Academy Creatures

Bethel · Unread postby **Bethel** » 24 Dec 2005, 21:45

Tundra is anything but plain. It is filled with very low-lying plants, however, so anyone who looks for a variety of plant heights could be forgiven for thinking it is. As to temperature variation, it can go from 90s in the summer to -40 in the winter, depending on the latitude. (all temp Farenheit).

Think of the interior of Alaska. Then see if you can get actual pictures.

Arzang · Unread postby **Arzang** » 24 Dec 2005, 22:10

I never called tundra more plain than desert. in fact: I see them as equals. both extreme polarities. and 90 fahrenheit (approx. 32 celsius), I didn't know it could go that high. that's very high.

Anonimous360 · Unread postby **Anonimous360** » 02 Jan 2006, 21:29

I like their idea to make it a sky-city.

george137 · Unread postby **george137** » 02 Jan 2006, 22:17

I think its just a personal bias for me because for some reason i just think the desert is well... pretty dry. (no pun intended)

Orfinn · Unread postby **Orfinn** » 27 Jan 2006, 18:51

@Anonimous360

Yeah looks cool and dreamy though, it's kinda Heroes version of the Bespin Sky-City from SW.

Remember from an old topic that there were some members that suggested ideas around a sky based city but that idea got ignored pretty early.
Edited on Fri, Jan 27 2006, 11:51 by Orfinn

jomunga · Unread postby **jomunga** » 04 Feb 2006, 10:04

I hope the colossus gets some armor when upgrading to titan. or at least some clothes... other than that its fine. The titan has always been my favorite creature, so cover up its shame. Its probaly too late now.

This towns is really mixed. I think the greek monsters should have there own town. Titan, Medusa, minitaur, hydra, harpy, etc

CloudRiderX · Unread postby **CloudRiderX** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:18

I thought the gargoyles would be cool when I first saw the game, but now that I played the beta, the gargoyles suck! They don't move at all, and they don't come alive like I thought they would. Ubi, let's try to make the gargoyle cooler for the final version!

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:28

CloudRiderX wrote:"I thought the gargoyles would be cool when I first saw the game"

What the hell made you think that? They're bloody flying jukeboxes.

CloudRiderX · Unread postby **CloudRiderX** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:33

I swear I was misled,lol. I don't even see how they can really fly.....

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:46

It's magic...

Boromir · Unread postby **Boromir** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:46

I tkink the gorgoyles from H5 are great. Maybe I'm alone in my view on this, but still that's what I think. Gorgoyles in previous HoMM games look just like other monsters, sort of demons. And now we have a revolution: gorgoyles are the real gorgoyles, but brought to life by the use of magic. Sure, their flying is funny (how such a thick brick could fly?!), but that's what Academy's magic do.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:52

The real gargoyles weren't jukeboxes. They were actual statues, not WC3 flying boxes.

In architecture, gargoyles, or gurgoyles are the carved terminations to a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Garg ... agstaf.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Gargoyle.600px.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Maus ... 805%29.jpg

Corribus · Unread postby **Corribus** » 14 Feb 2006, 15:13

I have to admit I think the H5 Gargoyles look a little strange. Definitely not the way I would have designed them.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 14 Feb 2006, 15:46

Understatement anyone?

Boromir · Unread postby **Boromir** » 14 Feb 2006, 22:57

ThunderTitan wrote:The real gargoyles weren't jukeboxes. They were actual statues, not WC3 flying boxes. (...)

Yes, that's true, but for example H3 gorgoyles were not statues, but monsters with unnaturally gigantic teeth. All those gorgoyles you have linked are statues - more or less reallistic. In fact, H5 gorgoyles are box-like (probably too much), but at least they look like statues...

Archaion · Unread postby **Archaion** » 17 Feb 2006, 06:48

Academy Town

A very beautiful flying Academy!

http://www.the-battlefield.com/screens/ ... een132.JPG

http://www.the-battlefield.com/screens/mm5/Screen60.jpg

Edited on Thu, Feb 16 2006, 23:53 by Archaion

Orfinn · Unread postby **Orfinn** » 18 Feb 2006, 13:15

Yeah the Academy and its gargoyles are great, just look at that panorama view, its sky city Heroes style! And who was the person that proposed a sky based town in the old HRT forum? He deserve a huge medal

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 18 Feb 2006, 13:21

Boromir wrote:"Yes, that's true, but for example H3 gorgoyles were not statues, but monsters with unnaturally gigantic teeth."

How do you know that they weren't just sculpted to look that way?

LordHoborgXVII · Unread postby **LordHoborgXVII** » 18 Feb 2006, 23:32

When posting pictures, be sure to add 'img' and '/img' on the front and back respectively, surrounded with brackets, of course. It's BBCode, which is actually more conventient than html.

Currently I think the gargoyle design looks very good, but not for a gargoyle. It would be very much better if there was some creature in the game that looked like this, but didn't have to pretend it was a Gargoyle. The design is good, it's just not appropriate.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 19 Feb 2006, 00:02

Hmmm. maybe they should be called the Flying Jukeboxes of Dum. And just add Glowing as a prefix for the upgrade.

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