6.6 /10 1 Votes
66% Metacritic Engine Coretech 2 with PhysX Developer NeocoreGames Mode Single-player video game | 6/10 Steam 7/10 Destructoid Initial release date 20 September 2011 Publisher Paradox Interactive Platform Microsoft Windows | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Real-time tactics, Turn-based strategy, Role-playing video game Similar NeocoreGames games, Strategy video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
King arthur ii the role playing wargame video review
King Arthur II is a real-time tactics and role-playing video game and a sequel to King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame, released online in Europe on September 20, 2011, and then worldwide in 2012. It was developed by NeocoreGames and published by Paradox Interactive. It blends elements of the real-time tactics, role-playing, and grand strategy genres into one.
Contents
- King arthur ii the role playing wargame video review
- King arthur ii the role playing wargame video developer diary 1
- Gameplay
- Plot
- King Arthur II Dead Legions
- Reception
- References
King arthur ii the role playing wargame video developer diary 1
Gameplay
Gameplay in King Arthur II is a mix of real-time strategy, role-playing, and grand strategy elements. The grand strategy portion of the game is played on a large campaign map of Britannia. Unlike its predecessor, King Arthur II does not feature multiplayer.
Plot
There are two campaigns in the game, a prologue with only one chapter, and the main story, spanning several chapters. In the prologue, the player takes the role of Septimus Sulla. Heir to one of the Roman families, that ruled in Britannia south of Hadrians Wall. The prologue details Septimus' rise to power and eventual succumbing to madness.
In the main campaign, the player takes over the role of William Pendragon, son of the Once and Future King Arthur. Arthur lies mortally wounded by a magical curse and several of the figures of Arthurian legend are missing when William steps up to unite the provinces that once made up Arthur's kingdom, fight back the Fomorians unleashed by the Witch Queen Morgawse from the Orkney Islands and seeks to find a way to heal his father.
As in the previous game, other heroes join the army of William and eventually, a second army led by the sorceress Morgana Le Fay becomes available as William allows her to search in the name of King Arthur for her mentor Merlin, who was kidnapped by the enchantress Lady Nimue. Over the course of the game, Septimus Sulla attacks from the North.
King Arthur II: Dead Legions
An expansion pack, called King Arthur II: Dead Legions, was released on the same day in North America, while it was released in Japan on September 7, 2012.
Reception
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
Early into the release the game was plagued with various bugs and a string of patches were developed within days of release.