12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull

12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull is a time management game with strategy elements where you will have to help one of the most famous heroes of ancient Greece with another one of his difficult tasks.

Hera has never looked at Hercule with kind eyes so when he sees that he's tamed the Cretan Bull and he's using it to plow his fields, Hera goes on a rampage unleashing one of her lightning and scaring the bull.

The animal runs away scared and started to destroy everything in its path. Greece is danger as everything is left to ruins. Hercules decides to go after the bull and tame it once again.

In order to tame the bull, Hercules will have to pass through a series of fantastic adventures where he will meet some of the Gods from ancient Greece, other heroes and of course, lots of different mythological characters like Medusa and the Minotaur.

Resources required are: wood, food and gold. Wood can be extracted from mines wood from lumber mills and food from farms. All these structures can be upgraded and have a fixed interval between spawning a product. Resources can also be found scattered around the map.

The game is accessible to children and adults alike as it features three different difficulty levels and cartoonish graphics. The characters are child friendly and the tasks are simple enough for the young ones to complete them.

The fact that children can learn about the mythology of ancient Greece and have a lot fun at the same time is quite amazing. Gameplay can get a bit repetitive, but later in the game you'll find some puzzles that will surely keep you entertained.