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Miru
Supreme Hero
A leaf in the river of time
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posted June 27, 2007 04:11 AM |
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NO! NEVER!
Alright, by force I go to school, where for 6 hours I'm being assigned homework.
But aside from that I was under the impression I had the least "life" of anyone...
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I wish I were employed by a stupendous paragraph, with capitalized English words and expressions.
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Evil_Warrior
Famous Hero
Duke of Demon
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posted June 27, 2007 05:59 AM |
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H1 : Never play. But if you have ever played H2, it contains all H1 things.
H2 : I've played H3 before I know H2. So, I feel many thing missed. Only one Hero Class, Limited artifact load, just 6 town that very very unbalanced, and under average graphic.
Not need a long time before I'm bored.
H3 : What an amazing game! 9 type of towns that places creatures in their habitats correctly. With AB, random map generator makes unlimited new maps.
More, with SOD, can find new strategy in old maps with possibility to combine artifacts.
Furthermore, WOG with those weird amazing things.
Very interesting campaigns plus H3 Chronicles Expansion pack.
H4 : WTF? The only things that better than H3 is the graphic. Bad idea to change 7 level to be 4 level, with something like Bone Dragon, Behemoth, and Sea Monster, stronger than Angel, Devil, and Titan.
Worse idea to change 9 towns to be 6 towns by mixing inferno and necro, ignoring fortress (swamp).
And the worst idea is, maximum gold per day from the town that is less than 2000.
H5 : Good idea to make Racial skills and Abilities. Great graphics and music. The concept doesn't continue H4, but H3. Races system moving, removing, and adding many creatures. Nice to see a town with its racial troops and some magical beasts rather than a town with mixed beast like H3.
One bad thing, some creatures that weaker-in-appearance, placed higher tier and have better stats than the other that stronger-in-appearance.
Examples :
=> Shadow witch, should be weaker than hydra.
=> Wolf and Brawler, should be weaker than Bear Rider. What makes Wolf can defeat Bear?
=> Demon, with its appearance, level 2???
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Truliche
Adventuring Hero
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posted June 27, 2007 06:56 AM |
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Heroes I- Never played it
Heroes II- Never played it
Heroes III- Now this is a really fun game, seriously, my favorite in the series, intuitive, easy to play, hard to master, good graphics, good music, excellent creature design, polished all around, doesn't feel cheap, etc.
Heroes IV- Well... it certainly had some interesting features but I guess my biggest qualm with it was how cheap it felt, the graphics were really bad, animations sucked, the interface was hard as hell to use not intuitive at all, really hard to play as well, the monster design was pretty bad (behemoths look so bad compared to their H3 counterparts), it had some good ideas but ultimately it all came together very poorly, the music was annoying too, I really tried to like it but I didn't, I reinstalled it again last night and I just didn't like it.
Heroes V-Glorified Heroes III, I'd like this more if it wasn't for the emotional and nostalgic value H3 has for me but this really is a great game, great graphics, great style, great music, great gameplay, awesome new features, overall feels like a well done polished game, create design is for the most part really well done (except like evilwarrior said, some creatures look more powerful than they really are) and overall its just a great game. Can't wait what Nival and Ubisoft has in stores for us for the next Heroes entry.
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EliteLeader
Adventuring Hero
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posted July 03, 2007 01:11 PM |
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Heroes I - Good start, prettty simple tho but what do you expect from such an old game? 
Heroes II - VERY good game for its age its still fun, especially with the gold version(new campaigns etc.) first played it when I was five years old, got me addicted to video games 
Heroes III - Very Fun, Very Good, Very addictive, allmost no bad parts in this game.
Heroes IV - Only played this for a few hours, I disliked it so much that I never played it again... enough said I think. 
Heroes V - Didn't play yet, sounds good based on the reactions ive read here will buy it soon. 
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"One fine day in the middle of the night, Two dead men got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other"
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SAG
Promising
Supreme Hero
WCL owner
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posted July 03, 2007 02:47 PM |
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Heroes I - Best game of 1995-1996 for me
Heroes II - Best game of 1997 for me, interesting maps, campaigns. Better graphics, more towns, spells, monsters.
Heroes III :
- Restoration/Armageddon/Shadow - the best 1998-2006.
- TE 1.03q version: even better!
Heroes IV - Does anybody know any good change from homm3? No chaining, no unique heroes, bad skill system, heroes on battlefield, bad multiplayer features, strange sound and graphics.
Heroes V - Definitely better than homm4, however very slow game process. Maps are poor, made like mazes. Graphics is TOO COMPLEX! Mainly singleplayer-oriented.
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Blazing
Tavern Dweller
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posted July 06, 2007 11:17 AM |
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Edited by Blazing at 15:01, 06 Jul 2007.
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Heroes I - Haven't played it but seen it. Looks good for an old game
Heroes II - One of the best in the series, me and my friends used to play alot! My first HOMM ever. Totaly addictive
Heroes III - I think H2-H3 are the only that are the most in common to eachother as well as perfect, unlike H2, they made every single creature upgradeable. H2 and H3 are my dual favourites, love it!!
Heroes IV - Pretty nice, but going downfall...Gameplay changed, upgrading system gone (choosing system replaced). Definetly not as good as its predecessors.
Heroes V - Haven't played it yet, but saw alot of videos. No more 3DO company and New World Computing.Since Ubisoft took over from there, I hope they continue it the right way.Looks like too much more to learn.
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Messaro
Tavern Dweller
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posted July 11, 2007 08:13 PM |
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Heroes I - never played it
Heroes II - played it once or twice, looks very interesting, especially I like the necropolis.
Heroes III - the best Heroes ever. Very fun game, although may seem quite unfair at times.
Heroes IV - very nice game, but actually I don't have the feeling it belongs to the heroes series. I didn't like it at first, but then stop going to school for a couple of weeks, so I can play it at home. Unbalanced and incomplete, though
Heroes V - well, many things I'm not used to, but seemes like a very good game. I like that every thing has its significance now,e.g. the first aid tent can cure more than 5 HP without First Aid skill(unlike heroes III, but correct me if Im wrong here)
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ckukner
Tavern Dweller
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posted July 22, 2007 12:20 PM |
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HOMM1 was very small cant remember
HOMM2 still play great musics
HOMM3 ultimate gaming experience
HOMM4 installed played for 5 minutes unistalled installed HOMM3
HOMM5 installed played for 30 minutes unistalled installed HOMM3
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matkov
Hired Hero
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posted July 24, 2007 08:09 AM |
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Heroes I - realy good game in that time
Heroes II - like it more than HOMM I again very good
Heroes III - love it, I've spent lot of days playing it
Heroes IV - bad, bad, bad didn't like it too much nice graphics but that was all
Heroes V - very good again, only problem was too few maps in basic game ( i do not have datadiscs)
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Darmani
Hired Hero
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posted July 26, 2007 05:58 AM |
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Kings Bounty:
I played it through once rather recently. Very fun and addicting.7/10
HoMM I:
Ahh...distant memories. I haven't played it since we upgraded to Windows 98 many years ago and the CD went who-knows-where. I know I loved it at the time, but I do not remember much. No comment.
HoMM II:
Best game of all time. Fantastic musical score, excellent art (note: art is distinguished from graphics), good balance, factions all had a different feel. Great strategic death. 10/10
HoMM III:
The only thing that's better here than in HoMM II is the Wait button (and the AI, but I prefer not to factor AI into comparisons of games made many years apart, unless said AI is anachronistically good or bad [as in HoMM IV]).
The designers of this game were infected with the "More is Better" line of thought. In addition, they did a lot of stuff to decrease the strategic depth. You can switch what artifacts are in use at any time, consequence free? That destroys a lot of tactical depth present in HoMM II concerning secondary heroes and the Fizbin of Misfortune. There are as many army slots as tiers? There goes several decisions concerning what to bring and where to put those you don't. There's no penalty for upgrading a creature already exited from the dwelling? That one really burns; in HoMM II, the decision of whether to purchase unupgraded creatures now or wait to build the upgraded dwelling could have major consequences. The factions now all have the same feel, caused by the evenness among tiers.
HoMM III also has worse music, far worse art (but better graphics), and altogether less charm than HoMM II.
Still a great game, though I got bored within a few minutes the last few times I tried to play (which shows I'm just used to HoMM II, I suppose). 8/10
HoMM IV:
Some good ideas (though IMHO heroes on the battlefield could never have worked), poorly implemented. I admit to being blown away by the graphics the first time I played (I was clearly out of touch with the times), but now I realize the art is horrible (plastic doll look). The music is still great, and the gameplay is when it's not too easy (such as in the first mission of The Pirate's Daughter).
The gameplay enjoyment suffers horribly from the poor AI and the huge disparity between level 1 heroes and level 20 heroes. Shame.
It still charms me more than HoMM III due to its music, UI, and creative text (last time I got an urge to play it, I didn't get bored in a few minutes), but it's not as good of a game.
7/10
HoMM V:
An insult to the series. Throw it in the fireplace!
4/10
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troglodit
Tavern Dweller
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posted July 28, 2007 09:08 PM |
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BR ? xD
heroes I : grafic - lol no comment - games - 3/10
Heroes II : grafic : lol.... - games - 5/10
Heroes III : grafic - spox ! gratz ! - games - 8/10
Heroes IV : grafic - 3d + heroes - no ! - games - 7/10
Heroes V : grafic : 3d + heroes - no !!! - games - 7/10
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Geny
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted July 29, 2007 06:37 PM |
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Gather round! Gather round!
Come and see the 8th miracle of the world!
The only man who judges a TBS solely by its graphics!!!
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Artas1984
Adventuring Hero
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posted January 12, 2008 01:42 PM |
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Heroes - N/A
The game has 8 bit sound and graphics compression, i can not imagine how are you able to play this game at all with todays PC'S, since it's technicaly impossible.
Heroes II -
My first Heroes game, loved it much, but did not had a PC at that time (1997), so i played it at random places. Everything was so good and classic in it, can't tell a single flaw, although i did not spend lots of time with the game.
The good things:
+great sound
+great graphics
+great gameplay
+great stats
-disballanced stats
Heroes III -
The best Heroes game so far, the first game i have got when i first got a laptop in 2002. An upgrade to Heroes 2 and it makes it supreme.
+great sound
+great graphics
+great gameplay
+great stats
+much more natural stats over Heroes II
Heroes IV - :
A return to Heroes II huh? A joke
-ridicioulus plastelin-like graphics
-completely disbalanced monster and other statistics
-rpg-like gameplay does not sound like Heroes at all
-a decrease from Heroes II
+great sound
Heroes V -
A return to Heroes III huh? Not quite
-decrease in battlefield from hexagon shape to quadrat
-idiotic monster design and cartoon-like graphics
-bad stats and creature selection per towns
+great gameplay
+great sound
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sandronecro
Known Hero
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posted January 12, 2008 04:07 PM |
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THIS IS SO NOT FAIR MAN! every one hate HOMM IV YO!
all right my turn...
Homm I: Never played it
Homm II: No comment on the graphics for now but when first time it came out i thought it was so good. especially the major improvement from Homm I that necropolis and wizard had been added and greatly made more life to the storyline of campaigns.
Homm III: Best of all yo! i'm still playing it everyday now, muahahahahahahaahah!
Homm IV: a great improvement of graphics from Homm III and the IDEA is brand new. And the it's the very first time that heroes can move without any troops and the monstas can roam around the whole adventure map yo! THAT's LIFE! the animation is a bit hostile but i still like it. Also, without a town, that kingdom doesn't fall in 7 days is also a great advantage, giving more challenge and freedom to the game.
Homm V: played at my friend's house. Just a more advanced version of Homm III which i liked really much. but slow the PC down quite a bit. also, i recently bought the copy Homm V ToE expansion and got so frustrated that my PC can't support it. becuz of the 2G RAM and GeForceMx4 not supported requirement, you know it sux
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madshj
Famous Hero
Minotaur Lord
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posted January 19, 2008 07:08 PM |
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h1: this was a sensation, a new form of game, it was the funniest game, on its time
its always hard to begin, but this was great.
h2: even greater, missed the cute graphic, but h2 was/is actually a funny game.
h3: The MOST INCREDIBLE AND BEST 3DO GAME EVER!!
hehe, maybe too much thumbs but h3 deserves it.
h4: The worst game in history
so bad graphic, bad combat, bad everything, 1 BIG failure
h5: This game has so nice graphic, best game after h3
h6: hehe, we can never know, but we hope it will be good, dont we?
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XXtazy
Hired Hero
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posted January 21, 2008 09:08 AM |
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Edited by XXtazy at 09:09, 21 Jan 2008.
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HoMM 1
I haven't played it, sadly enough, so I can't say. Only thing I know is that I LOVE the graphics. They are so goddamn awesome.
(neutral rating)
HoMM 2
Best graphics in the series, if you ask me. The game is very fun too, though I think it is a bit hard. The natural creatures grow almost at the same rate as you do
HoMM 3
One of the best games ever made! What is it, 8 years since it was released? And it never gets boring, I have no idea how many hours and days I've spent on it. All around great game!
The only weird part is that I've never played it online. Why? I have no idea. Most games get a hell of a lot more fun when added the multiplaying part to it, and I can't possibly imagine HoMM3 being any more fun I'm thinking of trying it online though, late is better than never, right?
HoMM 4
Is this part of the series? It sure isn't obvious when you play it. I don't really know what they were thinking when they made it, but it doesn't deserve the titel of HoMM. It might be a fun game if you have the patience to try it, but I don't really want to.
HoMM 5
Heroes 3 with newer graphics. Kinda fun, nothing too special if you ask me. I'll stick to HoMM3.
And I find the heroes too damn overpowered. But then again, I've only played the campaign, they probably don't get that strong in multiplayer.
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Frick
Known Hero
and eternal n00b.
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posted January 21, 2008 10:13 AM |
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Edited by Frick at 10:16, 21 Jan 2008.
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King's Bounty(HoMM1)
Heroes 1 is a "sequel" to King's Bounty.
Heroes I - Haven't played much.. A few hours here and there.
Heroes II - I spent months with the awesome demo. My first major addict, I think.
Heroes III - THE best game ever made, hands down. More than 1000 hours played.
Heroes IV - Not that good imo.. The music is distracting and it's just too cute for me. I don't like it. It's not bad, but it's not a very good Heroes. I like the skills system and the subclasses, but that's about it. Also, the battlefield is annoying.
Heroes V - I was kinda unimpressed with this one.. Thought it would be great, but it's not. It's a good game, but for some reason my feelings when I play it can be said with the word "meh".
Heroes Chronicles - This is what I play ATM. I'm at Masters of the Elements so far. It's like a HUGE campaign for Heroes III, wich is awesome. Now I seriously want these games released on Steam or something..
EDIT:
If you want to play Heroes 1 on Windows XP, here's a link:
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/797/Heroes+of+Might+and+Magic+%28Windows+Version%29.html
Abandonware for teh win.
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