King's Bounty: The Legend

King's Bounty: The Legend is a Real-time / Turn-based Strategy with RPG elements. In a fairy tale fantasy world of fearless knights, evil mages, wise kings and beautiful princesses the player controls a hero…

87 23 September 2008 from $1.04

Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Comedy Fantasy Stealth

King's Bounty: The Legend is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Katauri Interactive, released 23 September 2008 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.04 at WinGameStore. The main story takes about 43 hrs to finish.

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What King's Bounty: The Legend is

King's Bounty: The Legend is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Katauri Interactive and released in 2008. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TheEngine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A hero (warrior, mage or paladin), and an army of his loyal companions in arms travel across a huge continent composed of dozens of linked locations. Setting kings upon the throne, overthrowing them, saving princesses from the claws of dragons, searching for pirates on the high seas, finding treasure chests, vanquishing villains who are attempting world domination… These are the everyday challenges the player – the Hero - will face in King’s Bounty: The Legend.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy, fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 64 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

King's Bounty: The Legend holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 87% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 88 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 43 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 75 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.04, that works out to about $0.02 per hour of the main story, or $0.01 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium® 4 2.6 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or Athlon 64 +3200 recommended), 1 GB RAM under XP and 2 GB RAM under Vista (2GB recommended) and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256MB or ATI Radeon X800 256MB or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 512MB or ATI Radeon X1900 512MB or better recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.04 at WinGameStore, 85% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

King's Bounty: The Legend launched on 23 September 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut and World of Goo. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for King's Bounty: The Legend yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

King's Bounty: The Legend — frequently asked questions

When did King's Bounty: The Legend come out?

King's Bounty: The Legend was released on 23 September 2008 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

How much does King's Bounty: The Legend cost?

The cheapest current price for King's Bounty: The Legend is $1.04 at WinGameStore, which is 85% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.

What are the minimum PC requirements for King's Bounty: The Legend?

At minimum, King's Bounty: The Legend needs Intel Pentium® 4 2.6 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or Athlon 64 +3200 recommended), 1 GB RAM under XP and 2 GB RAM under Vista (2GB recommended), NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256MB or ATI Radeon X800 256MB or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 512MB or ATI Radeon X1900 512MB or better recommended) graphics, 5.5 GB of storage.

How long does it take to beat King's Bounty: The Legend?

The main story of King's Bounty: The Legend takes around 43 hrs, or 75 hrs for 100% completion.

Is King's Bounty: The Legend worth it?

That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $1.04, and the main story takes about 43 hrs, which works out to $0.02 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.

How many GB is King's Bounty: The Legend?

The PC version needs about 5.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5.5 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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