Jack Of Owls
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Yeah, worst. name. EVER for the title of this game. Sounds like a gay showtunes extravaganza on-broadway, like The Fantasticks; though "gay showtunes extravaganza on-broadway" is redundant.
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Fanstratics: A HoMM 3 Spiritual Successor
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Zboj Lamignat
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Buy them both in a bundle with stoneshard and that which never sleeps for ultimate value.
Allwynd
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Songs of Conquest 4? You do realize that this is the only SoC game so far? And Fanstratics is probably years away from release.
Just so you know, SoC has a unit/army cap so you can't have doomstacks like in HoMM3. If that's an issue for you, keep it in mind. For me it's an issue, because it's like the developers saying "You're going to play our game the way we want you to play and you have no right to play it in a way that's enjoyable to you."
I am a beta tester for Songs of Conquest and that is my main concern with the game - too many limitations and enforcements on the player without allowing them the freedom to do whatever they want. I think the game is not bad, but it's not as close to HoMM3 as it may look on screenshots and videos. I know, because I've played it for over 10 hours. Initially I was really psyched about the game when all there were was scarce screenshots and videos, I was thrilled when I was picked as a beta tester, but my enthusiasm quickly faded away after actually playing it. It's not a bad game, just too different from HoMM3 despite looking very similar at a first glance.
SoC is visually inspired by HoMM2, but the developers are putting their own spin on it and it's different from a HoMM game.
From all the newsletters I've read from Fanstratics, it seems to me like the developer is really aiming to recreate HoMM3 all over again and that is really what I want - the same game, but also different. With new factions, creatures, lore, world, visuals.
I think Fanstratics is the real HoMM3 successor and I will play HoMM3 + HoTA + HD until it arrives.
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Aemar
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Detecting sarcasm skill check failure.
Zboj Lamignat
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Allwynd
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Detecting sarcasm skill check failure.
Sorry, I invested all my points into "No Bull Shit".
What? AFAIK there is no date given for Fanstratics. All there is is concept art, not even a speck of any actual in-game graphic, screenshot, UI.
Romero looks like he used to do porn.
Archibald
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it is not years away, it is decades away.
Zboj Lamignat
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Let's just say it's... away.
Funnily enough timeline is a topic that comes up in the latest newsletter 19. Greg reckons Early Access in 2023... hmmmm... righteo.. anyway... there's another 3DO story here where Greg buries Trip and a few other people he clearly didn't think much of lol!
https://www.fanstratics.com/fstnewsletter19
https://www.fanstratics.com/fstnewsletter19
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Aemar
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...IF the crowdfunding campaign is successful. 2023 is an extremely fabulously optimistic release date considering the project is currently pretty much non-existent.
Fuck this boomer gossip shit. Not interested in whatever beef these people had during the previous millennium.
Aemar
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God that was the longest story yet.. it just kept going and going and going and going lol.
Although it did remind me of the joy of seeing Matrix the first time and the disappointment of TPM. Those were the days...
New unit looks okay too.
Archibald
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You'd think that maybe with long coof he'd spend less time writing bullshit.
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Just a bunch of 2D art concept without actual engine look or anything
Some indie dev could probably make an actual in game mockup with the time this game had
Some indie dev could probably make an actual in game mockup with the time this game had
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Is there some sort of a progress on this or information about the dev team or a road map? Anything? I'm asking because it's been almost 2 years.
Naraya
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Woah, Mullich seems like a cool guy.
Also I know I would never have thought "Hm, I bet this guy was a music composer for HoM&M series!" when looking at Romero on a street :D
I LOVE the soundtrack of Heroes of Might & Magic series and one of my favourite themes is Tower Town.
Casual Hero
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Keep in mind that he has a very professional career outside of his video game composing work. He was a piano prodigy, and has been a performer in professional circles almost his entire life.
We're pretty lucky to have gotten the music that we did, I think.
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