Kingdom Two Crowns

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  • Summary: In Kingdom Two Crowns, players must work in the brand-new solo or co-op campaign mode to build their kingdom and secure it from the threat of the Greed. Experience new technology, units, enemies, mounts, and secrets in the next evolution of the award-winning micro strategy franchise.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Nintendojo
    Mar 29, 2022
    100
    Kingdom Two Crowns is easily one of my favorite games and keeps me coming back again and again even without updates. It’s a game where starting fresh can feel great, but progress and advancement is rewarding. It took an already engaging and memorable game, Kingdom New Lands, and developed it into a well balanced multiplayer experience. It’s three versions in one are a stellar deal and the Norse Lands DLC is so much more than a cherry on top. For fantasy, strategy, and indie fans, Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands is a must.
  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Dec 11, 2018
    90
    Even though the experience is strictly two-dimensional, has no menus, and essentially no on-screen text, the deep level of strategy that cooks underneath is nothing short of mesmerizing. While at times the difficulty can seem very intense, and all seems lost, Kingdom Two Crowns is designed so you can rebuild your empire after the toughest of invasions or the coldest of winters - and all achieved by the simplest of decrees: to build, expand, and defend.
  3. GameSpace
    Dec 12, 2018
    90
    Kingdom Two Crowns is an ideal sequel, and the perfect console strategy game. There's nothing here that anyone can't pick up and understand, and yet the rabbit hole goes deep and the mystery slowly unfolds as you progress into the game's many lands. It's a great game for the solo player, and even better with a friend. Do yourself a favor, and pick it up and love it as I have.
  4. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 14, 2018
    85
    With delightful graphics and a good gaming experience, Kingdom Two Crowns is the perfect game for your holidays on the couch.
  5. Nintendo Life
    Dec 13, 2018
    80
    Kingdom Two Crowns offers a hell of a view, but you may find its brand of light strategy too sedate if you’re not one to ‘smell the roses’. Give it a chance, though, and it really grows on you. Disappointing framerate aside, it’s a great introduction to the series, and valuable split-screen co-op adds a fresh, more relaxing dimension to its tower defence. If you bounced off New Lands, this won’t win you over, but if the last game piqued your interest but passed you by, Two Crowns is a much easier recommendation.
  6. Cubed3
    Jan 9, 2019
    80
    Kingdom Two Crowns brings deceptively complex strategy and empire building to the Switch, in as well a presented package as you can find. While some obtuse and unclear mechanics may turn some players off, others will no doubt welcome the challenge, and embrace this new world which they ought to conquer. Punctuated by stunning visuals, and rewarding gameplay and discovery, Kingdom Two Crowns offers some of the finest strategy gameplay available on the Switch.
  7. Switch Player
    Jan 14, 2019
    80
    Despite the many similarities to its predecessor, Kingdom: Two Crowns is a minimalistic town-management game that still holds many wonders. With the addition of couch co-op and many improvements, this can be seen as the definitive edition of the series.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. JJHLH
    Dec 16, 2018
    10
    Kingdom Two Crowns is the best game I’ve ever played in over 30 years. A genuine masterpiece of design, animation, and sound. Beating theKingdom Two Crowns is the best game I’ve ever played in over 30 years. A genuine masterpiece of design, animation, and sound. Beating the Greed for the first time was the most memorable video game moment I’ve experienced. I love the music in this game. It’s easy to enter a zen-like meditative state while playing. So beautiful and engaging. I love the simple controls yet deep gameplay. The screen is completely uncluttered. I wish there were more games like this.… Expand
  2. Frepe
    Dec 14, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An masterpiece of modern minimalist game design, it can be described as: an slow burning strategy game, and once every 15 days a blood moon will happen, at first is ok, small enemy's no pressure, but when you hit day 60, that's the day you will lose your on-line virginity... Any way, the game has hidden features like in the winter animals and crops start to die and you become more poor each day, i will not spoil too much because there's still hope, you can fell the music becoming more hopeful and the music brightening up as the snow starts to melt, the happiness you fell and the relief that goes through you can compel you to play some more hours
    10/10 - must play    … Expand
  4. javo01
    Dec 16, 2018
    10
    Kingdom Two Crowns in a nutshell: minimalistic 2-player kingdom development/exploration/survival game with beautiful music and graphics thatKingdom Two Crowns in a nutshell: minimalistic 2-player kingdom development/exploration/survival game with beautiful music and graphics that will keep you hooked playing for many many hours.

    In this game you can become a monarch and build a kingdom up from its ruins. The controls are very simple: you can trot/gallop with your horse left and right, and you can drop coins/gems to interact with the world. For example, turning a beggar into a peasant requires you to give him a gold coin. Cutting a tree requires allocating a gold coin on it, and so on. You can upgrade your camp and buy weapons/tools for your peasants to have jobs. You cannot control your followers, they will do as they think best to accomplish the tasks you request (via investing gold coins on stuff), and sometimes they'll be dumb and not do exactly what you want, but I guess that's just a bit of realism right there. There is no undo button (or any buttons for that matter), so you must be strategic and think carefully before you build stuff around.

    Yes, the game is very similar to the previous version(s), Kingdom New Lands. But when something is working amazingly, why fix it? Same graphics, mostly same sounds, new music and objects in the world, more upgrades, a new variant (Shogun kingdom - mostly skin, but also some character roles) and a new playstyle, but above all, the most wonderful addition to the game is the capability for 2 players to rule the kingdom with a split screen! Now my wife and I don't have to take turns, we just play together and that is as awesome as anything can get.

    I am impressed by how smoothly the game runs on split screen. There are slight frame rate drops when you build really large armies, just as there were in the previous version of the game, but this hasn't hindered play for us at all.

    There are also a couple of bugs as I could expect from any recent release. The most notable one is the "hermit bug", where some key characters will wander off the camp when they shouldn't, or simply disappear right in front of your eyes. That can be frustrating, but we've only experienced it once, then read that others experienced it too. I'm assuming devs are aware of this and will fix this in a future update.

    I'm not saying anything else as to not spoil the fun of the game. If you haven't played this game and it piques your curiosity, I'd advice you to give it a shot and not look for much information online; figuring out what things do on your own will is so much more fun than reading about it on a wiki. That's how we've been exploring the new objects in the game and we've been having a blast. I'm sure most of you would, too.    … Expand
  5. Blackshine
    Nov 17, 2022
    7
    Хорошая "БЕГАЛКА" с удобной, необычной экономикой

    Было приятно играть.
  6. Rabarbara1995
    Mar 21, 2023
    6
    Cudownie minimalistyczna pikseloza - z początku interesująca, lecz po kilku godzinach nie mająca już zupełnie nic do zaoferowania :(. Na xoneCudownie minimalistyczna pikseloza - z początku interesująca, lecz po kilku godzinach nie mająca już zupełnie nic do zaoferowania :(. Na xone problemy z optymalizacją gdy za dużo się dzieje.… Expand
  7. 1000fps
    May 20, 2022
    5
    Starting this game was very confusing. You get no explanation on how the game mechanics work or how to progress. I started to have fun withStarting this game was very confusing. You get no explanation on how the game mechanics work or how to progress. I started to have fun with this game when I managed to progress on level 1. Built my base and made a lot of money. Felt great. Then I got to island 2 and 3 and realized that you do the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. Slow, tedious and repetitive. This game however has something to it. The concept is very interesting.… Expand
  8. EmCza
    Jul 2, 2020
    0
    This game will be perfect if contain something more... It’s perfect for two players, but why challenge islands are unplayable with that mode?This game will be perfect if contain something more... It’s perfect for two players, but why challenge islands are unplayable with that mode? Whyyy???
    No multiplayer challenge islands is one of two flaws of this game. Second is performance on switch on later parts of this game.    … Expand

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#33 Best Switch Game of 2018