Be afraid, be very afraid

[Hümmelgümpf]

http://kotaku.com/5314801/ubisoft-worki ... magic-game

While there's a new Might & Magic game on the way for the DS, those looking for something more...substantial will be happy to hear that Ubisoft's Shanghai studio are working on something called "Heroes of MM".

A listing for a job opening at the studio says that they're developing "Heroes of MM", which is described as "a brand new fantasy RPG title for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac".

What the? If it's an RPG why did the keep the "Heroes of" prefix?

 

[1eyedking]

What the? If it's an RPG why did the keep the "Heroes of" prefix?

If it's an FPS why did they keep the "Fallout" prefix?

 

[Hobo Elf]

What the? If it's an RPG why did the keep the "Heroes of" prefix?

Everyone knows what HoMM is, but not everyone is aware that it was actually a spinoff series. Guess they stuck with the Heroes of, because people are more familiar with it.

 

[SimpleComplexity]

RIP Might & Magic. One franchise less to rape.

 

[Texas Red]

Let me get this straight. Nival's HoMM 5 with its 2 expansion and a huge community apparently didn't make enough money. And the next logical move is to give the series away to another company in Asia(guess on the name) and turn in to a generic action game for consoles where there is unparalleled competition.

 

[Hoodoo]

RIP Might & Magic. One franchise less to rape.

 

[Luzur]

RIP Might & Magic. One franchise less to rape.

Might and Magic the franchise have been dead since the release of MM9, so rather the young Heroes franchise thats being raped now.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I feel like it was raped pretty badly already with Dark Messiah. It was a shitty MM game and it was a shitty Arkane Studios game. The combat was fun, but everything else was lacking.

 

[MetalCraze]

a brand new fantasy RPG title for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Mac

RPG title... for PS3 and Xbox 360

Ha ha ha :Dark Messiah 2:

 

[thesheeep]

Dark Messiah was actually fun.

 

[FeelTheRads]

something more...substantial

So an... RPG. How very... uninspired. Can't they just...stop wasting the oxygen?

Graaah, fuck off everybody who uses this kind of retarded writing and with the yet to be crowned kings, Obsidian.

Also, M&M franchise was raped and left puking blood several times before with various action titles for the consoles or for PC.

 

[JarlFrank]

Dark Messiah was actually fun.

Yep. It was definitely better than the buggy unbalanced fuckup that was Might and Magic 9.

I bet this new M&M RPG won't be party-based, though.

 

[Luzur]

Dark Messiah was actually fun.

Yep. It was definitely better than the buggy unbalanced fuckup that was Might and Magic 9.

I bet this new M&M RPG won't be party-based, though.

sure, i liked the game too, but i still dont see where the "Might and Magic" part fit in.

 

[Micmu]

HoMM died with IV (V is utter shit, too).

Still, necrophilia is not nice. BUT I GUESS IT HASN'T BEEN RAPED BY XBOX YET so now the story is complete!

 

[Hobo Elf]

Dark Messiah was dumbed down and ported to the 360.

 

[Micmu]

Dark Messiah was dumbed down and ported to the 360.

At least wasn't called HoMM (M&M the turn-based strategy) and marketed as such.

 

[MetalCraze]

Dark Messiah was actually fun.

If you find twitching "ultimate foot kick" button fun that is.
It was just another mediocre first-person akshun.

 

[Luzur]

Dark Messiah was actually fun.

If you find twitching "ultimate foot kick" button fun that is.
It was just another mediocre first-person akshun.

i actually found a long stairway in that Orc fortress where i had lots of fun kicking down 4 orcs repeatedly and watch them tumble into eachother.

but other then that part it was an OK game, but that was all.

 

[Frau Bishop]

HoMM died with IV (V is utter shit, too).

 

[Shoelip]

What's her name was cute. The way she always tries to act tough but is totally useless... I just wanted to pat her head.

 

[JarlFrank]

Dark Messiah was actually fun.

Yep. It was definitely better than the buggy unbalanced fuckup that was Might and Magic 9.

I bet this new M&M RPG won't be party-based, though.

sure, i liked the game too, but i still dont see where the "Might and Magic" part fit in.

To be fair, M&M did have a few spinoffs back in the day whose names I cannot remember. One action game too I guess. It was just a spinoff set in the same world as Heroes V. Nothing wrong with that, as long as the name makes it clear that it's a spinoff.
Which this new HoMM RPG doesn't.

 

[Durwyn]

To be fair, M&M did have a few spinoffs back in the day whose names I cannot remember. One action game too I guess. It was just a spinoff set in the same world as Heroes V. Nothing wrong with that, as long as the name makes it clear that it's a spinoff.
Which this new HoMM RPG doesn't.

Crusaders of M&M - action-adventure slasher with minor RPG elements and Legends of M&M- some kind of multiplayer FPS that flopped badly. Dark Messiah wasn't bad, but it became tedious and boring after a while. I always loved M&M franchise. Even after HOMM IV/V and M&M 9. But that DS puzzle game killed this love.

 

[SimpleComplexity]

RIP Might & Magic. One franchise less to rape.

Might and Magic the franchise have been dead since the release of MM9, so rather the young Heroes franchise thats being raped now.

That was nothing compared to what will follow with Ubisoft`s rape.

Just a reminder, they might do the same to Beyond Good and Evil. We`ll see.

 

[Texas Red]

What's wrong with HoMM 5, aside from the cutscenes?

 

[Durwyn]

What's wrong with HoMM 5, aside from the cutscenes?

Horrible art direction of units, small, maze-like maps, poor AI, and lack of the spark that made HOMM 3 so awesome. Don't know what exactly this spark thing is but HOMM 5 lacks it.