Things simultaneously become more interesting and complex once you start interacting with other empires. Not a huge issue if you’re familiar with the genre and already know that the best games aren’t mastered until you’re spent dozens of hours with them, but not exactly newcomer-friendly either. As a result, even experienced players will run into a bit of trial and error, and there’s quite a learning curve involved here. Tutorial-wise, that means you’re getting more of the “here’s how we do this in our game” treatment than a step by step guide toward the best ways to play. Knights of Honor 2 doesn’t have the smoothest onboarding experience out there and isn’t afraid to rely on the player’s experience within the genre. It helps if you’re used to similar games though – or perhaps the first game. Or a combination of the above – the choice is yours. You have to try and expand your empire across Europe, and can do so by embarking on the warpath or engaging in political intrigue – sneaking your way towards growth through a bit of back-stabbing or diplomacy. Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign offers a more well-rounded experience and evokes memories of games like Grand Ages with its epic scope and visual style, and makes me feel like maybe I missed out when I didn’t spend a lot of time with the first game.įrom what I gather, however, the sequel features an expanded scope in terms of gameplay, and gives you numerous paths to success. At the time I remember thinking that it at least visually looked quite a bit like the Stronghold games with the castle-centric screenshots and gameplay I saw, and at the time I was more drawn to the Total War games while also playing Stronghold. While it was fairly well-received, the first Knights of Honor didn’t leave a lasting impression on me. In a season full of console reviews, it was a good reason for us to power up Steam once again and dive into some medieval empire-building across Europe. Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign is the somewhat unexpected sequel to Black Sea Games’ 2005 original, and offers the kind of grand strategy gameplay that’s usually reserved for PC gamers.
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