Favourite HoMM story

[Elwin]

Heroes 4's stories were the best. A start of a new world seems very fairy tale-ish......exactly how I liked it. The life campaign features something like a throne war, which I find very nice since I'm very interested in medieval times honor. The Order campaign is long and about a woman who went from a glass blower to a queen. Then there's Solymr the faithful servant, and the war for the Price of Peace, all very unique and interesting. Elwin and Shaera was "funny" at first, especially since I thought Lord Harke was a fat man...was he the same person as Lord Haart? The Half-Dead Campaign was hard at first....but its story had a real unique touch, with a drop of good and evil. Finally there's the Might and Chaos campaign which I didn't really enjoy, Tawni is too ruthless (but her story kept me hanging on for a while), and as for might I didn't even bother at all with it.

My favourite campaign was Elwin and Shaera overall, it was so lovish, once my brother played a game with a level 70 Shaera who could have creamed Lord Harke......Muahahahahahah. Still, though, Harke wasn't really an awful person unlike pitiful Kalibarr, but the villian part of Elwin and Shaera was not so good. Half-Dead was more like it, and I would have liked six scenarios instead of five, like one when you had to fight Lord Harke again, this time he possesed or something.....

[asandir]

i agree that elwin and shaera and the pirates daughter were great stories - so voted 4

[theLuckyDragon]

Voted H3 story.
Somehow the Restoration War really got to me...

[Marzhin]

Still, though, Harke wasn't really an awful person unlike pitiful Kalibarr, but the villian part of Elwin and Shaera was not so good. Half-Dead was more like it, and I would have liked six scenarios instead of five, like one when you had to fight Lord Harke again, this time he possesed or something.....

Actually what I liked in this campaign is the fact the main villain could have been (and actually was) a great hero who went mad because of jealousy. regarding the ending of the story, NWC had probably plans for him in the (never-to-be) future. (Harke will be one of the heroes of my upcoming Legends of the Ancients campaign for Heroes V... if only Nival could release the map editor ^^)

[Akul]

Harke didn't went mad. He is still sane, but he became too ambitious and tought that he can do whatever he wanted becasue he was the great hero. Can't blame him. Many people become like him.

[Avonu]

H2 story - it isn't so good but you can chosse your lord and betrayed (or not) him.
You also have to choose - help magic guild or save (or slay) dwarfs. Not mention about scenario before last mission - search for crown (ultimate artifact) or gather troops to final map.
In later heroes you always have linear campaign - and always good side win.

H3 story - well RoE is not so good but AB (especially Mutare and Dracon campaign) is better and SoD or HC are the best H3 stories.

I never like H4 story - maybe because it discribes persons not a world and I like to know about world not about that somebody cloak was "marked" by white tiger or that person is in love to princess.

And H5...even if i don't like H4 stories I wanted to know how there are finishing. In H5 I had enought of this when I started Markal's campaign (Where I saw this story? - I don't remember, even Sandro's name say me nothing ).

[Akul]

Yes, I agree with you about H2 campaign. Shame that other games weren't as free as that one.

[dallasmavs41]

I loved the H3 expansion stories more than RoE. Especially the Shadow of Death campaign with Sandro getting those insane artifacts while manipulating everybody. The other Heroes stories were great, but I loved the H3 expansion stories alot more than others..

[Lunar]

I voted for H4 stories but only from New World Origin (oryginal campaigns) for much of texts. TGS and WoW are pretty dull, but they'd be better anytime.
I really don't like Ashan world. Axeoth is better.
On second place i take H3 Campaigns and Tarnum adventures

ps - (i played only four first chronicles(WotW, MotE, CotD, CotU), cause next 4 (FM, WT, RoB, SoF) never appeared in Poland )

[ThunderTitan]

I never like H4 story - maybe because it discribes persons not a world and I like to know about world not about that somebody cloak was "marked" by white tiger or that person is in love to princess.

But without character dev there is no story, JJ said so.

I liked the fact that Elwin and Shaera was ancient myths/stories/fairytales 101. It was cute. And Half-Dead / Pirate's Daugther actualy had pretty smart protagonists, which is a huge plus in my book. The rest were good, but like a guy called Bass once said on a comic book forum where i check for the apperence of new comics, if i can think of a way the story could be better then it kinda loses it's fun.

[Avonu]

But without character dev there is no story, JJ said so.

Yeah, right
First of all - I am not JJ.
Second - H2:PoL - Descendants campaign. No characters dev but campaign was great - old king (or chief or...barbarian leader) tells story about his tribe past - and you played this "historical" battles and watched how tribe become stronger and stronger. In the end, barb leader has to finish what his ancestors start - and guess, who will comand final battle?

[ThunderTitan]

I also enjoy history, and those type of stories. I just couldn't resist being a meanie.