Re: Heroes o Might & Magic III

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.
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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.