Songs of Conquest (Lavapotion)

[Tragic]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/867210/Songs_of_Conquest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtDQSUeQUPc

[MizzouRah]

Rob has a video up. I'm in the first campaign which has been easy so far but I'm guessing it's part tutorial easing you in.

There is one more campaign and a skirmish mode, so I'll have more thoughts later. I love HOMM so I'm sure that has a lot to do with my enthusiasm.

[Mezmorki]

I'm probably going to pick this up, despite EA, as it looks pretty damn awesome as is and want to see this be successful.

[Nasarog]

Ever since Dungeon of the Endless, the Pixel style games have grown on me. I have several on my radar.

[Tragic]

I really like that Dungeon of the Endless game

[Nasarog]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Tragic:

I really like that Dungeon of the Endless game

Me too. My soon loves it on the iPAD. I'm looking forward to #2

[athelasloraiel]

Opprinnelig skrevet av MizzouRah:

I purchased yesterday and I'm having a great time so far. A great UI, music is good, combat and choices you have to make keep the game interesting so far.

hmm, I want in too.

[Mezmorki]

I picked this up last night .... impressed so far. I dove into the campaign, and while I usually avoid scripted campaigns and prefer skirmishes, this one has been totally fine as an introductory to the game and systems.

Really impressed with the style and visuals. The interface is great, solid music. I really like the brisk overall feel and pacing of the game.

I admit that I never played the HoMM series so unfortunately I don't have a good basis of comparison with that title. It does remind me a bit of Conquest of Elysium (CoE) series - in that you have heroes capturing neutral sites, recruiting combat units, etc. Can't say much in terms of gameplay depth or tactical depth yet, as I'm just not far enough into it yet. But it feels like it's going in a good direction.

[Tragic]

Did you play heroes hour?

[ESonix]

Everyone keeps saying "it's like HOMM". Can someone please explain this to me? I have never played HOMM or any of the related games. The tactical combat looks pretty appealing to me, but I have a sneaking suspicion this might be one of those jprg-style grind a million characters kind of games. (Is that HOMM? Honestly, I really don't know)

[ESonix]

btw, this compared with Iron Oath? Any insights?

[Nasarog]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ESonix:

btw, this compared with Iron Oath? Any insights?

Another one on my shortlist.

[Mezmorki]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ESonix:

Everyone keeps saying "it's like HOMM". Can someone please explain this to me? I have never played HOMM or any of the related games. The tactical combat looks pretty appealing to me, but I have a sneaking suspicion this might be one of those jprg-style grind a million characters kind of games. (Is that HOMM? Honestly, I really don't know)

Basically these are turn-based strategy games where you have some number of "heroes" or characters under your control. You move these heroes around the map in typical 4X fashion to gain control of various locations/settlements/taverns/mines/etc. that then generate resources each turn that you can spend recruiting units into your army attached to that hero.

The hero itself is often not on the actual battlefield, just the units they've recruited. There usually a good dose of RPG progression on your heroes, and these advancements confer bonuses on your army, give you spells or special abilities you can use during the battles, etc.

Base/city development is usually very minimal. Unlike a typical 4Xgame, there isn't much sense of upkeep or population management, its much more streamlined and focus. In Songs of Conquest, if you capture a settlement you'll be able to build various types of buildings to generate resources or produce different types of units that can be recruited, etc.

I've taken to calling these games "Heroic 4Xs" because the focus is really just on moving your hero+army stacks around the map fighting stuff, capturing new sites, etc.

Hopefully that helps a little

[CyMonk]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ESonix:

(Is that HOMM? Honestly, I really don't know)

imo homm plays like a quicker (less micromanagement), more casual version of age of wonders.

[ESonix]

Hey guys, thanks for the explanations! I think I understand much better now.

[melkathi]

Opprinnelig skrevet av CyMonk:

imo homm plays like a quicker (less micromanagement), more casual version of age of wonders.

Wasn't AoW the slower, more micromanagery version of HoMM?