Is this like Heroes of Might and Magic games?

[karmazyn1]

I will get to play it later tonight but I had a little peak and map looks sooo nice. I am so hyped.

[darkholyPL]

Well not really. I mean there is a bit of HoMM vibe in AoW, but it is it's own thing.
More like Civ+Xcom kind of a deal, or if you ever played that, Master of Magic.
But I guess it can feel a bit like HoMM at times, just... grander I guess. You'll see once you start playing.

[Rude$t]

AoW has lots of HoMM DNA

[Janthis]

Not really. The first Age of Wonders was inspired by the HOMM series, Civ, and Master of Magic among others. So it's a mix of several things, which has developed its own identity.

[Motherball]

Make city, build, make army, explore, kill. Yes, very similar.

[DDkiki]

Its nothing like HOMM.

[President Jyrgunkarrd]

It's not like HoMM, no.

The framework for the design is Master of Magic, an older game that is basically the original Civ, but with fantasy stuff and also a tactical battle map.

[karmazyn1]

Originally posted by blackhand_lost:

So, you ARE a troll after all. This second attempt is too fat

I used to plat HOMM a lot. I have not had a chance to play similar games and passion got lost. There was one similar game but I cant remember the title. It looked quite decent but I have not had a chance to explore it, I changed PC and cant remeber what it was. I was scrolling Steam store page and come across Age Of Wander 4. I saw some pics and it looked so much like HOMM, the map had a great feel and I have thought thay I need to buy this game which I did as per other topic. I am scared and dont know what to expect so I created this topic to see whether my HOMM vibes were sort of accurate. Premium edition worked out cheaper but I really dont know what to expect and can only play games after 8 pm due to other commitments.

[DDkiki]

Originally posted by karmazyn1:

Originally posted by blackhand_lost:

So, you ARE a troll after all. This second attempt is too fat

I used to plat HOMM a lot. I have not had a chance to play similar games and passion got lost. There was one similar game but I cant remember the title. It looked quite decent but I have not had a chance to explore it, I changed PC and cant remeber what it was. I was scrolling Steam store page and come across Age Of Wander 4. I saw some pics and it looked so much like HOMM, the map had a great feel and I have thought thay I need to buy this game which I did as per other topic. I am scared and dont know what to expect so I created this topic to see whether my HOMM vibes were sort of accurate. Premium edition worked out cheaper but I really dont know what to expect and can only play games after 8 pm due to other commitments.

If you want something like HOMM - try Songs of Conquest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbK9C5mA94

[NorthernDruid]

The city management leans more towards 4X and the tactical combat leans more towards a full tactical game. But moving armies around the map fighting guarding stacks is reminiscent of HoMM. And the overworld magic is a real treat.

[Stormfrenzy88]

Well it's not exactly like HoMM but it's quite similar. You're still mainly moving around heroes and armies around the map, fighting, getting resources and items, capturing towns etc. The main difference is that it's a lot more in depth with it's combat, town building, faction and research mechanics.

[rane]

It's closer to Disciples if you want to summon the Old Gods of tbs in that individual units and counters matter much more than numerical advantages but it's mostly civ with really involved combat, as it always was.

[suejak]

Yes, it's pretty similar. It's more like Master of Magic, but there's a lot HOMM stuff here.

[Bubovax]

From the games mentioned by others: I haven't played XCOM or Master of Magic, but what I have to say is after buying this game and playing a bit is the following:

This game is the true successor to HoMM3.

The map, the camp clearing,0 the stacks, the gameplay, the fantasy roleplay feel like HoMM3. Heroes have inventory, you build a mage tower for spells. There are map spells, and there are combat spells.

It is worth noting, however, that town-building is similar to CIV where you expand territory with districts that provide a certain resource production. You select buildings like CIV that work on their own and synergize. There is no significant visual city representation like in HoMM3 or older CIV games.

The roleplaying element is not like HoMM3 too. Roleplaying is more fleshed out. It also borrows from another game by Paradox: Crusader Kings 3, where you get a couple of options to get a resource/item for hero/etc after something triggers an event.

Races here are not that different from one another. You can change them visually and stats-wise in a faction creator, but your playstyle evolves as you roleplay by choosing in the CK3-like action menus or choosing tomes from which to research spells, units, buildings.

Combat is on a hex grid but combat maps are bigger than any HoMM titles I have played. There are more reminiscent to other tactical games, but the core is identical to HoMM.

There are also victory conditions that are closer to how Civ works.

I necrod this thread that I found on google, so that other people who are considering buying this game may see a more detailed answer than what I saw.

Tl;dr: It more than scratches the HoMM3 itch I get sometimes. It creates a fresh product by combining HoMM3 with Civ and other games.

[Blanch Warren]

The only game HOMM I ever tried was in 3d and it was too easy for me to bother.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Bubovax:

I necrod this thread

I mean, much of what you're saying is "this game is different from HoMM3, except in the most general of concepts". ;)

Like the others said, it's actually not really like HoMM, aside from the high-magic fantasy-setting and tactical combat. For the record, Age of Wonders was released just a few months after HoMM3, so both games were developed independently of each other.