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Announcement trailer - Might & Magic Heroes VII
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ZeroXcuses
Banned
Tried playing Heroes 6 again last month, wondering why I'd never properly played it despite owning it. I got booted out of the game after half an hour without even the courtesy of an auto-save. Presumably because my internet connection dropped?
I loaded Heroes 2 up immediately afterwards and realized the franchise will never again reach this level of quality.
If HOMM7 requires even a HINT of internet reliance, I'm not giving them a penny.
You're lucky. I've been a diehard HoMM fan since the Heroes 2 demo was on a Coconut Monkey Demo CD for PC gamer, and I can't even get Heroes VI to run. EFFING UPLAY CRASHES EVERY TIME.
I've been able to overcome crappy DRM (Crysis; Gears of War PC), but this "online" stuff with a company that really doesn't care about an actual online infrastructure is borderline extortion. I am glad that I waited to pay $10 for the game and all the expansions on Steam. If I had paid full launch price like I usually do..well, I might have done something shameful in response.
It pains me almost to tears that I cannot even see the LOADING SCREEN of a franchise I have been loyal to for over half of my life. But I should have known that my heart would have been broken when I found out that the game initially launched with NO TOWN SCREENS!
Wut???
Being able to bask upon your fully-constructed town (relic included post HoMM3) with the epic music is a defining-feature of the franchise. HoMM 5, for all of its flaws, did it best with the rotating camera. So when Ubisoft hired yet another company (I remember Nival...didn't bother to remember the current one) and I read about how they were lied to concerning deadlines and the game was "stolen" from them and given to Ubisoft's B or C team to finish the game, I abandoned most of my hope and waited.
How do they expect me to buy this game when I can't even LAUNCH the prior game????
Sentenza
Member
I liked Heroes V a lot, actually. Especially the Tribes of the East expansion.
I really didn't like the Heroes VI beta, on the other hand, so I never bought the game.
Eeeeeh.
On a lot of gaming magazines and sites We have a lot of pepole writing about RPGS without knowing Ultima, so nothing really surprises me anymore.
On a side note, as someone on GAF said once, when you think about it, that would be like having someone who works as movie critic without being familiar with Citizen Kane.
He/she would probably be laughed out of the door.
Why? HoMM games always had cinematics.
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
I love at the end of the IGN interview/preview that the UBI guy explained that HoMM3 was the 'classic, magical game' of the series and that 6 had a lot of things that the fans didn't like.
Sounds like they're listening!
Sounds like they're listening!
You were not kidding!
o_0 Why i have never heard about this before?
Noisepurge
Member
well, atleast this got me to buy HoMM2Gold from GOG! 
Jag
Member
Up for pre-order today. Releases in September 2015.
https://mmh7.ubi.com/en/blog/post/view/heroes-vii-now-available-for-pre-orders
While I love HOMM, I wasn't crazy about VI. Not sure there is enough different here to jump in.
https://mmh7.ubi.com/en/blog/post/view/heroes-vii-now-available-for-pre-orders
While I love HOMM, I wasn't crazy about VI. Not sure there is enough different here to jump in.
AWizardDidIt
Member
I hope this is good. I don't think HOMM6 was a bad game and I loved plenty about it but some of the design decisions were very questionable and made the game a slog to play through. I haven't seen enough about HOMM7 to really make up my mind about it. Will be paying attention to further previews to get a better opinion about it.
Glad Dungeon made it in the initial round this time. Sorta bummed that the Naga faction isn't back in, I thought they had a cool aesthetic design to them.
Glad Dungeon made it in the initial round this time. Sorta bummed that the Naga faction isn't back in, I thought they had a cool aesthetic design to them.
Humble Bundle seems to have sent HOMM7 beta codes to those who purchased the M&M bundle a while ago. Does anyone happen to have a spare one for me? Would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Oh nevermind, there's a new M&M bundle up now
Read that the first beta was really buggy, I hope they've ironed out at least the major ones by the second beta. Since it's only about a month till release, I think I'll be waiting a bit before buying this.
Edit: Oh nevermind, there's a new M&M bundle up now
Read that the first beta was really buggy, I hope they've ironed out at least the major ones by the second beta. Since it's only about a month till release, I think I'll be waiting a bit before buying this.
Does M&M X have mod support? Maybe some day fans might come together and build a sequel. Far mor likelier than Ubisoft doing anything.I hope the game has nice assets to reuse in M&M 11
(Never give up hope!)
ThankeeSai
Member
Anyone interested in a beta code for this? Just got an email inviting me to participate, but it really isn't my thing.
It's available from the 26th of August until the 2nd of September.
Anyway, if anyone is interested, first to PM me gets it.
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It's available from the 26th of August until the 2nd of September.
Anyway, if anyone is interested, first to PM me gets it.
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Gone
It's a PC Game, It's GAF, and it has UPlay.
Not the most visible subgenre of PC games.
I'm a recent fan, but a quiet one.
What's everyone's opinion on Eador: Masters of the Broken World?
Well I didn't expect no Big Bang or such, but almost no word at all... kinda makes me sad. But whatever, I am for sure can't wait tomorrow!