22-03-2003 05:48									#1
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Well, new news today- heroes V was announced and some screenshots have surfaced at this site:

http://www.h3trio.com/Non_Java_Menu/nonjavamainpage.htm

it is supposed to be another "big departure" for the series. Frankly, I am looking forward to it; it seems as though it might be a good game a-la Heroes III instead of Heroes IV ! Although it has kept HIV's graphical style

	22-03-2003 09:05									#2
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the screenshots aren't much, but this is a good homm site!!! (on first sight anyway)

Btw what's the plastic toy look? i don't remember one in homm3

	23-03-2003 01:11									#4
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Bah, it looks like an expensive ripoff of Warlords IV.

	23-03-2003 01:23									#5
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quote: Bah, it looks like an expensive ripoff of Warlords IV.

Screenshots don't seem to work.

	23-03-2003 02:22									#6
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That sword *clang* scared the crap outta me.

	23-03-2003 02:53									#7
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quote: That sword *clang* scared the crap outta me.

Makes the site look pretty unofficial, yes?
23:22.

	23-03-2003 03:14									#8
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St Leo- especially since Warlords is made with such a small budget, by such a small studio

Just right click and tell it to SHOW PICTURE if the screenshots don't work.

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Plastic toy look? Is that related to HIV?
Sorry but I didn't understand your statement?

	23-03-2003 03:17									#9
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The screenshots look good! I don't know if they are much better than the forth in the series, since I haven't tried any of the games after number three. Is there any notable difference?

	23-03-2003 03:21									#10
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Plastic toy look? Is that related to HIV? Sorry but I didn't understand your statement?

I think he means this statement from the web-site:

quote: Art-wise, we've done away with the "plastic toy" look of the cities and towns, as is evident in this shot of the Undead capital

	23-03-2003 03:22									#11
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quote: Plastic toy look? Is that related to HIV?

...erm?

	23-03-2003 03:28									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Tuomerehu quote: Plastic toy look? Is that related to HIV? ...erm?

Heh, I think DC should use different abbreviations. I was guessing he means HoMM IV, not HIV.

	23-03-2003 03:29									#13
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Oh I see.

Well, actually , I think the graphics between H4 and H5 only differ in that H5's look a bit grittier for the cities... and their images of units seem a bit sharper.

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all I can hope is that the gameplay of 5 will be excellent!
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thank you for the clarifier vovansim !

	23-03-2003 03:30									#14
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quote: I was guessing he means HoMM IV, not HIV.

...what on earth we're you thinking, DarkC?

	23-03-2003 03:38									#15
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I dont know- I got confused... I thought you got confused... etc.

Taht's why I started using H4 in my post above... to avoid that unseemlienss in the future.

	23-03-2003 03:39									#16
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H4 is better. A lot better.

	23-03-2003 05:00									#17
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Heroes V

just too screen shots

wonder when its going to bee released?

	23-03-2003 13:11									#18
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quote: just too screen shots

...What?

	23-03-2003 17:28									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Tuomerehu ...What?

JUST TWO(2) SCREEN SHOTS! D@MN IT!
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND TYPO'S I MAKE?

	23-03-2003 19:49									#20
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Pretty obscure, eh?

	23-03-2003 20:36									#21
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ARGH! Stupid Swords! Makes me hate the game already.

	24-03-2003 00:56									#22
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Swords?
Why is that a problem?

	24-03-2003 02:30									#23
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Somehow I get the feelig he wanted a +1...

	24-03-2003 03:07									#24
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Comparison of HoMM5 art with HoMM4 and HoMM3

	24-03-2003 06:34									#25
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I've got mixed feeligns about this. Remembering the fun-filled days of Heroes I, II and eventualy III, I can't help but feel that the series is moving away from its roots. HoMM has always felt cartoonish and gimmicky. That's some of the charm of the game. Still they've got to have new ideas. We can't have every game be a rehash of HoMM I.

	24-03-2003 06:50									#26
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I'll believe it when I see something about it at 3do's site, or a reputable game reviews site.

	24-03-2003 08:11									#27
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Hopefully they'll get hexes back in the H5 version- but the H5 graphics are a noted improvement from H4... I could live with H5's textures.

Shadowstrike- yes I like the cartoonish feel of H1/2... but H3's realism was good- it kept the basic idea and made the game more sophisiticated.

Better artwork opens the game to more people!

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	24-03-2003 09:09									#28
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Swords? Why is that a problem?

It's that stupid clanging thing.

Inane.

	25-03-2003 03:00									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger It's that stupid clanging thing. Inane.

	25-03-2003 06:41									#30
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quote: Originally posted by DarkCloud Hopefully they'll get hexes back in the H5 version- but the H5 graphics are a noted improvement from H4... I could live with H5's textures. Shadowstrike- yes I like the cartoonish feel of H1/2... but H3's realism was good- it kept the basic idea and made the game more sophisiticated. Better artwork opens the game to more people!

*nod* Better (more realistic) artwork did help Heroes III - especially since it moved towards being a more serious fantasy game (Serious in the Funny/Serious scale and not in it not being a real strategy game). I gues what eventually put me off it was how the game switched its trend from just adding more, to drastically chanigng some aged tradition (the hero towns, for instance). I suppose that's just me being old fashioned, though. New concepts are worthwhile additions after all.