heroes 5...or 6?

[Siiiick!]

Ever since ive played heroes 2 when i was a kid ive been hooked.Especially on the map editor.Wich one of these games has that and wich one is better replay value wise?

[Segovax]

HOMM V feels like HOMM 3 from a gameplay perspective IMO. HOMM VI feels like they took away too many fundamentals to the series and coupled with the stupid online nonsense VI was a real let down for me.

[Oh!Juicy骸骨 \(° 0°;)/]

yeah Heroes 5 was way better. i was stoked for 6 (even pre-purchased it), and it has been a confusing, extremely buggy disappointment since the very beginning. it's version 1.5 as of this writing, and aside from the horrible town screen freezing bug they've introduced (and subsequently blamed on NVidia), they STILL haven't managed to get their integers right... freezing an enemy for a turn and reducing their movement to zero results in a nice icon that informs you "Movement +%100!!" *facepalm* also the voice acting is terrible. our high school drama club could do better x)

plus side? it LOOKS beautiful. Puppetworks Animation Studio did a stellar job on the character design, modelling, concept art, etc.

maybe when it's $10 it'll be worth it... but not right now.

[ACID FAN]

Heroes V is much better.

[Target]

I guess I'm in the minority - then again these are the Steam forums and they are known for being a den of iniquity.

I VASTLY prefer HoMM VI to V. I thought V was clunky - and anyone claiming it's the closest of the recent games to III - I just don't see it. I just finished my first hot seat game of VI with a friend - we played non-stop for 8 hours, and I had a lot of fun. Now there are some kinks of course - but I am playing on a Nvidia card and haven't seen any of the problems I see reported about freezing or errors.

People might gripe about some of the mechanics in VI and I could see that - but is it trash? Is it bad? Certainly not. Haters are just gonna keep on hating - but this game is FINE, it plays well, it's enjoyable, and the length is good on the campaign.

I know people are going to gripe about this post - but don't be disuaded from the game by a bunch of baseless criticisms.

[AUTISM DIVIDED BY CINCER]

Heroes 3 ALL THE WAY

they should make a HoMM 3 HD...updated engine, HOMM 4/5 Units/heroes within the HoMM3 style

[SoS.Cabrony]

get heroes 5,its much more stable.

give heroes 6 a few years for the community to fix and balance the game as they did with 4/5.

but if you seriously havent played HoMM3 i suggest getting that one from GoG and applying the HiRez mod,experience the incredible joy of playing HoMM3 for the very first time like most of us did 10+ years ago,like a virgin~~

[Remy]

Originally posted by Target:

I know people are going to gripe about this post - but don't be disuaded from the game by a bunch of baseless criticisms.

Baseless criticisms? I think not.. heroes 6 has been riddled with problems ever since release and there is still a few issues left.

1) Still only allowed 10 save slots even if cloud saves turned off
2) Town screen is stuffed unless I turn graphics to "low"
3) Stupid DRM is still there
4) Stupid UPlay screen is still there

Heroes 5 is an excellent game, with good expansions (especially the last one)

[Hurtbringer]

i bought 6 from amazon and received my physical copy in the mail because it was cheaper than directly on steam. it was a complete waste of time and money. stick with 3-5

[Kotey]

im not really a die hard homm fan and i may be out of the loop but i personally dont see all the craze about 3 being the greatest, i mean i can definately agree 4 is just terrible but out of the other ones ive played, 3,5,6 homm 3 is at the bottom of my list, it just felt incredibly dull to me in comparison to 5 and 6. my fav would have to be homm 6 (altho i admit it has the problems with teh uplay etc but im just talkin about the gameplay itself)

[Hurtbringer]

i got super bored with these games years ago, after 3. way, way, way too slow paced.

[HazardHawk]

#1 is H3
#2 is H5
Heros VI is nice, but not quite as good and definately lacking in the RMG department.

[OcaVan]

I started Heroes with the Heroes 5. I really liked the 5th part. I played it way too often after i finished all campaign and all expansions, so i really enjoyed the small but interested changes Heroes 6 made. The controll system of the towns and mines is more interesting and less annoying than in Heroes 5. Convert cities is also more confartable than the 5th game.

The skill systems both worked great in 5 and 6. The skill system in 6 is easier to understand. Without the skill wheel in heroes 5 it really was too random. I like to control my choices and not being forced to take an ability i don't like because there are only 4 or even 2 of them.

5 was great. 6 is more confartable than the Heroes 5. However Heroes 5 had more factions, which i really miss in Heroes 6.

Conclusion:
Heroes 5 was great!
Heroes 6 (without the whole DRM problems) is intelligent designed and confortable. I really like both, but i would pretend to chose Heroes 6!

[StevieNix]

Heroes 5 all the way. Don't get 6 until they get rid of UPlay.

[PhamTrinli]

I think they don't give us RMG in h6 because they want to sell us more maps and if we can generate our own then less $$ for ubi$uck. ♥♥♥♥ them :\

[HazardHawk]

Originally posted by PhamTrinli:

I think they don't give us RMG in h6 because they want to sell us more maps and if we can generate our own then less $$ for ubi$uck. ♥♥♥♥ them :\

Good theory, but no maps for sale. No, they just cut costs to get what they could out of us without a care for what we really want and what would truly make the game worth more in value and playability.