Rewrite of the original campaign?

[Sikon]

I usually tend to defend the Heroes V original campaign against critics, but I can agree that it could have been done better. Especially seeing the expansions, which, while not ideal, are a great improvement. There are inconsistencies and plot holes you can drive an elephant-mounted Zehir through. [casts random spell]

The reason, I presume, is time constraints. The campaign was apparently one of the last things finished in the game, and there was just no time to polish it. For one, I remember Nival saying that all opening and ending cutscenes were supposed to have animation and lipsync [casts random spell], much like in the expansions or the few "advanced" cutscenes in the original game.

So I was thinking about writing an unofficial "novelization" of the original campaign. I'd leave the core story intact and introduce various retcons and changes, some of them in the light of the expansions - and try to make the characters less clueless and annoying, Isabel and AgRaelag first and foremost.

It's something I've long thought of doing, but I'm wondering how much interest there would be to such a story here.

[Corlagon]

It would be nice to see any improvements, feel free to rewrite away as far as I'm concerned. I however hold that the Heroes IV campaigns would be far more deserving of a novelised conversion. They already have stories, character development and skilled plotting, you see.

[ThunderTitan]

but I can agree that it could have been done better.

And the forum understatement of this generation of this decade prize goes to...

[Sikon]

I however hold that the Heroes IV campaigns would be far more deserving of a novelised conversion. They already have stories, character development and skilled plotting, you see.

And I'm not going to touch them, exactly because they're already good.

The expansions, on the other hand... basically have excuse plots, nowhere near the level of writing in the original game.

(Although seeing all the skepticism and snark towards the Heroes V campaign here really makes my hands drop.)

[ThunderTitan]

Relax, there's no story that good writing can't fix... you just have your work cut out for you...

[Corlagon]

To be fair, with the H4exp/H5 vanilla comparison there is a difference to be duly noted, more specifically the fact that NWC's budget and staffing had hit the negatives whereas Ubi invested a full team of qualified storywriters and several million into the original H5 alone.

H4's campaigns were written by one guy... I guess too many cooks spoil the broth Good luck, Sikon.

[ThunderTitan]

Ubi invested a full team of qualified storywriters

Says who... coz if those guys where qualified i'm the queen on england...