>fanmade expansion mod is so faithful and high quality that it got acknowledged as official canon by the devs themselves damn, any other examples of this in gaming?
>>738849362But now Olden Era is out so it's irrelevant.
>>738849423I am not, just got into HOMM3 recently and its excellentGothic 1/2 and STALKER were pretty amazing too, maybe Slavs know whats up...
>STALKER>Pretty amazing lol, lmao
>>738849491nigga stalker is the most replayable video game ive ever played, even pure vanilla
>ywn hang out in a 90s/00s post-Soviet commieblock drinking vodka and playing hot seat on a shitty computer with your bros all day because none of you have jobs
>>738849537It's easily one of the worst games ever made. The combat is horrible. You're fucking insane.
>>738849590one of the best* you need to stop being a baby and learn to love the jank, combat is only weird in SoC and even then its just fine, a bit more rpg-y, since you need the good weaposn to start shooting straight if you can't tolerable a bit of jank you're just not a PC gamer, PC is the only gaming platform slavs ever know so they embrace it, gotta respect it
>>738849453It's almost funny just how different slav and western top lists are.
>>738849491You sir are the antithesis or being a gentleman and a sage. A massive cum-slurping oft-arse-fucked faggot if you will
Kievan Rus tranny thread.
>>738849838>Starts talking about gay shit unpromtedYeah, you're definitely a slav. LMAO
>>738849805>Gothic that lowI thought the Gothic series fucking revered by slavs
>>738849756>>738849851jesus man i'm not russian and I don't like monkler's dumbass war stop the butthurt though, wtf did slavs do to you
>>738849915no, only by germans
>>738849915its more a central europe thing so czech/polish/german/hungarian than russian/ukranianbut if you poll western /v/ with ONLY PC games and not console, that top 50 would look pretty similar imo
>>738849362HotA is the go-to for playing homm3 nowadays but I am convinced that 80% of posters mentioning homm and specially more so now that Olden Era is out never even really played the game it's just a meme about slavs at this point
>>738849993kekd at homm3 on the screen LMAO
>>738849915Gothic is more of a Polish phenomenon, not Russian.
>>738850003>>738849424olden era is the reason I got into homm3 to be fair, thought it looked good but I don't play EA games, so gonna start with the classics and play those until olden era releases
>>738849890Pardon me, but I find it necessary stating the unfortunate facts about your person to contextualise your poor, dare I say, shit tasteBut if you oppose such a proactive notion, please do share your preferences in your own words when it comes to vidya, though I'm afraid it will be quite profoundly homosexual in nature indeed
>>738849549Dude, you can't have a job when you're 12 y/oAll the other things are spot on though and still apply. But also more smoking
>>738850173You seem really, really, REALLY upset right now.
Disciples 2 > Heroes 3
>>738849537Every time I see a post like that I can only assume it's some retard trying to fit in.SoC is very short and completely linear, it has 0 replayable content, no meaningful side quests, every single playthrough is exactly the same.
>>738850860eveyrone who played disciples played heroes, and vice versawhat's the point of this tribalistic shitstirring
>>738850860never played it, looks cozy though, but I wonder if its as timeless as homm3>>738850898nonsense, due to a-life a ton of encounters are different every time, I replay SoC at least once a year, its definitely the least replayable stalker game tho, but its the best in terms of story and atmosphere
>>738849362Do Death Wish and Marrow count? They were included with the recent Blood rerelease.
>>738849805>No bing bing wahooThis alone makes the list better
>Anti-MarioNot a real gamer
>>738850983they do, death wish is amazing
>>738849549Lol the Slavic soul is just niggas drinking 40s smoking weed all day living off the government playing 2k or so some shit Or is it when white people are pathetic it's now good?
>>738850936>due to a-life a ton of encounters are different every timeYeap, you're a newfag trying to fit in.A-life doesn't create different encounters, that's not how it works in SoC. Try running through garbage, and bandits will be attacking depot. Try running through garbage again, and bandits will be attacking depot again. Repeat as many times as you want, and you will have the exactly same bandit attack every single time. You will never enter garbage map to find the depot captured, you will ALWAYS have that fight.
>>738849805>Only games that can be played on a smart refrigerator >With a bias towards STALKER as though that game is anywhere near an all-timer, presumably exclusively because it was made in Ukraine.Guess this was before the war started and Russians decided that Ukraine must be terrible because Putin, the mass-murdering faggot, said it was.
>>738851148scripted encounters existing doesn't mean there's not non-scripted encounters that differ every time, you're just a faggot, I replay SoC pretty often and its fun every time believe what u want
>>738851120Russians are called "snow niggers" for a reason. There's a reason why slavs aren't considered white.
>>738851310>>738851120>wageslavery makes me whiteI'd rather be brown
>>738851204It's not a scripted encounter, that's all managed by a-life, you silly newfag.And there are no different encounters in the game, it would be very easy to notice for anyone who played the game more than once. Every single NPC is tied to exactly one smart terrain, and every single smart terrain contains exactly one type of NPCs.
>>738851457I don't autistically nitpick NPC behavior so idk, just know it feels fun every time
>>738851432What? Russia is a capitalistic kleptocratic hellhole and has been for 35 years. The fuck are you on about?
>>738850608Then don't. You are free to, for we are in a civilised and cultured society. But beware that your faggotry shall be chiseled into stone and be a subject of mockery forevermore. Or rather at least for as long as this thread and archive lasts
you guys do realize that Russians live in major cities like Moscow or St P, which is like half the population, and are as westernized any most anyone else... their immigration policy is more liberal than majority of the west
>>738851821I also realize that anywhere outside of the cities you just mentioned, the majority of Russia is essentially the same as any other third world shithole as far as quality of life goes.
Westerners enjoy HOMM too
>>738851915you are also very unlikely to ever have contact or interaction with the people you mentioned so them being third world or whatever is irrelevant
>>738849805>Heretic over all Doom gamesHoly taste
>>738852040Lower quality of life than Nigeria btw
>>738852037You're not a Westerner, Miloj.
>>738851159>>Only games that can be played on a smart refrigeratorgo ahead bro what amazing game are people with toasters missing out on?Some garbage made by ubisoft or EA?Cause even games like GTAV and Red ded 2 can be played on toasters these days.
>>738850040Smart call. While OE has really promising foundation (and imo its worth if you like random map or homm3 mp style of play) it will only really start going once they release map making tools so that all the really good scenario maps and campaign can get ported into the game.
>>738852151EU = west :)
>>738852204i'm a campaign enjoyer ngl, first I need to play through the whole official campaign then I hop on scenarios, of which there are literally endless on homm3, game has endless content pretty much, similar to doom/quake, I can see myself playing these games daily at like age 50 because of that, just endless community and/or randomly generated content, but just currated there's so much to chose from in homm3, for olden era my minimum would be a full campagin being out, I hear only 1 phase of the campagin is out rn? kinda like long live the queen in restoration of erathia?
>>738852236Eastern Europe = third world :)
>>738852204>OE has really promising foundationwhen the game hits 1.0 release and a real map editor + modding tools exist for it is when it will really shine. people will start porting in homm3+hota/4/5 etc. models in
>>738851821>>738851915>>738852151>>738851120>>738850376>>738849958>>738849805>>738849423What the fuck is this /int/-ass thread? Heroes 3 was made in the west you fucking faggots stop bringing unrelated shitposts to stifle discussion.Any fucking excuse to not discuss video games in this shit board fucking hell.
>>738852171>go ahead broHow to tell someone is a manchild. They still speak like it's the 2000s.
>Mass reply butthurtKill all Russians.
>>738852448Can't help but notice bro here couldn't actually give any examples of these amazing games that require an expensive computer to run
>>738852438Well yeah it's an American game it's actually bizzare going down Russia voted top games and like at least a 50% of them are AmericanFuck it makes me depressed, most of them are also before like 2012.Where did we go wrong American bros, we ran this industry at some point
>>738849683>you need to stop being a baby and learn to love the jankinsane cope
>>738852474Video games?
>>738852501>Where did we go wrong American bros, we ran this industry at some pointprivate equity
>>738849362Which devs? Ubisoft?Retard.
>>738852539Only after the slavs are extinct.
>>738849424Olden Era is a prequel that takes place on a different continent.
>>738852438its literally 1 deranged faggot that equates the game to russia for some reason and he hates em a lot so he has to spam, what can you do
>>738852378It's still part of the west
>>738849362Last Second Save for Snoot Game
>>738852559https://heroes3wog.net/homm-3-the-board-game-cove-expansion-announcement/archon games basically acknowledged it as canon
>>738852872Nope. Second world composed of asiatic mongoloid hordes. You will never be a part of the west :^)
>>738852493Didn't read lmao
>>738852998ironic cause western europe is in the decline while poland/czech republic/hungary are poised to be the future of europe cope n seethe etc
>>738852972>archon gamesWHO
>>738852998Whiter than you :^)
>>738853057you can assume they ran it through new world or at the very least the publisher since thats how it goes for 1st party content like official board games
>>738853083Wrong. :^)
>>738849362love Heroes, hate HotA.
>>738853291why?
>>738853352I dislike all of the balance changes, hate Cove both aesthetically and functionally, and 99% of the playerbase are shitters that don't even properly know the mechanics unlike SoD players.
>>738853435i prefer bulwark desu of the new factions but they're kinda cool, you'd hate em if you hate pirates I suppose, for me it reminds me of vampire coast from warhammer fantasy
>>738853040Concession accepted lil bro
>>738851159Not surprised in the slightest that the bubble-dwelling cattle like you thinks in black and white. At least put in some effort to get out once in a while.
>>738852501Why is it weird? Americans would rate mediocre action adventure series made in Japan (Zelda) on top.Seriously, why is that series so popular in burger land?
>>738849362>it got acknowledged as official canon by the devs themselvesReally?
>>738853928nostlagia but also its genuinely a series of well crafted polished games >>738853952according to the wiki "In 2024, the Cove faction from Horn of the Abyss was canonized by being officially adopted as one of the upcoming expansions for Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Board Game, and in 2025 the project was further recognized by GOG.com in its inclusion of Horn of the Abyss on the official Heroes of Might and Magic III page." so more like semii guess
>>738849423I care, stfu mongrel
>pirate faction >only two pirate units
>>738849362>forces muh fair and balanced anti fun tournament rulesPass.
>Mongoloid calls me a mongrel Daily reminder that being a slav and a neo nazi is an oxymoron.
>>738854370slav hate is so 2010grow up man
>>738854706Slavs will never be white.
>>738854752And that's a good thingI'd rather not be considered white by retarded burgers than not live in an ethnically homogenous country. Enjoy your niggers and jeetsAlso, new town FUCKING WHEN
>>738856595>new towntalkin bout olden era?
>>738856781HotA primarily, still haven't played Olden Era, too busy
>Russia >Currently actively committing demographic suicide >Ummm, I live in a racially homogeneous nation ackchually!LOL, GO OUTSIDE. PRIOR TO THIS WAR YOUR AGING POPULATION WASN'T EVEN RENEWING ITSELF AND NOW YOU'VE MULCHED A LARGE CHUNK OF YOUR YOUNG MALE POPULATION.YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING BUBBLE. RUSSIA IS DOOMED DEMOGRAPHICALLY.
>>738856932NTA but poland is more slavic than russia and arguably in a better spot than any other country in europe rn so "slav" doesn't automatically mean russia dumbass
>>738857030Nobody cares about you, Poland. No one is ever talking about YOU Poland. Nobody ASKED.
>>738856932rusnigeria unironically grew its male population by annexing a quarter of Ukraine
>>738857030>>738857132I-I c-care about Polebros, b-baka
>>738857168Cope.
>Winghussartranny inserts himself into the conversation>Umm, no because in MY country ackchually...NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU! Seriously, WHY THE FUCK are polacks like this!?
>>738857332>polish faction>mountainsbaka
>>738849362Campaign is really annoying at some point
>>738857463>what are Tatry and KarpatyBaka-ass dummy
>>738852686Does it? I thought it was supposed to be Erathia still
>>738858238jadame is the setting
>>738849423Kys
>>738851159I'm trans btw
>>738849362How we feeling about Olden Era HOMMO bros?
>>738849958Deus Ex would absolutely be above Human Revolution
>>738849362>HotAImagine being so furious about a 20% chance to resist spells that you remove the skill entirely despite being one of the least broken parts of the game. So pathetic it's funny
>>738856914It's still on sale for two more hours on Steam. -25% which was like $12 here but I think base price is like $40 in the US. I love being a thirdie.
>>738858664-Some nitpicks about the UI; for example would like for the barracks to auto choose my upgraded tiers when recruiting instead of swapping tiers manually. -Music is completely forgettable. -Balance is a bit whack and the campaign, even if I can appreciate them going for choices and replayability, felt flat and not exactly raring to go replay it. -AI is wonky with heroes suiciding into you and making questionable decisions; while at the same time being able to destroy you on week 2 or failing to pose any threat if you start snowballing a bit.-PVP modes look interesting even if not my main interest.Overall I think the game will be fine; I just have mixed feelings because I always avoid games in EA and this shouldn't have been any different. I would recommend waiting.
sale ends in 2 hours.Is Olden Era expected to increase in price at launch on or is it going to remain 40$?
>>738858884I'm glad Eagle Eye is actually useful now
>>738860427how? haven't played olden yet
>>738858664I like it, would be so much better if it had a proper campaign for every faction as in homm3/5 tho
>>738849993
>>738849423дa ти eбa мaйкaтa, пeдepacт
>>738860159>We might increase the price during the Early Access period as additional content and features are added.
>>738860159>>738864457That's honestly a cue to pirate it
>>738864624if you're not a homm fan you shouldn't be playing the ea version to begin with and if you are a fan you've already bought the game especially when it gets like 3 updates per week
>>738864624>>738865090yeah I wouldn't pirate a game that gets updated every month, literally cba, besides I like what the devs are doing and I wanna support it, might buy it soon since I'm really enjoying the series, even if its EA hope it doesn't stay EA for too long though, think ive heard a year or so
>>738865090I am a homm fan but also a massive cheapskate.I could buy spellforce 3, 1 month of humble bundle, and still be left with 9 euros vs buying olden era. It just doesn't seem like a good deal when olden era barely has a campaign at the moment.
>>738853602Why no one calls me lil bro.
>>738866958I would be happy to call you a lil bro if you aren't a filthy burger automaton devoid of human spirit as all burgers are
>>738860159It's ugly as fuck and it has some balance issues, but it's still HoMM 3 on steroids and my personal GOTY. I put like 50 hours into it already.>>738865306I spent 95% of the time in HoMM 3/5 playing custom matches, the campaign was always an afterthought to me.
>>738867370the sale is off so a little too late with that reply, lol
>>738849362>Horny AbyssAh yes, the "no fun allowed" mod that needs everything authors considered "not properly balanced".
>>738849362>ctrl+f long war>0 resultsFiraxis hired long war modders to create long war 2.
>>738849424Olden era made me go back to other games
>>738858664It's okay, I'd probably still rather boot up 3
>>738869858whats its deal, hardcore xcom?
>>738870267You could say that, major overhaul to how most systems work it's a major improvement over the base game. Also turns campaign from 15-20 hours run to a 100-150 hours marathon.
>>738858664Right now my main issue in order are readability and UI. I keep misclicking when trying to switch heroes or visit a town because the click hitboxes and interactions are terribly designed. The AI is awful, the difficulty is either insurmontable because it cheats and rushes you with thrice the levels and army you can have, or it drools and wastes its riches until you come knock it down.It currently has no maps and the map templates are awful. The pandora's box spam is terrible "rng will fix it lol" straight from the rogue/survivor spam of the current, not olden era.Also the combat animations and proportions are terrible. Units are way too washed out (just like most models) and the weird lag between arriving, attacking, and hitting looks blatantly unfinished.Finally the music is placeholder tier and I really hate the art direction.It's the best homm since V arguably but that's not unlike saying ja3 is the best game since 2.
>>738864457>40 for a game that cribbed its mechanics, town art, map templates from existing projects in EA (unfinished*)>we're gonna price it higher later btw
>>738870823That's how modern EA works - it's just early discount.
