I refuse to imagine it till I’m truly enjoying, however Blueside’s presumably cursed action-MMO/RTS hybrid Kingdom Under Fire 2 is coming to Europe and America later this 12 months through Gameforge. This is very beautiful for me, as I’ve been following the Total War/Dynasty Warriors combine because it was initially supposed to be an Xbox 360 game, and I had nearly given up hope. You know who coated this game final for RPS? Some man named Jim, nine years ago. Below, a brand new teaser trailer, plus some notable occasions on the lengthy, pothole-laden highway KUF2 has travelled.
If you haven’t any concept what Kingdom Under Fire 2 is, you’re forgiven. The sequence began out as a janky fantasy RTS on PC, earlier than migrating to the original Xbox as a Warhammer-esque mixture of hack n’ slash motion and army-scale tactical command. It’s this components that Kingdom Under Fire 2 was constructing on, they usually introduced it for 360 in 2008. On high of the common action-RPG enjoyable of working round and blatting tons of of enemies, Musou model, gamers in KUF2 have been meant to steer a small military through an RTS-style command view, and cooperate in large multi-army battles.
Over the years, the game shifted platforms and its price range ballooned (thanks, Engadget), and at last launched into beta in Korea in 2014. It remained there till they shut the servers down in 2017. The game then re-surfaced in different areas, with a Russian model opening later in 2017 shutting down as not too long ago as this March. So, possibly not the most effective of omens. I’ve been desirous to get my fingers on this one for years, however provided that it has crashed and burnt in a number of areas already, I’m slightly fearful that it may not be excellent. I’m hoping I’m unsuitable, although.
There’s been no enterprise mannequin introduced (given the writer’s secure, I’m guessing free-to-play), or launch date, however Gameforge say they’re aiming for a US and EU launch a while in 2019. But till I’m enjoying it, I’m half-convinced that is an elaborate prank aimed squarely at me, one of many 5 individuals who have been followers of the OG Xbox games.
