[suoduandao2]

never played 4 or 5, but from reviews at the time it sounded like 4 and 5 were just lower effort games coasting on the reputation of 2 and 3

[hydrok9]

Actually 4 was supposed to be a better game than 3, but there was a huge backlash against the introduction of a technologically based faction. They scrapped this idea and the game was rushed out. 3d0 went bankrupt right after.

[bluefirebrand]

I had never known they were planning a technology faction for HOMM4, that's interesting to hear.

Might and Magic is a fun setting because it's secretly SciFi and you would never know it from the Heroes games as far as I've ever seen.

But a bunch of the Might and Magic RPG games start with sword and sorcery and end with laser guns.

[hydrok9]

Looks like I had my games confused. The Forge was supposed to be a faction for Armageddon's Blade, but was cancelled.

3do did rush heroes 4 though, and one of the biggest complaints about it is how bland and lifeless it feels compared to 3.

If you haven't already, you should try the Horn of the Abyss mod for Heroes 3. It's great! Adds tons of qol stuff and has a new campaign and faction.

[bluefirebrand]

I may do that, thanks for the recommendation! I loved Heroes 3 growing up and it's been a long time since I've played it. Might be a great time to boot it up again.

[hydrok9]

www.hota.acidcave.net

[bombcar]

The lore for HOMM 3 is absolutely insane if you find some of the developer documents; everything is robots and aliens and spaceships and such.

That got mostly cut during development and they never went further down that route. Horn of the Abyss is attempting to bring that faction back to life with Forge.

[thriftwy]

HoMM5 is actually pretty good, but it aged worse than HoMM3 with its low end 3D graphics. 3D UI is also not as snappy as 2D sprites (also true for recent Master of Magic remaster). But the content is quite solid.