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No, it wasn't him; he didn't come up with anything except his Middle-earth...

There aren't any well-known mages from the first part yet.

He made a fool of himself in the entire section -_\

In general, based on the information available so far, Heroes 6 looks very negative. Everything has been cut down, and the style is inconsistent. In spirit, it is as experimental as the fourth installment was, and as you may recall, it wasn't a hit. The style of almost all factions has been changed. The standard set of factions is not classic; there are no mages and necromancers from the first part, and no elves from the second part, who are practically a symbol of fantasy.

One of the saddest announcements for me is the cancellation of alt-upgrades. It will remain a unique feature of the fifth part, just like the different types of creatures in the fourth. The most banal system of upgrading units is boring both stylistically and practically; that is, it is simply an increase in stats and sometimes +1 skill. Tactical diversity merges into one thing.

Cutting down on factions means cutting down on units, which means cutting down on diversity. The adventure map will now consist of very monotonous units, unless they come up with over 50 neutral creatures, which is unlikely.

I was a fool, I always thought that there were elves in the first part, and mages appeared only in the second. Thank you to the smart people, they enlightened me, the ignorant one.
I also didn't know that dark elves existed in HoMM before the fifth part.

I don't understand why you adhere to such an ideology? Tolkien is just one of the few who promoted the fantasy world, IMHO and that's it...

The same goes for mages.

Enough with the empty talk, let's have facts, I don't believe it. Professor Tolkien created elves, Middle-earth, and the entire fantasy world, I saw it myself.

So, you mean that the Sorceress castle from the first part represents the mages who split into Sylvan and mages in the second part, is that correct?

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Where is the evidence that he created elves?

1) I don't understand why they're cutting down on the number of races when the game already has 9 fully formed and ready-to-use races, and if you try, you can even identify up to 12. I understand that a couple need to be reserved for add-ons, but still.

2) Alt-units are one of the best new features in the fifth installment. They differ precisely in their abilities, and sometimes in stats for balance! This all provides tactical diversity. At the moment, I'm not taking into account the hero's magic and other things; I'm focusing on the tactics based on the abilities and characteristics of the creatures. Alt-units are equal; you just choose different units for each tactic. There are some failures, but there aren't many.

3) Where do you see the replacement of units? There were 8 factions, 7 creatures each, plus upgrades and alt-units. And also neutrals. As a result, 175 units. Here, there are 5 factions, 7 levels (units, meaning), and upgrades. In total, 70, plus neutrals, let's say about ten, which makes 80. The number has been cut almost in half.

WHAT? Tolkien founded the fantasy genre and single-handedly popularized it, and only then did others contribute to its promotion. If it weren't for him, we would still consider dwarves to be small people, elves to be fairies, and we wouldn't even know about orcs.

The history of fantasy literature dates back to the myths of Ancient Greece and medieval epics ("Beowulf"). Medieval novels had a significant influence on the future genre. The Arthurian legend, with its magic, swords, and romance, according to[2] Andrzej Sapkowski, forms the basis of most fantasy works. In the fantasy of the Far East, this role is played by medieval Chinese, Japanese, and Korean novels and stories, many of which contain a large fantasy element.

The first works of modern fantasy began to appear at the beginning of the 20th century. These include "The Daughter of the King of the Elves" by Lord Edward Dunsany, "Conan" by Robert E. Howard, "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis, and "The Tales of Manuel" by James Cabell. The publication of "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien brought the genre widespread popularity and had a huge impact on it.

Abilities don't change the overall picture; druids remain a unit that attacks and casts spells, and this is true almost everywhere (stalkers are a rare exception), so it shouldn't be considered that alt-upgrades infinitely expand tactical possibilities.

Just for variety.

The abilities don't change the gameplay significantly; druids remain a unit that attacks and casts spells, and this is true for almost all units (stalkers are a rare exception), so it shouldn't be considered that upgrades infinitely expand tactical possibilities. Although there are examples where it is indeed better to choose one upgrade in one case and another in another, there aren't many of them.

Later, the Sorceress faction split into Elves and Mages, and the Wizard faction split into Necromancers and, well, Wizards and Warlocks.