Thread 722995216

Demo is out. What are your thoughts anons so far about the game?

>>722995216 (OP)
Holy shit not bad at all for the demo version

I played it for half an hour and decided it will be worth a buy when it's out in full.

I left mid tutorial last night because I couldn't figure out how to split stacks between 2 heroes by exact numbers and decided eh i'l do it tomorrow, then today I realized I forgot to save
I've probably done enough tutorial anyway I can pick it up as I go so maybe i'll play some more, i wanted to try undead

>cow with mushrooms
this breaks my immersion, unplayable

Playing the first tutorial right now, its a minor thing but im kinda annoyed theres no animation when going between attacking the enemy on map and going to battle screen

>>722995216 (OP)
I dislike it. They changed too much, added too much, artstyle is terrible, and music is just ok (a real crime for this series) additionaly developement team is laundering money for russian oligarchs connected to Gazprom through cyprus.
I will stick with old heroes

>>722995809
>obsessed tourist
why are trans like this

Who are more powerful: HoMM Heroes or Might & Magic characters?

>>722995902
If my hero can command a nigga dragon I assume my hero is stronger

>>722995841
Spierdalaj

I want proper portraits for each unit, not just an image of the unit's model.

>>722995967
english webzone trans
you obsessed slave

>>722995809
another stupid HOMM 3 faggot who kvetches at every turn based game that isn't 3 yet he sucks at it anyway let me guess you play on bots and rush capitol
kill yourself

>>722995704
hold ctrl when clicking the stack.
>>722995902
I think the existence of Sandro and the Inferno heroes kind of shatter the scale.

>>722996113
hes polish and i can guarantee you its a mindbroken tranny who doesnt care about the game just about some slave war
fuck i hate these subhumans

>>722996053
I want a gallery where I can look at models up close.

>>722995809
wew I will be buying the game then

>>722996180
Ah thanks

>>722996053
The current portraits look like ai slop, why do you want more of them

>>722996206
half of the fucking thread is full of slavic shitskins no one else plays HOMO white men play Age of Wonders

>>722996415
Retard, they look good and fun.

HOMM 3 faggots be like
>I didn't play vanilla in over a decade, I misremember HOTA as being the actual game and I didn't play any other turn based strategy games let me tell you what did this game do wrong
also you stupid niggers complain when devs change too much, complain also when they changed too little they could just relase 3 over again and you would still find a reason to criticize you just dont like video games you just desperately wantt to recapture your shit childhood

>>722996053
Would be nice. Upgraded unit portraits are an exercise in pure memory rather than what the portrait actually looks like since it's often a mess

>>722996434
man im sorry you grew up with such a mid franchise

>>722995216 (OP)
Not bad overall. Demo is quite buggy though, so here's hoping that pushing the release further back gives it that required polish. There are also some qol changes that I'd like to see in the interface. Artstyle is hard on the eyes at first but I got used to it. UI is meh and the new mechanics felt sort of insignificant - autoresolve is good though, especially for mopping up the weak neutral packs

How do i see what i need for advance class again? Kinda skiped over it in the tutorial

UI is terrible and everything looks very blurry, as if I played on 800x600 resolution. Other than that, the game is fine.

>>722996973
Turn off Anti Aliasing or use one from nvidya control panel instead of in-game version

>>722996914
There are some badges (gold, silver, bronze) on top of certain skills when you are to choose level up options, I would assume that picking the ones of the same colour gives you the advanced class but I never got it myself

>>722995719
>he doesn't know

>>722995216 (OP)
I dislike units that have range attack from one hex away, it just feels retarded to have unit immune to counterattack like that. Previously only select few units had anything comparable to this.
I dislike all the references to non homm games.
I feel like map has poor visibility.
There are few other things, but other than this its good game

>>722996973
UI itself is meh but the blurry mess thing might be on your side as it looks crystal clear for me (3440x1440)

glorious history of the slavs
East Slavs
>conquered by khazars
>conquered by vikings
>conquered by mongols
Polabian Slavs
>conquered by Danes
>conquered by Germans
West Slavs
>conquered by Germans
South Slavs
>conquered by Ottomans

most slavic countries were founded by non slavs

why gnolls appeared only in 3? I want my hyena boys back

>>722997253
who fucking cares about any of this, retard

Post HoMM memes instead

are there any modern homm clones worth playing before olden era releases?

>>722997338
only slavs play this shit series you are literally punching bags of Europe and the ONLY indo-europeans who didn't develop a warrior culture

>>722997317
fortress never came back, hydra is the only unit that survived

Motley is my wife.

>>722997453
Woah, really? That's cool man, wild how it do be like that, huh. But check this shit out tho!

>>722995216 (OP)
Imagine playing this slop when HOMM 2 and 3 exists.
Couldn’t be me.
Reply if angry but only if you’re brown.

wait, so after tutorial in campaign there are only challenges?

>>722997857
there is no campaign in the demo, only tutorial and quick play

>>722997857
For premade scenarios, yes. There are also 3 maps in quickplay.

Anybody know what the curses from warriors tomb do, or how to even view them?

You know I like this
This was always my play style for HoMM games

After fiddling with the graphics settings I made it look not entirely shit. It's still another HoMMV at best though. And who do I blame? All the millions of subhumans sucking Blizzard's dick during WC3 era. That low-poly 3D style has NEVER been good. 23 years later retards keep trying to emulate it.

>>722998027
>one hero
>faster paced

>>722998027
Our hotseat house rule was one hero and then do a big clash in the middle.

>>722998027
Only issue I have is the AI basically just turtles and lets you conquer the whole damn map.

>>722998107
Fewer heroes = gooder.
The game is called "Towns of Might and Magic", after all.

>>722997783
Fuck, I forgot to mention I am trans.

>>722998128
In the playtest there is literally a mode like your hotseat, single hero and once one person reaches middle there's a 7 day countdown and battle automatically starts

>>722998220
Brown got mad.

>>722998220
At least you're not a German

>tranny says that only brown people can reply to him
>tranny replies to himself because he is a tranny
>then he replies to himself again to remind everyone he is brown
Yes, yes, everyone got it already. Now please dilate yourself out of this thread.

You're all brown

schism has the only acceptable town theme, what happened to the music i thought the mememan was doing it

>>722998324
kek

>>722998223
Neat, guess it's an obvious and popular setup.

>>722995216 (OP)
Why the fuck do the enemy units always have significantly more units than me by week three? Should I just sit in my base after scouting a few times and never leave the base?

>>722995216 (OP)
These games really went downhill after 3.

>>722998107
>>722998175
Jebus Outcast is the second most popular multiplayer template in HotA. And it's literally a single hero mode. It's indeed fast paces, the time limit is insane low. It's basically blitz chess of HoMM3 multiplayer.
Stop pretending you know anything about HoMM3.

>>722995719
the fuck this look like some mobile shit

>>722998835
literally making up a scenario in your head and then getting mad at it lol
newsflash giga sperg, the single hero game mode is not limited to jebus in your ass

>>722998835
what's the most popular one? Jebus Cross?

>>722995216 (OP)
They cartered to tournament players and pros instead of dads and casual players. It was over before it ever began

>>722998814
this looks 10x worse than OE

>>722998814
ahh the 2005 3d craze

>>722998835
Why is it important to know a bunch of random multiplayer shit and mods to be considered a true and real HoMM3 enjoyer?
captcha: YP00P

>>722995967
Kill yourself robaku. You have shit taste

>>722998128
One of the maps in the current demo is you fuck around for a couple months gathering forces and then at the end of the period your heroes get immediately sucked into the final battle regardless of where they were on the map

>>722998972
Now watch deranged old good new bad schizos come defend it
I think 5 is better than non-hota 3, too bad about the graphics

>>722996206
Almost all the drones that praise 3 are Polish. I would know since im PolACK myself

When I was a kid, all I did in HoMM3 was build up a fuck huge army over several weeks, engage in one fuck huge battle and then stop playing.

I'd do that again.

>>722999116
We heard you the first time Raj.

>>722999223
Baased i never knew you could recruit angels

HoMM 5 looked awesome when it came out and still holds up well for an old 3D game. Stop with the "inb4" bait nonsense.

>>722998814
3 is more shallow than 4 or 5. While its artstyle is peak and music is very good its sequels have better gameplay and more depth. 6 and 7 dont exist

>>722999228
A deranged schizo alright

>>722999319
Looks like shit and is soulless garbage

>>722999016
>why is it important to know what the fanbase likes and plays?
I wonder.
Saying that single hero mode is not part of HoMM3 experience is stupid when it's one of the reason the game is still alive 25 years later.

>>722998972
Honestly I think IV is the ugliest. The hideous troll model still shows up in nightmares occasionally. But I can't argue with anyone saying the don't like the way V looks.

>>722999223
There is a game mode where you literally just build your hero and army from random selections then immediate vs the opponent

>>722999329
>4 better than 3

>>722999228
They should bring back the IP tags so we can see whose post belongs to who.

>>722998835
Outcast is a mode for fags with adhd. Literally handed everything on a silver platter. Spells, army from boxes you dont even utilize your towns besides building magic guild so you can keep on teleporting or focus a single dwelling in each city for the powerstack. Yawn

>>722999390
>Saying that single hero mode is not part of HoMM3 experience
Literally nobody said that you sperg

I unironically enjoy the mobile aesthetic. Looks cozy and chill. Some units don't stand out a lot from the background though.

>>722999319
It looks ok but sometimes it's like a ball of mud.

>>722997125
>I dislike all the references to non homm games.
WYM by that?

>make legit complain about the game
>schizo zoomers go on full malding rage
why is this happening

Graphics wise:
2>3>5>1>4
I'm not rating OE because it's too blurry to see what the graphics actually look like.

>>722999585
zoomers literally don't even know about this series

>>722999608
turn of AA

>>722999329
You only think that because 4 and 5 came out when you were a kid and nostalgia’s got you by the throat. 3 isn’t shallow, it’s the blueprint. Everything after it just kept adding noise and calling it depth. 4 broke the strategy layer, 5 put shiny armor on a hollow shell. You don’t actually like better gameplay, you just like the one you grew up button-mashing through.
Reply if brown.

>>722999585
Nigga zoomers don't even fucking play homm

It's a true boomer series populated by oldheads who put like over 300 hours in 3. Even olden is just made by homm3fags

>>722999390
idgaf what "fanbase" plays or thinks, HoMM3 is my game. I've personally successfully introduced more players to Heroes over 25 years than some autistic nerds and their sweaty custom game mode.

why Fortress was never reintroduced?

>>722999329
>3 is more shallow than 4 or 5
Yet it's still arguably better than 5 and inarguably better than 4
If complexity marked the quality of a game we'd all be playing 4X instead of this literal children's game

>>722999419
3 is a strategy game. 4 has better and more balanced skills no skill is trully useless. Better magic schools. Compared to that 3 is a joke. You have to actually scout the map and you can use units to do so. You can even use rogues to do some funny shit. Set up traps etc. In 3 you just cast view air/earth and you are done. Movement is key. You cant just cross the entire map with retarded chaining. That and caravans make all units viable not only fast ones like in 3. Having to pick what units to build is also important and depends if map is rich or what is the matchup. You would know those things if you played the game retard. I will give you that its fucking ugly in some aspects and it lacks unit upgrades which would add another layer to the game.

What do actual slav anons think about Olden Era? On their imageboards or whatever forums?

>>722995805
The Dugneon hero mechanic has no sound effects. This is why its likely going to launch in early access. They focused on the essentials of getting the game running but I think it's missing some polish that should be there. I would shocked if the stance mechanic never got any sound effects.

>>722999952
Be honest when was the last time you played 4
It's the most unbalanced game in the series, creatures are pointless once your combat hero gets going and you chuck immortality potions 24/7

>>722998929
>the original post doubts that a single hero can make the game more fast paced
>the reply is that single hero mode is the fastest mode in the multiplayer
What imaginary scenario are you even talking about? You're literally making up a scenario in your head and then getting mad at it lol.

>>722995216 (OP)
Here's what I think.
THIS is what necromancy should be about THIS.
Even CA did it better. Shame on you unfrozen? you here devs? SHAME ON YOU. SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME

>>722999721
Lmao. 3 was the first game i EVER played (and might and magic 6). I also was shittalking 4 like crazy but the more i played it the more i understood how bad is 3 compared to it. Not that its a bad game. If i want a quick game for a lan party there is no better

>>723000150
what am i looking at

>>722999952
You grew up on 4 so you think a few half baked gimmicks count as depth. Scouting with rogues, setting traps, caravans, heroes dying in battle, none of that makes it smarter. It just makes it messy. 3 didn’t need training wheels to feel strategic, it already mastered the balance of map control, resource flow, and hero development. 4 feels like a fan mod that never got QA tested. You didn’t outgrow 3, you just never understood it.

>>722999329
what exactly makes 4 or 5 deeper? they all are the same simple games with slight variations on how some mechanics work, its not like any of them transformed into a civilization game. Also easy to learn game doesnt mean its not deep, you can learn chess rules in 15minutes and spend entire life perfecting your gameplay.

>>723000150
multiplayer would be total cancer with necromancy like this

>>722999907
I posted already my wall of text why 4 is better. 5 is also but due to other reasons. More balanced factions fun skill tree and more variety. I dont mind graphics but the artstyle is a little too wow like as some people say. You can blame ubisoft for that.

>>722998814
Slop.

>>723000453
I responded to your wall of text >>723000113

>>722998814
Why did you post the best version of the game then?
>>722999907
5 is not only more complex, but more indepth with superior balance. Its only downfall is the multiplayer maps are kinda lame.

Gothic 2 is better than Morrowind btw

>>722999952
>Having to pick what units to build is also important and depends if map is rich or what is the matchup.
That's pure bullshit. You always unconditionally go for the same units every single time because they are strictly better. For example, you never pick champions instead of angels just because they cost 2x less gold.

>>723000113
Retard. I knew you would go that route. And that proves to me that you played a campaign once and thats it. Your hero will only reach such stats durning all the campaign missions. Even max combat hero has no chance vs 2 weeks worth of growth. Good luck chugging potions when you can do so only once per turn while surrounded by multiple units.

>>723000650
>no argument
I accept your concession

>>723000345
HoMM 5 tribes of the east necro approach is good, also idk why they nerfed liches so much, them needing focus is so bad, meanwhile dancers, medusa etc from the Dungeon lineup don't need focus to cast their abilities.

>>722995719
soulless corposlop

>>723000650
>Even max combat hero has no chance vs 2 weeks worth of growth
Fucking lmao, yeah you've not played this game for like a decade
A "max combat hero" can kill 500 black dragons in a single kick, and the hero has first strike
Get the fuck out of here poser

>>723000578
Based

>>723000453
4 is good cause the main campaigns are basically VNs

the thing i disliked about homm3
>rng of hero skills on level up
>annoying spell lottery with mage guild
>annoying hero chains to bring reinforcements

If OE managed to solve those issues and has good enemy AI for singleplayer i will consider buying it.

>>723000953
I would actually read a vn homm spinoff

>>723000308
It is part of map controll you moron and you cant lose it in 3 when you can chain and use controll spells while having permanent visibility. Yeah such mastery and skill required. Resources dont matter because you get everything from "banks" and army as well. Hero development? Dont make me laugh. No matter the hero no matter the faction you always want certain skills nothing else. You are a brainded nigger. If you arent even 500+ rated player your opinion isnt worth shit to me.

>>722995216 (OP)
neutrals cant use almost any of their abilities because you need hero to get focus points or whatever? seems lame. and too easy for the player.

>>722995902
Crag Hack.

>>723001008
missing out the most important one
>overworld spells
FUCK Dimension Door and FUCK Town Portal

>>722996881
Really? I feel Laws are quite powerful. Especially the early boost you get off Riches can help push you over the hump. Or the one time boost in Dust from Dungeon which makes sure you can get your units (or Magic) upgraded faster than anyone else.
>>722998629
Never trust an old big name. Kind of how Garfield is currently living his best life getting paid to ruin card games because he worked on Magic.

>>723001008
>>rng of hero skills on level up
3 choices instead of 2
>>annoying spell lottery with mage guild
you can buy spells with a new resource
>>annoying hero chains to bring reinforcements
you can interact with heroes or with towns from a distance with new adventure spells

>>722995809
I'm a russian war criminal and i co-sign under 80% of arguments that anon wrote (never played the game and *most probably* never will)

>>723000601
Lmao retard. Champions cost less resources and you get more of them. You can boost that even further with Order melee hero and its easier due to natural growth. Also building path is cheaper. Also the unit itself takes no counter attack.

New HOMO documentary from ubisoft is up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D00wIdRAMtk

>>723001046
You’re parroting mechanics like a wiki page and calling it insight. Chaining and map vision exist because the game was built around long-term logistics, not toddler-safe fog-of-war. You think removing mastery systems makes it balanced. It just makes it shallow. Heroes 3 isn’t about gimmicks, it’s about efficiency, foresight, and control. 4 turned all that into busywork for people who couldn’t handle optimization. Keep your “500 rating,” I was winning before the Elo system existed.
Reply if my post made you angry.

>>723001008
Not the completely broken artefacts and spells, and the complete dogshit faction and hero balance?

>>723001306
Who is this for, nobody cares about the developers behind the series

>>723000696
I just proved you wrong Andrzej
>>723000806
Make a map right now and level a hero to level 12(grandmaster combat and melee) you will drop like a bitch to 10 dragons

>>723001138
>FUCK Dimension Door and FUCK Town Portal
The late game would be impossible without them.

Still, DD is nerfed a bit, you can't use it to teleport into locations you haven't discovered yet. And it also uses HotA tournament rules, i.e. you're not allowed to use DD to teleport between 2 zones unless you killed the guardians.

>>723000058
I do not think we are of the sort to use imageboards. It was either 4chan or friend groups here in Serbia.

>>723001417
>The late game would be impossible without them.
If Songs of Conquest could manage to make a functional lategame without them so can HOMM

>>723001392
For me.
I care about the Heroes development and shit, because I love vidya games.

>>723001513
the way they manage it is probably how each stack can only hold a max of 2 weeks worth of units lol

My only complaint is them making the demons into actual bugs (I know they were ayy bugs originally, but whatever)

>>723001693
I'm a zergfag, so I like them. They should have added at least one classic devil demon for fun contrast.

>>723001556
i saw some guy stream 8 AI game, apparently people unlocked it with mod.

>>723001334
And that long-term logistics is what makes this game more shallow and less of a strategy game than 4. You never refuted spells and skills. Or the shitty hand me downs. Its not like the game forces you but thats what people play and cream themaselves thinking its the best game while it clearly isnt

>>723000718
Dungeon entire gimmick is every unit having the option of taking a damage penalty for (usually) AoE attacks. The actual abilities like Petrify or Slither Away cost Focus as normal.

>>723001417
Thats the most retarded rule. Handing out op spells and not letting people use them just because it would make the people play the game more. Might as well start fully kited out with army and artifacts next to the enemy

>>722998917
Yes. It looks like the future!

>>723001261
>Also building path is cheaper.
Knight's chapter + Stables + Order of paladins
19750 gold, 50 wood, 46 ore

Altar of Light + Seminary
19750 gold, 17 wood, 15 ore, 14 crystals, 17 gems

That's pretty much the same cost. And if you're rushing T4 on week 1 or 2 it's way, it's way easier to get the required amount of crystals and gems than 50 wood/ore on an average map.

>Champions cost less resources and you get more of them.
But the value of 1 angle is significantly higher than the value of 2 champions. Resurrect is insane. Also due to speed difference angels can easily kite and abuse wait to render champion's first strike irrelevant. Without morale bonuses 10 angels easily kill 20 champions.

Cant wait for the HoMM3 mod with OE combat and skills, itll be perfect.

>>723001556
Honestly pretty based of Unfrozen to do this.

Yet another ugly pixelslop turnshit indie game cashing in on nostalgia. It's all so tiresome. Bet all of the art made by programmers, just look at the stiff animations. Hopefully developer will drop this garbage style and go full 3D in next game. If they ever survive to make one lol! Who fucking plays strategy games in 2025 anyway, with no console port too lmao

>>723002995
>pixelslop

somebody said there weren't any recurring characters but I saw my main nigga halon in the sylvan trailer. is it a different green guy with the same name? kind of weird though if it's the same hero since he was always a wizard before. does this mean there's no plan to bring the wizard town back? I can't imagine a heroes game without titans to fight black dragons.

>>723003049
>responding to schizoslop

>Schizos even HoMM threads
Damn

>>723003160
We heard you the third time Raj.

>>723003260
>Indian obsessed with brown people
every time, post hand

>>723002995
Aperantly a lot of people.

>>723002995
Today's stats. And its only demo...

>>723003564
Forgot the link

https://steamcharts.com/app/3241970

>>723003445
>>723003564
I'mp retty sure that anon was making an ironic post about HoMM3, not OE. "If HoMM3 came out today, people would be shitting on it just like they do about OE". That's a stupid what-if scenario, ignore it.

>>723001138
>FUCK Dimension Door and FUCK Town Portal
Maybe it's annoying to play against it but playing single player without it is hell. Especially if you can't change difficulty of mission
Also those spells fix issue of reinforcements, no need to do hero chain if you can teleport to every town

>>723002604
Ressurect is only good for the hardest battles that will guarantee you will use units. Champions prevent that altogether. First strike is very much relevant due to nature of the combat in this game. Also you didnt mention what i said about nobility. Combined with mining it makes getting wood and ore for champions easier as well and those resources will be your priority anyway. Comparing creatures like that is pointless. Of course angels will win if we match them against each other on 1:1 basis. As i said it all depends on many factors

Holy shit trying to tell apart which Ultimate skills belong to is a fucking nightmare when playing Schism.

>>723001513
>If Songs of Conquest could manage to make a functional lategame without them so can HOMM
Elaborate

>>723002995
A big part of the HOMM magic is the art. Actually seeing HOMM3 art just makes me want to stop playing Olden and go back to HOMM3 or HOMM2 (2 is ultra comfy and best OST imo).

4 is the most fun and I'm tired of pretending otherwise, 3 is just too unbalanced to be fun.

Any chessfags here?
What is it referencing?

>>723004079
>Ressurect
Well everything i posted doesnt matter now does it? I also forgot to mention gems will be harder to get and more guarded. We are talking about champion difficulty right?

>>722998814
I liked 4. I didn't like 5's setting and its magic was kinda whack compared to 3 and 4 but otherwise it was okay.

>>723001693
How Succubus works in M&M lore? They are not Kreegans or what?

>>723004141
SoC has no overworld spells at all.

>>722999575
There are references to their previous game, planescape torment and ecelebs among heroes so he probably is talking about that

>break to 2nd zone
>lose desire to play
every time FUCKING ADHD

Is there a pen & paper M&M RPG?

>>723004308
Probably some race like gogs that gets along with them. There are no succubi on enroth and ashan is a different universe and they are just regular demons there

>>723004194
The knight and rook are just moving back and forth for no reason

>>723004441
As in tabletop RPG? Its in the works, but its specificaly HOMM RPG with you playing are army leaders etc.

>>723004334
I only know 2 references, a youtuber and the protagonist from unfrozen's previous game, and both are just hero portraits

>>722996554
Talk about a TRVKE

>>723004951
In undead faction, King of Kings is obvious Michael Jackson and Adahn is a Planescape Torment reference.

>>723005374
>King of Kings is obvious Michael Jackson
Is it? How?

>>723005420
He was black when he was alive and now he's a skeleton (white)

>>723005420
Well, just look at him. There's no fucking way it's not supposed to be the the king of pop.

>>723005536
Yeah, I can kinda see it

>>723004664
I meant more of a D&D style RPG. Some old-school pc games had a written p&p rules, was curious if the series had those too.
Cool to know there is some stuff, I'll look into it, thx.

>>723005536
I don't see it

>>722995216 (OP)
This game is proof that WoG lobby won, and HOTA lobby lost. When you think about olden era in those terms every single change from h3 makes perfect sense

>>723005536
I think, I can somewhat see it

>>723005536
I neither see it nor not see it.

Does the demo have MP?

>>723005536
>speciality diplomacy
>is a king of diplomacy
>king of kings
>looks like a power lich
if i squint my eyes and tilt my head i can kinda see it, might i think you're reaching mate

>>723005862
no

>>723005929
My disappointment is immeasurable.

>>723005660
Here is a link since you are interested
https://modiphius.net/pages/heroes-of-might-and-magic-rpg?srsltid=AfmBOoopbubw4rmJVDcY2s0wQJHPeezA0TWsSjg0Q2fLqDEPI7sCtXsY

>>723005862
Only the playtest does, which sucks shit because i don't think you can get access to it anymore and i can't play duel with a friend because he never requested access

>>723005536
you mean post injury surgery MJ?

>>723006232
omg it is him ahahaha

>>723005536
King of Kings is used in reference to Jesus, and people compare MJ to Jesus so uhh maybe?

>>723005536
I can't see shit

>>722995216 (OP)
So, is it good? I reinstalled Homm V after nostalgia hit me and uninstalled after 4-5th mission of 1st campaign. Got bored.

>>723005712
>WoG lobby
Why does this actually make sense?
Main menu is basicaly updated 3d version of wog main menu, with dragon destroying a castle/town
Tons of customization options for heroes as you level their skills up
Even the cities have that ERA2 early modder heroes feel to it, especialy the Schism, which feels like evolution of Abyss town idea

>>723006505
>So, is it good?
ye but people who are into the series have already known that for 6 months since the playtest

>>723006505
Gameplay is not bad, but the art is soulless. Auto-battle is a catch 22 and am unsure if I like or hate it; it turns your brain off at times.

>>723006040
Niiice, annoying way to download the free PDF, but I got it. Should be a fun read.

>>723005536
It's a Thom York reference, clearly.

>>723005712
>>723006568
Its russian studio, so its possible they have included some of the orginal heroes 3 modders, since most of them were russian

>>723006308
>King of Kings is used in reference to Jesus
Never heard that, Ozymandias was the king of kings.

>>723001306
Ubisoft acknowledges 10s was a tough times for any kind of strategy or PC IPs, because of the rise of console gaming and action games, interesting. 13:30

>>722995216 (OP)
>start first game
>start with 1 town and 6 max heroes
>get fucked by computer having a shitload of units
>start new game
>2 starting towns, 2 max heroes
????

>>723007348
Jesus Christ is called king of kings in the Apocalipse

>>723007647
nevermind, I'm retarded and picked the wrong map.
Why has the 4 player map a hero limit of 2?

>>722995216 (OP)
literally how the fuck do i transfer units from castle to my hero? i can't get my hero to enter the castle

meh.
It didnt solve the major issues with homm design.
games like hero's hour are much more interesting design wise and actually do shake up the formula in innovative ways.

This game its visually meh, has good things and bad things...
we all know it looks like a phone game and we all know the map is visually cumbersome but the towns are nice and some of the ui elements and map elements are nice on their own.

The music is bearable, its good enough...

but im just thinking how am i gonna be playing this?
multi?
no way it was always cumbersome to play homm in multi and this will be no diff.
Will i play skirmishes? gets boring fast and since it the same win more design this will be the same, especially if they are gonna go heavy on the random generation.

so that leaves me with the campaign and unfortunately i doubt this team can create a campaign that will be especially interesting to play.

>>723008013
Select Hero, hover over the castle entrance, the icon will change to horse and door, click to go in. In the castle screen drag the units to the hero row. Drag Hero himself to the castle space to park him there.

>>723008178
HH is a completely shallow game

>>723007862
I don't know either. You get more slots as you capture towns.
It's one of my main gripes with the game. That and no caravans.

>>723000058
Cute Kot

>>723008178
>praising an autobattler
lmfao /v/ hates video games

>>723001693
>no succubi in mm 6-8 or homm
Pain.

>>723008178
>hero's hour are much more interesting design wise

>last secondary skill
>not the one i need
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>723008819
But you can play as Schism in the demo?

>>723008178
>faux-retro pixel autobattler is better than anything
actual retard. gulag.

>>723008494
>>723008668
Its hard to face the truth, youre beloved frenchise is stuck in the 90's and you the fans are one of the main reasons for it

>>723008893
Yeah, this is pretty bullshit.

>>723008178
Kinda agree. I'd rather they try and make a HOMM IV like, as that game has a lot of flaws but some very cool ideas. HOMM III is difficult to improve without losing some important; in this case, that is the art. Olden also suffers from becoming somewhat cluttered if you ask me with all the additional systems added on top.

For Olden I would say my favorite addition is the dual upgrade choice, but I wish a town was locked to only one for each tier without allowing for swapping back and forth, as I can imagine it will lead to extra annoying managerial metagaming to get an edge. Handling multiple heroes etc is already more than enough if you ask me.

>>723001693
Here's your succubus bro.

>>723008893
They need a more aggressive weight system for random stuff for sure. You basically auto gg, if you don't get ult and enemy does.

>>723008979
Hh is only fun if you are breaking the game and it has no multiplayer.

>>723009004
it's doubly fucked because it has already forced me to choose some absolute dogshit, the only option is the make a new main hero. i want hive back their special building can restart your hero from lvl1

>>723008893
Click the report bug button
Input:
PLEASE for the love of god add a reroll function for skill choices, make it cost some increasing gold cost for balance, but fuck these situations
even quicksaving and reloading doesn't work, the seed seems to be set on map start

>>723000578
gothic 2 is to gothic 1 what homm4/5 and olden era are to 3: rehashes adding a different coat of paint to the true GOAT game

>>723009530
Sure, whatever, G2 is still miles better than TES3, that's what matters.

>>723001008
>supply chains are BAD!!
Ah yes, because it's so much better to get more units (=more fun) in 10 turns instead of 1

The berserk spell is fucking nuts since it forces the target to attack immediately

>>723008893
>might hero
>increases attack and defence on level up

>4/5 unbound
>increase level of all spells to maximum on the hero
hmmm?

>>723005884
>power lich
thats the only way how u negotiate with liches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFLzVxEa8lQ

>>723008819
Based fat bastards, shots improved with distance and a more powerful melee feel so good

>>723008178
Why's everyone hating on skirmish so much? I personally played skirmish XL maps 80% of the time

>>723008893
Wait what's this, how do you gain stacks for these?

>>723008893
>>723010197
+1, how do you increase the level on those 2 bars? You have to pick the appropriate skill when you level up? If so where does it say that

What do they eat?

>>723007209
>russian
nop

>>722998107
How much time can you waste with 1 hero? The maps for those modes are designed to be filled with objectives, so instead of spending minutes per turn setting up intricate hero chains, you are running for the best objectives and trying to deny your opponent as much as possible.
Thus, faster paced.

>>723010536
>registered in Cyprus for the purposes of dodging sanctions = not russian
Whatever helps you cope brother
Or you could just read the names in the credits of their previous game
https://www.mobygames.com/game/130487/iratus-lord-of-the-dead/credits/windows/

>>723009703
Yes that neuters any kind of strategy related to logistics or holding territory. Go play assfaggots for your quick dopamine hit you homo

>>723010431
pig, blood, cum, shit

>>723010431
Wheat, jerky, icecream, medussy. In that order

>>723011686
there never is/was any "strategy" of holding territory in homm-like games with >2 players. Half splitting your army will always be a losing strategy when the AI will just come to you with all their troops

>>723009103
The ults are bait for bad players. Not only that, its pretty much a massive gamble to get it or not. But I have yet to see a ult that would not contain some gimped abilities that wont drag a perfect build down. I would 9/10 times rather pick good passives and steamroll early.

>>723011927
Well it depends. Call it cheese, but having a single stack of phoenix/dragons with arma going around looting shit while the rest of an army is on a single hero is kind of splitting up.

>>723011943
Some ults are game winning like death knight's enemies always rolling negative luck against you. The ones that give you like +100% attack probably aren't worth fucking up your secondary skills for

>>723011927
Of course there was. It was the next game after 3 in fact. No matter how much you cope not only traversing the whole map in one day looks dumb. It has its limits too due to the hero limit. Theres also the fact that if there are multiple factions present you cant utilize them because you can only field 7 units. Whats the point of them then? They become glorified magic wells. 4 went in the right direction but 3 babies shat themselves.

>>723012606
I wish I could look up the list of requirements. The luck one sounds strong, but then again I did also nuke down the last 2 enemies purely with spells, and I wonder how it would interact with artifacts that force neutral morale/luck.

>>723013145
Fittingly the only skill I remember it requiring was resistance

>>722995216 (OP)
I'm really impressed and will probably get it when it's in early access
Wish there were more tooltips for the UI and an encyclopedia
This game absolutely will need a map editor though

LET ME PLAY SYLVAN REEEEEEEEEEEE

Tower in 3 and academy in 5 are probably my favourite towns where the fuck is it i don't want some tentacle porn in its place

>>723001693
Jezebeth my beloved...

>>723013279
Welp, a mediocre skill, but sure does shit on the counter I proposed.

>>723004194
This is called Petrov.
Its to force a game to a situation where you force opponent agree to a draw.

>>723010254
>+1, how do you increase the level on those 2 bars? You have to pick the appropriate skill when you level up? If so where does it say that
I don't know if anything explains this but the skills you need to fill the bar are marked with the corresponding icon when you acquire them

>>722995216 (OP)
the gold economy throws me off, it starts slow but suddenly ramps up to ludicrous levels and you basically never run out even when buying out multiple towns. granted i only play on 125% difficulty

why is everyone griping about the art? it looks fine to me and IMO the hero art looks much better whan what they were doing with Baldur's Gate 3 for example

>>723013813
Oh, how she grew up.

>>723014242
I don't play mobile or blizzard games so the art style is just pleasantly non-offensive to me but apparently people who play those games get triggered by it

>>723014242
I think the art is so-so on the overworld map, but I think its great everywhere else.

>>722996415
This. I noticed that too. They are all generic AI trash.

>>723014242
The only game with good hero portraits is VII (grim) so I'm not too upset but I don't like it either. It just looks kinda goofy, like they hired some art student.

>>723014390
Unfrozen's previous game's art looks like borderline drawings from an edgy teenager so art seemingly isn't the devs strongest suit

And like olden era, that previous game was great despite looking ugly

>>723014494
yeah thats an instaban

>>723014494
>SHE'S SUCH A GREAT STRATEGIST LOOK SHE'S HOLDING A CHESS PIECE
Daring aren't we

>>723014679
it almost seemed like they made eagle eye maybe not the worst choice as a subskill but then you realise you can easily get spells you "cant learn" from buildings and pandoras boxes because apparently learning that way doesnt require the skill. also items that give you all level X spells are way too common for what they do

The Gold Balance is really bad in my opinion
you get way too much

>>723014992
Yeah I' haven't felt the need to be cautious with spending it yet

The ghost/poltergeist from both homm4 and 5 are some of my favourite units for being absolute assholes to kill without proper way to deal with them, but this time it's literally the most vulnerable unit in the entire game and lifesteal is not gonna do anything to change that

>>723014798
name 5 examples of that trope

>>723014798
her backstory has her literally playing chess with the draconian from Dungeon

>>723014992
>>723015029
i feel like that's because you're capped from higher tier units and upgrades by that magic dust resource (at least for Town which is the only one I played yet), which is harder to acquire.

Which one do you choose

>>723015358
Cerydra (Honkai Star Rail)
Kronsteen (From Russian With Love)
Hades (Disney's Hercules)
that fucking scene in Code Geass
That's just off the top of my head

>>723015607
Just bee urself

>>723015728
That's 4 you fucking loser. you gotta be a better an.

>>723015607
flow, fights dont last long enough for the top one to be good

>>723015437
he is so cool

>>723014494
Does this stack with tacticians?
If so you'd be able to place your melee shitters in the middle of the field lmao

>>723015839
well yes but you can already almost do that in homm3 and iirc 5

>>723015607
flow gives you massively more tempo

>>723015437
Is she draconian in any way too? Her skin has scaly patches. >>723014494

In HoMM5 you can bring your entire army with you but you can choose to not have some monsters on the battlefield. I want that in this game.

clussy

>>723015978
her backstory doesn't say, we probably won't know one way or another until the EA/full release if it has an encyclopedia with more details or if the campaign mentions it

>>723015839
>>723014494
>places melee shitters in the middle of the battlefield
>thanks to bonus initiative all her units move before yours
>she fucks you up before it's ever your turn

>>723000113
Your combat hero will never actually reach that point in a regular map if your playing anyone that knows the basics.
Heroes 4 is basically either abusing Genies or sushing to Grandmaster Necromacy and getting dozens to hundreds of Vampires in like a month. The latter is more reliable.

>>723016095
What's the Abyss? A type of magic or a realm?

>>723016034
>>723014242
>>723015437
When did you get that pictures with quotes? I haven't seen them in the game.

>>723014242
It's not that its bad, its just bland. Replicating soul of homm3 is a big ask I agree, but as it is, it looks like a mobile game.

>>723016273
after you select the hero but before you start the game

>>723015607
wtf is a focus charge and what do i do with it

>>723016273
Character select at the start and this tiny little button near X in hero overview in-game.

>>723014992
You get like 7k a day with all the bulidings from a single city and tech right? But buying out all units is also more expensive than homm 3 where you got 4k

>>723016349
For every Zydar there's four recolors of the same minotaur and like ten photoshopped photos

>>723016434
Play the fucking tutorial you loser

>>723016636
make me, faggot

>>723016597
Those are all sovfvl though

>>723016651
I won't, it's funnier when you don't know basic shit and ask dumb questions.

>>723016412
>>723016440
Huh, didn't even pay attention to that. That's need.

You guys think this game looks bad you do not know what the last one was like

>>723016805
thats not 7 is it? its the only game i havent played

>>723016805
What the fuck is this travesty

>>723014483
counter point: The Cleric design

>>723016805
High contrast neon color to easily see units on a monotone dark map. Now that's smart design, very modern.

>>723016805
Did you set the setting to low to prove the point?

>>723017050
No, the underground is literally just lit like that. There is no brightness slider.
Unreal Engine has been a disaster for video games

>>723016034
Holy shit thanks whoever on the dev team still has a heart for clownfuckers

will this demo disappear any time soon?

>>723016805
the funny thing is people will think you manipulated the settings for this but it really looked like complete shit 97% of the time

>>723017530
no
no time limit on playing it either. it'll stay active until the early access next year, possibly even past then

>>723017530
No, this demo is permanent until maybe the EA release. Or maybe Unfrozen will just leave it alone even then

>>723017223
What does unreal have to do with this?!

>>723000058
We don't use them much these days. It's either 4chan or local chats on (may Asha forgive me for uttering this word) Discord and the reception is.
Cautiously Optimistic we mostly have two camps big (3) and small (5 and everything else).

>>723017779
why do they need a body like that for their priest duties?

>>723018052
communion

fuck I wish it had sprites or at least some better artstyle, it looks like cartoony warcraft shit or some mobile game and the rounded ui with blue color doesn't fit at all, it looks like some unity default

Do we know anything abaut the campain. I know HOMM campains play a second fiddle to the scenarios and maps but sitll.
I do have fond meories of 5's campain (Markal is still my ideal evil wizard) and even some parts of 6's (still hated how everything revolved araund one group of Slavois fammily)

>>723018306
We know that it will exist. That's uh, about it

>>722995216 (OP)
Looks like a mix of Homm2 3 and 5 they just need to fix some of the art and improve the buttfugly UI and I'm sure they will cook. Will buy it just so these devs get the chance to improve. Ubishit can suck a dick tho. At least the IP is still alive. I like the unit abilities and the general feel of the gameplay.

>>723018306
Shame 4 was so disliked from the gameplay perspective. Its undead campaign is probably my favorite of all homm games.

>>723018306
We don't know anything about it so far. It's there and that's about it

>>723018306
Main goal is to not be raped by Ze Bug Queen or become her breeding sex slave.
Hopefully by the end of campaign we will find some laser guns and overload nuclear reactor at main Hive.

a-are we back bros?

>>722999051
Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's borrowed from the HOMMV Warlock campaign. I like that there are multiple winning conditions now.

/ourguy/

>>722999903
Gorgons too Mighty.. They would break the fabric of reality.

>>723018872
Predict it will be around 10k next weekend. Probably will have at least 500 active players till release.

>>723017609
Menace demo is the same, I wonder if Hooded Horse convinced the devs to put out demos for essentially free QA testing, since Menace devs did mention they're going to be updating the demo with new stuff from time to time. It would be cool, if Unfrozen did the same

>>723018306
Prequel to both HoMM II and III. Takes place on the same continent Might and Magic VIII does.

>>722999903
he is a big guy

>>722995809
>They changed too much
I'm sold. I hate vanilla HoMM3

>>723003303
>doesn’t post hand
based angry indian

>>723000058
Divided opinions. The usual "I hate everything that isn't HoMM3, especially myself" crowd, the "well, it's not Homm3, it looks ugly, the music sucks, the UI sucks, the Heroes suck, the spells suck, the towns suck, but hear me out" crowd and the ones that really liked it and are actually hyped but are afraid to say it out loud because the HotA autists would sperg out. I will buy it for sure. Hoping they will add academy, inferno and Fortress later. Schism is a fun OG faction.

does necromancy actually work? my units don't seem to go up after battle no matter how many enemies I kill

>>723001047
Neutrals can definitely and WILL use abilities. And AI is smarter than Homm3 for sure, they completely ignore 1 stacks and go for high priority targets

>>722998589
Worse, they're all slavs.

It's not HoMM3 so it's shit.

Here's your typical income on month 2, week 1, day 1.
+58k gold daily, +35 wood and ore, other minerals as well.
It could be more, I just started ignoring all the resource mines after week 2.

>>722995809
I don't support any of these trash Russian devs that funnel money to their war crimes. That's reason enough to never buy. Cyprus should be sanctioned into the dirt for being Russia's money laundering honeypot.

>>723014242
I don't mind the environs but the units and heroes are bland as fuck

>>723019885
Correct. There’s a few shills ITT. They’re easy to spot.

>>723001556
The Devs clearly love Homm3(and 5) and are probably wrangling Ubisoft to make things work. And by wrangling I mean telling ubishit that if they stay the fuck off the dev team they will print money. I seriously doubt ubishit is gonna let them cook in peace if this game does well because they are pompous greedy assholes. But this one looks like it's gonna turn out fine, and if they make it moddable we are pretty much set for a long time. And HotA will always be there

>>723020190
You will never be white.

>>723001693
They could release classic factions as DLC. They would be dumb not to. People will gladly pay 5 or 10 bucks for an extra town. I hate it but expecting more is wishful thinking

>>723020107
based. Pirate it on release

>>722995216 (OP)
>literally tranny on the cover
Slop. Peaked at 3.

>>722995216 (OP)
Demo is ok, you can play it for literally tens of hours and the game itself is fine, better than song of conquest imho

I dislike the visuals but the gameplay seems good so far (3 games in). The dust system is interesting in that it limits you from having everything upgraded immediately, though it means that youre gonna be setting up your hero chain to go from every city to your main to upgrade, then off to your hero. I miss the broken initiative of 5 letting you run circles around the enemy. Magic names need to be more self explanatory, you can't tell from a glance what a spell does.

>>723001693
Their main dwellings from rpg series did typically look like hives and referred as such, but it might've just been a creative decision in relation to their invasive role in-universe, akin to locusts. This low-tier kreegan grunt, as well as inferno units, had no semblance of bug-like features. Safe to say that Olden Era writers are making things up.

Reminder that the original writers weren't generous on clueing you into the Kreegans' true nature, or even their actual name. For the major part, they were referred as and presented to look and act like mythical devils across the games. That's the whole premise of MM6, events of which happen roughly on the same timeline as Restoration of Erathia.

>>723020202
I feel like Ubisoft has a lot of problems on their plate rn to waste time micromanaging their teams as usual. Plus games like Anno or Trackmania probably have shown that they can do good on their own.
Despite all the deserved hate, Ubi always had a sport for smaller, indie/AA scale projects working things out semi-independently.

>>723019090
Its a crime not all heroes 3 creatures were present in mm7 and cows somehow ended up in Jadame. Tatalia probably imported them via sea because they had large coastline

>>723020095
I noticed this with the maps, they are PACKED with stuff. Way too cluttered in a small area

>>723020202
>>723020606
isn't this game published by Hooded Horse? How is Ubisoft involved?

>>723018306
>Markal
Based choice. It's fun how the more you build him up the better he is as the boss later on.

>unlimited counters with aoe
FUCK
ELEMENTALS

>>723020630
They've slowly migrated across the ocean floor over the 100s of years. Magic metal cows don't need to breath.

>>723020545
I don't think they ever explained who are Kreegans in Inferno army. Do all demons are Kreegans or some are other form of demon. Only Efreets are clearly not Kreegans, not sure if Cerberus is this world creature or also alien pet of Kreegans

>>723006505
HommV was always my favorite. The story is Saturday morning cartoon tier, the voice acting is.... quite something magic is weird, it has a lot of flaws.. But I love it I have already replayed it a lot of times and I still get surprised of how much bullshit it throws at you. One Khan One Clan remains the hardest mission of any Heroes game ever( not counting Factory campaign from HotA)

>>723018306
For me it's Half-Dead

>>723020719
Ubisoft owns the IP.
Unfrozen basically approached Ubisoft with their own pitch and financing.
Hooded Horse was probably contacted as a publisher because Ubisoft doesn't publish in Russia right now and not releasing a Heroes game in Russia is shooting yourself in the foot.

Finished my first game vs 4 AI players. I'm hopeful for the game. Out of all the games past 3 this is definitely the best one.

>>723020719
It's a colab publishing project. The Heroes IP still belongs to Ubisoft. Ubi probably wanted to do something with it and Hooded Horse/Unfrozen fit the bill.

>>723008819
Lmao, you thought you were about to hit me in melee? Back to the backline with you
PLAP PLAP PLAP
GET SNIPED GET SNIPED

>>723020961
How old are you?

I dislike the alchemist dust and the system behind it, being forced to do stuff like having a second hero following your main to open crypts and such is also dumb.

Also how do you see what "curse" your hero get when plundering crypts?

>>723021179
I hope we get a new mainline Might & Magic.

Seems good

>>723008893
It's the same bullshit as Heroes V. They probably also love that one. Sometimes you had to restart whole campaigns because of bad rng chucking you put of good skills. Nothing that can't be fixed with a Memory mentor( HommV Neutral building that let's you respec for gold).

>>723021453
Looks like a good skill for one hero mod.

>>723010431
Your mom, and they will add 4 more factions down the line with 0 issues

I miss the caravans from HoMM4

>>722995216 (OP)
What makes this different from Age of Wonders?

>>723001556
are the maps wholy premade or are they randomly generated?

>>723021453
The game has so many movement and manipulation spells. I imagine they wanted to eliminate hero chaining, but I feel it will be even more autistic instead. People will be setting heroes to teleport the army across the whole map and clear as many world map objects as possible.

>>723021867
Randomly generated, there are no premade maps yet.

>>723021342
I'm secretly crossing fingers too. OE gets enough positive attention and money, board games are doing very well. Even related official streams get 50k views. Hopefully these and rocky situation will motivate them to try and give some studio with money the rights.
Small, but tight RPG can sell very well and easily marketed as a Bethesda style open world.

>>723014679
The virgin Homm3 Eagle Eye vs The Chad Olden Era Arcane Visionary

oh great HoMM sages I seek your wisdom, how do I early game? barely any troops, can't fight neutral armies, what do?

>>722995216 (OP)
Is it woke and censored, or does it have some sexy female demons and stuff like the earlier entries?

>>723016034
Idk if this is a reference to Nicolai Ironfist.if it is it's omega based. They did him so dirty in m&m9, then again that game was an abortion.

>>723022041
don't waste movement on gathering resources you won't actually use yet, target gold, upgrades, gear
pick off easy battles while scouting the map
when you recruit your 2nd and 3rd heroes have them gather the resources you ignored earlier while ferrying troops to your main hero

>>723021970
what the fuck so they released whole 4 factions with random maps generated? or is there a catch?
strange move for the demo I will need to check that out

>>723016597
But they have that m&m6 SOUL

>>723021493
that building exists in this game too but its probably pretty rare as ive only seen it once

>>722998629
he was brought in quite late, I suspect he didn't have much time to work on stuff

>>723022307
They plan to release Early Access in early 2026, we might be half a year away from it.
So this game is still relatively far from being complete. This demo is not for people to try the game before buying, it's not for advertisement, it's more like a very early beta testing to gather feedback.

>>723022307
They wisely knew herofags will whine and complain if you don't give them enough to sink teeth into for at least 50 hours.
The maps are pre generated and static in demo, just so we clear.

>>723022307
You can't play online or local multiplayer but the random modes available are ostensibly PVP-oriented so this demo is not great value but it does let you see what the game is all about.

>>723020719
>anno 117 demo had fucking awful mong brain 1 hour time limit
>olden era demo is basically getting to try out 4 factions to endgame with a few modes and no time limits
Ubishit literally being wrangled by hooded horse's reddit eceleb I kneel

>>723022275
thank you wise master, I will heed your advice

>>723022307
Makes sense to me honestly

Making a proper campaign map for a demo would be nice but at the same time you would hit the wall of things to do in it real fast

>>723018306
A friend told me 10 years ago that Markal was just Stewie Griffin but necromancer and I now I can't unsee it and worse, unheard it. Alantir also steals the show. OW THE EDGE Agrael, Findan and his haikus, Biara, Wulfstan, Zehir, they were corny af, but they had charm

>>723022647
What game is this?

>>723022659
>>723022307
Watch them removing the demo after the Steam Fest.

>>723022840
>What game is this?
demo of homm2

>>723018852
Lore.accurate and Omega based if true.Considering the Archangels are produced in the Radiant Forge we actually might see the Forge town that was scrapped during Homm3 development

>>723022221
I'm pretty sure you haven't played a single HoMM game. Please do post an example of sexy female demon from the earlier entry.
Pic related is a female hero from HoMM3.

>>723022840
>Watch them removing the demo after the Steam Fest.
I mean they already said the demo has a time limit lmao are you a tard or something

>>723019783
It's bugged, it sometimes works and sometimes not. It adds to your existing stacks but if your stack is tier 6 or 7 it takes an ungodly amount of hp to raise creatures. Wonder if they will bring dark energy back

>>723022840
>What game is this?
It's just victory screen from OE redrawn with AI

>>723019085
>Jadame
Does the OE actually feature a bee faction? Yeah, thought so. Nothing much can be expected from a dishonest nostalgia bait.

>>723023420
Your incel life is dishonest

>>723023358
Ring Ring!
Ring Ring!

>>723023013
>Please do post an example of sexy female demon from the earlier entry.

>>723023507
>off model garbage
do coomers really

>>722995216 (OP)
Its soulless mobile shit.

>>723023507
Dumbass

>>723023471
hello?

>>723020719
Ubishit holds the IP hostage. They aren't doing shit with it. The slavs probably just asked for permission and Ubishit doesnt care as long it's free money for them. The sad part is that it's gonna be free money for them and I want a new mainline HOMM game but I also want to see Ubishit go down in flames. Tough call

>>723023592
>>723023665
I take it this new game is woke garbage then, since insults it all you guys have left to spew?

>>723023691
Unfrozen made a proof of concept they approached ubishit with and got the green light. I'm honestly surprised they did that

>>723023507
Nice screenshot from HoMM game, retard.

>>723021283
40. I've played every m&m game since the secret of the inner sanctum, I even played homm1, it sucks balls.

>>723023764
Ubisoft did that themselves for the x-com Mario game.

>>723023678
WUT R U DOING WIT MY DAUGHTER?!

>>723023757
why are incels like this

>>723021342
After 9 and 10 I really don't want to. Unless it's this dev team.

>>723023812
?

>>723023507
>not a demon
>not an earlier entry
Good talk

>>723021453
Summon creatures my beloved.
Plz add caravans

>>723023872
>Unless it's this dev team.
Like many HoMM autists these guys don't care about the M&M franchise, they're specifically HoMM2/3/5 stans

>>723024047
>not a demon
Might not be a demon, but my point still stands that earlier games had attractive female units.

>>723022580
It's still great marketing

>>723024225
>Moving the goalposts

>>723024225
Don't check out the t4 unit from temple in this game, you might have a stroke from chud confusion

First is Color palette: Contrast
Depth of Field, Clouds Shadows: Off
Outlines only on interactive objects
Second is default settings

>>723024298
i wish black women were real

>>723024148
There must be some m&m enjoyers who are also in game dev left, r-right? Surely there is a studio out there itching to get their hands on famous ip like that.

It basically just seems like a graphics update for HoMM3. Which is fine and all it really needs to be I suppose. I like it well enough.

>>723023507
Yeah, Blood Furies and Femdom Witches made my pee pee feel funny. Succubi and earth daughters too.

>>723024375
I don't know if everybody is a geriatric with cataracts but basically the only thing even noticeable when playing with these settings ingame was removing the cloud shadows
How can this be such a big deal to you lmao

>>723024273
Not really. I asked originally if the game was woke and censored, which appears to be the case based on the responses so far. Not a single person here who has played the demo has posted an attractive female unit so far.

So it's pretty safe to say that this game and the company behind is woke, and needs to be avoided. That was all I needed to know, thanks.

>>723024650
You were never gonna play the game anyway. Thanks for playing. Now fuck off

>>723024375
What resolution do you use? I have the same settings as the first pic but everything looks much worse, for example it's really hard to tell what the resource icons are supposed to be (I tried AA both on and off).

>>723024650
it's pretty safe to say you have terminal brain rot

>>723020840
>>723020545
the "this medieval fantasy is AKSHUALLY sci-fi, look the idiot who refers to laser rifle as mythical artifact, also demons are aliens and angels are robots etc" is so lame and gay
no wonder nobody liked the cyberpunk town in homm3

How true is this?

>>723023764
It just proves that the corpos don't give a fuck about the IP. They are just licensing it. If the pitch was about HOMM pachinkos with sexualized nagas and medusas they would still approve it cuz greed.

>>723024809
Or perhaps this

>do first game on normal difficulty
>necropolis AI shows up with a massive army and obliterates me on week 4 as if I were playing on 200%
>do another game also on normal difficulty
>have no issue winning the game, 2 dungeon and 1 schism AIs

what the fuck, is necro still OP as shit even in this game?

>>723024225
Not a demon. Also, it's fucking fanart. Do you really enjoy everyone in this thread calling you retarded?

>>723024809
>>723024879
m&m is NOT homm
m&m is some retarded larp shit
homm is hotseat kino

>>723024148
Making the setting on Jadame after the Day of the Destroyer is an interesting choice. My guess is that there's at least one m&m autist on the team.. It only takes one, the rest can code and make art etc following the directions

far too many replies for turnslop isoshit

>>722998027
It's the most popular format in homm3 for 1v1 online competitive play. It's pointless to play it against AI.

>>723024809
Not with this series. Mb if you go from Heroes to regular m&m

>>723024879
Lmao. The fucking STEAM edition.

>>723025032
>isoshit
what's that?

>>723025154
isometric im guessing, even though this game isnt

>>723025032
>saeg
Embarrassing, cretin.

>>723024707
2560x1440 plus TAA

>>723025154
The spammer schizo apparently wants to have free camera in this game. For some reason.

>>723024809
Not very, no outsider cares about mm lore or aesthetics.

>>723024590
Dunno, for some reason map becomes much clearer and readable for me.
When I look on screenshot I don't really feel it but in game it really works wonders.

>>723025193
>https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/search/text/isoshit/
Well, congrats, he invented a new word. The only other usage in the history of /vg/ was referring to a character named Isokaze.

>>723024590
>geriatric with cataracts
the game most know this series from came out in 1999 so ponder on that
t: fellow geriatric

>>723024693
>>723024730
Your concession has been collected and is pending review. Any further seethes can be shared below.

>>723024886
Maybe? They can snowball really hard but their actual units are kinda ass.
The most annoying/best thing about them are ghost plus hero who starts with animate dead spell. You simply don't lose any units at all.

>comes to the thread
>gets BTFO
>gets mad ang goes full meltdown
Fucking coomers.

>>723025601
animate dead hero is a noob trap in homm3 and its an ever bigger noob trap in this game

Is Ai cheating?

>>723025514
>haha look at this retard
>n-no you guys are seething!
embarrassing desu, you should stop posting further

>>723024590
>>723025337
for whatever reason screenshots enrage the autists
the game looks much better in action

>>722995719
Minecraft

>>723025727
>when playing with these settings ingame

>>722995809
>developement team is laundering money for russian oligarchs connected to Gazprom through cyprus.
That's based tho
I'm sold on this game now

>>723025514
Confession denied

>>723025806
You should check out their previous game if you like darkest dungeon/roguelites, the more missiles to putin the merrier

what do I do midgame when I can recruit all 7 tiers of units? do I just have one per slot? is it worthwhile to specialize in just a few units instead of having all 7?

>>723020107
Seethe

>>723025693
>animate dead hero is a noob trap in homm3
Thant is very meta in HotA multiplayer. He is not the first hero selection due to poor starting army, but every necro player prays to see him as the second hero in the tavern. You can do insane things just by resurrecting your skeleton stack.

>>723025828
gm saaar

>>723026046
>He is not the first hero selection due to poor starting army
thats why its a noob trap
in this game its for a different reason, the speciality is just nowhere near as good as some of the others

>>723024798
I disagree but it was makers fault for not adapting any of sci fi stuff in Heroes, so Forge felt out of place when revealed/leaked

>>722998107
because turns are fast, are you stupid? turns where you control 6-8 heroes army swapping and whatsnot are extremely long and tedious.

>>722998814
yeah, 5was wow graphic and blatant warhammer riposs, this shit is korean mmo graphics

>>723024798
> fantasy is found to be sci-fi at the end
this is literally every single Might & Magic game going back to the first one

>>723026213
You can only disagree if you have deep lore knowledge of the M&M series, which I think most people who play HoMM don't, and I bet most didn't even know M&M either existed or thought it was some weird spin-off when discovering it after Homm2/3
For only knowing HoMM, the scifi shit is retarded, it's why saying inferno are alien bugs and angels robots is such a mindfuck to some people

>>723020545
they are using old Hive and demons as jumping point for the new faction, it will probably canonically get completely wiped out as a result of OE storyline

>>723000718
this is complete cringe shit, some retarded tranny power who the fuck designed it. homm3 necro is god, you kill bunch of peasants you get bunch of skeletons. overbalance shit at the expense of fun always sucks.

>>723020107
I bet you support jews

>play game
>choose necropolis
>reach a point where you're just clicking on every encounter on the map, yes to everything, accepting every autocombat outcome and your numbers just keep growing
>trample over all your ai opponents
>win
they nailed the gameplay

so does it increase or decrease?

>>723025917
In HoMM3 you pretty much never run with all 7 starting faction stacks even on slow and resource poor maps. Some units are so bad it's just not worth spending money on them. For example, necros never build or upgrade zombies. Same for wraiths, they are often skipped. Instead people try to fill empty slots with t6-t7 units from other factions.
From what I have seen so far, it's the same in Olden Era.

>>723026667
If you think there is an "anti-jew" side in the slave wars then I have a reality check for you lil chuddie
Guess who brags about israel having a lot of people from their home country speaking their mother tongue

>>722995216 (OP)
So I am trying to figure out about where Olden Era stays in HoMM
- Heroes (1), 2 and 3 are core of series.
- Homm 4 is just a very weird direction. Good on its own, but a huge side step.
- Homm 5 is great step forward regarding core mechanics, squeezing some stuff, but staying true.
- Hanen't played 6.

Where the "Olden era" lands? compared to 3 and 5?
BTW, I love 2, because of aesthetics. It's wonderful, even if some elements are unbalanced as fuck.

>>723019090
4U

>>723026861
Which difficulty?

>>723019783
are you actually using a hero with necromancy? you can recruit non-faction heroes

>>723026976
>From what I have seen so far, it's the same in Olden Era.
It's even better as necropolis has a diplomacy might hero for some fucking reason, and it has the most overpowered ultimate skill in the game to boot

>>723027139
The one that says 100% (don't remember if normal or hard)

>>723027034
How about you ask us when the game comes out of early access? There's only so much one can tell without the full breadth of scenarios the devs intended, all the campaigns, all the factions and everything else that's not in the demo. The demo is fine, it looks questionable and the ui sucks, but the game play is goog.

>>723027243
hard is 100%, normal is 75%

>>723027034
its 3 but with more mechanical depth similar to 5
best of both worlds really, assuming the final product keeps up with the quality seen so far

>>723027034
it lands in the "hasn't even released yet and there's still >1 year of development left" tier

>>723027281
>>723027298
>>723027339
Thanks for encouragement.

>get cursed
>can't find the curse or its effects anywhere
Guess I'm not cursed then

>t6 schism unit
>deal more damage with ranged the further away the enemy is
>one activated ability is to make enemy backpedal 4 squares
Holy kino I found my fav unit in this game

>>723027403
im 90% sure the curse either doesnt work or is so minimal it literally doesnt matter, i've got 50 hours in the playtest alone and that shit never did anything

>>723027117
I love these sniffy boys so fucking much.

>>723027117
Dungeon heroes ride on a gorgon? Wew

>>723026213
that's my point
if it was a tastefully done blend of fantasy and scifi the whole way through, then sure. but it's a normal fantasy game and then randomly lol robots
>>723026478
I know. It's not blended well in those games either, because it's a le hecking twist

>>723028159
I think part of it is it's a product of the time, that sort of twist was *very common* in 1960s-1980s fantasy (Dragonriders of Pern, etc) and that's part of what inspired the original M&M games