Why this game is more popular than Heroes 5?

[Astra Militarum]

So I played Heroes 3 all life and tried to play Heroes 5. Basically heroes 5 is a 3D version of heroes 3 with a lot of quality of life features. All my life I was told that Heroes 5 is trash and now i se this is not true and I'am enjoying 5 way more than 3. But still heroes 3 have wayyy more players.

[Talana 💃]

Heroes V is an amazing game, and so is Heroes III

[Gearless Sol]

Heroes III is the GOAT

[Ɣɪ¢♰ɪɱƧ]

Originally posted by EXbadsun:

So I played Heroes 3 all life and tried to play Heroes 5. Basically heroes 5 is a 3D version of heroes 3 with a lot of quality of life features. All my life I was told that Heroes 5 is trash and now i se this is not true and I'am enjoying 5 way more than 3. But still heroes 3 have wayyy more players.

Some people prefer 2D. 1 and 2 had a little bit of a childish style but 3 was more "mature", so 3 is the epitome of the saga for those who prefer 2D.
Also you can't play 5 online anymore AFAIK.
The way the campaign is presented in 5 has no match though. Probably the best one in the saga at that.

[Moogal™]

Never played Heroes 5, will stick to Heroes 3 which i have done since early 2000s.

[Lano-17]

It comes from an era where games were built mainly to be games, instead of money extraction vehicles. High spirits, low business. Also more content, a little - yeah still - more accessible in 2d. Without camera controls also a little easier to get the basics of playing. The game content while focusing on battles, is relatively all ages friendly ( that goes for 5 too? idk).

This game still has a large fan base, player made maps still pop up here and there.

I think if Ubisoft wanted a retro remake palette Homm3 with MM7 would be a strong winning formula, improving the basics, 3d engine, physics but letting the same charm and easy on the eyes mythology inspired mixer bowl to come back.

These days memes, politics, business, DLC and fomo culture kinda ruined all games, h5 may be not into that territory yet but h3 came from an era free from those things entirely.

[Arllem]

Thx to HoTA mod that made pvp popular again. Many streamers started playing on twitch, getting views and spreading even more, also devs making balance to troops, creating new fraction and growing community is still active even after 22 years.

Heroes V was droped by ubisoft (no balance, no support, servers dead, idk what happend) but russians were creating game and they were fans of Heroes 3 so they made it simillar.
Heroes 5 community is not dead, i think it is smaller but active because they created Heroes 5 1/2 mod, making balance, more freelry builds and classes.

Both games have +/- but Heroes 3 is classic (of course H1 and H2 are the foundation and have a lot in common with H3) and whenever old geezers like me are comming back to play old games, i am thinking about H3 as childhood. This sound truck, great campaign and a lot of more.
What am i thinking about H5? Last good game from heroes series. Unique and at same time nothing changed (except, for example 3D graphic, all troops has unique ability) because they took a lot of ideas from H4 and H3, that's why after playing H5 i am thinking about H3.

[OmEn]

I don't like 3D HoMM never have and never will.

[Lano-17]

I think a lot of folks could enjoy a locked camera 3D isometric view game.

[Kalon]

Heroes V is a great game. I like it alot...HOWEVER...it isn't as good as III. V has better graphics for sure, but III is a much tighter experience. Its faster to play (increase animation speed) and the 2D makes it easier to see everything.
Like, look at chess matches at high levels. Look at how fast they play. Its not pretty. Its clean and precise. Thats why the top tier players stick with III. The UI and the gameplay.

[Gaido]

0) Heroes 5 is castrated Heroes 3 with 3d graphics.
1) Heroes 5 has definitely less content
2) It's much slower. At the time of 1 turn of HoMM5 you could couple of turns in Homm3.
3) Heroes 3 is much more intuitive for new players, because it looks like board game. You don't need to do anything with camera to see what is happening on screen.
4) Little things. Like flavor in descriptions.

[DesArthes]

Little too late, but i think Heroes V is superior game. Main problem why much less players play it is lack of multiplayer support. Today with Hota mod you can easily play muliplayer map with friend. If there were alternative server for Heroes 5.5, I would spaw instantly there.

Originally posted by Gaido:

0) Heroes 5 is castrated Heroes 3 with 3d graphics.
1) Heroes 5 has definitely less content

This is thing I like. Heroes 3 had too many weak trap skills and spells where new player could fall into. Mage guild lvl 5 cost 10 rare Resources and give you 1 random spell (which can be weak like magic mirror).

[Dapre]

Because it was made in an era where QUALITY and GAMEPLAY was priority one.

[Menkerot]

Originally posted by Gaido:

0) Heroes 5 is castrated Heroes 3 with 3d graphics.
1) Heroes 5 has definitely less content
2) It's much slower. At the time of 1 turn of HoMM5 you could couple of turns in Homm3.
3) Heroes 3 is much more intuitive for new players, because it looks like board game. You don't need to do anything with camera to see what is happening on screen.
4) Little things. Like flavor in descriptions.

it's not true in the slightest. Quite the opposite, in fact.

[Menkerot]

HoMM 3 isn't really more popular, and 100% of people play WoG anyhow, it's the only reason.

[CalciumChief]

Originally posted by Menkerot:

HoMM 3 isn't really more popular, and 100% of people play WoG anyhow, it's the only reason.

I never touched WoG or any other fan-made mod. It is more popular because it deserves on its own.