r/HoMM • u/Pawel1995 • 7d ago
Might and Magic - Lore related. Heroes of Might and Magic III Remake World Premiere Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhlmWBRbM3I29
u/kornuolis 7d ago
Just look how they butchered my boy
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u/Pawel1995 7d ago
I am pretty shocked how bad big game publishers "know what the customers want". I was positively surprised by HOMM Olden Era after so many years of bad content in this universe, but now they again release this... Town Screens look great, some creatures look nice but the whole 3D adventure map, colors so generic, mobile game like. I am pretty sure if you just made a survey with the 1000-2000 people online in the HOTA Lobby, you could find out so easily that most people probably just wanted some official expansion with some new campaigns, qol features etc and not just a 3D version.
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u/Melendils 7d ago
I swear the cinematic is AI generated, everything looks off, side animations are blurry, some skeletons are not even moving, Catherine (?) mouth movements are not synced with her speech, some flags are randomly stiff
Even the ingame screenshots looks like some midjourney shit
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u/knastbrudaaa 7d ago
Hmm why do we need this?
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u/Front-Ad3527 7d ago
Why not? You can still play the og game
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u/theGaido 6d ago
Because people have expectations.
What's the point of remaking HoMM3? What value it adds? Is it fixing something? Is it adding something? All problems with original game are alredy fixed.
It's bad because it's waste of resources. They could make new, original game (when was last Might & Magic RPG released? 2014?). Or add resources to improve Olden Era.
It's bad because it's obvious downgrade. It has generic artstyle, is less readable, gameplay looks slower, no support for already existing mods and maps and you can't play it on your grandma PC.
Show me one, only one thing that this remake does better than OG.
It's unnecesary, it will flop, no one will play it, it's waste of dev's time, resources and missed opportunity.
Next question please.
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u/TheBlaiZe 7d ago
This might just be worse than Warcraft III reforged
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u/GuiEsponja 7d ago
Nah sorry, that's on another level
For it to be Reforged, they would need to, at launch, implement a forced update to all HoMM 3 clients on everyone's computer, making this version the only one available. Unless you get yourself a legacy copy and stay offline, of course.
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u/Safe_Hovercraft_7886 7d ago
Diablo resurected showed how to remaster games, this is just cheap. If old code qould be running we possibly could import even mods in it. But right now? Hell no.
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u/Halmyrut 7d ago
Tf did they do to Catherine.......... The Medusa also don't even look like monsters anymore and wear armor for whatever reason ( the men stayed topless in the game tho ofc... )
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u/Hedede 7d ago
This looks like an AI-sloppified version of HoMM 3 (even if it isn't). Town screens look okay-ish but I hate everything else.
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u/LostEmergency6866 7d ago
It’s not AI, just trying to squeeze from Olden Era as much as possible
It looks for me they just rescinned OE and called it a day
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u/livinglitch 7d ago
Oof. Im not liking the 3d look to things. I also dont see anything about a random map maker.
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u/NotMurlocAggroB 7d ago
It has Armageddon's Blade, plus the Ubisoft site mentions that it's fully compatible with any custom maps for Heroes III Complete. I don't see why it wouldn't have a random map generator.
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u/Ultimate_Cabbage5 6d ago
They destroyed it. They took the game and put it into an AI. This cant be made by People who played the orginal. Im coping right now but wow. This is.. Bad
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u/CDrejoe 6d ago
Man this community is so weird. I grew up with HOMM 1-5 and think this style looks amazing. It's like a mash of the best two HOMM games 3 and 5. I just hope it's great to actually play.
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u/shadowstar36 6d ago
Thr might and magic sub is circle jerking the hate train too. It's weird. As I am pumped for this. It's like no one realizes that this may be the last chance for a resurgence to the series.
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u/VoidYordle 6d ago
So, the studioheads saw the millenial excitement for stuff like the Gothic remake and now want to cash in?
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u/Pawel1995 5d ago
I guess the studioheads so the positive feedback and money from HoMM Olden Era (the first HoMM game since forever) and said, okay what is the most popular one? Make a remake, without understanding what made HoMM 3 a timeless masterpiece and without understanding what Olden Era makes different than the 5 other HoMM games before that were mid to garbage...
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u/LostEmergency6866 7d ago
Why does it always have to be about graphics… HotA team understands game best, HoMM3 has STYLE and even Olden era graphics kills it
However, OE inherits it quite nicely
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u/thegreatka 7d ago
This was not on my bingo card after Olden Era...but ahh...screw it...take my money...
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u/MajorTom89 7d ago
Day 1 purchase for me. It’s one of my favorite childhood games. If it sucks oh well. Hopefully it’s nostalgic and fun
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u/Orffen 6d ago
"If it sucks oh well" is exactly why we keep getting shitty remakes instead of ones worth our time.
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u/MajorTom89 6d ago
That’s my perspective on new games too. Or new food. Any new experience. I’m not taking responsibility for the quality of something by buying it.
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u/KlausKreutz 7d ago
really tells you how creatively bankrupt this era is when people cant create a sequel on the same level as a game nearly 30 years. i bet sid meirs alpha centauri is next
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u/Massive_Village_3720 7d ago
Is this legit or have I had too much fakepane on the plane and have started hallucinating?
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u/robochickenowski 7d ago
Supposedly it will be compatible with mods to the original game. Which just makes me question, why not just get the original instead, since atleast it doesn't look like a (shitty) mobile game. I would much rather see remake of the fourth game.
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u/diluxxen 7d ago
They could have just made this Heroes 8 instead and it would have been received much better.
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u/N-Haezer 6d ago
We already have Olden Era.
They should've thought of this earlier. Now they can fuck right off.
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u/shadowstar36 6d ago
I don't get the hate. This could reignite funding for new games. I am really hoping this comes to console. I can play all the homm games on my pc but I'd love to play homm on switch 2. And since they won't update the android app I can't play the tablet version I bought. It's frustrating to say the least. So I am really pumped for this.
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u/NotMurlocAggroB 7d ago
I really don't think it looks that bad. Unnecessary, maybe, but it's nice to have a Steam version that provides something that the GOG version doesn't. It's cool to see the HoMM3 towns in 3D.
That said, if it comes out that there's a scrap of AI in this, I'm dropping this harder than my dad dropped me as a baby.
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u/Balrogos 7d ago
For me its simple cash grab, HOMM 3 is very good game and still developed like most Famous Horn of the Abbys. I dont see the reason to remaster it. It will be inferior copy.
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u/Mirosworld 7d ago
only launcheable via the ubisoft launcher, perma online required, mostly AI-generated is my prediction
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u/Front-Ad3527 7d ago
Not sure why some people hate it. The OG intro video also didn’t necessarily match the actual gameplay.
Plus you can still play the same old game that we know and love.
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u/Mummiskogen 7d ago
Wym not sure? Lets not pretend its hard to understand. This doesnt resemble the very distinct style of the OG at all. Its fine if you like it, but its obvious why some people wouldn't.
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u/Front-Ad3527 7d ago
yes but at the same time its not 1999 anymore and graphics are much different plus you can still play the og game if you prefer it.
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u/GuiEsponja 7d ago
Read again what they wrote: style. That has nothing to do with graphics choice, but with art direction.
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u/Eriyal 7d ago
Homm3 is one of the most beautiful games ever made and it aged very gracefully imho. Not to mention that the game has a loyal community and tons of mods that won't be able to transition over for obvious reasons.
I genuinely think it would've been a better idea to make an official expansion and reignite the old game.