Game Impressions (King's Bounty: Dark Side)

F4G.Imperius
The plot is the same, except for the tasks of satellites.

The game is really good. Bright, colorful, captivating to the depths of the night. Even the spouse, who doesn't really understand strategy, is really addicted to this series of games. There are also downsides, of course. Not for children, obviously. As nestrbob said, it was possible to describe the tasks in a better way. I think once again it was necessary to play for the dark ones and change the music a little, although I really like the current one. Overall, the experience is excellent. I recommend this series to everyone.

SANeK1987g
In the battle with the boss and after they merged the plot of the next part, or additions))

I cannot find the navigation map of Baraz-Gund. All other islands are open. Please tell me where to get it?

in darenbam go to the portal

The game is excellent, albeit specific, not everyone will like it.
The only thing that depresses me is the lack of an online cooperative game.

morlov
The only thing that depresses me is the lack of a networked cooperative game.

This game cannot be networked by definition. There is also only one hero who fights in the arena. with the enemy. Where are you going to stick even the second hero?

And on the topic, I personally liked the game. But there are also disadvantages: five locations are not tied to the main storyline and serve only for pumping and creating new units, very weak support in battle from a companion, secondary companions nothing at all, a large imbalance between the strength of the hero and the strength of enemies - many enemies are very strong. In this regard, the game of the Warrior of the North looked better.

The game is super. Of all the bounty, in my opinion the best. Impossible level - real chess. We do not take into account nuances, trifles, bugs. The plot, and especially the ending, is good.

Once again, there is a reason to whine about the fact that nothing new in the series is happening, everything is outdated, it is necessary to do a full-fledged second part (but, I think, they will not master it), etc. All this is true, however, the Princess and the Warrior of the North and the Dark Side turned out to be at least good games, the time on which was not wasted, but even with benefit and interest.
In this case, we see a very controversial and very interesting game with a bunch of advantages and disadvantages. The game takes place in a new world (but there are references to others), where the light ones almost exterminated the dark ones and now the orc, vampire or demoness will have to restore balance or just have fun taking revenge on the fireflies. :)
The main advantage is some of the most interesting quests in the series and almost in the history of RPGs! They intersect smartly, unexpected, fascinating and in some places just brilliant, which is helped by excellent humor, which demolishes the boundaries of the genre and makes fun of the confrontation between the evil light and the good offended dark ones. Characters are also all as on the selection! Moreover, in contrast to past games, no one here will lead by the hand on the map. In the overwhelming majority of cases, you have to think for yourself and remember which of the characters you have already visited will help you. Given that the characters are very unique and memorable, guessing where to go is a very pleasant experience.
But there are also disadvantages. This is the illiteracy of generally excellent texts. Grammatical errors are rare, but double spaces are found in almost every large text. It's a shame. I don’t understand at all how people manage not to notice double spaces !? Even word notices it!
Well, in addition to the lack of proofreading and editing of texts (I repeat - very interesting, the authors really came off to the fullest!), There are a lot of unjustified Americanisms (like "level cap") and modern words and references to our world (which often means low quality of the product, look at least to our last cartoons about heroes), which completely kill the atmosphere of fantasy and, in general, the uniqueness of the world. True, this also makes a great atmosphere of banter over the genre and past games in the series, where the good ones staged a massive genocide against the evil ones! Finally, you can play as an orc and bite off the head of the elven king (or rather, threaten, because the captive kings will still come in handy)! I dreamed for a long time. :) Plus a harem of enslaved princesses. ^ _ ^
Many excellent and really very original and interesting locations. In general, also the best design that was in the series, but also not without drawbacks, such as the first dungeon, White Rock or Amazon Island, which looks good only on the map. Now, by the way, you can teleport to any visited location, which is a genius and greatly saves time and nerves, especially on the maps of gnomes and demons, where you can't even fly. It seems to be a simple thing, but it greatly improves the game, cutting off unnecessary and tedious running, which was very much in the same Warrior of the North.
Otherwise, it's still the same Legend, which was a great game before. :)
It turned out to be chic in its own way, but also somewhat amateurish product, which is still a very good and extremely interesting game, especially in terms of the plot and tasks. And by no means the worst game in the series, given that there were no bad games in it.
9/10