Posts from Heroes of Might and Magic V [Game Discussion]

Before the 6th installment, many more expansions will be released.

Yeah, if only Nival listened to you. But until the sixth installment of Heroes is released...

P.S. The other day, there was a celebration for fans of Heroes – it was the 1-month anniversary of Heroes 5.

Everyone is waiting for one thing... Add-ons and patches!

I'm looking forward to it too! Barbarians!

I would like them to add an elemental castle... I really like these guys!! Fire, Water, Air, Earth – that would be awesome!

I'm waiting for a RANDOM MAP GENERATOR!!! I don't really play campaigns. I've completed three or four missions...and that's it. Right now, I'm playing single-player games, but if I finish them and the generator still isn't available, what will I do? Also, the map size needs to be increased (I'm repeating this for the umpteenth time) THREE TIMES!! I don't have any other complaints...except that we need more collections.

EDITOR!! Here's what needs to happen... Basically... in about 5-6 months, there will be a new castle... and more maps (though I'm not sure about the size). So, basically, that's what will happen... The only thing we'll really need is patience!!

besides being very large, it will also be GIGANTIC (I've seen this everywhere a hundred times). BUT, I still think that NWC would have made the game much better than Nivala with Ubisoft (deliberately with a lowercase letter), if, of course, the same programmers and those "old-timers" hadn't gone completely crazy (just kidding). By the way, I was reading here from Katrine that NWC started developing a 5th Heroes game. Is that true? Is there any evidence? Any screenshots from the "lost game"? I can imagine how hard it was for them to give their own child into the hands of another family for "re-education." And who actually had the rights to the game, NWC or 3DO? Was 3DO just a publisher or a development assistant? And is there anywhere I can read about this sale of Heroes, or at least someone can tell me (I don't understand anything about the gaming industry, but I really want to)? Please, tell a newbie, share your knowledge (because otherwise, there wouldn't be any teachers in our country for such a salary, except for private ones). And finally! Tell me, are both companies still alive after the bankruptcy? (Thank you in advance)

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In the editor, you can create maps of the following sizes: Small – 72x72 Medium – 96x96 Large – 136x136 Extra Large – 176x176 Huge – 216x216 Currently, the Small and Huge sizes are not used in the game.

Yes, I know about this size... the so-called giant size. Do you think 216*216 is much bigger than 176*176?

2 Varti. 3DO was the publisher of games in the Might & Magic universe and owned the rights to both game series. After its bankruptcy, nothing remained. As you said, the "old-timers" messed up the fourth installment of Heroes, so it's good that Nival developed the game (I really liked Demigods, I'm a big fan of MtG).

Yes, I know about this size... the so-called giant size. Do you think 216*216 is much bigger than 176*176?

Well, maybe it's not MUCH bigger... but it still is! I personally like the size, but it's up to each individual!

Well, maybe just a LITTLE bit more....but still! I personally find the size to be fine, but it's a matter of preference!

It's impossible to play Hot Seat on such a small screen.

It's impossible to play Hot Seat on such large maps.

I don't know... I think that three players can fit on a Huge map! And maybe 2-3 more AI opponents!

By the way, I was reading something from Catrine that NWC started developing Heroes 5. Is that true? Is there any evidence? Any screenshots from the "lost game"? I can imagine how hard it was for them to give their own child to another family for "re-education." And who actually had the rights to the game, NWC or 3DO? Was 3DO just a publisher or also a development assistant? And is there anywhere I can read about this sale of Heroes, or at least can someone tell me (I don't understand anything about the gaming industry, but I really want to)? Please, tell me, share your knowledge (because it's still nice, otherwise there wouldn't be any teachers in our country for such a salary, except for private ones). And lastly, after the bankruptcy, are both companies still around? (Thank you in advance)

About NWC - it's true. Shortly before the bankruptcy, there was some activity regarding Heroes 5, but there's no talk of any screenshots, of course, because it only concerned the concept of the project and some moments preceding any coding. The rights to Heroes belonged, naturally, to 3DO ("naturally" - because, if I remember correctly, NWC was legally considered a division of 3DO). I'll err on the side of memory again, but if I remember correctly, shortly before the bankruptcy, part of the team that worked on the previous Heroes was laid off. After the bankruptcy, 3DO was sold off in parts. There was an idea in the air to sell NWC together with Heroes (by the way, the NWC team that worked on Heroes 5 continued to work on them even after the bankruptcy and without receiving a salary, hoping that they would be bought together with the project), but it was decided to sell them separately. NWC dispersed in different directions, finding new jobs, and 3DO's assets (valued at $250,000), as well as the rights to individual product lines, were put up for auction in August 2003. By the way, before the auction, most people thought that Microsoft would win the rights to most of 3DO's products, as they applied to participate in the auction, but they refused to participate in the bidding for Heroes. As a result, Ubi, Eidos, and, sorry, I don't remember who else... some little-known company... participated in the bidding. Heroes cost Ubi $1.3 million. At first, there were rumors that Ubi would invite several people from the old Heroes team, but that didn't happen. That's the story... If I got anything wrong, I apologize.

Well, let's put it in numbers, but overall, everything is done correctly.

Yeah, it’s a good thing 3DO went bankrupt; otherwise, instead of 5 Nival’s Heroes games, we would have gotten something truly awful.