Posts from Heroes VII

Finances aren't an issue for me. But! I have two computers at home, one for my wife to play Alawar games, and the other has all the Heroes games, as well as Knight and Armored Princess. Now, do I need to buy a new system because of Heroes VII? And what if I don't play it? I installed Heroes VI, but haven't played it. It's a bummer. In my opinion, the graphics in Katauri are better than in Heroes VII. Overall, I'm surprised.

It's naive to think that the game will run smoothly on a tablet or a PC with 4GB of RAM.

It's naive to think that you understand anything about tablets. Next year, a lot of tablets with Core M7 6Y75 and 4GB of RAM will be released. Considering that by that time there will be a lot of patches, the game will run smoothly on these tablets. And if we're lucky and the developers try hard, it will be possible to choose a weaker (cheaper) processor, but all of them will have 4GB of RAM.

Honestly, I'm getting tired of this situation with modern games. In the past, games were released in a finished state, if not 100%, then very close to it... Now, if a game loads the main menu, that's it... you can sell it. Unlimited internet has made game developers complacent... The game doesn't work? We'll release a 5 GB patch... If that doesn't help, we'll release another 5 GB patch in a month.:smile11:

And in general... why did they take the series away from Nival? Did they want more money, or what?

For now, as was mentioned earlier, we're just sitting and waiting for version 1.3...
There's no point in buying expensive hardware. It doesn't even work properly on good hardware.

Sorry for the off-topic, but since we're talking about tablets: http://4pda.ru/2015/09/26/247711/
In short, you can definitely play Heroes on these devices, and even with some headroom :D

I decided to play as the Necromancers, reached the 3rd mission, and I'm having the same problems - a lot of towns, and my heroes have small armies. I've only visited 2 Shrines: Light and Air. Does anyone know where to find the Earth Shrine, and do I need an army after I enter the portal?

Hi, I've already completed the 3rd map, and the 4th map is even more fun :smile08:. You don't need to build green towns; the main thing is to visit 3 Shrines. They are located on the left (to remove the green seal), on the right (you need to climb the mountain, and when they come after you, jump into the portal and escape to continue the mission :smile24:), and at the top - behind the deer. I played on medium difficulty, and I had this arrangement. You don't really need an army; the whole tactic is to escape from the elves. I gathered the main army only in the dwelling by the water; I saw 2 more dwellings, but they were useless. The main combat unit, as at the beginning of the mission, is improved skeletons; sometimes I add liches or vampires, but if there are few of them, they are not very effective. You'll reach the Reliquary, and there will be some nuances there too :smile02:. To avoid spoiling the walkthrough, I won't reveal all the details in advance. Feel free to ask if you have any questions. On the 4th map, judging by the order in which they are trying to destroy me, the same tactic applies :rolleyes: :smile01:. I'm just trying to operate somewhere near my town, but they rush in like cockroaches :eek:. They don't even try to fight each other; they just run after me, no matter where I go!

And in general... why did Nival give up the series? Did they want a lot of money or what else?

What? Nival refused to make Heroes 6 themselves because it's much more interesting to work on their own project.

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Besides, the series never belonged to Nival.

What? Nival itself refused to make Heroes 6 because it's much more interesting to work on their own project.

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Besides, the series never belonged to Nival.

But didn't they leave the project due to disagreements with Ubisoft?

What? Nival itself refused to make Heroes 6 because it's much more interesting to work on their own project.

But didn't they leave the project because of disagreements with Ubisoft?

The relationship between Nival and Ubisoft is indirectly revealed in this excerpt, written by one of Nival's employees (as I understand) back in 2006. ;)
P. S. Yes, it could be categorized as humor, if we had such a category on our website...

Didn't they leave the project because of disagreements with Ubisoft?

That's also true.

I decided to try replaying that mission, found the Earth Sanctuary, but now I have to go through all the other Sanctuaries again. As far as I remember, an elf attacked me, and I lost everyone except for a little over 50 skeletons. Once I open the portal to the Reliquary, will I need an army? Guys, does everyone's campaign progress not save? The "Continue" button is grayed out and can't be clicked, and when I go to "Campaign," only the first mission is available for Lasir and Anastasia. If anyone has solved this problem, please help.

IgroMir 2015. Interview with Ubisoft. Might & Magic: Heroes 7 (RUS/ENG):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJagdll92g

Fan: I want to be able to rotate the camera with the mouse! Publisher: We've introduced a new feature: now you can't rotate the camera with the mouse anymore! :D Fan: *pokerface* .....=_=

What? Nival refused to make Heroes 6 themselves because it's much more interesting to work on their own project.

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And besides, the series never belonged to Nival.

With such a publisher, "they refused" sounds like "we can't stand them anymore." Who knows what really happened?
And I wasn't saying that the series belonged to Nival.

The point of my post is that Nival made a good game. This game got better with each expansion. That is, they know how to make games! Why change the developer and give the series to who knows who, if the people were already doing well? So far, the experiment hasn't been very successful, neither with the 6th nor with the 7th installment.

Igromir 2015. Interview with Ubisoft. Might & Magic: Heroes 7 (RUS/ENG):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJagdll92g

I watched it; this Lebreton didn't say anything useful, and from his words, I understood that, figuratively speaking, he's shifting all the responsibility for how the heroes look now onto the members of the Shadow Council. And I didn't hear a single word about when the optimization issues and bugs in the game and campaigns will be fixed. Did they not want to make a bad impression in front of the camera? They already made a bad impression when they released an unfinished product. And also, this stupid, frozen expression on Breton's face when he was asked questions is just annoying.

Well, with such a publisher, "they refused" sounds like "we can't stand them anymore." Who knows what really happened?
I didn't say that the series belonged to Nival.

The point of my post is that Nival made a good game. This game got better with each expansion pack. That is, they know how to make games! Why change the developer and give the series to who knows who, if the people were successful? At the moment, the experiment hasn't been very successful, neither with the 6th nor with the 7th installment.

The thing is that Nival really refused, and I think it was precisely because "they couldn't stand it anymore." That is, they didn't refuse to continue working on the Heroes series; on the contrary, they were interested, but they refused to work with Ubisoft. And since Ubisoft owns the rights to the Heroes series, they can do whatever they deem fit, fire a developer, hire another, then fire him too, and so on. Just look at how many development teams have changed. First, Black Hole, then Limbic, then the Chinese from Virtuos, and now Limbic again. And now that the series' reputation has been damaged by such a disastrous, unfinished release of Heroes 7, is it worth talking about whether Limbic will soon be politely asked to leave? I think this is likely to happen. And in general, it's very similar to the situation with our national football team: no matter how many coaches you change, the players won't play better, simply because everything is based on money; they play for personal enrichment, not for the whole country, and in general, we don't have the right upbringing, the right understanding of how football should be played. The same is true here: no matter how many developers Ubisoft changes, the Heroes series will not become the same Heroes series that we knew in our childhood. Nival is an exception; they are the only ones of the recent developers who put their heart into the series and brought it back to life. But Ubisoft doesn't have the right understanding of how to make a game. So, as long as they are in charge, everything will continue in a circle; I don't think they will suddenly have an epiphany and give up their desire to make money and start making a good game. Unfortunately, this is a business, and there are very few decent people in it.

I have a desktop PC: C2Q 8300 (2.5) + NV GF 550Ti + 8 GB, which means the CPU and graphics card specs are below the minimum recommended level.
But I can play without any lag, it just takes a while to load.