It shows little of the interesting mechanics you’d want from a modern tactics game, like forced movement or battlefield manipulation. It’s serviceable combat, but the UI does it no favors and the details are predictable systems: Skeletons take less damage from arrows, fire attacks burn enemies over time, and spirit creatures are resistant to non-magical attacks. Those troops fight in tactical battles, with five units dancing around tight hex-based arenas. You don’t fight the battles, mind, you stand on the sidelines like a kind of Commander/Cheerleader/Magical Artillery Piece and direct your troops around. You then go out and wander the world, doing lots of side quests and fighting battles. It’s absolutely bog-standard and nothing you haven’t seen before. Having been released from prison your character takes on a job for the king, who forgives you for whatever reason, and then goes wandering about trying to prevent a fantasy magical apocalypse because a wizard told you you’re the chosen savior.

In King’s Bounty 2 you pick one of three characters to take through the main story, each of which follows the same plot.

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