1. TonyR

   10

   Majesty 2 is not a blockbuster game. It was a quiet, nice, and cheap diversion. The improvement from the first game is immense, and the first game and it's expansion were brilliant. The patch that they've released addresses most all of the issues that people had with it. Is the game perfect? No, but it doesn't have to be at a mere $30. Well worth the buy.… Expand

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2. CodiT

   6

   Great game, but far too short. If they add a customizable gameplay mode like the first Majesty had then it would be worth an 8 or 9.

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3. RobH

   3

   This game is a budget title wrapped in the package of a major release. Simply put, there is far too little here to justify the price-tag. The game lacks polish, charm and depth. The graphics are bland and one-dimensional. Heroes do not feel like they have genuine personalities and there is no opportunity to form any kind of attachment to them. Unlike 1C's earlier classic Space Ranges 2, in which the NPCs feel like they have genuine motivations and personalities, these heroes are generic and interchangeable. Some reviewer comments suggest that the heroes are 'temperamental', although I never once saw a hero throw a tantrum, get into an argument, get drunk, proposition someone or make unreasonable demands (not that you'd really notice, in any case, given how they all blend into the background). Hero comments are limited to a single, endlessly repeated generic phrase. Almost exclusively, heroes will simply mull around if you haven't given them anything to do - which feels much more like uninspired programming than anything approximating a personality. The rogue and wizard heroes are essentially useless and the rest may as well be identical for as much as you're likely to notice. In the original, maps were somewhat balanced, in that more difficult challenges were closer to base, and harder challenges further out. In this version everywhere on the map is more or less the same, making the danger flags (that discourage heroes from entering certain areas) effectively redundant. If this were a 'strategy' title most of the above would be forgivable. Strategy, however, as far as it goes, is limited to plonking down generic buildings, clicking on 'research' buttons and tagging monsters with bounties. There is absolutely no opportunity for outsmarting an opponent other than through brute force. Simply put, the lack of complex hero interactions or interesting hero behaviour is simply unforgivable. Somehow, in spite of the above, this uninspired grind still caught my attention long enough for me to complete the full (thoroughly dull) campaign, hence why I'm rating this a 4 and not a 1. Clearly it's been a slow week.… Expand

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