HOMM and M&M comfy thread

Lets talk about 3DO games please.

post memes or serious questions, lore etc.

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>start up HoMM 3for the first time in nearly a decade
>Forgotten how everything works
>look up guides/tips
>they're all fucking Russians

How do I get good with Tower? In HoMM3

start casting lvl 1 chainlightnings

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> day 1
> upg gremlin dwelling
> upgrade your dudes and buy the ones from your castle
> step outside the castle
> hire a hero from the tavern (make sure he/she has gremlins)
> upgrade them and transfer units to your main hero
> your main hero should have around 80-100 master gremlins now
> split them up so they're occupying every slot in your army
> go kill the neutral units guarding resources and buildings
> have your backup hero enter the buildings/pick things up (this takes up a lot of movement points, so you shouldn't use your main for this)
> day 2
> hire another hero with gremlins (if possible) and do the same as the last one

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>playing anything but necro

>thread dies when the memes run out

I love my Titans though, and crystal dragons

you want memes? have some memes

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Which map? Got a link?

impossibru

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I thought there was a level cap, modded?

I would not want a strategy war with them.
They're also the only ones playing games like Sniper and Command and Conquer anymore.

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yeah probably

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Isn't basic learning good in early levels?

>Perhaps on a scout but not on a main. The 15% bonus exp. is not worth it unless you play on a smaller map. Basically is only viable on S or M maps.

That's battle of the sexes I think it's called. It's a stock map. Has lots of bants, I recommend playing on the womyn team

Battle of the Sexes

Did not mean to green-text.

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Its one of the few maps with funny text events happening almost every day.
Other similar to that is one with dungeon vs rampart, where your hero is a basement dwelling edgelord. I forgot what it was called

Holy shit, I need to play that.

>there will never be a game with performance, base math and AI of 3, visuals of 2, skill system of 5 and scripting capabilities of 4

This is not okay

I liked the one where you send envoys to warmongering lords pleading for peace and they all tell you to get fucked

Nice will check out tomorrow at work

Leave it to the Russian modders.

3 wins on all accounts so I don't know what you're trying to say. A little rebalancing is all that's needed

except 2 looks better than 3

Kek, I'm playing stronghold campaign of AB, there's a lot of funny signs.

3 skill/spell system is not that great and there's fundamental improvements in later games that cannot be replicated with modding (such as ATB, caravans or limited area of control). I know people love to fellate 3 but there is room for improvement.

2 has a better menu than 3 but that's where it stops. Take your rose tinted glasses off and stop pretending to like the dos graphics.

>crystal dragons
I was kinda disappointed, 1 hex attack, no flying. Should have picked thrice of black dragons as a bonus.

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>memes run out
What did he mean by this?

nostalgi fags everyone

no idea

>play Tower
>recruit Orin
>get Titans
>???
>profit

Rust Dragons a best.

>Carefully hand-made sprites with a ton of character
>bright, vivid color palette
>scales well despite being old school pixel art
Meanwhile in 3
>dull, washed out colors
>early 3D renders looking like hot mess of pixels
>all stronghold is green, all castle is dark blue, all rampart is green and brown, all tower is blue

3 looked like dogshit. And it wasn't even a limitation of approach - if you look at the newest addition to HotA, the Highlands biome, they actually got a bit closer to lush look of 2 while still having it make sense in 3.

Heroes 3 was made to look like that to pursue the newest 3D graphics fad. It lost a lot of individuality behind early NWC games in the process, but it did sell well.

I think this bonus is even more useless on small maps.

Nah, he's right.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 has a much better style than 3, and its music is generally better as well.

HoMM3 is a better strategy game but HoMM2 is far artistically superior, and it's much easier to get into.

i really like this picture

The MIDI music is goat

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What is your favorite town?
Mine is Fortress because I love swamp themed locations.

I didn't know Louis CK was in this game

Why are the HOMM3 campaigns so shitty and long

Stop arguing, first was the best. Just look at these cuties.

That's clearly Super Bunnyhop

I can understand a subjective taste on homm2's aesthetics but the music is poorly executed. I love harpsichord tracks and the midi in the game just sounds like a mess most of the time. There are a few that are done well like the grass theme but overall I can't enjoy the music when I badly wanted to do so

What the shit? IThis thread made me play a bit of HOMM5 and I didn't remember those guys being that fucking strong.

>tfw the DOS version of 2 has better music than WIN

I remember playing a lot of 1 as a kid and being amazed that there were so many types of dragons in homm2

Because of Midi music

HoMM2 looks like shit, 3 has amazing models, aged really well.
2 looks like a kid painting, but has amazing music.

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Most comfy Heroes

>2 looks like a kid painting
Fucking show me a kid that can draw like that.
Just because your tastes in art are limited by your school painting class doesn't mean everyone else's are, Vladimir.

>shitty late 90s 3D models
>anywhere near good, let alone amazing

Sorry I can't digg the HoMM4 artstyle

Stop being contrarian and admit Heroes 3 looks amazing and easily the best of whole series.
First time I heard anyone praise HoMM2 graphics.

Heroes 5 actually looked better in most ways, except for the map.

Hahaha this looks deviant art tier

>implying I won't make a short work of them with my 6th level spells.

I never said 2 was a better game, I like playing 3 more than any other homm but it looks like ass compared to 2
>first time I heard someone praise homm2 graphics
>stop being a contrarian and just think like me!!! meeee!!!!

can ya dig the music tho
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>First time I heard anyone praise HoMM2 graphics.

True, my only complaint is that they went full WoW with the artstyle

>Heroes 5 actually looked better in most ways
Presenting you a fantastic new faction consisting of a dwarf, a dwarf, a dwarf, a dwarf and a dwarf. Zombies are hard to see on their native ground type? No biggie! Also, wheelhead genie.

turn 1 build mage guild or town hall?

That I can't argue with, feels like the music in HoMM has always been top notch

Yeah haha

Then don't listen to the midi tracks...the opera is fucking dope.

Nah, HoMM2 is Wind Waker, and HoMM3 is Twilight Princess.

There's a reason Wind Waker is still considered good looking; it's all in the art-style. HoMM3 doesn't have a style, it's just drab.

These actually look good my dude

Overworld looks acceptable but creatures look goofy as fuck.
I can't help but laugh looking at them.

>HoMM3 looks amazing.
>Needs an HD remaster.

Oh?

Town hall, you only need magic arrow in the begining but you always need more money

This actually looks horrible.
Feels like a bad book of your childhood

Stupid ESL poster.

For some reason HoMM4 music just stands out to me more than any other HoMM, I legit can't remember the tracks from any other game in the series.
I guess I like the style more.

Were these ever released in higher definition?

didn't homm4 have licensed/stock music?

Quick! Claim your waifu!

>we want the WoW audience

The thing I do like about HoMM4 is the upgrade choice, feels like I'm the only one though.

If only we got this instead of shitty Conflux

It used stock samples for some of its tracks. Others were new.

Finally someone with sense.
I hated that visual era of "everything looks like made from plastic or rubber"

It used stock tracks yeah
you can find the same stuff in other games, but it still fits HoMM quite well.
Paul Romero does concerts sometimes where he plays this stuff

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what the fuck are you implying?

It's based on folk melodies, yes, they are not licensed. Arrangement is still require work. Does it really matter if it sounds good?
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>tfw he played in my country recently but I didn't have the time to go
>tfw he'll probably die before he comes back
I just want to hear the homm1 barbarian theme live it's not fair man