Are you happy that MMX is in development?

[GrayFace]

Information we have so far sounds pretty good. Proven core game mechanics, mod-friendly, now it's up to world creation and getting it done in time. I hope MMXI would have MM6-8 style free movement
Don't forget about difficulty levels, 3 or more. Well, if monsters parameters can be edited in mods, then there's no problem here.
It would be very good if you change monsters textures to be less color-crazy and more authentic to this game.

[Variol]

Maybe "The Flamberge" will make a comeback too!!

[JustTimmY]

I'm happy but I don't like that the movement is tile based.

I want to move freely, especially outdoors.

[Dharcness]

I'm puzzled, some people are not happy that MM10 are in development? What gives?

[GreatEmerald]

I'm puzzled, some people are not happy that MM10 are in development? What gives?

It's not the fact that it's in development itself, but rather by whom and in what way it's being developed.

[hellegennes]

It's the usual fan overreaction. If you don't like a title in the series, you can simply ignore it. It's not like it's actively destroying the previous or the next instalments in the series. The worse thing that can happen is the production of a title you don't like. The best thing could be the rekindling of interest in the series, by the gaming community, which means more future titles and potentially better games.

[GreatEmerald]

It's the usual fan overreaction. If you don't like a title in the series, you can simply ignore it. It's not like it's actively destroying the previous or the next instalments in the series. The worse thing that can happen is the production of a title you don't like. The best thing could be the rekindling of interest in the series, by the gaming community, which means more future titles and potentially better games.

Nope, unfortunately not. Games in Ashan are doing their best to erase all the previous games, as the new universe denies that the old one ever existed in the first place. If there are new players who come to the series due to MMX, they may very well think that it's the only one that matters, as all the previous games were set in a vastly different, abandoned universe that nobody cares about any more.

[Bandobras Took]

Nope, unfortunately not. Games in Ashan are doing their best to erase all the previous games, as the new universe denies that the old one ever existed in the first place.

Really? Please provide the exact quote wherein one of the games explicitly denies the existence of the worlds of the other games.

If there are new players who come to the series due to MMX, they may very well think that it's the only one that matters, as all the previous games were set in a vastly different, abandoned universe that nobody cares about any more.

And, ignoring the blatantly inaccurate pathos, the problem with this would be . . . ?

[GreatEmerald]

Really? Please provide the exact quote wherein one of the games explicitly denies the existence of the worlds of the other games.

And, ignoring the blatantly inaccurate pathos, the problem with this would be . . . ?

Denying is not mentioning them. And they are not mentioned, with the new universe having vastly different settings.

The problem would be that the older games are ignored by new players.

[tolich]

Well, new games are ignored by old players, so all things are balanced.

[GreatEmerald]

Yeap. Hence why I don't care whether it's in development or not.

[Bandobras Took]

Denying is not mentioning them. And they are not mentioned, with the new universe having vastly different settings.

Er . . . no. Denying is claiming they never happened/did not exist. Terms such as moving on, enshrining, or even ignoring (if you want to be accusational) describe not mentioning something or not trying to continue something.

Honestly, what did you expect them to do, put Might & Magic Universe elements in their Heroes games? We all know how well that went over when NWC tried it with the Forge. Anything spinning off the Heroes games is going to heed that lesson of the past and stay well away from anything having to do with Might & Magic's sci-fi universe. And since NWC blew up the setting of the first 3 Heroes games, their options were to create a new world (something NWC had no problem doing) or try to tell a story within the constraints introduced by Axeoth, which had already had Heroes IV and Might & Magic IX working on it. If they decided to create a new world, who can blame them, other than the people who complained when they tried to include references and allusions to previous Heroes games?

[GreatEmerald]

I expected them to continue the story. The two games made a nice introduction into Axeoth, but still left a lot of blank space for further development. Creating another world, and especially another universe, was not needed in the slightest.

[Secret_Holder]

Having not played the newer Heroes games, I may be unqualified to discuss the lore.

But from what I can see, Ashan was created by several Dragon-gods. This is of course inconsistent with what we know of CRON, XEEN and COLONY, but if we were to forcefully connect the newer and the older games, we could say that those stories are myths, which the peoples of Ashan created for themselves after the Silence, no?

[tolich]

if we were to forcefully connect the newer and the older games, we could say that those stories are myths

It's a double-edged sword. The stories of Ancient people may be claimed to be myths as well.

[GreatEmerald]

Having not played the newer Heroes games, I may be unqualified to discuss the lore.

But from what I can see, Ashan was created by several Dragon-gods. This is of course inconsistent with what we know of CRON, XEEN and COLONY, but if we were to forcefully connect the newer and the older games, we could say that those stories are myths, which the peoples of Ashan created for themselves after the Silence, no?

No. In MM games, sci-fi is very clearly expressed. The people have myths, but then we get to see what is beyond the myths first-handedly. So far the MMH games haven't shown that there is any sci-fi explanation for their legends at all, even to the contrary, it suggests that everything is supernatural.

Also, there is no such thing as "COLONY".

[Konfuzius]

I don't know if I am more qualified than Holder because I only played MM6,7,8 and a lil bit H5 but what from what I've read the original universe had the Creators and the Acients, right? And according to ASHAN lore there are dragons who created the universe, right?

What if the Dragons are Ancients AND Creators? Esepcially Urgash seems to fit the role as "Creator". And the rest seems to fit the role as Ancients (don't know much about this, maybe the Shadow Dragon is a Creator as well).

[GrayFace]

But from what I can see, Ashan was created by several Dragon-gods. This is of course inconsistent with what we know of CRON, XEEN and COLONY, but if we were to forcefully connect the newer and the older games, we could say that those stories are myths, which the peoples of Ashan created for themselves after the Silence, no?

No need to go that far. Enroth wasn't created by Ancients either. So, the dragons could have created Ashan, but not the whole universe.

[Secret_Holder]

Having not played the newer Heroes games, I may be unqualified to discuss the lore.

But from what I can see, Ashan was created by several Dragon-gods. This is of course inconsistent with what we know of CRON, XEEN and COLONY, but if we were to forcefully connect the newer and the older games, we could say that those stories are myths, which the peoples of Ashan created for themselves after the Silence, no?

No. In MM games, sci-fi is very clearly expressed. The people have myths, but then we get to see what is beyond the myths first-handedly. So far the MMH games haven't shown that there is any sci-fi explanation for their legends at all, even to the contrary, it suggests that everything is supernatural.

Also, there is no such thing as "COLONY".

You'll be hard pressed to find any sci-fi references in HoMM 1-4, so I don't really see what you're fussing about.

COLONY is the world which contains Enroth, Erathia, Jadame, Karigor and Regna.

It's a "fan-tern" sure, but I prefer it.

[XEL II]

COLONY is the world which contains Enroth, Erathia, Jadame, Karigor and Regna.

That world is called Enroth, which is referenced in MM6, HoMM3: SoD and MM8. The term COLONY is from MM Tribute, a fan project. Nowhere in any game or supplementary material by NWC this name for the planet is even mentioned.

MMT contains several other inconsistencies with canon, such as Ethric the Mad (the first necromancer in the world) becoming lich in 1083 AS and Karigor being the northern part of Jadame, when it actually is a small island southeast of Enroth.