King's Bounty: Warriors of the North | |
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Developer(s) | 1C-Softclub |
Publisher(s) | 1C Company |
Series | King's Bounty |
Engine | TheEngine |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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King's Bounty: Warriors of the North is a 2012 strategy video game developed for Microsoft Windows by 1C-Softclub and published by 1C Company as a follow-up to King's Bounty: The Legend.
Plot[edit]
The game takes in the same setting as King's Bounty: the Legend and is a follow-up to it. A generation has passed since the events of King's Bounty: the Legend. The protagonist is Olaf, a Viking who is the youngest son of Tormund the Fierce. The story has Olaf protect and liberate the lands of Endoria from the attacks of the undead army and liberate the land of Nordig from their threat in which along with his army and with the help of five Valkyries.
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- Davernoch was a natural-born undead lich and like many other undead, he was filled with hatred and hostility towards the living. Since Davernoch was among the few undead that still retained some intelligence, he was able to suppress his hatred and maintain.
- With the Cloak and the Armor in his possession, Sandro battles the vengeful armies of his former warlock master, Ethric, and passes onward into the undead lands of Deyja. There, he vaults a puppet king, Finneas Vilmar, to the throne, attaining full political control of the undead.
- Cloak of the Undead King is a relic class combination artifact and is equipped in the shoulders slot. Combination artifacts were first added in the Shadow of Death expansion. In addition to the regular bonuses from artifacts needed to assemble Cloak of the Undead King.
Gameplay[edit]
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North maintains many of the same game conventions used in previous installments. The game is a strategy with RPG elements. The protagonist is Olaf the Viking. In the beginning, the player controls an army consisting of five legions and an access to an overworld map to move around. Sometimes they will stumble onto buried treasures, other times the loot will be out in the open and can find huts or villages where they can buy and sell items or units.
Upon engaging an enemy, the game switches to turn-based battle mode where the player's and enemy forces are displayed on a hex-tiled board with both armies at the opposite ends. Each unit has a specific number of health points which when completely deleted, the entire unit is destroyed. The turn of the units take place in fixed cycles and the player can choose whether to defend, move, attack or use the special abilities of their characters. New to warriors of the north is with proper skills or equipment, troops can expend runes that they are given to briefly increase offensive power, defensive strength, or grant a chance to attack again.
Defeating an enemy force gains money and experience which can be used to make a more powerful army. The game also has a skill tree used to enhance their abilities. Along with magical abilities, the game also features rage abilities. Like magic, these abilities can be used to summon creatures and damage enemies however it only accumulates when a player is hit by an enemy or hits an enemy and dissipates between battles.
The game includes a new race Vikings, a new school of magic called Rune Magic, and new units like Berserker and Skald. In addition Olaf is also assisted by his companions the five Valkyries and each of them has a unique ability and each will give various bonuses to Olaf's specific stats. Although Olaf travels along with all five female-fighters, however he will need to choose one of them to become the main Valkyrie (not the favorite wife!), and her bonus will be 100 percent active unlike the other four with just 25 percent of their powers. The female warriors will gain experience which will improve their combat abilities. In order to upgrade the level of a Valkyrie, the player can sacrifice unneeded equipment, which in turn yields more bonuses to the stats of a character, however a special quest for each of them is the only way to reach the level cap of a Valkyrie.[1][2][3][4]
Development and release[edit]
Promotion at IgroMir 2011
On October 6, 2011, 1C Company announced Warriors of the North as the next game in the King's Bounty series. It was scheduled to release in the second quarter of 2012.[5] The game was shown in pre-alpha state to the press in February 2012 and was revealed to be a follow-up to the game King's Bounty: The Legend.[6][7] On March 16, 2012, 1C Company along with GamesBeat published the first part of the dev diaries that revealed aspects about development of the game.[1] 1C Company released a trailer during Gamescom 2012 and was announced to be released in fourth quarter of 2012.[8] On October 16, 2012, it was revealed that the game would be released on October 26, 2012.
A special edition titled Valhalla Edition was also announced that contained the Valhalla armor set.[9] On January 16, 2014, 1C Company revealed that the DLC for the game titled King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Ice and Fire would be available on January 30, 2014. It takes place on a small snow-covered island ruled by Snow Elves and includes a creature skill system which makes the player's troops stronger as they lead them through battles, new type of undead called Necrolizards, new locations and creatures, revamped creatures from the main game and new items with unique attributes.[10][11] The DLC was released on the date on Steam.[12]
Reception[edit]
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The game holds an aggregate of 73.92% on GameRankings and a score of 74/100 on Metacritic.[13][14] Dave Vader of GamingXP gave the game a review score of 86% praising its gameplay and Viking setting.[15] Krystian Smoszna of Gry-Online called it 'a robust extension of the well-known and popular formula [of King's Bounty]'.[16] Sebastian Haley of GamesBeat gave it a review score of 80/100 however criticised that the game didn't offer anything new over the previous installments.[17] Lounge lizard session keygen torrent.
References[edit]
- ^ abSebastian Haley (March 16, 2012). 'Pre-Mortem: King's Bounty project lead introduces new race and units (exclusive)'. GamesBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^JohnK (December 14, 2012). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North review on Darkstation'. DarkStation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North review on Strategy Informer'. Strategy Informer. January 15, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^Sebastian Haley (May 2, 2012). 'Pre-Mortem: King's Bounty WotN project lead discusses deadly lady companions (exclusive)'. GamesBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^Nick Colan (October 6, 2011). 'New King's Bounty game announced'. IGN. j2 Global. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^'PC Preview - 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North''. Worthplaying. February 22, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North'. Worthplaying. February 28, 2012. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ^'New game in the multi-award winning series presented at gamescom 2012'. gamershell.com. August 15, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^Sebastian Haley (October 16, 2012). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North release date announced'. GameBanshee. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^Radu Haulica (January 16, 2014). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North DLC Ice and Fire launches January 30'. Softpedia. SoftNews Net SRL. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North Ice and Fire DLC Revealed'. gamershell.com. January 16, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^Radu Haulica (January 30, 2014). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North DLC Ice and Fire Is Now Out on Steam at 10% Off'. Softpedia. SoftNews Net SRL. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ ab'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North reviews on GameRankings'. CBS Interactive. GameRankings. CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ ab'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North reviews on Metacritic'. CBS Interactive. Metacritic. CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ abDave Vader (October 19, 2012). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North review on GamingXP' (in German). GamingXP. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ^ abKrystian Smoszna (November 25, 2012). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North review on Gry-Online'. Gry-Online (in Polish). Gry-Online S.A. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ abSebastian Haley (November 25, 2012). 'King's Bounty: Warriors of the North review on GamesBeat'. GamesBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
External links[edit]
- King's Bounty: Warriors of the North at 1C Company official website
- King's Bounty: Warriors of the North - Ice and Fire at 1C Company official website
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Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death | |
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Developer(s) | New World Computing |
Publisher(s) | The 3DO Company |
Director(s) | David Mullich |
Producer(s) | Jeff Blattner |
Designer(s) | Jennifer Bullard |
Composer(s) | Paul Romero Rob King Steve Baca |
Series | Heroes of Might and Magic |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Macintosh ('Heroes III Complete' only) |
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Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy |
Mode(s) | Single-player, single-system multiplayer, or network play |
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death is the second of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy gameHeroes of Might and Magic III. It was developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 2000. Shadow of Death is a standalone expansion pack that includes the original game.
Changes[edit]
The Shadow of Death includes seven new campaigns with adjustable difficulty settings. The expansion also includes twelve new artifacts, minor balance tweaks and eight new terrain types designed to enhance hero attributes such as morale, luck and magic expertise. Each faction remains fundamentally unaltered. Additionally, the expansion introduces a fifth artifact equipment slot for all heroes, and ten new types of teleporters for use on the Adventure Map. A major addition is the inclusion of 'combination artifacts', that is, artifacts pieced together from other artifacts. The combination artifacts bestow extremely powerful abilities, and feature prominently in the campaigns. The expansion pack also significantly improves the map editor, including new portraits for four of the new campaign heroes - Sandro, Finneas Vilmar, Yog and Gem - and other customization options.
Content from Armageddon's Blade[edit]
The Shadow of Death can be installed alongside the first Heroes of Might and Magic III expansion pack, Armageddon's Blade. New features included in the Armageddon's Blade expansion (such as the Conflux town) are present in The Shadow of Death, but are designed to remain hidden and inaccessible unless certain files installed by Armageddon's Blade are detected in the game's directory. The game, however, checks only for the presence of these files: it does not verify the file contents. Because of this, several gamers discovered that it was possible to create empty files with the correct file names to unlock the Armageddon's Blade enhancements in The Shadow of Death without having to install the earlier expansion pack.
Story[edit]
The Shadow of Death campaigns serve as a prequel to both Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven and Heroes III: The Restoration of Erathia. The storyline revolves around Sandro the Necromancer, who has recently arrived on the continent of Antagarich following the events of Heroes of Might and Magic II. Sandro begins a ten-year plot to reassemble two ancient and powerful necromantic artifacts. He uses illusionary magic to take the form of a living human, which he uses to disguise himself.
Sandro first convinces the sorceress Gem and barbarian Crag Hack to find the pieces of the two artifacts for him, promising rewards in return. Unaware of Sandro's true nature, they agree to aid him in wresting the pieces away from other necromancers. However, once secured by the unwitting heroes, the pieces are spirited away by Sandro without fulfilling his end of the bargain. He reassembles the pieces into two whole artifacts, the Cloak of the Undead King and the Armor of the Damned.
Sandro battles a Dungeon army in the Rise of the Necromancer campaign.
With the Cloak and the Armor in his possession, Sandro battles the vengeful armies of his former warlock master, Ethric, and passes onward into the undead lands of Deyja. There, he vaults a puppet king, Finneas Vilmar, to the throne, attaining full political control of the undead lands. From there, he begins his plan to conquer the rest of the continent.
Some time later, amidst the war against the undead, the heroes Gem, Gelu, Yog and Crag Hack band together to combat the threat. They arrange to meet at the plains of Bragden, but are ambushed by Sandro himself and forced to flee. As they regroup, Yog recalls a task he performed earlier of dispensing the components of the Angelic Alliance, a mighty sword. The team of heroes decide to seek out the pieces of the sword and reassemble it. Succeeding, they push onward into Deyja, eventually cornering Sandro and defeating him. Afterwards, Gelu is chosen to become the Forest Guard's next captain, as referenced in Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade. The heroes once again disperse the pieces of the necromantic artifacts as they part ways.
A final bonus campaign features Sandro after his defeat. The necromancer plots a second invasion, this time aimed squarely at Erathia. With the help of Lord Haart, he has King Nicolas Gryphonheart poisoned, and forms an alliance between Deyja, the Kreegans and Nighon against the human lands. However, he is tricked and imprisoned by his own puppet king, Finneas Vilmar, who then leads the invasion of Erathia which takes place during Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia.
Reception[edit]
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The Shadow of Death was received fairly warmly by critics, with mostly positive reviews. It was praised for its map editor improvements and the fact that it did not require the base game to be installed, but it was criticised for its lack of new content outside of the single-player game.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^'Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death for PC'. GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
External links[edit]
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