(Comes out in EA tomorrow).>waaah, how can it look like a mobile game when Ubisoft gave them a bajillion dollars to develop it?>meanwhile: The game is funded and developed by the Unfrozen team alone, which gave us creative freedom, but also posed some technical and financial limitations we had to consider.
looks like shit
Allegedly it's good. I'm not so sold on the artstyle, but we'll see. Can't be worse than HoMM 7, right?
>>737868826This and Dawn of War 4 will be great couch-RTS games
Why is there anti soul fog
>>737868826give me one (singular) reason why I should play this instead of having another run of Songs of Conquest?
>>737870491Songs of Conquest is made by pozzed western devs and Homm Oldem Era is made by based ruskies with homm3 running in their veins
>>737870491I don't play modern games without fanservice.
>>737870491for example songs of conquest is shit I'm still mad at myself I didn't refund it
can i play as Jadame's merchant guild?
>>737871563it has modding support so you can make them yourself
>>737868826>Be hive>Have units that blow themselves upJust terrible
>>737873149aren't those spawnable units that don't actually are in your army?
>>737868826Looks like mobile shit.
>>737874562I thought they were t1 units but looking it up i think you're right
The game is called olden era because it's set in enroth in the past
>>737868826How can anybody look at this shit and say it is a direct follow-up to HoMM3? Jesus christ, 3 was so clean and elegant. This looks fucking disgusting.
My snakewife Ylwari
>>737875042lets be honest, nobody thinks it will beat HoMM3. Nothing ever will.We just wanna play something new
>>737875042>>737875258Gameplay is way better than HoMM3
>>737868826The crazy thing is that the actual game when you play it looks great but there is just something about it that makes it look weird in screenshots.I literally took screenshots of things I thought looked great in the demo and then I look at the screenshot and wonder wtf happened.
>>737875503I guess the creatures are designed to look good while moving and end up looking weird in still images.
>>737875373Wanna elaborate on that retard?
>>737875042because everyone says it about gameplay
>>737875626Literally every mechanic from 3 is done better in Olden Era. There are also some additional systems that improve the gameplay.
>>737870641Fuck russia, I will not buy the game. Will only consider it once they fucked off Ukraine, and publicly executed putin.
>>7378688263/10Did not overthrow the government
>>737868826The music is soulless ambient dogshit. Paul Romero didn't work on this, and if he really did, he should just retire completely. The magic is gone.
>>737877036Okay Mykola
>>737877138You need to get better material, shitposter-kun
>>737877479zoomie-chan, you have terrible taste in music if you believe this trash is even close to something like HoMM2.
>>737870641>just copy HoMM 3, but make it look like a mobile game and with fewer towns and gayer units>aslo early access slopYep, the definition of soul
>>737868826I tried out the demo for this game. It looks so-so but is pretty fun to play. If the actual game is better or as good as the demo (with more stuff) it'll be a proper time vampire like the old HOM games.
>>737877549You are desperate to hate the game, but can't think of anything to dislike outside of graphics and music. The music might not be as good as in 3, but it is far from bad.
>>737875626not having initiative and speed be the same statbetter ai (actually uses wait, doesn't get baited by 1-stacks)unit skills add depth
>>737870641I agree with the other anon, it's shit. I'm mad I didn't refund it for my friend, still regret it. Jewtuber told him it's good and he knew I like Heroes, but it's fucking garbage.
>>737878036meant for>>737870491
>>737868826Can I lay as a tranny(you)?
>>737878098>layrapelay you say?
>24 hours to release>no discussion
will they add more factions post release or nah
>they've buffed concubus jiggle since demo version
>>737869387I played a bunch of the demo, and the gameplay is the best homm gameplay since 3 imo. I forgot about the art style a few hours in.
>>737880734From what i remember, there won't be new factions during early access and they aren't working on any, but are open to adding more post actual release.
>>737868826It feels very "competitive" focusedIts hard to pinpoint the exact thing, but I'm pretty sure there will be tournaments sponsored by EA in future.I don't wanna hate of course and am happy for people who enjoy it. I'll stick to HoMM myself.
Wasn't going to buy the EA at first but after 300 hours of StS2 I could really use a new game
>EAI SLEEP until 1.0
>>737880928>It feels very "competitive" focusedIs it balanced in a homogenized "same things in different colors" way or what?
>ice faction is no longer tower but now schism>no more naga wives
>>737880928>It feels very "competitive" focusedProbably because the first maps released were some of the more popular homm3 pvp maps. All gas, no buildup.
>>737869347fpbp
>>737881214it's made by and for people who grind preset maps like Jebus Cross/Outcast rather than engaging with any other aspect of the gameAll maps in the demo were generated from presets rather than being handmade scenarios. We'll see how those (+campaign) look once it releases
>>737881415>no more nagasNANI?!
>>737868826>inferno units are just ... oversized bugsliterally what fresh hell is this
>>737881214It's very far from that. I expect that true compfags will eventually start complaining about the meta being too unstable. The game modes available in the demo are PvP focused, but the game mechanics, other than maybe neutral magic, don't feel like they are mainly designed for PvP.
>>737881676lorelet please
Only thing that I really like seeing is mod support, rest is kinda ehhh good enough I guess but it lacks that comfy feeling
>>737881676hive is not inferno>>737881643schism is not towerinb4>this game is not goodyeah, we know
>>737882173what will they do to the desert and swamp factions
>>737880816I still don't understand what Schizm's thing is.
>>737882653I think it's supposed to be eldritch lovecraft inspired but it's done in the most boring, derivative way imaginable, just like the rest of the game really
>>737882454inevitable dlc if the game does well
>>737868826I got 20+ hours out of the demo, and I'll get the game, but I don't buy early access games on principle, so I'll wait for a full release.
>>737882653Schism is "demon-summoning: the faction" mechanically, and ctulhu-stuff aesthetically.
>>737883207I think the early access version has act 1 of the campaignIt's also got lots of reworks compared to the demo, like the ui and the battlefield being larger
Does EA come with RNG map generation at launch? I won't consider the game playable until it does.
>>737883650literally already demo has it?
>>737883612holy fucking boobasis that really from the game?
>>737883764Why would I know that? Its your job to sell a game to me Mr. Marketer.Anyway if it does I will purchase your game.
looks absolutely dogshit mobile tier slopwheres the HOMM 3 charmthe handdrawn shitpre rendered shyte
>multiplayer is ffa only>no support for 2v2 or other team games yetvery strange decision if true. this is like basic functionality, why would they push it off?
>>737883650That was in the demo already. Random generated HoMM maps sort of suck though. I'm much more looking forward to custom scenarios and community created maps.
>>737868826An isometric turn based game of this nature could benefit from ultra realistic fantasy graphics. I mean... imagine Total warhammer 3 graphics but 10x better.Instead, they chose cartoonish and phone tier graphics
>>737883906last time it was seen 30 years ago in homm 3
>>737883990Because they're gonna release it on mobile too after that
>>737883913That is odd if true. I can't imagine teams being difficult to implement.
>>737883990remember where ubisoft is today..actually signs are they are making homm8 alongside it so who knows
>>737883990No and also exfuckingplode.
>still no price revealhow much is this going to cost?
>>737884075fuck off, boomer
>>737884119I think some stores already list it for keys but I didn't bother actually checking
>>737884130No you fuck off you little zoomie faggot. You already have TWW3 and soon TWW40k for your hyper realistic blood and guts fantasy. HoMM3 is a game that should look like a fantasy novel straight out of the 80s.Eat a bowl of liquid shit.
soul
>looks like crap>plays like HoMM3 but worseIf you just remake the same game from decades ago without making meaningful changes, AND it looks like crap. Then I might as well just play that old game instead that plays the same and doesn't look like crap.
>>737884217hd edition is so fucking ugly
>>737883990It could have been worse...
>>737884273ewww
>>737884226lol
>>737884217olden era devs could learn a thing or two from this 30 year old game's art direction. the pale colors and no contrast are a disgrace
>>737884193There are no excuses for a 2026 turn based game to have graphics worse than FFX on a PS2.
>>737884376>the pale colors and no contrast are a disgracezoomer spotted
>>737884217The skeleton in the dungeon army is triggering me. Why the fuck would you fuck up your morale for a fucking t1 unit? Literally better as just as empty slot.
>>737884464rather what fucking pussies rest of the army are>is that a s-skeleton?? AIEEEEE
>>737884450>no argumentsthanks for playing
Here's how the new ui looksScreengrabbed from a streamer who got early access accessThe red squares are toggleable and shows aggrozones
>>737884654Is there an option to disable the basedboy icon on the bottom left? It clashes quite badly with the rest of the ui.
>>737884654couldn't they at least give it a speck of character? anything
>>737884654Is there anything else to those aggro zones or are we at the level of brainrot in which "walking to an enemy will cause a battle" is a hard enough concept to grasp that specific displays are provided?
>>737884842sorry, he stays
>>737884654Did the game have a high contrast setting where clickable elements would have stronger colors compared to the background, or did I daydream it?I guess mods will improve the visuals anyhow.
>>737884953>couldn't they at least give it a speck of character? anythingyou could say that it looks pretty DEADhaahahahaha
>>737884959pro gamer haxxors always play 3 with a fucking grid on so go figure
>>737868826How much campaign is ready since it's EA?It's good they got all six factions ready, and I can skirmish with a friend just fine, but campaign junk is what I value first
>>737873149Infernal (hive now) has been consistently the worst faction in the good HOMMs (3 and 5). This is the first time it's actually playable in a decent HOMM.
>>737885105first one or just half of first campaign
>>737884959I assume the main utility is to easily identify which resources can be picked up without a fight. Kind of pointless for casual play, but i can see why PvP tryhards would use it
>>737883990king's bounty 2 did that and ate shit
>>737884654>give early acces to streamersInto the trash it goes.
>>737884953they did, it's called "ripping off HoMMV, the second most played in Russia"
>>737884969That is in the game
So which games should I pirate so I can finally try them out? I'm not opposed to actually buying them if I like them.
>>737885374idk the ones that interest you.
Rather eat glass, than subject myself to russian "member heroes 3??" slop.
>>737885374all NWC heroes games are good (yes, even 4)5 was made by a different dev, they tried things, and it's mostly good6, 7 were made by a different different dev, and suffer from copypasting and ubisoft retardation, I can't recommend but you can still try itthe series got its setting from an old dungeon crawler franchise called Might&Magic, try some of those (6, 7, 8) too if that genre tickles you fancy There's also a first-person action-RPG by Arkane that's technically also part of the franchise, but really hasn't got that much to do with the actiual games. Still good tho
>>7378856144 is a good game it is just very difficult to look at
>>737885614>extra klasyka>19.99zł We didn't know how good we had it.
>>737885374HoMM 2 + fheroes2 source portHoMM 3 Complete (gog) + hd mod + SoD_SP pluginHoMM4 + opengl wrapper
>>737884654>everything glowsCould have just drawn yellow paint over it. Absolute garbage.
>>737884993
>>737886646Holding alt makes interactable objects glow. It doesn't look like that all the time.
So is this a pvp game or what? I thought it was a PvE game vs AI but this new one is giving me CIV V pvp vibes
>>737886091Noted, will give these a shot.
>CIVWVVpvppv
>>737869347Fpbp.I won't play any Heroes game after III.
>>737868826Not a big fan of the art style, would prefer an art style that is a bit less detailed
Reminder to not pay for slop. Pirate it.
>>737887106It's mostly a PvE game. Even PvP is 95% PvE, with players directly interacting only at the very end.
>>737884067looks like it's real. guess i'm not buying until they add it in.
>>737887534okay these devs are clearly retarded DEI hires. Don't buy this shit.
>>737887534I wonder how many days it will take for modders to beat the devs to it.
>>737868826I would play the shit out of it, but the WOW, pixar, tumblr art is faggy as hell.
Literally why bother making a modern homm game Boomers will never move on from 3, zoomers don't even know what homm isUnironically they should have a proper dungeon crawling m&m game
>>737888085It is the 8th most wishlisted game on steam. There is definitely interest.
>>737888157Most of them will drop it when they realize they'll get stomped by experienced homm 3 fags and still in ea
>>737885374If you like RPGs, you should also try Might and Magic 6, 7, and 8. I think it’s pretty cool to explore the world you got to know in HoMM from a first-person perspective. In terms of the timeline, MM6 takes place after HoMM2, and HoMM3 comes after that. You can look up how the rest fit in if you end up liking them.
>>737888209Most won't play online multiplayer against randoms
Phoenixes got their model upgraded:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YORCyN0B88Looks a lot better than the old one
>>737868826>comic style
>>737890096Yeah shoulda been a super realistic style with blood and guts and an epic metal soundtrack dude
Hello again advertisement devs, I was gonna buy it but now I will pirate it. Reason?You gave special access to streamers and youtubers, and I refuse to support (You) and devs that treat the regular audience as second class citizens.
Will they seriously have a ranked PvP mode for a fucking HoMM game?
>>737890226meds
>>737890221exactly
>>737890286They're eastern european devs.
>>737890221>HoMM but cool and edgyYes please.
>>737890436Its called total warhammer dude check it outNow face the wall btich.
>>737890472How is TW Warhammer like HoMM?What were you smoking?
>>737890556HoMM but 'cool and edgy' is as homm as warhammer is. you deserve it stupid faggot.
>>737869387I liked 7, if animations would be better the game would be ok
I don't support Russian games. Marketing thread.
>>737890621Do I now?I would really like to get HoMM, Disciples or King's Bounty style game in horror setting.
>buy this game>in turn I support the russian war and give them money
>>737883990Holy foocking realistic fantasy graphics
Russian game = I buy.
>>737890942[Пeчaльныe Извecтия]
>>737868826>look like a mobile gameSince I don't play mobile games nobody has still explained why this is a bad thing, looks better than 5 and 7 at least
>>737890286homm 3 already has that entire system modded in and people play it
>>737868826>Comes out:)>in EA:(((
>>737892054>why is a new entry to a beloved PC franchise looking like a f2p mobile game while costing $20 (and releasing in EA) bad againanon, I...
>>737892251Looks better than 5Show the date of your latest HoMM save or begone tourist
>>737868826How is it compared to Age of Wonder 4?
>>737868826>washed out >no contrast>antisouvl gasENOUGH!!!!!>>737884217much better, as this anon said >>737884376>>737884273this at least has contrast and isn't washed out as bad, genuinely much better than olden era.>>737884654>ANTI-SOVL GASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MAKE IT STOP!!!!!
>>737892551waa
>>737868826>Not a single sexy female unit on the entire boardI was excited, but not anymore...
>>737892780
HoMM3 fags should be gassedFact
>>737893384>we hate the original fanbase that we are trying to sell toamazing
>>737893384truth nuke Total HoMM3fag DEATH
>>737892551>this at least has contrast and isn't washed out as bad, genuinely much better than olden era.guaranteed replies.jpg
Forge cooming to HotA, but only in campaign ...wut?
>>737893460>>737893501>>737893384but this game is literally homm3 (and a bit of 5) memberberries?!
>>737893540I am 100% serious.Both are worse than homm3. But songs has at least contrast and isn't washed out like oldenshit.>>737893601>but its the samebut it's not.
>>737893601>and a bit of 5Where?
>>737893643>But songs has at least contrast and isn't washed out like oldenshit.holy shit this is some quality bait and I'm just slurping it up
>>737893682My little anon cannot possibly be this big of a tourist
>>737893601>cool devils replaced with yucky bugsNot even close. I don't care if it was the shittiest faction.
>>737893595I expect them to notice that it will take ton of work to make a faction 1% of players will see in game and just unlock it for all singleplayerotherwise I'll have to manually enable it for everything while wishing death to russia
>>737893719compare this image >>737868826 to this >>737884273last bump from me.
the demons were cool and it sucks they are replaced by bugs but why have my tower nagawives been replaced by tentacle monsters or whatever those things are
>>737893460They're insufferable and annoying. They don't and never will like anything but HoMM3. They exist just to be a some sort of Chinese torture for HoMM threads.Sorry HoMM3 maybe kino of higher order but we must make sacrifices for the future.Gassing is the only way.
>>737893857gay lore reasons probablyalso tower is shit 3slop, give me academy or give me death
>>737893874>They don't and never will like anything but HoMM3They dont even play homm3, ask them to screenshot their latest save and they'll never do itJust tourists looking for the next bit of outrage dopamine
>>737868826How the fuck do they make it look worse than almost 30yo game. Is everything an AI sloppa now?
>>737868826i know my PC is ancient but i dont get why this game which looks barely above something from 2005 needs this many resources
>>737893874if you can't surpass a 30 year old title maybe you should cut your loses instead of shilling for and trying to make this amateur early access tripe parasiting off of HoMM work?
>>737893972My nigger do you think I play it daily or something?
>>737893847the OP has colorful creatures, the songs of silence has shitty blurry smeared generic humans.don't try to be an art critic when you're objectively wrong.
>>737894091>install from only 2.5 years ago, no saveThanks for proving my point tourist
>>737894040>if you can't surpass a 30 year old titleAlready surpassed.See we really should gas all HoMM3fags. They don't even play vanilla HoMM3.
>>737894193>Already surpassedin what way? it looks like shit lmao
>>737893874>you fucking chud, you fucking CHUD, buy my game you fUCKING CHUD!
>>737893874This, HoMM3onlyfags are the vegans of HoMM
>>737894236>he doesnt even knowgrim...
>>737894157>he never bought a new pc since 90s You have to be dumber than a nigger...
>>737894236>it looks like shit lmaoNot enough realistic grohpics frfr no cap
>>737894323Concession accepted, tourist
I like HOMM5 more than any other HOMMPlease do not shoot me
>>737894572Me too, homm3 is great, but homm5 has a cozy campaign, does a lot of new things nicely and is much easier to get into.
>>737894572Clubbing to death it is.I like IV the most.
>>737894572HoMM5.5 is basically the best thing ever.
>>737894716Yeah, you summed it up for me pretty well>>7378947544 is unique, but I just couldn't get into it as much. But I liked playing it.
>>737894572i would probably play unmodded 5 over unmodded 3, but hota > 5.5
>>737894348>hurr durr i'm the dumbest nigger who ever existedYou're the best argument why abortion should be legal even after birth.
>>737894794>prove you're not a tourist>proves he's a touristLmfao :DD
>>737893682the entire UI design, multiple choice of unit upgrades and several music tracks are literally ripped off from 5
>>737894794The absolute state of HoMM3 fags
>don't have caravans in this game that EVERYONE liked >being forced to have 5 heroes just to run into each weekly building each week to gather matsSeriously, who even like this kind of busy work?
oh ok I got le jebaited I see
That UI is a hard no for me. Those mobile icons are just too ugly.
>>737894764Yeah, homm5.5 is greatI tried playing the Ancients mod recently, with 5.5, and I couldn't beat the first fucking mission. I'm so washed...>>737894896They have a ton of world spells that can recruit from buildings, teleport between towns, upgrade units remotely, transfer units between armies, and yes, instantly recruit from buildings to towns.You just have to manage mana eco a bit more.
>>737869347fpbp. honest to god looks like some kind of epic games store NFT game.
>>737894896because homm3 streamers love ferrying, so we must have ferryingfuck progress that was made in the series 25 years ago
Why do threennies talk only about visuals and not gameplay
>>737868826mobile garbage
>>737895082>because homm3 streamers love ferryingwtf are you talking about? Literally every single tournament and the most popular template is played with 1 hero only.
>>737895132So why did the devs refuse to add caravans then or any kind of QoL that people actually like?
>>737875258Olden era will beat III like V did it once
>>737895089if they talked about gameplay they'd be mogged by homm5
>>737895170Ask the devs, how would I know. Pretty much everyone agrees ferrying is retarded.
This is how HoMM looks on mobile.
>>737895212That's cool, I don't play mobile games though
I fear that neutral magic will prove to be a mistake. Having such easy access to travel spells is going to invalidate map design.
>still no priceyou just know they are going to price it 40+ bucks
Here for incredible seething when OE will turn successful and ressurect series
>>737895339dimension door and fly already invalidated map design, and they were locked into specific magic schools, making leveling up more railroaded
>>737895339Olden era learnt from 5 and overworld spells are tied to hero level + visited mage guild level rather than just requiring one school of magic (+wisdom) like in 3
>>737895395Then don't buy it.Get the free™ copy instead.
>>737895089Classic /vee/. In one thread you see anons posting about how graphics/story/atmoshere/characters/romances/writing/visuals don't matter because of hekking gameplayrino in another thread same anons are seething about lack of all this shit and call ur game without graphical interface autism simulator. Threennies wouldn't able to survive gameplay talk without mods and "esport restrictions"
>Destroys the fanbase and the game balance.
>>737869768Soul has become such a meaningless buzzword. Just say you don't like it.
>>737893384Tpbp
>>737895434>>737895445I agree that having them be neutral is better than being tied to a school, but dimension door at level 12 feels not restrictive enough.
>>737895395I wouldn't pay 40, but I will pay 30 which I suspect the price'll be
>>737894896Devs are ultra retard boomers who wanted chain carries
>>737894896>>737895703broyour reinforcement map spell?
>>737895675I'm just going to assume the game ships with a map editor that will solve that problem in both singleplayer and multiplayer vs mates, nothing else matters anyway
>>737893874Yeah, same shit as other old games like morrowind or gothic
>>737868826I dropped song of conquest because niggers, is this better?
>>737895675>but dimension door at level 12 feels not restrictive enough.but it's also limited to once per turn and costs a lot of mana
>>737895905True
>>737894572Based. Game of my childhood. Angels are cuties
>>737896016I don't think either of those are going to matter much, but i hope i'll be proven wrong.
>entire game is pandering to the 0.01% of HoMM players, the russian "hardcore" PvPers>refuse to add actual QoL like the caravan system because they think it's "skillful" being forced to have 10 heroes collecting weekly stuff every single turn>game has no identity, HoMM known for its typical high fantasy stuff with elves, demons, dwarves and other typical fantasy stuff barely has any of this and instead the devs adding their shtity DONUT STEEL factions nobody likesI seriously hate HoMM3 fags so much, why even make this new game if you are just trying to copy HoMM3 without any of the improvements from the other games?
>>737896119..the Angels are boys, though?
>>737892490Well you can't just build cities anywhere, you fight over what's already placedSo, Age of Wonders 1
>>737896190>the only possible improvement is caravan>ignoring spell upgrades, creature sidegrades, artefact upgrades, activated abilities (brand new to 3 until the factory faction in hota), neutral adventure spells, ultimate skills and moremental illness
>>737896190>no we can't add caravans because managing resources and making decisions to take them is a skill expression :)>oh btw we've added auto battle that most of the time is better than fighting manually even if you play perfectly!
>>737896313in 5 they were women
>>737896186That does make things better. If the lower level neutral spells end up having high utility, dimension door will also have an additional opportunity cost.
>>737896561That's not a woman that's a korean
>>737895991BOOOOO!!!!!
For me it's HoMM5 succ
>>737896510>oh btw we've added auto battle that most of the time is better than fighting manually even if you play perfectly!one thing i find weird is how auto battle can have different results than real battle. auto battle should just be a pure simulation, with your units attacking or running at other units, zero strategy involved. but it's not, it's something else. you can see this especially when fighting kittyhorns.
>>737896572>>737896939Utility spells (dimension door included) are so bad that at least in the demo you really needed the recruitment skill which allows for you to teleport troops from towns to your hero
HoMM 5.5 > HoMM 3 from a gameplay standpoint.I love me HoMM3 but if or when I want to play 3, its right there. I'm welcoming of new things and concepts.I will probably buy Olden Era some time in the future after a major patch or two to see how things shake out.
>>737897020>HoMM 5.5 > HoMM 3And HOTA > 5.5
>>737896510If you can't beat the autobattle, you are just bad. HoMM3 also had autobattle btw.
>>737897062I disagree.
I wish 5.5 had normal map generation instead of some weird shitor generally it was clear for "new" players instead of having vague settings and convoluted mechanics. like how do I know where settings for normal players end and sweat starts
I want an easy version of HoMM 5
>>737897252if you set enemy ai to defensive they never leave their area
>>737883612Wishlisted it before seeing the phantom boobs in the steam page, it only made me want the game more.
>>737868826I mean it does look like a soulless mobile game.I will stay with HoMM 2 and 3 since I'm happy with those.
Homm6 looked better.
>>737883990>ultra realistic fantasy graphicsLike 99% of games coming out now, since they are all done by buying "realistic" assets and having only gray and brown as color? Fuck that shit, I'd rather have it looking like Clash of Clans
>>737895212omg it's literally the same thing
>>737888902red phoenixes look great. the blue ones are too neon but it's whatever, they're ok.
>>737896561sex
>>737884273This would look OK if everything was pixelated instead of mixing high res, 3D and pixel art all in the same game. It's not ugly, just disjointed, no art direction
>>737883990That would look stupid with every unit having the same scale.
>>737884273They could have just did it the way HoMM3 did and it would look better
>>737896561you won't convince me that's not anime man
What exactly is mobile looking about the game? I thought "mobile look" was over the top exaggerated features like the head being larger than usual, really bright and colorful colors... pretty much WoW/Blizzard graphics?
>>737893384Those retards really need to admit much of their game is objectively poorly designed.
>>737898546It's cheap bait. This image >>737895212 pretty much destroys the argument.
>>737898546
>>737898724dunno if it's bait as it's prevalent opinion in entire communityit's moba graphics tho
>>737894896Hope we can just mod those in
I'd rather play Valheim than this faux-boomer mobile trash
>>737895597I'm with anon. Why are games moving backwards?
>>737899002>ValheimOooh that's too harsh, bro
>>737895597>>737899027I think this game is not completely soulless, might look too WoW-like for some but to me the graphics are fine. Hey it even has some cuties in it, no safe horny garbage.
>>7378970203's WoG is almost as good as 5.5
I liked HoMM 4>>737898546Flat and milquetoast art style, mix of 2d and 3d assets making it look cheap.
>>737899364I liked everything about HoMM 4 except the battle and town art
>>737898778Yeah I see everyone keep saying how it looks like a mobile game, but I don't really see how. This is what I think of when someone says mobile games >>737895212 >>737898747I'm not saying this game looks "great", but I think the graphics are not really the problem but more of the design choices overall like how the factions/units are just boring.Take the Grove faction for example, all the colors are so washed out, it doesn't feel like nature at all. It should be vibrant, green and colorful. Instead its this brown and dull color scheme.And this applies to everything in this game, it feels like the art direction overall is just really lacking. The graphics looks fine imo, but the creativity and art direction is shit. No unit stands out and they all blend together because colors and everything is so washed out (this is also a modern game problem).
>streamers get to play firsti will now pirate your game
>>737899506This is very rude.
>>737899594kiddingwouldve pirated it anyway, played for 30min and then uninstalled like homm3
>>737887352IV ost > III ost tho
>>737899676I will tho
You give streamers special access and privileges = I will pirate your game If they won't have to pay for your game, neither will I
>now the zoomers are crying over streamersjesus
>>737899364I respect HoMM4 for attempting something different at least, and it does have my favorite campaigns in the series plus the best music
>>737899893kk
Songs of conquest has 10x the soul
wait does 5.5 add H4 music? I've noticed H3 music in it but I didn't play much with that mod
>>737900050Yes mr. dev, if you pander streamers I shant be buying your game. Easy as that
>>737875896>Literally every mechanic from 3 is done better in Olden EraElaborate.
>>737878017>>737900353Get new material
>>737900353Name a mechanic
>>737884217>HD Edition>Soul
>>737875896No caravans
>Comes out in EA tomorrowWhy even make a thread at that point? I'm not paying money to beta test shit.
>>737900509Because it's a video game, sorry I know you're used to Twitter threads but this is literally on topic
>>737900660>It's a video game!An unfinished one that will probably get abandoned, yes.
>>737900736Yes, just like Baldur's Gate 3.
>>737900479bro...
>>737900736Twitter zoomers were a mistake
>>737900786BG3 is a degenerate porn simulator, not a video game
>>737868826lmao looks like a mobile game
>>737900876There's barely any porn or romance scenes at all in that game, each character has maybe 2-3 scenes at max
>>737900838I'm 35 and you know I'm right. Early Access is a fucking cancer.
>>737900876Weird cope but okay zoomnoid
>>737868826The presentation i.e. visuals and sound are some of the most important things to HoMM as a series, arguably more important than anything else. This shit could be synthesized in a lab to produce HoMM3-esque gameplay yet it'll still be entirely uninteresting because of how it looks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPj61-K7MaMJust looks at this shit, just listen to this shit. Come the fuck on.
>>737896561that's a man, baby
>>737901136True, but if I can get the map editor in my hands earlier than the full release, I am all there for it.
>>737902079yep
Kill all HoMM3fags
>>737895212Man i remember playing this shit, its biggest gacha shit i ever played and ppl actually spend thousands of dollars to it.
>>737869347this, what's up with the plastic looking graphics, looks like those fake mobile games from ads, is it so hard to make good pixel art
I dont care this game is shit or not, they found cutest slava ever, i would marry her in heartbeat, i will buy this game just because of her.
>>737902992That's Slavophobic.
>>737868826I even think Olden Era is doing some things good, but H3 is just more pleasant to look at.S O R R Y
>>737903662Oh no, somebody call the UN!
>>737895186>Olden era will beat III like V did it onceWhere is your HoMM5, huh? HoMM 3 is still the king. Cope.
>>737903392>they found cutest slava everneah, the one who travelled with bald and bankrupt is much cuter.But this chick is pretty cute as well, and I love her role plays and dedication.
>>737903392I don't think she is slavic, always figured her for a balt
>>737868826Why would I play this? Sell it to me. I'm 36 is played them all, what new things can it offer me?
>>737905380No reason, the series just isn't for you
>>737905776who is it for then? Isn't the main point to pander to people who played the previous games to bait them with nostalgia?
>>737906039For no one :(((please don't play it
>>737906039Read >>737906978Go away. Its not for you.
HOMM 3That is all
>fantasy army game>don't add classic fantasy stuff>instead we have a bug faction and LIDL chuthulu faction This is the biggest issue with this game, it's so uninspiring. Only a few units look nice and awesome
I like how it looks
>>737907286Profound. Bold.
>looks like a mobile gameI don't see it. Looks fine to me.
>>737906039If they can get 20% of the slavs who have been playing HoMM3 for like 30 years they're in the green.
>>737907415It's a little bit cartoony and 3D, which is what mobile games go for. This is the second style I prefer after homm3's though.
Funny how the two holy cows of eastern europe are getting something almost simultaneously, the gothic remake and this.
>HoMM in 2026Nobody plays these games. (You) didn't even know it even existed until (insert internet game reviewer channel name here) did an hour long review of a few entries.HOMM has no modern audience.
Playing this game for an hour gave me motion sickness. Why is the game so blurry?
>>737906978>>737907065elaborate or fuck off, faggot
i have never played hommthis a good place to start?
>>737907723nah I played homm3 when I was a kid
>>737907794As good as any. They're very simple games at the core.
>>737907827No (You) didn't. (You) were born in 2005.
Do they realize that 99.9% of players don't care about "competitive PvP" in these games and pandering to the PvP crowd alone is retarded?
>>737907959(You)r mom would say otherwise
>>737907782don't play mobile early access cartoonnot elaborate at all :(
>>737908037Nonargument. I'm 14 years older than (You) and I KNOW (You) are lying.
>>737902079>boomslop pixelshitget into the coffin unc, past your bedtime or idk make another morrowind thread to calm down
>>737907794Any homm is a good place to start. As long as you like the fantasy of the towns. I would still say homm 3 is better to start with, because its fairly easy, especially the early campaigns, which can ramp up in difficulty pretty fast. The demo of olden era mainly had pvp maps, which if you don't know how to play with tempo, you will just fall behind the AI and get stomped.
Elaborate retards!
>>737908946No.
>>737883774Yeah. And it seems a good chunk of the females are going to have nice boobies.
>>737884217>HD EditionGlad you outed yourself FAGGOT.
>>737885889Damn fucking right bro. I miss those times.
>>737893254Look at those HIPS.Would pop-out a whole army.
>>737896561No. They were bishonen males.
>>737907723Yes, people play these games. 45 year old boomers and zoomers born between 2005-2010. You can still play the game when you were a kid even if you were born in 2020.
>>737909867Nope. Wrong. Considered killing yourself in the single most painful manner that you can conceive of.
>>737907723its funny too see /v/ zoomergroid making fun from homm3 when my 9year old nephew and his friends play mobile games which look worse than flashgames from early 2000s
I'm going to play it on Saturday with my bros while we make BBQ. Hot-seat 4 lyfe.
>>737907723What fucking game reviewer even plays HOMM, last I see they all play FOTM shit.
>>737910094Seth
>Old heroes gamesHad stuff like on the right>This gameleft sideLike all the faction stuff is so overly complex
>>737907723This post REALLY triggered the zoomertimmies.
>>737910094Some ign nigger:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DipdBkPHhpU
>>737910137>HotA vs classic H3
>>737868826SHE GOON WALKHA OVER ME
>>737883906You know it had reused assets from RPG series, cutscene cgi characters or digitalized photographs for some hero portraits?
>>737868826again this thread for degenerate gooners....stupid fucking shills and porn addicts.
>>737911414Elaborate retard!
>>737911409yes, and?
>>737884654if your game needs a DEDICATED "highlight shit I can click" button it is objectively designed like ass
>>737910226huh? hota changes are just this has more defence while this costs more
>>737912291Yeah, you are right, its so much fun trying to find an item behind a fucking mountain on an XXL map in homm 3... its just the nature of the game. And I would rather have the convenience and not need it, than need it and not have it.
>>737885374migh and magic - > dungeon crawler first person seriesheroes of might and magic - > isometric shit you see heredark messiah of might and magic - > fps fantasy game made by the dishonored devs with source engine, arguably the only game worth playing in this series ;^)
>>737912291you can toggle it, and even color it so you can instantly know if you've visited the windmill this week or not
>>737902079We had so fucking good bros.
Will this have a random map generator?
>>737913021Yes, there has been one since the demo.
>>737913104Thank you. Then I will purchase this eventually. HoMM3 and 4 were games I played in my youth. I'm no good at them but they were fun.
>>737910137>QWERassfaggots fuck off
Ive been playing on PCs since 1986 and i never played a homm game. Are they like master of magic? Also why would i play this over an old one?
>>737915098>Are they like master of magic?A little>Also why would i play this over an old one?Because it's a new entry and is suppose to come with modern refinements. HoMM3 is largely the gold standard for the series, but 4 and 5 are decent too. Ignore 6 and 7. 1 is kind of charming but really old and 2 is a bit more in depth which a more whimsical style.My suggestion is to pick up Olden Era if you want to try something newer or HoMM 3 for a more classic feel. Get the gog version and install the HD mod if you do that. Do not buy the HD edition on steam.
>>737915286Nice, thanks for the write up anon.
>>737915527NEED nagawife
>>737915403Olden Era also has a demo out with a tutorial for the game so it might be worth checking out.
>>737902079is this fully admitting the games are not fun to play and are carried entirely by aesthetics?bc fuck me I want to enjoy them, they're so fucking soulful, but I'm not autistic enough to min-max every encounter nor want to spin up 3 heroes and take 20 minutes for a single turn. No I won't autobattle
mobile cartoon
>>737915586That's monster, you fucking freak. I'm going to kill it.
Nope
Give it to me straight, is this gonna be PvP-centric faggotry that dies within the time span of a month, leaving only the most dedicated soulless hylic subhumans "playing" with each other as the companies behind it desperately try to find a playerbase, invariably failing, abandoning the game in the hands of a skeleton crew that has no fucking idea what they're doing at all until the game fades into obscurity and is thus forgotten until some tranny white faggot on YouTube makes a lisp ridden essay about it, as seems to be the norm of every single goddamn RTS that tries to chase the ASSFAGGOT/Civ/etc hype......or will it be a proper game for humans to enjoy?
>>737922143The only way to play HoMM multiplayer is with hotseat. Every other multiplayer method is not playing the game.
>>737922143HoMM has always been about PVP, literally since day 1, you're looking at the wrong series
>>737922347>>737922387Straight into the trash it is then, just like every single one of these games made in the last 20 years. what a curse. game developers should get raped, they never learn anyway.
>>737922484UNC MAD
>>737896561Feet....... >>737910137>Threennies also assfaggotsPottery
Wait this game will seriously have ranked match making?What are you suppose to do, set away an entire day to play a ranked match?
My wife Motley
>>737868826>olden era>looks like your milquetoast goyslop
>>737888225
>>737869542>>737922143>RTSRetards
I like how HOMM is all about ranged units and melers are just cannonfodder.
>>737925974Probably top 3 Dungeon hero.
>game releases in less than 10h>still no priceI don't really buy games nowadays, but is this normal?
>>737927903>>game releases in less than 10hI think that's early access coming
>>737927965Nowadays an early access release like this IS the release.
>>737868826Unfrozen is like 50 people. This is probably single A or indie class budget.>>737869387Worst case scenario is the game is ass and forgotten.>>737927903Not really, but this is an unusual situation. Freebooters came it said they'll dev the game, no risk to Ubisoft. This is tiny and wont' save ubisoft, but it might be the only new thing they have making money for the year.
>>737868826Played it for around 72 hours. Demo was basically the full game without the campaigns and Sylvan+Inferno factions. What can I say its ok not a bad game. But I've been playing HoMM for a long time. The deisgns are well, these are the usual liberashka russians so what can you expect but other than that its ok with the budget they have. Still disciples 3 despite the criticism it got had GREAT deisgns so that's a bit sad.Guess I'll try the campaign and Sylvan faction once its out and I pirate it. Not gonna bother with bugs I don't know who's bright idea was to turn demons into bugs that's not inferno and has never been inferno so its not a good idea.
>>737922143If they had released it with all the campaigns it would've had more retention. Like for example H6 despite everything had long ass campaigns, and I mean really long and unique campaign mechanics, boss battles lol and so on. So it was really interesting experiment if not for the online factor and other ubishit bullshit there were some interesting ideas there.This one is just like whatever.
>>737930047>disciples 3 despite the criticism it got had GREAT deisgnslollmaoI remember hanging around Nival's forums at the time they weere supposed to show us something, anything about D3. The first piece of art they revealed was for Tiamat and it looked like a partially petrified formless blob. That was the moment I knew the game was doomed.
>>737930887Eh, I did like D3, particularly the campaign. But D3 for me was literally the "I have nothing else to play, so I might as well play this" game, so I am biased.
>>737905380It's a very refined homm3. I played demo to death, and it just hits all the right notes. It expands on some mechanics, but stays very faithful to classics. It's very obvious that devs played homm3 mp to death, and know what works there. Random map designer is taking all the point from there. Things that are missing, though, are underground maps and ships.
>>737931860No caravans makes the game shit
>>737931909You have a proper spell for this.
>>737932053Shitty bandaid fix that doesn't solve the problem.
>>737931860I am still not sold on the artstyle. I am fine with cartoony graphics, because I love me my HoMM V, but something about this shit rubs me the wrong way.
>>737932150You not being able to recruit from a dwelling on the other side of the map isn't a problem.
>>737932283The graphics are fine, its the general art design that's shit >>737899475
>>737932283The battlescape units look considerably better in motion IMO so if you've only looked at screenshots you should at least fire up the demo and take a peek. If you don't like the portraits and such then it is what it is but I think they're mostly pretty good. I really liked the awesome 3d towns in HoMM5 and would have liked to see them again but the current ones are obviously meant to be more like HoMM3 and they do a decent job.
I miss the castle flyovers from HoMM V. That shit really blew my teenage mind back in the day.
>>737932324>no huge pauldrons on the blizzard cubeThat's how I can tell this is fake and gay
>>737932712To be fair, Samwise Didier's logic behind the big pauldrons wasn't actually faulty.When you have an RTS with a top-down view camera, you'll most likely be only seeing pauldrons. So, let's make them distinct for better combat readibility.
>>737932787>When you have an RTS with a top-down view camera, you'll most likely be only seeing pauldrons.That's because you made them fucking huge.
I miss HoMM4 battle map. Diagonal, more granular, with obstacles or stacks being able to obstruct or even completely block ranged attacks. Also your hero taking part was cool for RP reasons but I can see it being a balance issue. Shame that the game was rushed out unfinished and has ever since been treated as the ugly stepchild of the family.
>>737907723I play HOTA & 5.5 several times a year, last time around 6 weeks ago. Good games are good forever, this just sounds like supreme projection. Granted your post probably applies to a lot of tourists crying about graphics
Dumb question, but it's been bugging me for a while. Is it by design that the HD mod for HoMM 3 removes the intro entirely?I miss Catherine's big boobas.
>>737907723lol
>>737877036God I'll be so happy when your kind will be too embarrassed to ever bring up Ukraine againi'm sure you'll find another NPC >cause to latch onto within days but at least this one will be over
>>737868826i played hommv 20 years ago and thought it was ok. Will I like this? I haven't really enjoyed the ubisoft era otherwise
I remember playing one of these on an older friend's PC when I was like 10
>>737869387>>737875042i have no problem with the art style but it took me several hours to get used to the overworld map i couldn't even recognize ore mines / lumber camps
My question is - are there vampire lords?Are they balanced? Because HoMM 3 vampire lords were balanced.
>>737933226change it to 1
>>737933226in hd mod launcher, tweaks tab, you can try to set show intro to 1if it doesn't work you have to copy heroes3.snd and heroes3.vid from original homm3 install into the hd mod folder where hd launcher exe is located>>737933427vampire lords are t7 this time around and fairly balanced from what i could tell in the demo
>>737933427there are but they're the highest tier unit nowdon't really know how they play
>>737933458It was the first thing I've done.It did fuck all.
>>737933492>>737933514>T7 unitWell, I appreciate that they finally dropped the pretense. Although, I'll miss the bone dragons. They were useless, but I like dragons.
>>737933520oh it only shows NWC/3do into, I guess that vid is not part of the game now, it was made for the 1st homm3 campaign.If you can find it, you can probably replace the NWC intro with it.
>>737933570Bone dragons are still in the game but they are t8 neutrals
>>737933618>guess that vid is not part of the game nowIt is but it only shows once when you first start the game.
>>737875042>Jesus christ, 3 was so clean and elegantGraphical lack of soul compared to HoMM 2 was always the lone critique levied against HoMM 3 thoughbeit.I'd say the problem is more Olden Era looks like modern slop. Which is a bit ironic with a name like "Olden". Couldn't they have made it a bit more retro or something?
>>737933663>Graphical lack of soul compared to HoMM 2 was always the lone critique levied against HoMM 3 thoughbeit.This has to be the longest shitpost ever. HoMM 3 is way more pleasant to the eye.
>>737933663>Couldn't they have made it a bit more retro or something?looking at songs of conquest, i'm glad they didn't. that game looks awful
>>737933618The intro still runs when I start the game without the HD mod. It's only the HD mod that keeps skipping in, so I wonder if that's by design. It's a non-issue, but my autism is kicking in.
>>737933647>>737933520https://www.gog.com/forum/heroes_of_might_and_magic_series/homm3_unskippable_intro_every_time_i_turn_on_the_gameThe Catherine into requires "First Time" registry entry to be at 1
>>737933776It's not supposed to apparently, HD mod makes it ignore registry entry I assume, too bad it's not part of the HD mod ini.
>>737933663No one wants that unc pixelshit
>>737927903>is this normal?Hooded Horse doesn't release the price of their games until launch, it's normal for them
So, how is Bulwark anyway?Viking snow elves sound metal as fuck on paper. I hope the campaign drops sometime soon.
>>737933912it's a lot like fortress gameplay wisetheir theme also bangs like fortresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ByRDU5ODk
>>737933912I don't like Bulwark or Factory aesthetically. Cove I could see as being a part of an expansion pack to HoMM but those two are obviously modded.
>>737933912Sees to be on the same level as other hota towns, units look fine, but barely connected to M&M.What bothers me is their new skill is only learnable on bulwark heroes but works on all units and even starts combat with a bonus if you build special buildings in bulwark castles. That only costs 1k gold too and every 3 levels adds +1 speed. Too bad they have no offense or armor specialists, no good spell specs too.
>>737934171Factory is whatever, but Bulwark looks metal as fuck. Although I don't know how it fits into the larger Might and Magic lore, because Cove is supposed to be Regnan and Factory is supposed to be from Jadame or whatever, hence the dark elves, but my M&M knowledge is spotty at best. Ans I guess M&M lore and HoM&M lore are at this point two completely separate things.I need to play Heroes Chronicles at some point.
>>737933912I have warmed up to them but I fucking hate their T2basic is just animal unit which is shit as it can get designwise, upgraded looks like some WoW mountstop doing "normal animal but big" units for fucks sake, that's some reddit shit
>>737934459I thought factory is eofol before kreegans
>>737868826>game finally comes out>the exact day I have a flightI guess I'll play it in a week or so, but I was looking forward to it. I liked the demo. Hope the full thing is good, too.
How are the waifus this time around?I miss Adelaide.
>>737934806>waifuskys
>>737880816post more sexy waifus, I think there's some sort of dark skinned cleric in castle?
>>737902079When you actually look at this and actually focus on it, none of it makes sense, it really is nostalgia>Its literally just a photo of a mountain with sprites on top>Gremlin hut is as big as one of the castle towers>Airship is way bigger than the castle>clocktower but this is like 400 years before the clock>Gargoyle building is like 1km tall (its as tall as the mountain)>Nagas come from a mosque for some reason>like 5 different architectural styles
fuuuuuuuck...
>>737930047>disciples 3 despite the criticism it got had GREAT deisgnsI agree. I particularily liked the demon lord with the human mask-like face. Too bad they fucked up balancing so hard that some units were pretty much unusable. It's like they gave stats to all the units and only decided that high initiative will let you move several times a turn afterwards.
>>737934904yjk
Played the demo and It was very good. It has most of the functions HOTA brought into HOMM3, faster turns than homm5 and interesting units/progression. I gotta say the graphics are literally the biggest downside of the game, otherwise its very good.
>>737934971music (or lack thereof) was the biggest downside in the demo, i hold music infinitely more important in this series than the graphics
https://youtu.be/80b9pHebRMY?is=coo1ql_h-BiikgU1Remember the kino.It's honestly the best thing about HoMM V.
>>737935002What? The demo has music.And it sucks.
>>737934459All the lore around Sword of Frost and Vori is from Homm3+Chronicles afaik. It was pretty much written to have more backstory for Gelu and Reckoning.
>>737935002ok good point, I agree. Homm3 literally has the best audio/music design in the whole industry and cant remember anything from olden era
ETA for EA?
>>7379350844 hours 5 minutes from now
>>7379350844 and 4 minutes
>>737935106>>737935117neat-o
>>737935002The town themes were alright, the other stuff was forgettable. For me it lacked good memorable and energetic battle music the most.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDXDOVcdICA
>>737935016>the best thing are screensavers you just skip or disable when you actually playI wish all tourists who don't actually actively play HoMM and just come into these threads to overshare their autism left
>>737935202Only memorable town theme is schism and that's mostly because it sounds like harry potter music
>old games were actually bad!>you don't even play them anymore!>just buy the new slop it's better!nah ubishills you can all burn in piss and shit I ain't buying your inferior slop
>>737936147
>>737934501Factory is halfling refugees plus others in Jadame desert
3 hours remaining
>>737868826How badly is the alpha release?Is it stil using AI slop art or was that fixed for actual non-ai slop?
>>737936147I like how the babel media shilloids are so mindbroken they actually lash at potential clients instead of doing their job and trying to sell this tripe (impossible)
>>737884217aaahh the good old days...
>>737938053what's that from?
>>737938113it's beta version of H3 Dungeon
>>737915586We could share, when she back
>>737868826>EAoh my goddd
>>737938521I do hope Olden Era has the witch's hut, just for the memes.
>>737938521
>>737884654>soiboy faces got it for free >i have to pay I don't fucking think so.
>>737870491this one's been gathering dust in my library for a while. guess I'll get around to it.
>>737938742>>737938521There's a witch house in EA build, of course it lets you opt out of skill... Even levels it up if you already have it I think.
So did the network stress test go alright? I joined for one round but then after doing all my draft my opponent had apparantly DCed and I didn't actually get to play, couldn't be assed to go through draft again
>get dragons>cast Armageddon>winwoooow great design
>>737939824Who are you quoting?
>>737939002are you complaining that the witch's hut no longer fucks you over?
>>737939950You don't see them???
is it 5 minutes or an hour and 5 minutes?
Less than 1 hour now
