Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
- Play through 4 different campaigns with more than 15 missions, as well as a stand-alone sandbox mode and a variety of multiplayer maps.
- Build the fantasy city of your dreams and experience an engaging world, but beware: monsters are waiting to lay siege to your domain.
- Defend your realm with noble Warriors, spell-wielding Wizards or wild Barbarians. Choose from more than 10 different classes to oversee the protection of your lands.
- Characters will develop in completely different ways, making every hero unique.
- Gamespy multiplayer for up to 4 players over LAN or Internet, including support for ranking ladders and tournaments.
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through monetary incentives.
"No fun...At all" (dying elven hero) 2 out of 5
This is bad. This is very bad. I don't want to go through all the flaws in the game since a lot of reviews here cover it up marvelously. I suggest "A kid's review" for a person interested. Poor AI, straightforward approach and lack of random map generator makes it an OK buy for $14.99 and the price tag of $9.99 will make it a very good deal in my opinion. "Paradox" and "1C" picked up a nice idea from "Cyberlore" and decided to give it a better visual appearance leaving almost everything else intact.
After playing "Majesty 2" for a while I like the original "Majesty" and "Northern Expansion" all the more. "Turbo Tax" is more fascinating to play with than Majesty 2.
Thank you.
A great sequel to a great game 4 out of 5
I was expecting this to be less a sequel and more a graphics update since the original came out so long ago but there was actually quite a few changes into the game. The quests are a lot more varied probably because the new game engine is much more advanced. The game ran pretty well, although it crashed a few times and on slower machines the game will start clipping 3/4ths of the way through a map (and forget about getting big cities of heroes like in the first majesty). Overall pretty good game is definitely more fun than most games on the market in this genre.
Great Sequel 4 out of 5
If you enjoyed the original, then I'm sure you'll enjoy this sequel. The classes are interesting, and Empire control is improved in my opinion. Enjoy.
Majesty 2 3 out of 5
Majesty 2 is fun on its own merits, but disappointing as a sequel. Considering some people waited nine years for this, it doesn't have much to offer in the way of new experiences. The argument can be made that it actually has less to offer than the original as their are LESS characters and LESS freedom in how you design your kingdom. This is more of a technological updated remake than a sequel, but fans of the series who have waited this long for more Majesty myswell give it a shot; this is only majesty we're getting, and it has it's moments
Majesty 2 is great! 5 out of 5
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is the official sequel to the best-selling game Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim of 2000.
It is a video game on the PC where you play as the ruler of Ardania. Your advisor in the game guides you along in the campaign which includes 16 missions, divided into 4 chapters. There are also single missions and online playing with multiple players.
You decide where buildings are built, but the heroes and peasants have a mind of their own and do as they wish in the game. If they want to explore, fight or defend it is up to them. This makes for very interesting game play. You can encourage them to do your wishes by placing monetary rewards on the action you wish to be carried out.
The tutorial at the beginning of the campaign missions is easy to play and understand - even for new video game players. The advisor explains how to move the angles, build buildings for heroes, commerce, fight monsters, etc. The voice for the advisor sounds like Sean Connery, which was really quite a fun spin on the video game.
The missions after the tutorial weren't as easy, but that should be expected. I was stuck on "The Royal Feat" mission for quite a few tries. The dragon was really hard to defeat! The game is so addictive though that I didn't mind failing missions and restarting because it is fun and overall that gives me more game time to play it with.
The graphics in Majesty 2 are the best I've ever played in a strategy game and the fantasy element of it really won me over. It beats just building a city with no real objective that is for sure!
There were a few problems I had with the game though, but nothing I wouldn't stop playing it for. It does take a long time to save a game, and it did crash out on me a few times for unknown reasons (even with updated drivers and the patch).
There are also a few things I wish you could do in Majesty 2 that aren't available. It would be nice if you could destroy a building yourself (and maybe get some gold back too). A freestyle map option would also be fun for those not wanting to do a mission, and just play and build a city for fun too.
Overall, I think that Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is a must play game for anyone who likes a good strategy game or likes fantasy games. You won't be sorry if you give this game a chance!
