I remember a wonderful moment, you appeared in front of me … A computer game in the fantasy genre, combining role -playing elements, step -by -step battles and a wonderful world living in real time. And her name is “King’s Bounty: The Legend of the Knight”. But now we will not talk about her, but about the addition, called "King’s Bounty: Princess in armor".

An unusual gift

The main character is that Princess Amelie has matured since the original. She goes to the world of the Thean to find her savior – the brave knight Bill Gilbert. Only he is able to protect his native lands from the terrible archdem on Baal and his henchlings, which again vandalize endoria.

Going through the magical portal, the heiress of the throne discovers that the world in which she was very similar to her own. Around – nobody but a guard who had fallen asleep at the post, who barely shuddered from the noise of the closing portal. A little at a distance a huge castle, hardly inferior in beauty to the palace of her father. For some reason, a waking guard considered the princess a spy and ordered her to immediately go to the sovereign. Amelie told King Frederick about herself, which happened to trouble, and how she found herself here. The ruler has changed in the person, rushed to look for some kind of casket and interpret about ancient prophecy. A little later he told about his hardships. Frederick promised to help the young beauty, and sent her to the farm nearby, assuring her that she was waiting for a gift with which she would probably make friends.

– Come, don’t be afraid, they don’t bite! – said Marta, the mistress of the farm. – Milas, really? Do you like it?

– Oh, who is it? – the princess was surprised.

– These are manual dragons. Their sorcerer from distant countries delivered them as a gift to his majesty. The sorcerer assured that these were future great dragons! Of course, no one believed, but the kids turned out to be so funny and smart that the king happily accepted an unusual gift. You can choose anyone! Take care of him, and he will answer you the same – will become your faithful friend and defender. Do not see that he is so small! Once thieves climbed to our farm, and we learned about this only a month later, when we discovered the molten remains of their armor.

They felt the atmosphere? And these are only dialogs presented in the form of text messages. Take a look at the screenshots – all the game space is drawn manually, and not created in the generator by the method of “copy/insert”, as is done in many modern projects. Each character has his own portrait, and at the thought of how much work the authors of texts, artists and programmers were invested, the head begins to dizzy.

Amazing and attention to details. An ordinary mill. Beside her https://richyleocasino.uk/ bags with flour (all different). Nearby a peasant with a pitchfork in his arms, at his feet a chicken, cautiously glancing into the sky. Non -long chickens are fussing, diligently pecking the texture. To the left of the mill small wheat field, on the right, a house near which is comfortably located a garden with a scarecrow. If you cross the road and go down to the shore, you can see fishing networks in which a careless fish came across.

Thean consists of four continents and ten islands. Exemplary design in conjunction with bright, saturated colors simply stunes. Almost everyone (!) the land plot has its own unique atmosphere. Do not even take us describe how the user mood changes during the session "Princesses in armor". As they say, it is better to see once than hear a hundred times.

In the game box there are anaglyphic glasses. Instead of lenses, red and blue filters are inserted into them. This is a fairly cheap and effective method that provides the correct transmission of color stereo -eating. The mode is activated by a special option, as a result of which the picture receives a red-blue hue. If you put on glasses, objects are perceived as voluminous. But various menus, cursor, texts do not become like that. Their colors are distorted, and it is quite difficult to make out what is written. Annaglific glasses have to be constantly pressed, otherwise the image becomes fuzzy. In addition, the eyes get tired very quickly.

A great many

The ship will help to travel between the continents. But to go on long -distance swimming, you need to find navigation cards. They, like other useful items like chest chests, are on land. In order to get a guide, you need to defeat the enemy guarding the subject. The enemy awaits not only near navigation cards. He can meet anywhere, and the attack of the future queen cannot be avoided. As soon as this happens, the arena appears (its species depends on the area where the battle began), which is a hexagonal grid. At its opposite ends are the troops of the princess and the enemy. Fights are held in step -by -step mode. Victory goes to the one who destroy all the enemy troops.

The sequence of the course of the individual depends on its intelligence. In addition to it, each creature has a number of other important characteristics: level, attack, protection, morality, critical damage and much more. The number of the army depends on the number of leadership points that Amelie has. The princess herself does not go on the battlefield, but helps her fighters with various spells. Scrolls with them are in the book of magic, their total number exceeds 60! Some spells are used not in clashes with adversaries, but exclusively during travel. They increase the characteristics of the princess and give her new troops.

The gift of King Frederick – a manual dragon – also does not lie idle. He watches with interest the progress of the battle, rooting for “ours”, eats apples, dozs on a snail, and in general he does a lot of things, delighting his eyes with excellent animation. As soon as Amelie’s mortal battle accumulates the required amount of rage, the flying lizard gets the opportunity to attack the enemy. In total, the assistant princess has nine skills, each will improve as it develops. The heiress of the throne also gains invaluable experience (now more than 50 levels against 30 available in the original), improving combat skills and getting leadership points. Thanks to this great multiple of the arenas, troops, magic, various tactics and techniques, each battle is unique. At the end of the fight, detailed statistics are displayed on the screen, which has become much more than in the "Legend of the Knight".

New is a well -forgotten old

Now, probably, few people remember that in the original King’s Bounty The 1990 model was the opportunity to steam on the dragon, bypassing enemies and easily overcoming obstacles. To get it, all the troops in the hero of the hero had to be able to fly. Developers from Katauri Interactive revived phoenix from ashes. Around the middle of the passage of the horse, on which Amelie travels, wings grow (flying creatures in the army are now not needed for this). Due to the fact that the horse turns into Pegasus, it is not necessary to fight enemies at all, they can simply fly around. In addition, there is a chance to get to previously inaccessible places. And what beauty appears! The horseman-firing horseman did not become a legalized cheat: to select valuable things scattered there and so, you can only land.

Contracts returned to the game and the murder of bad guys and other bad creatures. In addition, our princess is now available medals issued for performing certain actions like the murder of a dozen dragons or hundreds of enemy heroes. Most of all, incentives are like a standard achievement system, but these are not just inscriptions like “You killed 30 enemies in the head”. Medals give significant bonuses to the characteristics and at the same time stimulate the user to experiment.

Fulfilling instructions, sooner or later Amlya will meet huge, very strong "bosses". They are all different, and the approach to them is appropriate. Now there are five of them, while in the "Legend" there were only three. New types of troops, as well as a continent with a race of bloodthirsty lizards (are not divided with anyone, verified).

Obviously, developers "Princesses in armor" inspired by various creations of cinema. It is not without difficulty that the main character – Princess Amelie – is very similar (both externally and internally) to the heroine of the film of the same name. In the film, this is a pure and romantic image, it is such a future queen that appears in the game. Hand Dragon, received as a gift from King Frederick, is very similar to the Stych from the cartoon "Lilo and Stich". Evil Gremlins living in the Robot "Burier" are clearly borrowed from the fantasy film "Labyrinth". One of the spells in the Book of Magic is called "Star of Death". Guessed what we were talking about?

Immersion in the world "Princesses in armor" contributes to musical accompaniment created with the participation of the composer Mikhail Kostylev and specialized studio Trihorn Productions. Calm or alarming, it harmoniously complements the overall atmosphere, sets up new exploits or relaxes. The melodies are remembered, and there is a desire to listen to them even outside the game.

There were no significant shortcomings in the addition, although a couple of unpleasant trifles have a place to be. The first is unbalanced, gigantic damage, inflicted by fire and poison;The second – too often swordsmen and guards manage to evade blows. But this developers will probably fix the nearest patch.

An example to follow

Thanks to the four levels of complexity "Princess in armor" Suitable for both the casual audience and experienced "hardcore". In addition, it is recommended even for children. There is no place for blood and the like things. If your child does not like to read and solve problems, he will probably be happy to do this in King’s Bounty.

It feels out that the addon was created with love. The atmosphere of a fairy tale reigns here;It seems that this world is real. The addition is quite drawn to a full -fledged game, and the total passage time takes from 25 to 40 hours. Craftsmen from Katauri Interactive, Your creativity is an example to follow. We are proud of you!

Pros: "King’s Bounty: Princess in armor".
Cons: No significant drawbacks were found.