King's Bounty II - Elisa Trailer

The third playable character in King's Bounty II has been announced and she goes by the name of Elisa, a human paladin.

Elisa is a peasant from Lorian on a special mission to save all of Nostria. For more than a decade her homeland in Lorian has been embroiled in civil war. During a clash between farmers and mercenaries, Elisa suddenly acquired magic abilities that helped her push the enemy back, away from her village, and then far from all of Southern Lorian. Chosen by the will of her people, Elisa headed to the Universal Assembly. She wants the King to recognize her as legate on behalf of her people, granting her access to military resources and other means of establishing order in Nostria.

Darkness descends over the world of Nostria. Conspiracies, sabotage, and necromancy are overshadowing the country. Counties are demanding independence, bandits prowl the roads, and rumors about the overwhelming power of Blight emerge from a whisper in the dark. The old King Claudius was poisoned and cannot lead the kingdom, and so his son, Prince Adrian, must now unite the struggling lands while his power and faith fall under attack. But maybe a saviour - the kingdom's last hope - is already here, to fight back and finally restore peace and order in Nostria?

King's Bounty II will launch on August 24th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC.

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Joan of Arc :-)

Of course Elisa will later be accused of heresy, witchcraft and violating divine law for dressing like a man. :-(

I'm sorry for spoilers :-)

I have to say I'm a little surprised that there's no choice for gender for the three classes.

Gender-schmender. When that becomes a factor in what I play, that's when I'll give up the ghost! And if anyone actually puts that much importance on that aspect of any video game, I feel a great swell of pity for them.

There's the usual obligatory follow-up post.

I think it seems pretty ignorant to not want more choice in a game, but that's just me.

Originally Posted by JDR13
There's the usual obligatory follow-up post.

I think it seems pretty ignorant to not want more choice in a game, but that's just me.

None of the previous games had a choice. In the first game all the classes were a male hero. In the second you played the princess, who could be one of three classes, obviously all female. In Darkside, there was one female character and two males, so I guess its a tradion.

Originally Posted by forgottenlor
None of the previous games had a choice. In the first game all the classes were a male hero. In the second you played the princess, who could be one of three classes, obviously all female. In Darkside, there was one female character and two males, so I guess its a tradion.

Those games are a decade old though, and KB II is from a different developer. Anyways, it is what it is.

Exactly, Forgottenlor. Those games didn't feel the need for such silliness, and nothing has changed.

Of course anyone who doesn't play the way Carnifex does is silly and deserves pity as the only right way to want to play a game is the way Carnifex does. That clarification should now make it so much easier for the rest of us to know which games to play.

I can't tell you what a relief it is to know what I like in games was just silly and that Carnifex has now shown me the light.

Originally Posted by JDR13
I have to say I'm a little surprised that there's no choice for gender for the three classes.

I'm not.
As I posted before, when I see paladin class in a game, it causes me a dermatitis.
In such products I never expect variety of choices.

No gender options will most probably be "fixed" by modders while classes just can't.

Originally Posted by joxer
I'm not.
As I posted before, when I see paladin class in a game, it causes me a dermatitis.
In such products I never expect variety of choices.

No gender options will most probably be "fixed" by modders while classes just can't.

If the trailers are to be believed we've got a bit of voice acting and cut scenese for the heroes in this game, I think it would be easier to mod a class than the character.

Yeah, it's something like 70% voice acted, with all original dialogue based on character, so 2 genders for each character means double the voice acting budget.

Yeah it all comes to money in the end. Voice overs cost more than many think it does. At least you can play the burly warrior called Aivar. Who is male by the way.

Well thanks for bringing that up. Now I'm sure we will see comments about stereotyping and sexism…..

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Yeah it all comes to money in the end. Voice overs cost more than many think it does. At least you can play the burly warrior called Aivar. Who is male by the way.

Originally Posted by notdart
Well thanks for bringing that up. Now I'm sure we will see comments about stereotyping and sexism…..

Read a few posts above it already started. So I didn't start the fire.