Kingdom Under Fire II | |
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Developer(s) |
Blueside Phantagram |
Director(s) | Sang Youn Lee |
Producer(s) | Sang Youn Lee |
Composer(s) |
Cris Velasco Chris Rickwood |
Series | Kingdom Under Fire |
Engine | FAME Tech 2 |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 |
Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, role-playing, MMORPG |
Mode(s) | Single Player, Multiplayer |
Kingdom Under Fire II is a video game set in a high fantasy setting developed by Blueside which merge real-time strategy (RTS), role-playing game (RPG) and massively multiplayer online game (MMO) genres - the game is to have a single player, and online multiplayer mode. The game follows on chronologically from Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom, and is the first RTS game set in the Kingdom Under Fire universe to be released since the 2005 Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes.
The game was announced in January 2008, and has been subject to delay and changes to release platforms; A closed beta-test began in December 2011 in South Korea.
In November 2013, the developers announced that a version for the PlayStation 4 was in development. In April 2017, the game was shut down permanently.
The game combined action RPG with real-time strategy. The player was to control a hero who can command various troops. The player had full control of their character and can run around freely with their troops following them. When controlling other units, the game played like a typical RTS; cannons for example could be used to break down castle walls and spearmen could be used to protect troops from cavalry.
The plot of Kingdom Under Fire II comes chronologically after the events in Circle of Doom - which took place within the alternative dimension of the game's antagonist - Encablossa. The game's events continue the story of the Kingdom Under Fire universe, 150 years after Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders, and introduce a new faction - the 'Encablossians', who have been brought from the Encablossan dimension by Regnier, an antagonist in previous games.
The game was to explore the wars between three factions: the Human Alliance, Dark Legion, and Encablossians in their struggle for control of the game's world, the continent of Bersia.