Katauri for developing future HOMM?

[MutareDrake]

Hello, Im a member of the hispanic community Torre de Marfil.

There, some members were considering that, due to the several rumors of Black Hole iconvinents for continuing in the developement of H6 patches/expansions and knownig that Ubisoft won´t call Nival again, some of us think that Katauri (The company which brought recent Kings Bounty games) may be the ideal one to take the endeavour of developing our favourite game series in the future.

What do you believe?

[Avonu]

And where is an option "No, because Ubisoft is in charge"?

[XEL II]

My option is stop obsessing over HoMM and make Might and Magic X. Not sure if Katauri would be able to handle this properly. The new game by them better not be filled with dumbass "humour" like King's Bounty remake was.

And where is an option "No, because Ubisoft is in charge"?

Nowhere, the poll is about whether or not Katauri should be developing a new game.

[Avonu]

...and in that case, no answer is valid for me. As long as Ubisoft is in charge, it doesn't matter which company will be doing next HoMM game.
NWC and Katauri done their games as they "saw" them, without interventions from games publishers about how game should look. Ubisoft one the other hand has plenty of "brilliant" ideas how game develop by others should look (do you remeber Nival quote Ubi idea about HV as RTS?). So changing game developer will do nothing as long as Ubisoft has too much influence to game developing proccess.

[MutareDrake]

...and in that case, no answer is valid for me. As long as Ubisoft is in charge, it doesn't matter which company will be doing next HoMM game.
NWC and Katauri done their games as they "saw" them, without interventions from games publishers about how game should look. Ubisoft one the other hand has plenty of "brilliant" ideas how game develop by others should look (do you remeber Nival quote Ubi idea about HV as RTS?). So changing game developer will do nothing as long as Ubisoft has too much influence to game developing proccess.

As Xel II wrote, the idea of the poll is about Katauri, however, I see your point and think it is a good aport for the topic discussion. Thanks for your answer.

[Pitsu]

I am with Avonu that a fish rots from the head down. As long as Ubi does not change, the origin of developer is secondary. We know that Ubi first tried to rehire NWC, but only the music composers Romeo and King found Ubi terms acceptable. Since Kings Bounty is RPG and Homm TBS, I am not overly sure that Katauri could do a great Homm even if they have all freedom and finances they wish.

[Dalai]

I am with Avonu that a fish rots from the head down. As long as Ubi does not change, the origin of developer is secondary. We know that Ubi first tried to rehire NWC, but only the music composers Romeo and King found Ubi terms acceptable. Since Kings Bounty is RPG and Homm TBS, I am not overly sure that Katauri could do a great Homm even if they have all freedom and finances they wish.

I had a pleasure of communicating with some of those guys and I can assure you - they understand Heroes waaaay better than any team Ubi had, has (and most probably - will ever have).

But still I would prefer that Katauri made their Heroes (Mages, Elements, whatever) independently from Ubi. Ubi has absolutely nothing to contribute, but a lot to ruin.

[Jac]

My option is stop obsessing over HoMM and make Might and Magic X

Indeed I think the Might and Magic series needs to come back, imo. Give HoMM another expansion to complete the roster and fix everything, then it's time to revive an old favourite. I had a good bit of fun in Skyrim, but I can't help but notice the missing things in it that made M&M such a fun series. Enough HoMM for now, let's bring back M&M.

[arthureloi]

And where is an option "No, because Ubisoft is in charge"?

This.

I am with Avonu that a fish rots from the head down. As long as Ubi does not change, the origin of developer is secondary. We know that Ubi first tried to rehire NWC, but only the music composers Romeo and King found Ubi terms acceptable. Since Kings Bounty is RPG and Homm TBS, I am not overly sure that Katauri could do a great Homm even if they have all freedom and finances they wish.

King's Bounty is a brilliant game, but it's clearly not an RPG.

[parcaleste]

So to Ubi make and them to go bankrupt?


Thanks but no thanks.

[ThunderTitan]

Meh, i don't think KB qualifies them t make a Heroes game any more then making Etherlords qualified Nival... different types of game in the same genre imo.

[ChimTheGrim]

They should let Blizzard do it.

[Macros the Black]

They should let Blizzard do it.

I really can't see Blizzard being interested at all, even if they wouldn't just be working for another company. Any other game they make would make alot more revenue.

Although Blizz making a Might and Magic type game would be a dream come through, but that's never gonna happen...