Academy Evolution

The old Heroes games developed by New World Computing. Please specify which game you are referring to in your post.

Which Academy/Tower design you like the most?

H2
15
11%
H3 Tower
42
31%
H4 Academy
15
11%
H5 Academy
62
46%
 
Total votes: 134

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Academy Evolution

Unread postby Akul » 16 Aug 2006, 08:37

Which Academy/Tower design you like the most?

H2:
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H3 Tower:
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H4 Academy:
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H5 Academy (and no, that isn't ThunderTitan smoking there!):
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Unread postby Grumpy Old Wizard » 16 Aug 2006, 08:55

I like the academy HOMM5 design the best.

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Unread postby Pol » 16 Aug 2006, 09:14

Most pleasing for me is HommIII. version of this SpiredTown. ;)
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Unread postby Orfinn » 16 Aug 2006, 11:52

H5 of course, the pther looks rough and boring in comparison. The new one not only looks great thanks to 3D but it also have a great, fresh atmosphere. Welcome to sky city homm style, tibanna gas stored at the golem factory I guess :-D

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Unread postby BoardGuest808888 » 16 Aug 2006, 12:49

Indeed, given the altitude, H5 version should be a good choice for sunbathing.

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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 16 Aug 2006, 12:55

Voted HV because Im a netheril fanboy :D

HIII is a very close second.

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 16 Aug 2006, 15:25

Vote H5. Floating wizard cities is a MM classic as well. H3 is- as usual- very good, but h2 is a bit too dusty for my tastes. H4 is the usual collection of stuff placed at random.
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Unread postby dallasmavs41 » 16 Aug 2006, 15:58

I love the look and feel of H2, so I'll go with that. It felt amazing to eventually build that Cloud Castle. I don't get that feeling from the rest, but they still all look pretty nice..

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Unread postby St0rmB0lt » 16 Aug 2006, 16:04

Heroes 3 seems the best to me.

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Unread postby berntie » 16 Aug 2006, 16:14

The Heroes III academy is perfect.

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Unread postby djtc » 16 Aug 2006, 18:05

Even match between H3, H4 and H5. (Voted H3 though).

Always very good-looking cities.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 16 Aug 2006, 20:00

Can't decide between 2&3.
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Unread postby Genesis » 18 Aug 2006, 22:41

Heroes III gets my vote. Lovely architecture and interesting scenery topped off with a whopping great tower. Heroes V is good, but lacks scenery.

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Unread postby vhilhu » 18 Aug 2006, 22:48

i live in quite icy place myself and i dont want to see more snow again, so homm5.

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Unread postby theLuckyDragon » 18 Aug 2006, 22:52

While I must admit the H5 Academy is absolutely stunning (now there's a real magical city... it floats!), I really liked the Tower more [insert what Genesis said here]. I think the cold mountain air is better for study than the scorching desert sun...
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Unread postby vhilhu » 18 Aug 2006, 22:54

in h2 and h4 it was desert too.i mean genies in ice? that doesnt fit. which brings me to another great thing: genie hiring bottles into homm5!

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Unread postby theLuckyDragon » 18 Aug 2006, 22:58

In H4 the Academy is associated with Snow terrain. And I see nothing wrong with genies inhabiting snowy places. They're in the sand in "real world", but this is fantasy and a little variation doesn't hurt. Plus, they're blue, and blue goes better with white than with yellow and orange :-D
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Unread postby vhilhu » 18 Aug 2006, 22:59

mummy mask are blue and yellow.

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Unread postby vhilhu » 18 Aug 2006, 23:01

h4 in ice style? it has those strange towers that look like some minarets or some byzantine stuff so its more like desert i think.

and titans? mediterranean - thats also quite hot there.

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Unread postby theLuckyDragon » 18 Aug 2006, 23:04

Notice the smiley :-D
Thinking of Tutankhamon's mask, I agree that gold looks good with blue in that situation, but sand isn't gold coloured and genies don't have that intense blue colour.

Edit in reply to 2nd post: Umm... yeah, Heroes 4 in ice and snow. Check the picture in the first post :|
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