Arthur's Knights 2: The Secret of Merlin

by Dreamcatcher

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00005K1Z1
• Item Weight: 12 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 2, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,331 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

The Legend lives on and comes alive in an extraordinarily realistic 3D adventure! Remember when honor was worth dying for? Return to the Arthurian world of chivalrous deeds and treacherous hearts.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where is the NEXT sequel???, February 8, 2004

By 

reff - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur's Knights 2: The Secret of Merlin (CD-ROM)

I LOVE this game and it saddens me that it's so underappreciated. True, several of the promises in the previews weren't fulfilled but the story is deep, the graphics GORGEOUS (I've never seen a winter-landscape put to life more beautifully and it such stunning colours before) and the movement isn't as hard. Of course, as a knight you have to ride a horse! What were you thinking, that Bradwen would use a plane? It's a brilliant games for its history, amazing story and beautiful graphics!!! Please release a third part of this legend! PLEASE!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what you'd expect, June 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Arthur's Knights 2: The Secret of Merlin (CD-ROM)

I bought this game without playing the first Arthur's Knights and assumed because it's brand spanking new and advertised as XP compatable, that it'd be fun to sit down and kill some brain cell over. The brain cells killed were from frustration over the choppy movement, bad voice-overs and no real tutorial on how to interact with the characters and scenary. I, ..., was tired of the ride, find, ride back just to find out one small thing wasn't done back where I just left, go back, look for what I missed, return to the person who sent me, just to have the game crash and I had to return to my last save. I found that the game WILL let you save over a past save, so there are more than 10 saves available. (only 10 slots available) But....this doesn't make up for the last 2 hours of running around which I just lost and have to do again. To top it off, I send an e-mail to the Adventurecompanygames site asking for assistance and I get no reply for a week. Not a good way to run a business. It appears this game is only eye candy with some exceptional graphics but I had more fun with simgolf.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Get on your horse, Get off your horse, December 28, 2001

By 

Jennifer Miller (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur's Knights 2: The Secret of Merlin (CD-ROM)

If you're expecting AK2 to be supreme over its predecessor, think again. This game is identical to the first AK, from its locations to its characters. I found this game to be just a series of inventory puzzles; get on your horse, get off your horse, go collect item, get on your horse, go to different location, get off your horse, use item. Mapping system is ANNOYING! (a jump feature would have been surperb) and the voice over acting is generally over done. The game is designed in Direct Draw, which hates most modern 3D accelerated video cards. Loves to crash without warning. Also, for some bizarre reason, you are limited to only TEN save game slots per player. Why ten? I have no idea!! So this makes the game difficult to replay. Bug in the reloading process that makes progressive games a pain to load. To top it all off, the game is much too long for how it is paced. I felt sick of riding my horse all over creation, aimlessly looking for a certain rock. My advice, unless you loved the first game, avoid this one!