It's time for some critics.

[Metathron]

@Zhuangzi

About JA3, I read some rumours on a gaming site, and GameSpot has it listed for Q4 2008...But mostly it was just a flippant comment.

As for the HoMM V campaigns: http://www.heroes-fr.com/en/original_campaigns.php

Have fun!

[Smash]

First i knew it will end this way with someone posting "go back to homm". Blah i will n/c his iq.
Remind how it started because someone posted that kb has different battle mode that homm so i just clear it that is untrue, now when we know it we can go back to topic?
KB:L give me feeling of low budged game, they just copy-paste nearly everything and want money for it?

So did i and it doesnt make either opinion more credible. Disciples was a joke (difficulty wise not fun wise ) and first time i touched HoMM3 after a couple years again i remembered what i didnt like. All the boring cleaning of huge Maps and the fact that low level units quickly become obsolete. I actually think that HoMM 2 was a better game than 3 as far as balance was concerned.

And after all this is Kings Bounty the Legend not HoMM(3) the Legend. So your comparison doesnt make much sense. Both are good games and i enjoyed KB like no game in a couple years. And honestly no HoMM game had an impressive AI either. And noone asks you to pick just one game. You can actually have both on your Harddrive and play them

And i have both on my hard drive . As i stated above this topic is about what you dislike in kb:l. Leave homm3 alone, its for TBS what Starcraft is for RTS, 10y and no one can beat it.


About d2 ai i know it was easy because of flaws in ai design on adventure mode but ai in battle mode even when fight there maybe looks simple (it's fake expression) ai is still 10x better that this in kb. . Campaign was easy but if you play skirmish with no save, no load rule it was even interesting .

Ok guys let's end this Off Topic.

[Wenla]

I don't see KB as a strategy game but as a tactical (battle) game. My opinion is not (negative) critic, I like this game (IMHO best in HoMM is II).

Just my 2 cents...

Wenla

[Zhuangzi]

Originally Posted by Metathron

@Zhuangzi

About JA3, I read some rumours on a gaming site, and GameSpot has it listed for Q4 2008...But mostly it was just a flippant comment.

As for the HoMM V campaigns: http://www.heroes-fr.com/en/original_campaigns.php

Have fun!

Thanks very much for that. I paid Aus $25 for Tribes of the East (which is 1/4 what games cost when they come out here), and now with the mod I have three whole campaigns to play.

So far it seems like a cross between Disciples 2 and KB:TL. Graphics are far inferior to KB:TL though. Combat seems less interesting, but I can see that there will be some castle and resource management in the manner of Disciples 2. I still think KB:TL is the better game (so far) but this will keep me busy for a while. I will be on the lookout for the HOMM 3/4 Complete DVD too. So cheers to those who helped.

[Roman]

KB:L is great, but the Tribes of the East is a great game too and it can be played in multiplayer mode. You won't regret buying it.

There is a LOT of depth to the Tribes of the East. You can play the game at many levels of skill and there are a large number of different viable strategies at different levels of play and depending on what faction you chose.

HOMM 3 was great too - it was a classic, but it is a bit dated now - I think you are better off with HOMM 5 Tribes of the East now. Indeed, HOMM 5 is in many respects a 'remake' of HOMM 3, just like KB:L is a 'remake' of KB. HOMM 4, however, was not good at all and not in the spirit of the rest of the series.

[Zhuangzi]

Thanks. I played the first mission of ToE and thought it was great fun. Then I thought I'd better start on the original campaign and the first three missions were deadly boring (and very easy, even on Hard difficulty). So I think I will go back to ToE.

[Roman]

I thought even the original HOMM V was a respectable game, but they have really improved on it with Tribes of the East. I have actually played through the entire HOMM V campaign (but I have not played the HoF and TotE campaigns, so I cannot really comment on those), but the campaigns are really not the strong point of the series at all- they cannot compare to KB:L in that regard. Do not be deceived by the apparent ease of the HOMM B campaign at the beginning though - it can get pretty tough later on (of course, once you know the tricks of the game, it gets easier, just like KB:L). Not in the first campaign though for sure, but there are six campaigns and they do get progressively more difficult.

The main attractions for me, however, are the various single player scenarios, the random map generator and especially the multiplayer possibilities. I play Tribes of the East for the hot seat multiplayer. It is a family game for me - I play it with my sister and cousins when we meet up over the holidays!

It really is a good game and it is, in fact, through hanging out on some HOMM V/TotE boards that I found out about KB:L. KB:L received a very positive reception there, which is not surprising, given the fact that the games share the same ultimate roots.

[Wenla]

There are also tons of maps from various players on the net. Some of those are really good, so also I, who don't play multiplayer, can find new challenges.

Wenla

[Zhuangzi]

Originally Posted by Roman

I thought even the original HOMM V was a respectable game, but they have really improved on it with Tribes of the East. I have actually played through the entire HOMM V campaign (but I have not played the HoF and TotE campaigns, so I cannot really comment on those), but the campaigns are really not the strong point of the series at all- they cannot compare to KB:L in that regard. Do not be deceived by the apparent ease of the HOMM B campaign at the beginning though - it can get pretty tough later on (of course, once you know the tricks of the game, it gets easier, just like KB:L). Not in the first campaign though for sure, but there are six campaigns and they do get progressively more difficult.

The main attractions for me, however, are the various single player scenarios, the random map generator and especially the multiplayer possibilities. I play Tribes of the East for the hot seat multiplayer. It is a family game for me - I play it with my sister and cousins when we meet up over the holidays!

It really is a good game and it is, in fact, through hanging out on some HOMM V/TotE boards that I found out about KB:L. KB:L received a very positive reception there, which is not surprising, given the fact that the games share the same ultimate roots.

It's funny because the first campaign in HOMM V is just absurdly easy, even on Hard. It's so boring; you just have to slog through it.

On the other hand, the Tribes of the East campaign is a real challenge for me right now on Medium difficulty. I just played the second mission, Last Soul Standing, and I had a LOT of fun. I won by the skin of my teeth. It's a timed mission and I reached the objective on the last possible day, and then died three times trying to defeat the castle guards (I am still learning this game ) On my fourth try I won with 2 archers and 5 zombies left. What fun I had! So I will try to forget about the HOMM V campaigns and see how far I can get with ToE.

[kennec]

HOMM V shit game played it 2 days then i unsintalled it

HOMM 4 more of the same lostthe edge and to few upgrades, to ,many spells and hero as avatar on battlefield was imba

HOMM 3 best in serie, played hotseats and local networks with 4-5 computers and had tournaments and 2v2 and 3v3s superb game , one of the best

HOMM 2 huge upgrade, several dragons sorts and stuff, played it for hours and hours and days

HOMM 1 very fun game remember installing it with several floppy discs on my computer and thought it was a huge game

KBL : fun game, was realy hooked for weaks, some things i didnt like was that random mobs to buy and unable to complete quests sometimes, classes wherent balanced.