Superb game, Hugely under-rated and overlooked as its visually out-dated, please dont make that mistake!!!!!!!!!!!
Vandal hearts II more or less mimics its predecessor in that there is a political story involved that is a catalyst for an uprising which is led by yours truly, Ash Lambert, to describe the gameplay in the most simple way would be to compare it to chess but with a bit more va va v@@m..
Vandal hearts II irons out a few niggles from the first game such as being able to position your troops just before a battle starts and the item and equipment screens are a bit more user friendly, also better spells etc and new ways of discovering treasure and more items make this a superior game to the first and improves in most areas, This game comes highly reccomended by me but I would reccomend the use of the official strategy guide as the items are a bit difficult to locate as you have to dig the bloody things up, apart from all of this the game has a great storyline which should keep you hooked and with each stage being a fresh and unique challenge I cant see whats stopping this game being one of the legendary classics, It started the whole TRPG (Tactics role playing games) genre thing and they should be credited with taking a bold step from the traditional RPG model....
Hope you enjoy this game as much as I do/did!