Heroes of Might & Magic 7

[tyrannosaurus rex]

All you need to know about this game is in my rant.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

The movement mechanic, for example, is never explained to players, and so I found myself desperately stuck after just twenty-two hero moves in the first minutes of my first campaign stage. It took a frantic Google search and the use of a Heroes Of Might & Magic III wiki to help me discover that the game was broken down into days, with the end of each day representing the end of the player’s turn and thus the reset of such stats. A painfully simple solution, but one that was mysteriously hidden from me in the game.

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[Black]

Hey, at least he figured it out.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Great logical decison there, let a reviewer who is completely alien to Heroes series and turn based games to review the 7th game in the series...

Hey, at least he figured it out.

Thanks to google...
Otherwise he'll be still wondering what does the end turn/day button do.

 

[Bubbles]

The prestiguous German magazine Computer Bild Spiele likes it:

positive:

- enormous amount of content
- joyous exploration and building experience
- fitting fantasy atmosphere

negative:

- old fashioned menu design
- campaign occasionally too long winded
- newly equipped armor not shown on avatar

1.95 / letter grade B

http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cbs-Test-PC-Might-Magic-Heroes-7-11531324.html

And here's one from our neighbours to the west:

Avec un contexte particulièrement peu favorable, et une attitude des développeurs peu ordinaire, ce Might & Magic Heroes VII a de toute manière été imaginé pour diviser. Voilà un jeu pensé exclusivement pour une communauté nostalgique qui sera probablement satisfaite de voir le numéro sept rejoindre les rangs après trois épisodes largement décriés. Les autres se sentiront mis de côté, ou ne comprendront simplement pas l’attrait pour un titre dont les systèmes de jeu n’ont pas évolué. Il n’est pas ici question de remettre en question l’aspect culte de HoMM III, mais plus de rappeler qu’il est excellent dans le contexte de son époque. Ces dernières années ont vu naître des dizaines de jeux au tour par tour qui proposent des règles plus profondes et complexes. Il est peut-être temps pour les joueurs comme les développeurs d’enterrer la hache de guerre et de laisser s’épanouir la licence au lieu de l’étouffer. Ou alors, mais cela serait bien plus difficile, faire le deuil de la saga, mesurer l’impact indéniable qu’elle a eu sur les jeux actuels et lui rendre enfin le véritable HoMMage qu’elle mérite.

Les plus

• L'interface plus pratique
• La gestion de la ville
• Sortilèges très réussis visuellement

Les moins

• L'I.A. qui triche
• Dimension stratégique en retrait
• Equilibrage bancal

6 / Honnête

http://www.gamekult.com/jeux/test-might-and-magic-heroes-vii-J3050319755t.html

Lovers of the French language will note that this is a highly positive review.

Italy shouldn't feel left out either, should it now?

Might & Magic ritorna, ma non lo fa in grande stile. Personalmente posso dire in tutta tranquillità che mi sarei aspettato molto di più da Might & Magic Heroes VII, vuoi per la lunga tradizione alle spalle vuoi per la fiducia riposta nel lavoro fatto dagli sviluppatori nell'interfacciarsi con il proprio pubblico. Purtroppo il risultato è un titolo discreto adatto sicuramente agli amanti della serie, ma che ha davvero poco da dire ai nuovi arrivati.

Pro:

- Grafica migliorata
- Animazioni delle truppe ben realizzate
- Tutto il meglio degli episodi precedenti..

Con:

- ... ma nulla di rivoluzionario
- Scarsa possibilità di personalizzazione
- Poche opzioni tattiche tra cui scegliere in battaglia.

72/100

http://www.4news.it/23948-recensione-might-magic-heroes-vii.html

"grande stile" sounds good, at least.

 

[Bubbles]

The first Let's Plays are proceeding at a pretty fast clip:



"For Erebos was with death as a drunk is to wine." There's that trademark inclined Limbic writing that will see you through all sorts of ill times.

 

[Kuattro]

"grande stile" sounds good, at least.

It would, if it wasn't for that "non". He's saying that it DOESN'T have a great style, and that he expected a lot more from it.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I don't get it. Am I looking at HoMM5, HoMM6 or HoMM7??

 

[darthaegis]

Is that a modded WoX?

 

[Cadmus]

this looks pretty generic
those reviews are hilariously bad though, so much that I actually want the game to succeed to show these fucking hacks

 

[tyrannosaurus rex]

So the game just got released. And it's not even the top sale game on steam. It's being outsold by counter strike right now. negative reviews.

And just take a look at their trailer.


Compare it to Heroes 6. This was a no effort game solely here to cash in on the name of the franchise.



This is the last time they rape this franchise. Erwan le Faggot is gonna be assigned to toilet cleaning and they might sell the franchise to another rapist in 20 years.

 

[Parsifarka]

Is that a modded WoX?

It probably is the Mac version.

As for Heroes VII, I don't care about reviews, I'll buy it anyways -once it drops under 10€. Sad thing for what will probably be the last of its kind; sad thing it didn't end with NWC.
May JVC save us.

 

[theSavant]

Tried to play this game multiplayer with a friend over both LAN and internet multi. Game reliably desyncs after approximately 3 - 10 turns or 'days', and crashes to menu the following turn.
This is exactly the same issue that presented when we tried to play throughout the beta.

^From a steam comment...

Seriously? Desync was always a problem in the Heroes Multiplayer games, but this issue should have been fixed several times by now. So they proudly announced on their blog how this game took millions of lines of code to write, and then they fuck this up again. So they are proud of writing crapcode, or what exactly do they want to tell me?

I mean, how is this even possible? Did they use again the code base from 15 years ago? I can't think of anything else. Maybe they should have concentrated on a smaller game (like Heroes I), than trying to create a game with craptastic features and bugs.

 

[Bubbles]

Most of the sites seem to be giving it a 7.5. That might be Ubisoft's "go below this grade and you'll never get a review copy again" limit.

All in all, Heroes of Might and Magic VII is a solid addition to the series. The game has plenty of content, beautiful visuals, and a terrific soundtrack to drive the story, but load times and unit balance need to be addressed if the game intends to be at the top of the series. And for goodness sake, do something about those scenario introduction cut scenes.

Positive:

Tons of value with six factions and storylines.Multiplayer and AI Duel modes all available.
Terrific look and feel.
Keeping the gameplay solid and standard HOMM fair.

Negative:

Load times are unacceptable.
Scenario cut scenes are terrible.
Unit balance is a bit shaky.

75/100

http://www.gamewatcher.com/reviews/might-magic-heroes-vii-review/12338

In before "Balance doesn't matter in a single player game!"

Here's one from the land of sunshine and mobile games:

Con grandes virtudes pero también alguna que otra pega de trascendencia, Might & Magic Heroes VII es un buen juego de rol estratégico que mantiene inalterable la capacidad de esta saga por engancharte a su acción durante horas y horas. Las seis facciones disponibles están bien perfiladas, son variadas entre sí a la par que mantienen un tenso equilibrio de poder, y ante todo son divertidas de explorar. El problema es que el ritmo de la acción es en ocasiones innecesariamente lento, y que al final, se echan en falta novedades jugables de mayor peso. Hablamos de un buen homenaje a esos 20 años de historia de la saga Heroes, que quede claro, pero la sensación final es que la obra daba para algo más.

+Las nuevas unidades de combate, el regreso de otras y el diseño de las ciudades

+El sistema de batalla mejora mucho con las nuevas opciones tácticas

+Buen diseño de misiones y atractiva línea argumental

+Amplias opciones para personalizar a nuestros héroes

+Tan adictivo como siempre, en especial en su faceta multijugador…

-… aunque el ritmo de la acción es a veces demasiado lento

-La inteligencia artificial. En las batallas los enemigos cometerán auténticas locuras

-Gráficamente el juego daba para más. Se echa en falta la "chispa" de los originales

-Falta de tutoriales. A los nuevos en la saga les costará entrar en acción

7.5 - Bueno

http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/analisis/20148/0/might-magic-heroes-vii/

 

[darthaegis]

It's a top seller on Steam now, and getting close to 50% positive reviews.

 

[Infinitron]

The time for obsessive Steamspy figure analysis will soon be here

 

[Black]

getting close to 50% positive reviews.

What a success

 

[Excidium II]

Top seller with such low reviews doesn't mean much, it's probably getting refunded p. hard.

 

[Bubbles]

It's 50% off on major sites.

 

[Raghar]

While testing, we noticed that the x86 version of this game is broken at several places. E.g. the game crashes if you play the campaign with Jorgen (black guy to the left) or if you load certain maps in skirmish mode. We confirmed this happens on the original game on uplay too, so this is not crack related The x64 version has been much more stable – so we recommend you play that if you can until Ubisoft fixes their bugs.

Pirate review. At least they are honest.

 

[tyrannosaurus rex]

It's a top seller on Steam now, and getting close to 50% positive reviews.

 

[tyrannosaurus rex]

It's 50% off on major sites.

Off to a good start.

 

[VonVentrue]

What a success

The vast majority of negative "reviews" seem to contain no valid criticisms apart from the usual "UPlay sux, but have my babies, oily steamy Gaben" mantra, so pardon me if I don't pay attention to those.
What interests me the most is the post-launch support, either Limbic manage to iron out the remaining bugs/issues quickly and win the still-moderately-interested crowd over (the release version lacks that final layer of polish) or the franchise goes the way of the dodo, there's no middle ground.

 

[darthaegis]

Top seller with such low reviews doesn't mean much, it's probably getting refunded p. hard.

I don't know, can you refund games that have Uplay DRM on top of Steam?

 

[FeelTheRads]

Good job, I think Heroes 8 will be an awesome game if it's going to be developed by such a dedicated team. You know what they say, small steps lead to great things.