Ok people i don't know if theres a thread about this game already but i have been interested about this game and i have been playing it ever since heroes of Might & Magic came out whats your take on the series do u like the way it is now with the graphics from the first to the fifth and whats your take on the different factions that came out, where u disappointed with there choices or where u sad that they didn't have one that u wanted to see?
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I love the series, and I still sometimes even visit HoMM I (yes, I am that retro). Me and my mom played this game for ages, especially HoMM III.
HoMM V is something I have been following for a very long time, I even played the alpha of it. I bought HoMM V, including the expansions, and, got to say, it's total crap without the expansions due to bad balancing and some other issues. I was pretty happy with how they did it, surprisingly. The graphics don't kill my computer and look a lot nicer than I ever expected. I had a lot of fun figuring out all those abilities they put in, and I love the alternative upgrades. What annoys me about HoMM V is the following:
- bad LAN support and overall bad multiplayer support. Tried to play LAN on Hamachi and it kept crashing. Ports are open, connection is fast, version is the same, I don't know what was it but me and my friend were never able to play LAN;
- the AI is very slow. In a TB game like this, it gets pretty annoying to sit there and wait for the AI to decide on something. HoMM III AI was much faster. Warlords IV had this same problem;
- loading times during different sessions, e.g., the castle, the battles, etc. This is due to the 3D;
- hex grid is better than square grid >>;
- really bad job with the custom maps, e.g., they hardly made any, and half of them are more campaign maps. Good thing that the fans make their own maps, pretty high quality, too. Considering I am not a big fan of the campaign, I want my custom maps;
- the music is pretty bad. Written by the same guys, but I replaced half the tracks with music of my own choice >>_<<.
yea i own all of the HOMM but im working on V: tribes of the west at the moment what i liked about it was the different upgrades, some of the new battle system i like how u can see whos turn it is next. however when i got the first HOMM V i noticed that the Ranger hero when it attacked the arrow whould spaz out befre it fired but at least they fixed it, but i didn't get the Hammer expanstion i jsut got tribes, but i was very happy on how the dwarves responded and there rune magic. but the thing thati liked most about it was the Campain in the first Heroes V and with tribes i liked the cinemaxs and how the campains flowed
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yea i own all of the HOMM but im working on V: tribes of the west
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however when i got the first HOMM V i noticed that the Ranger hero when it attacked the arrow whould spaz out befre it fired but at least they fixed it,
Yes, they had a LOT of bugs...
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but i didn't get the Hammer expanstion i jsut got tribes,
Well, really, Tribes is pretty much the entire game, it just doesn't have the original and dwarfen campaigns, but apart from that it has all races and whatever.
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Campain in the first Heroes V and with tribes i liked the cinemaxs and how the campains flowed
I liked the necromancer campaign in Tribes more. The original campaign was a bit slow, and it had really disbalanced difficulties here and there.
I am in two minds about this one though, browser based means changes to the combat system which I don't like so much and the pace of the game will necessairly be much slower for obvious reasons.
I'm just hanging for HOMM VI now that Nival are starting to get their act together, was hoping it would be announced at the Ubisoft expo last week but no joy.
goodguy8705@ Disciples > HoMM
Only one series of Disciple kicked Heroes' ass: Rise of the elves.
Disciple II was definetly the hardest non-real-time strategy I've played. Took we a while to finish it. Maybe because I overdo it every time- have to kill everything and find everything. Sounds like a disorder.
They over did it with the whole 22 episodes of Tarnum. Heck, we need a a few other heroes. Lay off a bit. Plated HOM&M V when it got out but lost the dvd. Maybe if I buy the sequels I'll play t again.
I just started playing Masters of Magic again (the '93 original). Boooring...
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lol it can still easily be a ranger since who said you cant shoot arrows at melee distance xD
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The Barbarian is from Arreat, a very cold snowy mountain top, but they are much tougher than normal humans, so they don't need warmth.
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Where are Barbarians originally from? Sumeria, or more specifically Mesopotamia, AKA Europe. Think the Alps and the Pyrenees
All I know is, Disciples 3 will be the premiere fantasy turn-based strategy/rpg when it's released. It will molest HoMM V and it's expansions across the floor.
I'm just hanging for HOMM VI now that Nival are starting to get their act together, was hoping it would be announced at the Ubisoft expo last week but no joy.
I was lurking at the Nival Russian forum, and the way I see it, they are totally planning it but don't feel like spreading it to the Western world yet... but most Russians are certain that Heroes VI is coming somewhere after Allods Online is done.
There's something about Heroes that just clicks. As Equinox said, the point of it is that it's lighter, a bright cheery world with lots of sparkly things to find
Hope you can get some nice juicy rumors about HOMM VI Equinox and post them here!
Hope you can get some nice juicy rumors about HOMM VI Equinox and post them here!
Don't expect any until they are done with that stupid Allods Online game... They recently upgraded the forums 2-3 times, so now we are all on new areas with 0 post count, and everyone is way too much into Allods Online to think about Heroes...
yea u maybe right about people not caring about heroes that much if there is another game out there that people are too into but that popularity can't last forever
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Anyone up for a game of HOMMII sometime? I totally keen to get my Warlock on. Or Wizard (Gotta love any team that has "hobbits" on it)
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I didn't like 4 much and 5 was a real let down for me at first. I have been revisiting it lately and I can see why the changed it. I love the 3D graphics now and find it a little bit harder to go back to the early ones.
Working my way through 5 then the expansions. Once it's finished then I'll pass judgement.
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HoMM V is something I have been following for a very long time, I even played the alpha of it. I bought HoMM V, including the expansions, and, got to say, it's total crap without the expansions due to bad balancing and some other issues. I was pretty happy with how they did it, surprisingly. The graphics don't kill my computer and look a lot nicer than I ever expected. I had a lot of fun figuring out all those abilities they put in, and I love the alternative upgrades. What annoys me about HoMM V is the following:
- bad LAN support and overall bad multiplayer support. Tried to play LAN on Hamachi and it kept crashing. Ports are open, connection is fast, version is the same, I don't know what was it but me and my friend were never able to play LAN;
- the AI is very slow. In a TB game like this, it gets pretty annoying to sit there and wait for the AI to decide on something. HoMM III AI was much faster. Warlords IV had this same problem;
- loading times during different sessions, e.g., the castle, the battles, etc. This is due to the 3D;
- hex grid is better than square grid >>;
- really bad job with the custom maps, e.g., they hardly made any, and half of them are more campaign maps. Good thing that the fans make their own maps, pretty high quality, too. Considering I am not a big fan of the campaign, I want my custom maps;
- the music is pretty bad. Written by the same guys, but I replaced half the tracks with music of my own choice >>_<<.
Yes, they had a LOT of bugs...
Well, really, Tribes is pretty much the entire game, it just doesn't have the original and dwarfen campaigns, but apart from that it has all races and whatever.
I liked the necromancer campaign in Tribes more. The original campaign was a bit slow, and it had really disbalanced difficulties here and there.
Haven't seen it mentioned here but HOMM Kingdoms is due to start beta soon.
http://hommkingdoms.uk.ubi.com/thankyou.php
I am in two minds about this one though, browser based means changes to the combat system which I don't like so much and the pace of the game will necessairly be much slower for obvious reasons.
I'm just hanging for HOMM VI now that Nival are starting to get their act together, was hoping it would be announced at the Ubisoft expo last week but no joy.
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http://www.diablofans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17929
Only one series of Disciple kicked Heroes' ass: Rise of the elves.
Disciple II was definetly the hardest non-real-time strategy I've played. Took we a while to finish it. Maybe because I overdo it every time- have to kill everything and find everything. Sounds like a disorder.
They over did it with the whole 22 episodes of Tarnum. Heck, we need a a few other heroes. Lay off a bit. Plated HOM&M V when it got out but lost the dvd. Maybe if I buy the sequels I'll play t again.
I just started playing Masters of Magic again (the '93 original). Boooring...
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I played Disciples II, wasn't my cup of tea.
It's much darker, and all around a better world to be playing in. Besides Starcraft 2, Disciples 3 is the one game I can't wait to play.
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I prefer lighter worlds sometimes.
Vote:
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Vote:
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Hope you can get some nice juicy rumors about HOMM VI Equinox and post them here!
Working my way through 5 then the expansions. Once it's finished then I'll pass judgement.