King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame

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King Arthur II:
The Role-Playing Wargame
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Developer(s) NeocoreGames
Publisher(s) Paradox Interactive
Engine Coretech 2 with PhysX
Platforms Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) January 27, 2012[1]
Genre(s) Real-time tactics, turn-based strategy, role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

King Arthur II is a real-time tactics and role-playing video game and a sequel to King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame, released on January 27, 2012.[1] It was developed by NeocoreGames and published by Paradox Interactive. It blends elements of the real-time tactics, role-playing, and grand strategy genres into one.

Gameplay

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Battle gameplay screenshot

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Gameplay in King Arthur II is a mix of real-time strategy, role-playing, and grand strategy elements. The grand strategy portion of the game is played on a large campaign map of Britannia. Unlike its predecessor, King Arthur II does not feature multiplayer.

Plot

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There are two campaigns in the game, a prologue with only one chapter, and the main story, spanning several chapters. In the prologue, the player takes the role of Septimus Sulla. Heir to one of the Roman families, that ruled in Britannia south of the Hadrians Wall. The prologue details Septimus' rise to power and eventual succumbing to madness.

In the main campaign, the player takes over the role of William Pendragon, son of the Once and Future King Arthur. Arthur lies mortally wounded by a magical curse and several of the figures of Arthurian legend are missing when William steps up to unite the provinces that once made up Arthur's kingdom, fight back the Fomorians unleashed by the Witch Queen Morgawse from the Orkney Islands and seeks to find a way to heal his father.

As in the previous game, other heroes join the army of William and eventually, a second army led by the sorceress Morgana Le Fay becomes available as William allows her to search in the name of King Arthur for her mentor Merlin, who was kidnapped by the enchantress Lady Nimue. Over the course of the game, Septimus Sulla attacks from the North.

Reception

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The game received average or mixed reviews with an aggregate score of 66% on Metacritic.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ King Arthur II on metacritic.com

External links

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