![]() And the addition of elevation to battlefield maps is a really nice evolution for the combat system, adding another tactical layer to positioning (defence and offence bonuses based on relative elevation to attackers/defenders). The pace of battles is really impressive, with units visually running to targeted positions rather than walking like in the old HoMM titles (a simple but appreciated touch). The art direction is beautiful and has a stunning zoom feature going on, with a DOF effect at full zoom like the recent 2D-HD Square RPGs (Octopath and Triangle Strategy). You can tell these guys are making a love letter to HoMM 2/3. I'm a huge HoMM fan, with 2 being my first (and thus main love) but I adore 3 as well, and put a lot of time into 5.įirst impressions are really fucking good. Saw this pop up on Steam's recommendations yesterday and instantly bought it. Got to play skirmish maps with all the other factions too to see if they feel profoundly different, I took Doctor Marjatta as my main Wielder and have been focusing on spellcasting.Īlso, as PSA, there is a random map generator accessible through the map editor (Create new level > Generator Type > Randomly Generated) but it is marked as work in process. All in all, it seems like the SoC developers have given plenty of consideration to limitations and caps they force on players, and I'd say it is pretty good way to prevent player snowballing without making an AI that cheats too much. All the spells (at least it seems so) are open for everyone from the start, but appropriate combinations of Essence is required to cast them. You don't have traditional mana, instead of have various Essences that you get every combat turns depending on your skills and army composition. I feel that apart from building system mentioned above, the new spell system also sets SoC apart from HoMM. ![]() Music isn't that memorable, but audiovisual presentation as whole is pleasant and playing feels satisfying. Played bit of a skirmish game as Loth, and liking it so far. If you are completly new to the genre I would currently still advice HoMM3 complete on GoG (do NOT buy HoMM3 HD!), because it is dirt cheap during sale and has hundreds of hours of content.Ĭaved in and bought it. Definetly very recommended for fans so far. So you can't build everything in one town like in HoMM, which forces you to choose more carefully. There are many towns (at least on the campaign maps) but all towns have limited Slots. The second thing is the whole town management. This should make the endgame on the bigger custom maps very interesting, because the power levels get "balanced" out even in endgame and you can recover better. The game definetly wants you to have multiple armies and not like in HoMM one "steamroll" army. ![]() But the armies are very limited in size because of that. The units per slot are capped (and can be upgraded through "research"). You get more Army slots as 1 of 3 "skills" during level up. The biggest thing is probably the whole Army management. While this is obviously VERY similar there are also some differences to set it aside. Thousands of hours in HoMM3 alone and finished pretty much all content in every HoMM. I am a huge HoMM fan and you could say veteran of the series. Played for around 5 hours so far and really like it. ![]()
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