Long before Heroes of Might & Magic enjoyed a triumphant return to form with Olden Era, we had King’s Bounty: The Legend, a strategy-RPG in the classic HoMM mold only with a single gigantic world map rather than discrete levels, and some quirky ideas about courtly marriage. Infamously, this was the game where you could marry a frog or a zombie.
The most recent sequel toned down the whimsy and ended up being much blander for it. Fortunately, you can skip that and go back to where it began with a newly freshened up King’s Bounty: The Legend for modern PCs. Now it fully supports widescreen resolutions without those uggo black bars down the side of the screen. The maximum zoom-out distance has been doubled and the UI’s been given a readability pass.
It’s also got a bunch of modern Steam features like achievements, trading cards, and a points shop. There’s a dedicated Steam Workshop too, though at the moment the only mod is one that undoes one of the aforementioned readability changes and restores the Original Fonts.
Katauri plans to bring these updates to King’s Bounty: Armored Princess next. Right now the series is also on sale, so you can get King’s Bounty: The Legend for 85% off on Steam, and the fan-favorite follow-up King’s Bounty: Crossworlds is also 85% off.
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