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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era — Early Access Launch Trailer! (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by 9to5@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Its really good. Six factions, different game modes like Arena, Classic, Single Hero and Scenarios, plus a campaign. At the moment only campaign Act 1 is available, but that is already 10+ hours. I think there are also hotseat and multiplayer modes. There is a ladder as well which I have not tried yet. Some of the music is really nice and I like the colorful art style. Each faction also has around 18 heroes with different skills.

Each of the factions feels pretty unique and has 7 units . Each of the 7 units has 2 upgraded version with different stats and / or skills.

The game was really hard at release, but they hotfixed that so easy and normal are now doable for noobs like me.

The only thing missing (for me) at the moment is proper team modes and co-op, but that is currently the developers number one priority.

Reviews are very positive at around 89 percent as of writing, and the game seems to have a bright future ahead, with over 500,000 copies sold in just a couple of days. Long-term support is basically guaranteed.

All of this is coming from someone who does not have much nostalgia for the series beyond playing Heroes 5 a bit. Even a lot of the grognards seem to agree that this is the best entry in the series in a very long time

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I may be the only one, but I appreciate that they tried new spins on the formula in HoMM 4 and 5, and I think part of the reason why 6 and 7 were so bad was that they were just trying to do 3 again. Which is why it is pretty hard to justify this looking good to me. Is it just because its honest about just being 3 again?

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

5 was different but generally considered by the community the last good Heroes game. I cant comment on how close Olden Era is to 3 since barley played 3 but the community has been very positive towards Olden Era. If you want something vastly different than heroes 3 I dont think you will enjoy Olden Era though.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well see as I said, it looks really good to me, but it also just looks like 3 to me.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It does have differences to 3 like each unit having 2 different upgrade paths and there are factions that didnt exist in the old games. Theres also the focus point system that adds another layer to the combat different from magic. But as I said I barley played 3 so I dont think I could judge wether its a big departure. I just know that to a lot of the community 3 is like a holy grail and a game that was just a very competent 3+ would be very welcome to most of them.

Maybe a spicy take but. ....Like I have no nostalgia for 3 and I probably (heresy) would consider it a good but overrated game probably greatly improved by its modding community.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

each unit having 2 different upgrade paths and there are factions that didnt exist in the old games. Theres also the focus point system that adds another layer to the combat different from magic.

So it's doing 5 but in the art style of 3. I can justify this to myself now!

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Which one of them was the Ubisoft one? Played lots of HOMM3 via hotseat with friends as a kid, then bought the 3D Ubisoft one years later. Its greatest weakness to me was the horribly generic WoW/Warhammer clone art style

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

You mentioned wow style so yo'ure definitely thinking of 5.