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[Luckk]

I want to see what everyone's opinion on the two games that are being created by Ubisoft under the Might and Magic series.  Sorry to disappoint all those expecting one of these to be along the lines of the sixth heroes game, but these games from what I see are going to be having a different style of game play.

For all those who don't know what games I'm talking about, I am referring to:

Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms
Link: http://hommkingdoms.uk.ubi.com/

Which is supposed to be like an MMO version of Heroes of Might and Magic V.

and

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
Link: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/07/hands-on-might-and-magic-clash-of-heroes/

Which I'm thinking is a RPG for the DS if I am correct.

From the look of these two games, I can't make heads or tails on whether or not the Might and Magic series is going to continue after these.  Do you think these games will be a great addition to the series, or do you think they should just continue making games like the original Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic?

[Tormy]

From the look of these two games, I can't make heads or tails on whether or not the Might and Magic series is going to continue after these.  Do you think these games will be a great addition to the series, or do you think they should just continue making games like the original Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic?

Good question...either way, HoMM 3. was pretty awesome. Part 4. and 5. sucked imo.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic was very good however. [It's a hack and slash FPS/TPS.]

[Sowelu]

Whaaaat, how do you make an MMO out of HOMM D:

[Tilla]

Whaaaat, how do you make an MMO out of HOMM D:

Looks like it's just yet-another-browser-game :/

[Sowelu]

Oh, eff that.

[Luckk]

Whaaaat, how do you make an MMO out of HOMM D:

Well, apparently they changed the combat from you moving units around and attacking to what I think is a rock, paper, scissor form of combat.  They pretty much made every unit as cavalry, infantry, or range.  Don't get me wrong, they still have all the units from HoMMV, but they simplified combat.

Link: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9761084616/m/3771071916
^ Better source of info from developers.

To be truthful I liked HoMM4, it still was a fun game even though you could just create a party of heroes and run around killing things.  4 and 5 could of been better though, which I think could have been somewhat achieved if they used the random map generator from Heroes 3.

[ChairmanPoo]

I was very, very, very let down by Heroes 4. My personal opinion is that it was not only unfinished (which was obvious since there were "features" that would only get activated after a patch), but it made a sloppy work of trying to implement into HoMM features from other games (namely: MoM, AoW), but in such a sloppy manner that they made the game worse instead of better.

[Errol]

HoMM5 isn't that bad of a game, it has some neat concepts (the skill system, for example, is genial), but it lacked horribly in AI and lacks a bit in other regions. There are too few spells, the graphics don't quite have the flair of, say, HoMM3, the number of heroes is slightly low and they ditched the might/magic split there (sadface), there are very few good maps, and it simply takes too damn long to wait for the AI making its stupid moves. HoMM3 was a neat game, even if it was a little bland sometimes (too many generic monsters, a few superfluous heroes, the what-the-heck conflux as a makeshift replacement for a fully-blown scifi town which would have been awesome)

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

Ubisoft seems to be trying it's damnedest to become EA, except that they seem to have forgotten to do the part where they buy out and dismantle every good developer they can get their hands on... So at least there's that.

Makes me sad, because I really liked BGaE, but the way things are going, the sequel is likely to turn out as a half assed sci fi PoP clone.

[Tilla]

Ubisoft seems to be trying it's damnedest to become EA, except that they seem to have forgotten to do the part where they buy out and dismantle every good developer they can get their hands on... So at least there's that.

Makes me sad, because I really liked BGaE, but the way things are going, the sequel is likely to turn out as a half assed sci fi PoP clone.

They can't be EA, Activision's already become EA. There can be only one!!

So what I'm suggesting is a fight to the death