Out at midnight: Heroes and Castles 2 brings more competitive, third-person castle sieges
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Foursaken Media's medieval action-defence sequel Heroes and Castles 2 will be out tonight. But we already knew that.
As with the first game, Heroes and Castles 2 has you defending a a fortress from skeletons and other angry monsters in a third-person view.
To do this, you can charge in with sword and shield. But you'll also want to make use of summoning elves and dwarves, and using siege weapons such as trebuchet and catapults.
Eventually, you'll aim to turn the tables by launching an attack on the enemy's castle. And, yes, if you're wondering, this is single player and multiplayer. You can play with friends cooperatively or competitively.
Overall, the graphics are quite a bit better than the first entry in the series. Especially as plenty of enemies can pile into view at once.
But in our hands-on preview we found that the touchscreen controls were awkward. And it doesn't help that there are so many mechanics going on at once.
Still, you'll be able to find out for yourself how it plays when it hits the UK and US App Stores at midnight. It'll cost £1.49 / $1.99.
