in a couple of months, (years at worst) Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will be released and will make TBS big genre again!

that looks like wow-shit art

>game set in Jadame
>don't resemble Jadame from MM8 at all
Where are my lizardmen, pirates, minotaurs, trolls, surface dark elves, dragons and so on? What's the point of setting the game on this continent if you don't put anything in common with it?

>olden era looksl ike mobile game!
>wow shit!
>cartoon shit!
>chink slop!
>homm 3 is better
>check it
>it's unfathomable soul kino
looks kinda like katauri's king' bounty

that looks pretty

>>716033246
literally WHO the fuck cares about Heroes lore?

>>716034021
I care.

Marketer thread

You should've cared about MMVIII. Instead you treated it like the ugly duckling of the 6-7-8 generation of M&M games.

>>716035456
I JUST FUCKING LOVE HOMM GAMES THEY ARE GAMES OF MY CHILDHOOD AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT SOON LET ME BE HAPPPY LET ME HAVE HOPE

>>716035296
who are you?

>>716033246
I'm not a fan of M&M8
I actually like M&M9 better than 8
I understand that M&MX is a return to classic M&M, but I prefer the gameplay from M&M6 and especially 7 better

>>716035481
It was smaller and shorter, but I did care enough to get a physical copy back in the day.
MMIX, on the other hand, that was a proper disaster.

>>716032862 (OP)
Game looks solid in terms of the mechanics, I can stomach the artstyle.
I played every single HoMM game so I'll definitely give it a try.

>I actually like M&M9 better than 8
Contrarian post if I ever saw one.

>>716037484
I get it.
9 was an unplayable, unfinished, buggy piece of shit.
But I didn't enjoy 8.
Had 3D0 not gone under because of this fucking game, and it actually released in a complete, polished state, I think 9 would have been a banger.
6 is still my favorite.

I mean, I'll still try it, but the pattern is not optimistic.
>V: given to new devs who did what they could and then got shafted
>VI: given to another team who shat the bed
>VII: given to the next new team who shat the bed in different ways
>VIII (we're ashamed of the number now): given to YET ANOTHER team

>>716038095
The pattern?
>V is made by slav devs who grew up playing III, generally well-received
>VI is made by some ubishit studio, dogshit
>VII is made by some ubishit studio, dogshit
>VIII is being made by slav devs who grew up playing III, got the original composer on-board for their project

>>716038297
Based and hopepilled. They are working closely with the community, so I think there's a good chance it will AT LEAST be decent.

>>716038095
i am cautiously optimistic, devs made iratus and it was fun despite being dd like. Also devs now in a publishing partnership with Hooded Horse which published manor lords and against the storm
>>716038297
>got the original composer on-board for their project
PA Romero is working with them? Real?

>>716038495
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7UiZws6vL0

>>716032862 (OP)
too much fog

>>716038539
>Cris Velasco
wait, didn't he also make a couple of songs for Bloodborne?
nice

I just hope they will do something of their own with the the instead of just copying homm3 verbatim. I liked the skill wheel in homm5, I hope they can make something new with olden era too.

>>716038390
>They are working closely with the community
So did homm7 devs.

>>716039661
I think they're making branching dwelling upgrades.

>>716037225
Your father.

>>716032862 (OP)
*YAWN* call me when the superior TBS gets a another entry, and no Resurrection does NOT count

>>716040151
shit forgot my image

>>716040151
>>716040192
If it's so superior why is it so dead?

>>716033057
FPBP

>>716040271
i blame russians

>>716040348
What the fuck? Why would you blame me? I bought the CDs.

>>716040476
akello got the rights to the game and shit the bed and now we'll never get another Disciples game

>>716040506
We did get that one rpg spin-off so a proper fourth game might no be of the table. Fat chance it will even match the atmosphere of the first two games.

>>716040926
never even heard of this i assume it's garbage?

>>716038297
VI wasn't made by a Ubisoft studio and neither was VII, both were outsourced. VI was made by a fairly competent developer but Ubisoft didn't know what they wanted out of the game and kept changing the design documents all the time. This led to the studio bankrupting itself trying to make the best out of what they were given. VII was made by a bunch of yesterday's students in Germany on a shoestring budget.
In contrast, VIII seems to be made by a studio that approached Ubisoft themselves for a permission to use the IP.

>>716038297
>got the original composer on-board for their project
not a good thing, Romero without King to tard wrangle him isn't going to produce good output

>>716040506
>and shit the bed
And funny enough in retrospect Resurrection wasn't that bad compared to that pile of rubbish Liberation.

>>716032862 (OP)
If ubisoft lives that long

>>716040976
yes
it was not a disciples game in anything but name

>>716032862 (OP)
>anti-soul fog

>>716040476
Because ruskies were given the only chance to revive the series and what came out was the turd called Disciples 3
>>716039891
Oh, that's lame, that's like combining all the worst parts about dwellings from 4 and 5
>>716040976
It's a very very mediocre mobile game rpg with characters randomly named after D2 ones so you can point at the screen and say OOOOH I KNOW THAT GUY. Also monsterfucking.

>>716039891
I don't know if I like that

>>716041529
Strange, Disciples 2 was pretty popular here as well as HoMM3.

>>716041529
>Because ruskies were given the only chance to revive the series and what came out was the turd called Disciples 3
russia is a homm country
>disciples liberation
>Also monsterfucking
i am interested

>>716041529
blame akella

>>716041605
It's probably not the kind you want, you play as a girl and can fuck a werewolf (male), and I think a necromancer (female) and maybe a zombie too. My memories if this games are foggy, it's very forgettable, I only remember the werewolf because it's so random. You as the character are stuck in a magical prison labyrinth but then there's a dialogue choice to just do it right there with a beast you just met? I clicked it just out of curiosity.

>>716040976
Utter garbage with the worst voice acting you'll hear this decade but to its credit, the combat is rather decent. Really the only thing that doesn't suck about it is the combat.

How about homm-clone from Hatred's devs?

>>716042279
Somehow it looks even worse.

>>716042279
It looks off.

>>716042279
soulless

>>716042279
i will try it but for now it looks like browser "strategy" game

>>716042810
Looks like the wish.com version of HoMM3.

>>716034021
M&M lore is pretty neat though

Olden Era looks fucking promising and I'm tired of this board pretending it isn't

>homm3 style maps are back
>hexagonal battle maps are back
>2 different unit upgrades already in base game, no expansion needed for that
>Artstyle is a middle point between homm5 and homm3
>Production values also match homm5/3's, not a shoestring budget game like Homm6/7 was
>devs are listening Shitloads to community feedback, they already remade a bunch of pretty big things based on it
>Game will likely have a well functioning multiplayer too this time

I just don't like how so obviously fakeass this """independent""" channel is https://www.youtube.com/@HeroesTakeTurns/videos

>>716043736
>Game will likely have a well functioning multiplayer too this time
I just hope they don't focus too much on MP. I am well aware that the HoMM3 MP scene is still quite alive to this day but I just want a good, long campaign with cool maps.

>>716043736
>this board pretending it isn't
Where?

>>716033057
/thread

I've never played HOMM5, should I try it?

>>716046626
Try Age of Wonder 4 instead.

>>716046701
No I don't think I will. I asked about HOMM5.

>>716046626
Yes, it's good. The only thing i don't like are small maps.

>>716032862 (OP)
Why not just keep playing heroes 3?

Mobile looking shit, not my home.

>>716046626
try it, it's nice little game.It was my first homm, really dig it's artstyle (despite people telling that's it's warhammer fantasy knockoff) and music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IulxW1pCbEM
gameplay is fun

>homm v got little update
>"uuuuhhh achievements!"
>"steam cards steam cards!'
>"please add achievements!!!!"
wtf is wrong with these people

>>716047428
zoomers can't play a game for the sake of playing it, they need to receive things, otherwise their dopamine-fried brains can't accept it

>>716047428
>>716047585
There's literally nothing wrong with those features.

>>716047428
>>716047585
>>716047680
i agree with zoomers
homm v needs achievements, remaster and steam workshop support

>>716042810
>>716042279
Looks even worse desu, but we'll see.

>>716043736
Artstyle doesn't look good desu
But I don't want to dismiss it until we get to play it.
At least Songs of Conquest is pretty good

>>716040926
Can't believe one of you faggots recommended me this shit

>>716047680
>>716048274
i never said achievements are a bad feature
i'm just spitting on zoomer trash

>make homm3 nostalgiabait
>don't copy the iconic artstyle
Just why? The HotA guys can almost do it, so clearly it isn't lost technology.

>>716051820
it doesn't need to 1 to 1 the same thing
that would only make you ask "why am I not just playing homm3?"

>>716051820
Because these are not HotA guys, these are Iratus guys. In fact, it's impressive that Olden Era looks as good as it does considering how much of a turd Iratus' art style was.

>>716052056
>how much of a turd Iratus' art style was
It has that cheap mobile game look but the game really grew on me over time, as did the art style. I'm happy to see them get the chance to make Olden Era.

>>716032862 (OP)
TBS died with 3d graphics

look at AoW or even Fire Emblem and CiV

>>716051986
Different - but worse isn't a good distinguishing quality, especially when the difference is looking like very generic phoneslop.

>>716052239
AoW4 is great though

>>716052239
Civ 5 is great though

>>716032862 (OP)
Play Disciples 2 instead of this Mobile slop

is disciples 1 worth playing or should I go straight to 2?

>>716053652
It's ok if you want to play it for the campaign and to have general context of the story, game world and general design of the series and why certain things are the st they are in 2. But be advised, D1 is a very simplistic game, there's only so much you can do in terms of party builds. The music is very ballin though. Also one of the most soulful main menus ever. Also better unit portraits.
Before you play, download Verokster's wrapper, it works for both 1 and 2 and makes running them infinitely more pleasant on modern machines

>>716052239
elaborate

>>716043736
I want to think Olden Era is going to be good, it has so so so many callbacks to HOMM3, but THE FUCKING ART STYLE ruins it. It's some World of Warcraft inspired gay bling style where even the lowest peasant in a fucking medieval army has a pitchfork with intricate golden accents and luxurious handlebars, and higher tier monsters look like Final Fantasy endbosses. Every single menu item is stupidly overdesigned as well.

People are calling it mobile tier art and for a reason.

>>716033057
correct, fuck that shit

>>716054663

>>716032862 (OP)
I only played HoMM4
Are the others any good

>>716054797
no

>>716054779
>peasant
>tier II

yeah that alone tells you that they have zero fucking clue about the game. Peasants were always tier 0 units with all their stats being 1 at most, only useful for blocking shots or for necromancers to slaughter.

>>716032862 (OP)
Remove this gay fog and retarded DoF.

>>716054881
umm they were tier 1 in multiple games

>>716054797
4 is considered by many to be the worst out of NWC (the original devs) heroes. Mostly because of combination of being horribly unfinished (their publisher went bankrupt) while also trying many new ideas at the same time. Do give the others a try, 2, 3 and 5 are very good.

>>716054881
>Peasants were always tier 0 units with all their stats being 1 at most, only useful for blocking shots or for necromancers to slaughter.
Erathia has fallen. Billions must be armageddon'd. You're a nitpicking faggot.

>>716040151
>>716040192
I'm still mad about it.

>>716033057
>>716040313
>>716046442
none of you retards played or ever seen olden era and most importantly never seen warcraft or other fantasy game "bling" my ass, this shit is ok compared to, let's say chinese mmo
retarded III babies
>>716054881
they are neutral creatures

>>716054797
HOMM4 was an aborted mmorpg style abomination, but they ran out of money to finish it so they rushed up a HOMM3 sequel out of it. It has some interesting concepts but it plays a lot different from every other HOMM game. If that's the only game you played, you'll find the other ones strange since 1-3 followed exactly the same gameplay logic, each sequel just added more content, to the point where HOMM3 with its expansions had hundreds of everything. HOMM4 then totally changed everything. HOMM5 tried to go back to 3 and take only 1-2 good things from 4 and add one or two neat things of its own.

You should play 3 or 2. 3 with expansions is absolutely fucking stellar, 2 has the music and art style going for it but it feels a lot more constrained after 3.

>>716054663
they emulated warhammer style for 5 to be with the cool nerds. it wasn't that bad, but i had preferred they didn't

>>716054913
>umm they were tier 1 in multiple games

Yes and they were by far the worse tier 1 units in all the games, literally every single other unit in the games were at least 2-3x better than them, including all other tier 1 ones.

I'm not optimistic. What new mechanics could the genre even possibly have? It might not be total shit but the genre has a glass ceiling.

>>716054881
apologise gayboy

>>716055246
they are adding some faction techs, reworked magic system and went heavily into unit skills

>>716055157
They are still stuck with that style and it's fucking ugly mobile garbage. I want the Frazetta / Vallejo style immersive artwork, not this WoW tier junk.

HOMM5 did have a lot of great points, it had some of the most beautiful town screens, but the fucking garbage art style man.

>>716055425
it worked well for inferno and great even for castle, but i fucking hate darkelves in dungeon.
>hydra as a tier 5 shitter
adding insult tot injury

>>716032862 (OP)
Not a huge fan of the artstyle but I hope the gameplay is good.

What really annoys me is that they made vampires T7
For some reason they are stronger than liches and entire reasoning they have for it is
>vamps were playable in M&M8 so they can be very strong
yeah so was a lich, where you needed to get strong to transform into one in first place, but somehow it's lower tier

>>716055065
Olden Era looks like wowshit. From cities to units.
Gag on 12 gauge, fag0t

>>716055685
they just rode on the meme powers of vampires, that's all.

Vampires are LORDS or a manor or castle. Liches are undead KINGS. They are a tier higher by plain definition.

>>716055840
Yeah well in my imaginary world, Liches are undead farmers with a spellbook and Vampires are undead gods and my imaginary world is just as valid as yours.

>>716042279
>>716042810
Looks pretty decent desu.

Although I might be biased since I recently replayed 3 and it neither played nor looked as good as in my memories.

>>716055949
that's fine. go make your own game and don't call it might and magic just to ride on the former glory of a beloved game.

Why should I care when I can just continue to play 3?

>>716055147
HoMM4 is still my favourite by far. It's fun, it's got some great QoL, levelling up your hero through the campaign as a unit in battle is awesome, and it's got easily the best story of any Heroes game.

>>716055147
>>716056213
For context, my first Heroes game was 2, I brought 3 in my early teens and played it for years. Then brought 4 on discount way later and absolutely loved it.

>>716056103
>go make your own game and don't call it might and magic
And why should I do that when I can just call it Might and Magic and do whatever the fuck I want with it? Just because some tiernigger somewhere is assblasted about units not being on their historically accurate tiers?

>>716053652
D2 is better mechanically, but D1 is a fun game as well, and if you're playing the sagas for the story (lol) then you ought to start with the first one

>>716055065
>none of you retards played or ever seen olden era and most importantly never seen warcraft or other fantasy game "bling" my ass, this shit is ok compared to, let's say chinese mmo
>retarded III babies
i played wow when it came out. i play homm3 when it came out. op looks like shit. dumb nigger.

>>716033057
Because it is.

>>716056213
what i hate about 4 is that every campaign is just a civil war.

>>716032862 (OP)
I am looking forward to it, I do like a lot of the showcased stuff. But TBS will never be a big genre because it never was.
Hope there will be a map editor on launch as well.

I just want gigantic maps.

>>716056820
early access won't even have underground on release so I wouldn't count on it

>>716033057

>>716056213
>>716056281
Based, IV is my favorite and I started with HoMM I.
Game is super janky but being able to finally use your Hero in combat was worth it.
If unit upgrades were added to the game it would be 9/10.
Also nerf the vampires.