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Anyone remember Heroes of Might & Magic 3? A remake is coming

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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Demo on Steam

... and it looks perfect

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For those unaware, there is also Heroes of Science and Fiction, which is essentially homm 3 with a fresh scifi coat of paint and lots of qol stuff. It's in early access but man it catches the vibe so well.
- You gotta share the link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2147380/Heroes_of_Science_and_Fiction/
  Oh man it looks great
  
  I got it on Steam on sale.
  It's great fun.
  Totally recommend.
Oh shit. Free demo too. I'll see if it has the same magic for my kid that it did for me
- The day they start charging for playing a demo...
  
  I was randomly up at 4, shouldn't have been on my phone at all. Word salad.
So many incredible memories with that game! My friend and I used to play really long hot seat games culminating in a big battle at the end. So much fun.
Been waiting for this to release for a while now. I am occasionally still playing Homm3 Complete and have tried Songs of Conquest , which is a decent newer alternative, but I don’t think it comes close to Homm.
- Had the same experience with Songs of Conquest. Beautiful game, but something felt off that I can't put my finger on. The game felt really snowball-y, where your chances to win depend strongly on what resources you control early on, and the magic system (while interesting) felt really imbalanced. Nothing really managed to recreate the HoMM feeling for me.
There is also Hero's Hour, a fresh(relatively) indie take on the HoMM series. One major difference that might be polarising is that every unit is displayed rather than being a single stack, and combat happens live rather than in turns. But you can set it super slow and pause too if need be.
I generally hate RTS, but I really enjoyed it. It's got a fair bit of content. And so many factions that are all quite different from each other.
I have a fairly decent computer(4070s and a 7800x3d), it took about 100'000 units in active combat to start slowing it down. So no worries about how big HoMM armies can get and if it could run them all live. It can. Most of those units had to be summons, as it would take a pretty high levelled hero to have the stats necessary to field more than 10k units.
It’s fun new version. Fresh but familiar.
No way! I loved II and III when I was at school. Absolutely giving this a blast tonight.
I remember spending a very long time trying to download a demo of that game over dialup, was absolutely worth it
Man I really used to like HOMM3 back in the day, but the gameplay is just so dated right now.

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