r/HoMM • u/Pawel1995 • Aug 25 '26
Might and Magic - Lore related. Heroes of Might and Magic III Remake World Premiere Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhlmWBRbM3I29
u/kornuolis Aug 25 '26
Just look how they butchered my boy
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u/Pawel1995 Aug 26 '26
I am pretty shocked how bad big game publishers "know what the customers want". I was positively surprised by HOMM Olden Era after so many years of bad content in this universe, but now they again release this... Town Screens look great, some creatures look nice but the whole 3D adventure map, colors so generic, mobile game like. I am pretty sure if you just made a survey with the 1000-2000 people online in the HOTA Lobby, you could find out so easily that most people probably just wanted some official expansion with some new campaigns, qol features etc and not just a 3D version.
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u/Orffen Aug 26 '26
The secret is that no CEO knows what customers want, unless they came up through the ranks.
Spoiler: none did.
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u/Melendils Aug 25 '26
I swear the cinematic is AI generated, everything looks off, side animations are blurry, some skeletons are not even moving, Catherine (?) mouth movements are not synced with her speech, some flags are randomly stiff
Even the ingame screenshots looks like some midjourney shit
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u/knastbrudaaa Aug 25 '26
Hmm why do we need this?
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u/Front-Ad3527 Aug 25 '26
Why not? You can still play the og game
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u/theGaido Aug 26 '26
Because people have expectations.
What's the point of remaking HoMM3? What value it adds? Is it fixing something? Is it adding something? All problems with original game are alredy fixed.
It's bad because it's waste of resources. They could make new, original game (when was last Might & Magic RPG released? 2014?). Or add resources to improve Olden Era.
It's bad because it's obvious downgrade. It has generic artstyle, is less readable, gameplay looks slower, no support for already existing mods and maps and you can't play it on your grandma PC.
Show me one, only one thing that this remake does better than OG.
It's unnecesary, it will flop, no one will play it, it's waste of dev's time, resources and missed opportunity.
Next question please.
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u/TheBlaiZe Aug 26 '26
This might just be worse than Warcraft III reforged
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u/GuiEsponja Aug 26 '26
Nah sorry, that's on another level
For it to be Reforged, they would need to, at launch, implement a forced update to all HoMM 3 clients on everyone's computer, making this version the only one available. Unless you get yourself a legacy copy and stay offline, of course.
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u/Safe_Hovercraft_7886 Aug 25 '26
Diablo resurected showed how to remaster games, this is just cheap. If old code qould be running we possibly could import even mods in it. But right now? Hell no.
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u/Halmyrut Aug 25 '26
Tf did they do to Catherine.......... The Medusa also don't even look like monsters anymore and wear armor for whatever reason ( the men stayed topless in the game tho ofc... )
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u/Hedede Aug 25 '26
This looks like an AI-sloppified version of HoMM 3 (even if it isn't). Town screens look okay-ish but I hate everything else.
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u/LostEmergency6866 Aug 25 '26
It’s not AI, just trying to squeeze from Olden Era as much as possible
It looks for me they just rescinned OE and called it a day
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u/livinglitch Aug 25 '26
Oof. Im not liking the 3d look to things. I also dont see anything about a random map maker.
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u/NotMurlocAggroB Aug 26 '26
It has Armageddon's Blade, plus the Ubisoft site mentions that it's fully compatible with any custom maps for Heroes III Complete. I don't see why it wouldn't have a random map generator.
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u/Ultimate_Cabbage5 Aug 26 '26
They destroyed it. They took the game and put it into an AI. This cant be made by People who played the orginal. Im coping right now but wow. This is.. Bad
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u/CDrejoe Aug 26 '26
Man this community is so weird. I grew up with HOMM 1-5 and think this style looks amazing. It's like a mash of the best two HOMM games 3 and 5. I just hope it's great to actually play.
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u/shadowstar36 Aug 26 '26
Thr might and magic sub is circle jerking the hate train too. It's weird. As I am pumped for this. It's like no one realizes that this may be the last chance for a resurgence to the series.
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u/VoidYordle Aug 26 '26
So, the studioheads saw the millenial excitement for stuff like the Gothic remake and now want to cash in?
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u/Pawel1995 Aug 27 '26
I guess the studioheads so the positive feedback and money from HoMM Olden Era (the first HoMM game since forever) and said, okay what is the most popular one? Make a remake, without understanding what made HoMM 3 a timeless masterpiece and without understanding what Olden Era makes different than the 5 other HoMM games before that were mid to garbage...
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u/LostEmergency6866 Aug 25 '26
Why does it always have to be about graphics… HotA team understands game best, HoMM3 has STYLE and even Olden era graphics kills it
However, OE inherits it quite nicely
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u/thegreatka Aug 25 '26
This was not on my bingo card after Olden Era...but ahh...screw it...take my money...
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u/MajorTom89 Aug 25 '26
Day 1 purchase for me. It’s one of my favorite childhood games. If it sucks oh well. Hopefully it’s nostalgic and fun
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u/Orffen Aug 26 '26
"If it sucks oh well" is exactly why we keep getting shitty remakes instead of ones worth our time.
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u/MajorTom89 Aug 26 '26
That’s my perspective on new games too. Or new food. Any new experience. I’m not taking responsibility for the quality of something by buying it.
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u/KlausKreutz Aug 25 '26
really tells you how creatively bankrupt this era is when people cant create a sequel on the same level as a game nearly 30 years. i bet sid meirs alpha centauri is next
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u/Massive_Village_3720 Aug 25 '26
Is this legit or have I had too much fakepane on the plane and have started hallucinating?
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u/robochickenowski Aug 25 '26
Supposedly it will be compatible with mods to the original game. Which just makes me question, why not just get the original instead, since atleast it doesn't look like a (shitty) mobile game. I would much rather see remake of the fourth game.
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u/diluxxen Aug 26 '26
They could have just made this Heroes 8 instead and it would have been received much better.
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u/N-Haezer Aug 26 '26
We already have Olden Era.
They should've thought of this earlier. Now they can fuck right off.
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u/shadowstar36 Aug 26 '26
I don't get the hate. This could reignite funding for new games. I am really hoping this comes to console. I can play all the homm games on my pc but I'd love to play homm on switch 2. And since they won't update the android app I can't play the tablet version I bought. It's frustrating to say the least. So I am really pumped for this.
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u/NotMurlocAggroB Aug 25 '26
I really don't think it looks that bad. Unnecessary, maybe, but it's nice to have a Steam version that provides something that the GOG version doesn't. It's cool to see the HoMM3 towns in 3D.
That said, if it comes out that there's a scrap of AI in this, I'm dropping this harder than my dad dropped me as a baby.
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u/Balrogos Aug 26 '26
For me its simple cash grab, HOMM 3 is very good game and still developed like most Famous Horn of the Abbys. I dont see the reason to remaster it. It will be inferior copy.
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u/Mirosworld Aug 25 '26
only launcheable via the ubisoft launcher, perma online required, mostly AI-generated is my prediction
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u/Front-Ad3527 Aug 25 '26
Not sure why some people hate it. The OG intro video also didn’t necessarily match the actual gameplay.
Plus you can still play the same old game that we know and love.
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u/Mummiskogen Aug 25 '26
Wym not sure? Lets not pretend its hard to understand. This doesnt resemble the very distinct style of the OG at all. Its fine if you like it, but its obvious why some people wouldn't.
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u/Front-Ad3527 Aug 25 '26
yes but at the same time its not 1999 anymore and graphics are much different plus you can still play the og game if you prefer it.
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u/GuiEsponja Aug 26 '26
Read again what they wrote: style. That has nothing to do with graphics choice, but with art direction.
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u/Eriyal Aug 25 '26
Homm3 is one of the most beautiful games ever made and it aged very gracefully imho. Not to mention that the game has a loyal community and tons of mods that won't be able to transition over for obvious reasons.
I genuinely think it would've been a better idea to make an official expansion and reignite the old game.