Неумолимый (Акт I)

Name: Relentless
Size: Huge
Dungeon: Yes
Number of human players: 1
Version: Equi 3.55
Description:

Planet Eragelion, year 3664 SC. Five thousand years have passed since seven light mages saved the planet from a terrible sorcerer who swore to return one day. The mages then created planetary seals — a barrier meant to prevent that.

Tristan, the illegitimate son of a knight and a peasant woman, has a nightmare. In this dream, the planet is destroyed by some entity from outer space. In search of answers, he finds a seeress tormented by the same vision. They conclude that they have seen future events, and Tristan intends to change the course of history. This is hindered by the seals, which not only close the planet off from external threats but also prevent anyone from leaving it. Now they must be destroyed, but there is one catch: even the greatest warriors of the past considered attacking the seals suicide...

I have been working on this project since the beginning of 2022. The plan was to squeeze absolutely everything out of combat in Heroes IV, so it's easy to guess that the map's difficulty borders on impossible. I tried to distance myself from all sorts of clichés, but in the end, the battles still become somewhat formulaic. Here I am powerless — the game itself, as you know, is far from perfectly balanced. I planned to make a campaign, but now I'm not even sure it's worth it, as there is a high probability it will be the same thing, but stretched not over 30 hours, but over 100. Hardly many will appreciate such a trick.
UPD from 8.1.2024: there will be a campaign, and it will have an easy mode for those who don't want to sweat over every battle.
UPD from 7.3.2026: the campaign is out, see the similar thread in the corresponding section.
Nevertheless, what is here deserves attention. It's at least 30 hours of gameplay, over 200 difficult battles, 70 pages of story, 4 unique portraits, and an original setting and characters.

Introductory article containing all the related information about the universe

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