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Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III

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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 05:24:34 -0500, Altered Beast
> <j63480576@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Having gone to Heroes IV right when it arrived, I never realized that
>> the AI in Heroes III is very competent.  Heroes IV basically had no AI
>> that I could discern.  The missions were like ride down this coast
>> killing wolves until you get off the island - no interaction with the
>> enemy.  Heroes III just kicked my ass again because the enemy came from
>> a direction I didn't expect.
>>
>> What Heroes IV had going for it was that it was very pretty.  They
>> brought back an AI in Heroes V but that is for another story.
> 
> Past the first HOMM, I really don't differentiate the various
> iterations. They're all a blur to me, merging one into the next. Maybe
> slightly better graphics but I never really saw much difference in
> gameplay or AI. I bought and played the games, but they never engaged
> me like the first one because they lacked the freshness and novelty of
> the original. The innumerable expansions in HOMM5 (and later Heroes
> Chronicles) ultimately drove me away entirely. The games just weren't
> offering enough new for me to keep buying (and buying and buying) the
> newest iterations.

I must have started the campaign in HOMM5: Tribes of the East a million 
times that I'm not interested in finishing it.  Currently finishing 
HOMM3: Rise of Erathia, 4 campaigns down 2 to go and HOMM5: Hammers of 
Fate campaigns.  One thing I don't like in Tribes of the East is that 
you are forced to betray your master and I'm all about loyalty.  HOMM3 
wasn't as linear as that, where campaigns must be played in order. 
Hammers of Fate seems solid and the campaigns challenge in new ways.

HOMM6 & 7 require UbiPlay.  I'm sick of games like this requiring play 
through service, I think all they are for is to take your money when you 
forget your password.  Their password recovery is usually abysmal. They 
certainly don't do anything for me.  From now on I will ask for a refund 
if it is like this.  My dollars are a vote and I won't vote for play 
through service.

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Heroes o Might & Magic III Altered Beast <j63480576@gmail.com> - 2024-08-13 05:24 -0500
  Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-08-13 10:12 -0400
    Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III Altered Beast <j63480576@gmail.com> - 2024-08-13 14:26 -0500
    Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III Altered Beast <j63480576@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 12:10 -0500
    Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III Peter Steele <snakesbloodpussycat@yahoo.com> - 2024-12-09 20:49 -0600
      Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-12-10 11:55 -0500

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