| Mar 23rd, 2010 09:34 PM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by 10,000 Volt Ghost
Graphics don't really bother me at all. I just never have anytime to play games anymore. Fulltime job and fulltime girlfriend. Trying to get through FF XIII right now.
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I completely understand. I hardly find enough time to play a quick multiplayer FPS's now a days. It sucks.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 05:07 PM |
| 10,000 Volt Ghost |
Graphics don't really bother me at all. I just never have anytime to play games anymore. Fulltime job and fulltime girlfriend. Trying to get through FF XIII right now.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 04:32 PM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by 10,000 Volt Ghost
Truthfully I've never played any of the regular Might & magic games. I found a website that had the stories for them and just read them. I seem to think the regular might and magic game that ends with you blasting off in a rocket ship is directly followed by Heroes of Might and Magic I or III. Leaning toward III. Then the following Might and Magic game loops the plot back together. It seemed interesting between the different series how they're connected....I just never had the time or will to play them.
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You should defintely check out M&M 6 or 7. You can either download them off the web or find the discs used somewhere. Bewarned though, the graphics engine is from the stone age so if you ever play it don't allow the ugliness to turn you away.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 04:22 PM |
| Kitsunexus |
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Originally Posted by 10,000 Volt Ghost
Truthfully I've never played any of the regular Might & magic games. I found a website that had the stories for them and just read them. I seem to think the regular might and magic game that ends with you blasting off in a rocket ship is directly followed by Heroes of Might and Magic I or III. Leaning toward III. Then the following Might and Magic game loops the plot back together. It seemed interesting between the different series how they're connected....I just never had the time or will to play them.
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I was unaware the rocket in III connected to the Heroes series, I always assumed it was just to lead into M&M4 (which I've never played because it wasn't on SNES).
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 03:41 PM |
| 10,000 Volt Ghost |
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
That's what I thought.
What's your favorite regular Might & magic game? 7 seems to be the most polished and complete but 6 and 8 are OK as well.
Not many people like 9 but I didn't mind it too much. I cut them a little slack because I knew that 3DO was going down the tubes when they were developing it.
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Truthfully I've never played any of the regular Might & magic games. I found a website that had the stories for them and just read them. I seem to think the regular might and magic game that ends with you blasting off in a rocket ship is directly followed by Heroes of Might and Magic I or III. Leaning toward III. Then the following Might and Magic game loops the plot back together. It seemed interesting between the different series how they're connected....I just never had the time or will to play them.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 03:11 PM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by Kitsunexus
Weren't the AD&D 3D0 (as in the 3D0/Panasonic system) games like AD&D: Slayer supposed to be Might & Magic games, but then they obtained the AD&D license? I read that somewhere and I dunno if it's true, but those games rock no matter what.
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No idea,
I wouldn't doubt though. It wouldn't be too difficult to change a Might & Magic to D&D or vice versa.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 02:18 PM |
| Kitsunexus |
Weren't the AD&D 3D0 (as in the 3D0/Panasonic system) games like AD&D: Slayer supposed to be Might & Magic games, but then they obtained the AD&D license? I read that somewhere and I dunno if it's true, but those games rock no matter what.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 02:05 PM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by 10,000 Volt Ghost
You can implement a timer or just sit around and wait.
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That's what I thought.
What's your favorite regular Might & magic game? 7 seems to be the most polished and complete but 6 and 8 are OK as well.
Not many people like 9 but I didn't mind it too much. I cut them a little slack because I knew that 3DO was going down the tubes when they were developing it.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 10:00 AM |
| 10,000 Volt Ghost |
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
How would it be played if you had a lan / server connection? Would the player be timed in his movements? Or would you have to literally sit there and wait until someone moved.
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You can implement a timer or just sit around and wait.
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Originally Posted by MarioRPG
We did hotseat because we only had one computer.
As for online play: Yeah you have to wait around, but turns are timed (1min maybe?) and you can still access your castle and build something (I believe, it's been a long time since I've played online).
Also, fuck you guys, I booted up HOMM3 last night.
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We're lazy so we would just hook up two mice and sit next to each. sometimes a 3rd will LAN a laptop.
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| Mar 23rd, 2010 09:24 AM |
| MarioRPG |
We did hotseat because we only had one computer.
As for online play: Yeah you have to wait around, but turns are timed (1min maybe?) and you can still access your castle and build something (I believe, it's been a long time since I've played online).
Also, fuck you guys, I booted up HOMM3 last night.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 11:40 AM |
| Tadao |
I don't remember a timer, I think you sit there.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 11:39 AM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by jhonnyD2
thanks ...
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Your Welcome 
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 11:38 AM |
| jhonnyD2 |
thanks ...
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 11:35 AM |
| TheCoolinator |
How would it be played if you had a lan / server connection? Would the player be timed in his movements? Or would you have to literally sit there and wait until someone moved.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 11:19 AM |
| Tadao |
I don't know about homm1 but I'm seem to remember 2 and 3 being able to link over a lan so that you don't have to hotseat.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 10:16 AM |
| Kitsunexus |
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
How does multiplayer work in HOMM?
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Hotseat is like when you have to pass the GBA around in Advance Wars. Basically people taking turns on the same system.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 10:08 AM |
| TheCoolinator |
How does multiplayer work in HOMM?
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 09:56 AM |
| MarioRPG |
Honestly, I can't count how many hours I've logged on the HOMM series (2/3 mainly). My cousin and I used to hotseat play them all the time.
Then I got HOMM 3 for myself and played the shit out of it, and still boot it up every now and again.
Also, don't know who said it but yeah, solimar the genie is awesome.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 09:40 AM |
| Kitsunexus |
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
I think I may grab the SNES version and give it a whirl tonight.
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DO IT!
PS: ENABLE MOUSE EMULATION.
Also, the town music in that version is based off of a classical piece that I can't identify. If you could tell me which one it is I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 09:39 AM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by Kitsunexus
Emulation is your chance. DO IT.
Also play M&M3 because there is a Space Shuttle at the end. ANACHRONISM FUCK YEAH.
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Originally Posted by Kitsunexus
Can't go wrong with M&M III for the SNES, I've always wanted to play the Amiga version, though. I FUCKING LOVE THE SYNTHBRASS SAMPLE IN THE INTRO.FUCK
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I think I may grab the SNES version and give it a whirl tonight.
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Originally Posted by Kitsunexus
You can do anything pretty much, it's like GTA Zelda DOOM. I've only ever played Daggerfall, but like you can raid and plunder entire villages, run into houses and catch people completely full-frontal naked, kill almost everything, and it's basically just cool, even though a lot of non-dungeon things look the same and it's basically a DOOM ghost town. The gameworld was stated to be the size of some real-world location, I think Antarctica. 100% FUCK THE STORY NON-LINEAR GO ANYWHERE ORGY PALOOZA! If you can get past the bugs it's the greatest game ever! AND IT'S LEGAL FREEWARE NOW SO YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO PLAY IT!
EDIT: Oh yeah you can piss off the Assasin's club and have killers follow you all over the world map and stuff. They should have made a Cyberpunk Daggerfall. The Terminator games used their same engine "Xngine" but they were completely linear.  |
Sounds great,
I wish back in the day they made a Cyberpunk RPG using the game engine of M&M / Elder Scrolls. That would of been amazing. The only cyber-punk games I've played were Snatchers, Rise Of the Dragon, and Shadowrun. All good games but they were nothing compared to the immersive environments in M&M.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 09:30 AM |
| Kitsunexus |
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
I never got the chance to play the earlier might and magics.
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Emulation is your chance. DO IT.
Also play M&M3 because there is a Space Shuttle at the end. ANACHRONISM FUCK YEAH.
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
I had no idea Elder Scroll looked and played similar to M&M. What's the differences between the? Other then it looks like from the screen shots that you aren't in a 4 man party.
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You can do anything pretty much, it's like GTA Zelda DOOM. I've only ever played Daggerfall, but like you can raid and plunder entire villages, run into houses and catch people completely full-frontal naked, kill almost everything, and it's basically just cool, even though a lot of non-dungeon things look the same and it's basically a DOOM ghost town. The gameworld was stated to be the size of some real-world location, I think Antarctica. 100% FUCK THE STORY NON-LINEAR GO ANYWHERE ORGY PALOOZA! If you can get past the bugs it's the greatest game ever! AND IT'S LEGAL FREEWARE NOW SO YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO PLAY IT!
EDIT: Oh yeah you can piss off the Assasin's club and have killers follow you all over the world map and stuff. They should have made a Cyberpunk Daggerfall. The Terminator games used their same engine "Xngine" but they were completely linear.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 08:54 AM |
| TheCoolinator |
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Originally Posted by executioneer
when i saw this thread i was all "oh man i bet coolinator likes one of the shitty might and magics after 6", and MAN sometimes i hate being right
mm2 is the best might and magic
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I never got the chance to play the earlier might and magics. Like I said, I started my M&M journey with the 7th one and worked my way up then ironically went back down again to #6.
The only HOMM games I've played was 4-5.
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Originally Posted by executioneer
oh also: using a 3d environment for an RPG "mmo-style" was DEFINITELY not invented by the Might and Magic series. see: elder scrolls: arena, daggerfall, and battlespire. maybe drakkhen too, although it switched from FPS view to sort of an adventure-game view during combats. .
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I had no idea Elder Scroll looked and played similar to M&M. What's the differences between the? Other then it looks like from the screen shots that you aren't in a 4 man party.
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 08:13 AM |
| executioneer |
on a semi-related note: holy shit, someone re-made King's Bounty? haha how did they do that and not get ubisoft up their asses for stealing from heroes of might and magic
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 07:56 AM |
| executioneer |
i never even heard of any browser-based might and magic. hopefully it was better than the mobile version, which is actually not might and magic in the least but more of a terrible zelda-esque game with very little rpg element at all and not even a little storyline connection (no science fiction + fantasy mixture, for one)
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| Mar 22nd, 2010 07:31 AM |
| Kitsunexus |
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Originally Posted by Tadao
bye.
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Ummm, yeah....
I'm not leaving, I just wanted a thread to point out the ED page. Had I known that you guys actually WROTE most of it I wouldn't have even bothered. I was going to come back EXACTLY one week from the post but you had to go and fuck that up, so meh. Anyway, I'm not leaving of my own volition. BTW stop being a furry, and stop derailing threads. BACK TO TOPIC.
Was anyone able to play the browser-based M&M before it shut down? I played it once or twice, but back then my Windows box was too slow to do anything in Flash, and I just found out they shut it down. WHY!? It was already post-3D0 so their bankruptcy would have had nothing to do with it. It looked like an amazing game, and just when I finally get a semi-decent computer (that isn't Windows 98) it fucking closes. Fuck.
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