Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the DragonBone Staff

aka: Heroes of Might and Magic: Die Macht des Drachenstabes
Moby ID: 19562
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the DragonBone Staff is really the old classic King's Bounty from New World Computing for the PC with revamped graphics. Very little else has changed, in fact even the text was the exact same with the original.

For those who are not familiar with the history of the series, King's Bounty was a spin-off of the Might & Magic RPG series which was then still in its early chapters and was inspired by board games. The gameplay resembles a simplified Heroes of Might & Magic game with only one Hero and no city improvements. Combat is turn-based using a set grid and stacked units.

The goal of the game is to discover an ancient artifact by collecting pieces of a map and identifying its location before time runs out. Of course the player must have amassed a strong army by then because he will have to face the evil Dragon overlord before the end.

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Average score: 62% (based on 15 ratings)

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Average score: 3.4 out of 5 (based on 6 ratings with 1 reviews)

Great remake of all-time classic

The Good
Original King's Bounty is one of my favourite games. I always wandered why wasn't there any remake - until now. While the game is completely the same - except enhanced graphics and your goal - it is still solid and lasting fun. Graphics are really good for a 2001 game, story is simple yet working for this kind of game, sound is good but scarce.

The Bad
Too bad they didn't add more campaigns. If you already own the original, you will get nothing more then prettier graphics. Compared to King's Bounty:The Legend and its data discs it looks really mediocre. Music starts to get repetitive too soon, and the fact that they didn't at least add few overworld objects make this game true remake. AI is almost nonexistent, as you would expect from this kind of adventure. In original game your goal was to save kingdom by finding the Staff (or was it scepter then? :)), this time the Staff is only something that helps you defeat all the villains, which is your goal.

The Bottom Line
Although the name would make you believe that this is one of the Might&Magic games, it is really a remake to its predecessor, King's Bounty. That means you don't build cities or hire heroes, you only have one hero and as large army as he can command. More then strategy this feels like adventure-strategy-RPG mix. Game is really good if not dated. 7/10 for me:)

PlayStation 2 · by Dan Mokosh (56) · 2011

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Game added November 4, 2005. Last modified November 24, 2024.