The latest expansion pack has been released. Now, certain things are clear.

Listen, hero, I stand by every word in my post.

Do you really think you're the only one here who can talk so "specifically"?

The game "Royal Reward" later turned into Heroes and BECAME PART OF MIGHT AND MAGIC EXCLUSIVELY FOR MARKETING REASONS.

From a plot perspective, "Royal Reward" has nothing to do with Heroes. From a gameplay perspective, yes, but only from that side. Heroes is part of the Might and Magic series, and its plot and concept are related to it.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the first Might and Magic was itself a clone of Wizardry.

I'm correcting you. From the point of view of the role-playing system, M&M borrowed something from D&D and Wizardry, but it wasn't a clone. And the plot and concept of the world of Kane and other storylines were invented by the NWC writers themselves.

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of course he meant that DM&M and HM&M V are not part of the past of M&M, in the sense that neither is :) unlike Heroes 1-4, and not that they intersect

Yes. Heroes 1-4 and the add-ons for 3 and 4 are part of the plot of the previous M&M. The current M&M contains DMoMM and HoMM5 with add-ons.

you somehow misunderstood his phrase :) is this sarcasm or something?

No, it's just that when adequate arguments run out, sophistry comes into play.

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With this phrase, you have cast great doubt on your legitimacy and knowledge of the plots of the current Might and Magic games.

Lol. I know perfectly well what the Free Cities of the East are, that Stonehelm is one of them, how Isabelle Greyhound, Kha-Beleth, and Saref are connected, why Arantir is so influential among the Necromancer, where the orcs came from, etc.