is a great idea, with some units gaining new active skills upon leveling up.	3%