/vr/ - Retro Games

Honestly sick of HoMM series for a while. I've started with AB campaigns in January and currently only one more campaign in SoD remains to be cleared.

AB was full of weird design choices (limits like no taverns, no map-travel spells, low level caps, beginning with 3-4 towns etc.) which became tiresome after a while. SoD is arguably worse since you basically play 4 factions all the damn time and the game has inconsistent difficulty. All Rampart maps are either easy or medium. On the other hand, Stronghold maps (especially 'Hack and Slash' ones) are usually bullshit. And the story is once again basic and not that interesting considering hours you spent on playing. I really expected more after seeing so many memes with Sandro and Crag Hack, god damn it.

>>5425647
I have issues with simultaneous counter-attack, sieges, non-existent spell balancing, less town variety, confusing town names, ugly models, dozens of useless map elements, Chaos campaign and probably a few more things.

>>5425797
If the gameplay is borderline perfect then don't change it. Just add new storylines, enhance the graphics, present new soundtrack, switch some towns for new ones etc. Nintendo knows this and this is why it makes so many similar, albeit good, games.
This is my take on the matter and many people agree with me. You may not and kudos to you since innovation is often needed.