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

Guys, I have a problem with patch 1.2...
"- In the "Maahir's Gambit" map, the AI can no longer capture key artifacts needed to complete the quest."
I don't know why, but I still get the message that I lost because I lost all hope, etc., even after installing patch 1.2.
P.S. The game is a licensed version, patch 1.1 is installed, and patch 1.2 is installed (version 1.2 is displayed in the main menu), and I started the game after installing the patch.

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Or am I misunderstanding something?

The main thing is that this originality doesn't lose the spirit of the Heroes series. The game shouldn't just become another strategy game, but a true continuation of the previous installments.

The exact same thing happened to me just yesterday. I was just getting into the swing of things, and then bam - "you have lost." Guys - do you actually like Heroes 5?:(

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Complete disappointment - where are my favorite wolves and tigers? Death Dancers - who even are they? And the succubi? Nonsense.

In what way has the spirit been preserved? Where is the connection to the previous games in the series? Saying that the spirit has been preserved because of "patriotism" is not quite right. The spirit is not expressed in the fact that many moments are similar (if you judge by that, then Warcraft was made in the spirit of Dune), but in the fact that when playing the game, you encounter connections with past games in the series. I don't feel that in the fifth installment. The game is good, even very good, but it's not Heroes 5. It's a game that uses the developments of NWC and the name for marketing. Since the game turned out well, Ubisoft and Nival can easily remove the number 5 (the marketing has already taken place) and replace the game's title with Heroes - New Reality (or something similar).

It’s a matter of personal preference. I’ve always been interested in the storyline in Heroes. It’s interesting to buy a book as a continuation of a series you love, but in this case, it’s completely different. Old names appear, but it’s impossible to understand how they ended up there. I wouldn’t read such a book, or I would read it, but not as a continuation. The spirit of Heroes is not a genre (there are many games in that genre), not units, not buildings. The spirit of Heroes lies precisely in the storyline (IMHO).

Everyone has their own opinion, and that cannot be changed.

I agree, but a game becomes interesting when both the plot and everything else are good, like a movie... You enjoy a movie when you like the actors, when the cinematography is flawless, the script is excellent, and the sound design is great. If one component is lacking, the movie can no longer claim to be appealing to the audience, IMHO.

Yes, they will definitely have problems with the plot. As I already wrote, the original Heroes universe looked like this according to Cannegham's ideas: here. And now, it is unlikely that they will be able to return to a global concept. Even NWC itself started experimenting with the Chronicles of Heroes, losing the linearity of storytelling, and Nival, which didn't know about this, is unlikely to come up with anything without connecting John Van Caneghem to the project.