The Heroes Round Table

Oh, GOG themselves shared this? Not bad. :) Well, the message is definitely very true: Heroes (3) is attractive to all generations because it features just brilliant gameplay presented in an inviting fantasy environment. The same is true for the M&M RPGs btw. I know of several seniors who played...

It is totally unfair to compare SoC with H3 Armageddon's Blade.You should compare it to King's Bounty, Heroes VI and heroes VII. And it compares favourably in feel, features, concept and writing to all of them. Maybe I misunderstand, but I don't see why a comparison with H3 AB would be unfair. Even...

Thanks for sharing your view! There is definitely a good share of enjoyment in SoC. And for its price it's definitely not a bad deal. With regard to writing/storytelling and "quality of life" improvements I have to disagree, though. I find the (campaign) writing rather tedious, uninspired,...

My pleasure. I really wish I could say that SoC is the modern reimagination of Heroes we've all been waiting for. It clearly is not. While it definitely has its enjoyable sides and some cool ideas, it lacks the focus and excitement of Heroes.

I've played a bit of SoC. My first impression is that while it offers more strategic and tactical options and considerations than Heroes, it's also a lot more fiddly and cumbersome to play. Gameplay is *clearly* slower and interface and controls are definitely worse than in the NWC Heroes games. The...

It's really great to hear from you, and it's also great that you are feeling better health-wise! Thank you for the update and for reassuring us that the video is in the making. I'm looking very much forward to this. Personally, I would actually *like* to see the unedited 3-hour version, but I unders...

Good question. While M&M 6 is -- without a doubt -- one of the best computer RPGs I've ever played, it definitely had some over-the-top nasty surprises. It would be interesting to learn about the "design philosophies" behind such decisions.

It would be nice if the two questions I suggested for the Michael Wolf interview make it in (https://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/8/17193). :tsup: I'm a little puzzled by the phrase "JVC's interpretation of an MMORPG". From all I heard, Legends was originally planned as a co-operative mu...

That's understandable of course.

Well, it seems highly professional. Fantastic work!

Unfortunately for me, it's Ashan/the "Ubiverse"...

Interesting.

Generally speaking, the world of Ashan and Heroes 7 are immense turn-offs for me, but the "ancients" town type sounds remarkable. Are those meant to be related to the Ancients of the original universe or a completely separate thing?

Very sad. I have to admit that I've never played Horn of the Abyss (being a "vanilla" gamer), but the visuals look absolutely fantastic. Docent Picolan seems to have been a highly talented person. My condolences to everyone who knew him.

Get well soon, MadMax.

@BB Shockwave: Lava Potion is a small Swedish team of indie game developers. They have nothing to do with the Heroes franchise except for apparently being fans themselves. Likewise, Songs of Conquest is not related to Heroes even though it is obviously very heavily inspired by it. --- @MadMax: Here ...

Mhh, okay. I thought I watched the first part carefully enough -- but maybe I didn't? I was particularly interested in the question of whether the NWC mapmakers typically started with a sketch and notes on paper or instead went for the editor right away. As far as I remember, this question didn't co...

Very nice that we finally get to see part 2! I like this one even better for the interesting curios. Good job! I'm just a tiny bit disappointed that our (the CH users') questions didn't make it into the interview. I mean we're getting plenty of interesting information as it is -- so it's not really ...

• What was your general approach when designing scenarios or campaigns for Heroes 3? Did you usually plan the map out beforehand and make sketches on paper, or did you immediately go to the editor and designed the map as you went along. • How much playtesting did you (the whole NWC team) do for the ...

Although I just watched a video of it and it doesn't look half bad.. kind of impressed actually.. Okay... I can understand that from a purely technical standpoint. The graphics are quite good for a mobile game. As for everything else, though, the videos confirm what I had feared: Dynasty looks exac...

Wow! As much as I liked the first part, the second one is even more energetic. :) We learn a couple of really interesting details about NWC's plans for M&M 10 (which were news to me at least), and there is some controversial stuff in there as well -- like Tim's views on the Ubi era M&M games...

Yep, really cool first interview. Please keep them coming.

Oh boy... Another mobile game set on Ashan...

As long as these two words remain in the description of an M&M game, we know it probably won't be good.

What a terrible fate for the once greatest franchise in the history of computer gaming...