I just ordered it. Hopefully, I will have it in a week.I have been playing the demo of this game and it's pretty amazing so far! Anybody has the full game?
AFAIK, the developer of the game is from Russia, called Katauri Interactive.I just picked it up at a friend's suggestion. It's not bad, however it does blatantly rip off HoMM something fierce. I don't know if it's because most of the HoMM team moved on to make this (hopefully the case) or because it's simply trying to be a ripoff (hopefully not the case). Anyone know?
I think I remembered playing an IBM-compatible software that had "King" in the title which looked like a Pitfall clone (PC mostly walks from left to right). But that was back in '86 or '87.Actually, you guys are getting this backwards. The original King's Bounty came before the entire HoMM series. In fact, HoMM series was inspired by King's Bounty, which is not a huge surprise, considering that the two franchises were developed by the same person! The license for King's Bounty (which is now a very old game - and I must admit that I have never actually played it, but I am a fan of the HoMM series) was bought by a Russian company and they now created King's Bounty: The Legend.
Actually, you guys are getting this backwards. The original King's Bounty came before the entire HoMM series. In fact, HoMM series was inspired by King's Bounty, which is not a huge surprise, considering that the two franchises were developed by the same person! The license for King's Bounty (which is now a very old game - and I must admit that I have never actually played it, but I am a fan of the HoMM series) was bought by a Russian company and they now created King's Bounty: The Legend.
In short, it is perfectly legal and the King's Bounty plus Heroes of Might and Magic are certainly related series (but King's Bounty came first), with HoMM being more strategy oriented, and King's Bounty being a Strategy/RPG hybrid.