Knights of Pen and Paper II: Here Be Dragons (PC) Review

Knights of Pen And Paper II: Here Be Dragons seems to take no effort in camouflaging a direct attempt at emulating the idea of merging the actual look of table top RPG role-playing, but at the same time, as a traditional videogame RPG. The characters that the player makes are depicted as actual people playing the board game, all found sitting at a table with the "Dungeon Master."

This is a very unique design approach, but at times seems kind of redundant. Minimal Animation is found in combat, and characters simply stand up from their chair and a quick magical animation represents the target being hit. Mostly all the visuals are singular background stills that vary from area to area.

Although the visuals of the game and the combat itself aren't anything spectacular, the flow of combat and overall mechanics is very fast and on point. Various classes and races are available to create enticing strategies to survive and lay waste to creatures, such as the classic Warrior tank build, complimented by a Cleric to provide healing skills for survival. All the classic roles that genre lovers search for are certainly present here.

Knights of Pen and Paper II is a rather short experience, though, especially when compared to its predecessor. This expansion's content, however, adds several additions to improve the longevity, such as a new dungeon campaign, the knight class, and extended skill caps and recipes.