These intrepid warriors are recruited by building guilds, where new skills can be bought in the customary fashion armour and potions can also be developed then purchased from the blacksmith and market, respectively. If there’s one area where Majesty 2 shines brightest, it’s with its heroes. Regardless, I think it’s safe to say that the majority of fans and newcomers will be pleased with this 3-D sequel. I generally make an effort to play the predecessor of any game I review, but felt that it would be unfair to assess a nine year old game by today’s standards. Behind this delay is a cancelled sequel by Cyberlore Studios Paradox then acquired the property in 2007, and since the game’s announcement several years ago forums have been alight with passionate criticism of every minor and major change to have been confirmed.
But I didn’t have to circuit the many forums on the web for long to get a general idea of how fervent a following the 2000 original had. I should perhaps emphasise that I’ve never played the original Majesty. Not that your subjects will appreciate it one bit, mind. Fortunately, you (yes you!), the illegitimate heir to the royal bloodline have been found, and are now expected to restore order to Ardania. So Leonard does what any good ruler would do, summoning the world’s most powerful demon so that he may best it… only to be killed and lose his kingdom to the forces of chaos. King Leonard, the first of his bloodline to be born into an unprecedented period of peace, is concerned that his reign will be so dull that future historians will have nothing to write of him. Majesty 2 takes place 500 years after the original game, after which Ardania’s succession of rulers have eventually eradicated the world of evil. The humour doesn’t always hit the mark – often it’s just plain bizarre – but combined with the excellent graphics, overdramatic voiceovers and generally efficient AI, the frequent laughs helps make Majesty 2 a highly enjoyable romp that doesn’t try to outshine the competition so much as offer something refreshingly different. With cutscene narration and in-game guidance from a hilarious Sean Connery sound-alike, the game’s medieval-influenced fantasy realm and its surly inhabitants would feel at home in Monty Python’s The Holy Grail.
Need your taxes collected? Tight-fisted Rogues will be happy to help, provided they get a cut.Īlong with its indirect approach to leadership, Majesty 2’s brand of irreverence and silliness sets it apart from other real-time strategy games. Want a fearsome beast hunted down? Throw a price on its head and someone’s bound to step up to the challenge. In fact, every action in Majesty 2 boils down to how much money you have at your disposal, and your hero units aren’t directly commanded but coerced through requests flags that you attach to certain locations, items and enemies. Obviously, the little units in question are insentient pixellated beings running on a limited AI, and it would be a bit counter-productive to shed a tear every time one was sacrificed in the name of victory… But that’s exactly what 1C:Ino-Co and Paradox Interactive have attempted with Majesty 2, a “fantasy kingdom sim” where your only occasionally loyal and rarely humble servants aren’t so easily ordered around.įortunately, your subject’s compliance is quite easily bought. Many infantrymen have died, patriotically heeded your orders as you marched them to your doom without hesitation, and not once did you ask them if they minded. So, you’ve built an empire, formed an elite militia of the very finest and toppled rival nations one by one.
Strategy gaming often requires a most callous disposition. Majesty 2 provides intricate and engrossing real-time strategy and a depreciative sense of humour frequently bordering on barmy.
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