Thorondor Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Don't know if any of you has caught wind of this already or not, so: Yesterday Ubisoft announced the revival of the famed Heroes of Might and Magic series. And they have charged Nival Interactive with the title's development ! :: Check out the first screens of the game at this teaser site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Hmm, #4 was only released last year (I think), so how can they justify calling it a revival when it is actually a continuation? I think it doesn't qualify for a revival unless its been dormant and forgotten for a few more years, otherwise the next Final Fantasy would be touted as the revival of the series. Again and again. (Yes, I know I'm just nit-picking at semantics, but I just finished my government paper and I want to nit-pick! ) Gorgeous screenshots, and looks rather processor intensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 It's a revival for me, anyway. I never played HOMM 4 after hearing the criticisms about bugs; they released the game with multiplayer not working at all. HOMM 4 was initially released, but unplayable, in 2001 (if I recall correctly). I don't know when or if the patches ever fixed everything.-------------------------------------------------------------EDIT: No, I'm wrong--it was released early 2002.------------------------------------------------------------- HOMM 3 was good, but multiplayer strategies were formulaic. Follow specific tactics to maximize power, and then annihilate your enemies before they're at your level. I enjoyed HOMM 3's better AI--the single player game was good. HOMM 2 was the best in the series, in my opinion. The AI was incompetent, but you could boost its chances by increasing its resources. More importantly, the multiplayer game was challenging right to the end--it was entirely possible for a player to "come back from certain defeat" with a little luck and a lot of strategizing. HOMM 1 was, well, the precursor to HOMM 2. And that's all. ------ I'll look forward to HOMM 5. If they release it as a playable game, continue to build on previous successful implementations, and most importantly, balance the strategic elements for both multiplayer and single player...then it could definitely earn one of the coveted spaces on my hard drive. --Zeno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 @Matri: "(...) so how can they justify calling it a revival (...)" Well, I believe that stems from the fact that the franchise was left in limbo after its mentors (3DO) went basically 'belly up' and were forced to sell the IP. And now Ubisoft, the new owners of the rights, is finally announcing they'll actually be doing something with it - hence the 'revival'. :: So, there you go; long time fans can look forward to yet another HOMM title... unlike some other fans (X.-.C.o.m.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Neat! I've just contacted Nival about it. Time we do some interviews! Thanks for the heads up Mr. T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 "I've just contacted Nival about it. Time we do some interviews" Nice! That should prove real interesting... :: And you're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 If Nival is up for it, we'll do interviews on both Hammer & Sickle (well, not really Nival), Nightwatch and HOMM5. We need projects sections for H&S and Nightwatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matri Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 @Thorondor & Zeno, I stand corrected! And I don't believe I've heard of H&S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 It's a game developed on the Silent Storm engine. It started out as a mod, and then Nival signed it as a full game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Grenade Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 great to hear another one in the series being made.. i recently got HOMM4 and its just magical lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 I've heard it's quite bug ridden and has some AI issues. Is that so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted June 24, 2005 Author Share Posted June 24, 2005 Have a look at a gameplay video taken from the E3 presentation of Heroes V at the updated teaser site. Reportedly the first in a series of clips to come... :: Mr. Fabrice Cambounet offers his comments on the fully built Haven town and its vicinity. Spotted at Celestial Heavens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 This is going front page with the answers from the Nival employees at the official Russian HOMM5 boards. Just waiting for your replies regarding the look of news posts. Anyway, thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 Part II of the E3 demo clip is now available at HOMM V's teaser site ! :: And, wowie, is it well worth a look !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hmm, forgot to post this. Will do now. Thanks for the heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 HOMM V's Developer Diary #1, in Q & A format can now be browsed at the game's teaser site, here. :: Nothing too detailed, but a decent read... p.s.: I wonder if he has recently visited StrategyCore's Poll section ? (question 4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Will look at this later, thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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