King`s Bounty: Warriors of the North announced

Mandea · #1 10-08-2011, 02:09 PM

I don't know the details as I'm not interested in MP games.

#2 10-08-2011, 06:12 PM

Wow this is good news... I would surely try this one soon... Hurrah to King's Bounty!

BB Shockwave · #3 10-10-2011, 12:45 PM

This is awesome news!

Though I must admit, I did not finish the game yet with the Crosswords addons, I really like this series. And just like with Might and Magic, I don't think we need a new engine. Milk this dry, until they can... it's the game mechanics that count, not the graphics (which are great, anyway).

The norse setting is interesting, hope we get some mythological creatures too, like the Fenris Wolf as a wolf upgrade, or a Lindwurm, or two-headed trolls/ettins. The Valkyries will no doubt work like that mod's Beholder pet, aka units you can use on the battlefield.

Roman · #4 10-10-2011, 03:10 PM

Awesome news! Hopefully, it won't have internet-based DRM (which I am boycotting), so that I can purchase it.

Nike-it · #5 10-11-2011, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Roman

Awesome news! Hopefully, it won't have internet-based DRM (which I am boycotting), so that I can purchase it.

It's too early to say about final DRM, but in any case it will be available on Steam with standard DRM.

jamotide · #6 10-11-2011, 01:19 PM

Make a collectors edition in a oldschool cardboard box with cloth map, cheesy artbook, printed manual, but no plastic toys please, we're not eight year olds, (dude).

joasoz · #7 10-12-2011, 12:07 PM

oh, the joy. They kan milk this game as long as they want. I wil buy it all

aceymi · #8 10-22-2011, 06:39 PM

Any chance of a RMG for short scenarios in addition to the campaign? I don't know if this would be possible or not...

Roman · #9 10-24-2011, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Nike-it

It's too early to say about final DRM, but in any case it will be available on Steam with standard DRM.

Steam is online DRM.

I will be waiting to see/hear what DRM it will turn out to have in the end. I bought King's Bounty: The Legend immediately when I found out it didn't have internet-based DRM (only a disc check) on the DVD version and it was truly an awesome game. Naturally, I wanted more of that great experience, so I was excited when King's Bounty: Armored Princess was announced. Unfortunately, I then discovered that it has online-based DRM, so I didn't purchase it or its Crossworlds version.

Hopefully, King's Bounty: Warriors of the North will return to the disc check DRM instead of online activation (or worse).

Basically, my boycott of online DRM stems from the fact that I don't want to be dependent on a third party to install/activate/run games after I have purchased them. Many of my favorite classics are pretty old (some are older than 15 years or even 20 years now) were produced by companies that no longer exist (e.g. Heroes of Might and Magic III or Dark Sun: Shattered Lands). If there they had some sort of online activation (or worse), they would be unplayable now. Hence, I decided not to buy any games with online-based DRM as a form of protest against the practice. Having said that, I recognize the need for companies to protect their intellectual property, that's why I don't mind disc checks and forms of DRM that is not dependent on some third party's continued existence decades down the line.

Sorry for the long rant - I just wanted to explain my reasoning.

Fatt_Shade · #10 11-06-2011, 10:52 AM

Ok it`s been 1 month since first news about KB-WotN announcement so i think they should release game asap. Yesterday would be great, but tommorow is acceptable

Who`s with me on this ?