>>717163267 (OP)
i tried to like hmm3 but i just couldnt enjoy it. the initial exploration, building up, and early battles vs random stacks on the map was fun, but then it'd be boring afterwards.
>>717163849
I somehow still like hmm2 more than hmm3. I'm deep into RTS games and hmm3 just feels like a very predictable and repetitive accidental RTS of middling quality. hmm2 actually makes me feel like I'm playing a game about war campaigns filled heroes and magic. Sinking away 12 hours on a single grueling, dense crafted map in hmm2 is just more fun than the repetition of another generated jebus cross
>>717164287
yes hmm3 in the modern day unironically apes being a sweatlord RTS while not literally being an RTS. please upgrade your level of discourse beyond >greentext
>>717164534
i'm not interested in participating in your online autism genre-definition shitfit. modern hmm3 is played with hotkeys and turn-based time limits. the game's soul has been destroyed.
>>717164421
Is modern HoMM3 online played with a strict chess clock or something? Asking seriously because I don't know, and that's the only way I can think of how a turn based game gets to be like an RTS
>>717164748 >giving a shit about what compfags do
Damn I guess every game is dogshit if someone speedruns it because now you have to play it like a speedrunning troon huh
>>717165203
NTA, but bullet chess and WC3 have a lot of similarities. Even though chess is "turn based", when you lower the time per turn enough, it starts to resemble an RTS
>>717164748
you seem genuinely autistic or even retarded, Homm3 has MULTIPLE singleplayer campaigns, plethora of skirmish maps and infinite amount of user made content.
>>717164139 >dense crafted map in hmm2 is just more fun than the repetition of another generated jebus cross
Why not play custom map in HoMM 3 instead randomized one?
>map - free for all, large, (8) >town - necropolis >hero - moandor >difficulty - highest >no cheats or map reveal
I just chill and try to assemble Cloak of the Undead King for maximum hilarity. Stay in one castle, wait for them to attack you, grow your army to crazy numbers.
>>717167010
I change my mind between HOMM3 and Diablo 2
>>717167987
Here, proofs. This one was very fun. I had go and take over the top right castle to buy all the Cloak parts after some months when I killed enough heroes and saw they parts didn't spawn on the map initially. You also need to take over other castles temporarily for the town portal spell sometimes.
>>717168325
oh and I've taken the other Necropolis to bait someone to come, I stay in mine and just spam end turn endlessly, but got bored and decided to bait them
>>717172402
How come modern games don't have memorable soundtracks?
I've played hundreds of hour of various modern turn based games like civ6, total wahammer, age of wonders 5, and not a single one left any music on my long term memory.
>>717164139
I too kind of prefer the simplicity of Heroes 2. There's less tactical options, and the graphics have a more hand-drawn look to them, I like that. Check out "freeheroes2" which optimizes it for modern PC:s.