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Heroes Community > Heroes 4 - Lands of Axeoth > Thread: Is H4 succesful?
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Drunk_Lord
Drunk_Lord


Known Hero
very happy hero :)
posted February 08, 2008 02:14 PM

Poll Question:
Is H4 succesful?

In my opinion the game has some good features, but as every game it has its bad sides. But the combination in H4 makes the good new features look bad and the bad ones to look like **** I think.

Well the question is: What do u think, is H4 succesful?
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Yes, it is
No, it isn't
It is great
It is terrible
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radar
radar


Responsible
Legendary Hero
Castle/Haven player
posted February 08, 2008 02:36 PM

It is not successful since most people hate it, yet I enjoy it.

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BAD


Promising
Known Hero
posted February 08, 2008 02:44 PM

I loved this game even is not what I want...Has great features and therefore I like this game even I haven't played in the last 2 years.


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gorthom
gorthom


Hired Hero
Has stealthy Gummy Bears
posted February 09, 2008 10:33 AM

i liked Heroes 4. It's my favorite H. Game. I don't know why all people hate it. I think it is a great game.

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Momo
Momo


Promising
Famous Hero
posted February 09, 2008 01:51 PM

People hated it mainly because:

A) it introduced too many innovations all at once.

B) with the exception of gameplay, most aspects of the game were poorly developed (graphics, sounds, movies -wich don't exist, etc.) with a extremely low budget, wich is like saying "since we all know you like HOMM we're going to give you the least cared HOMM we can to save money" wich is generally not appeasing to fans.

C) it spat to the face of many important aspects of the series by messing up with factions, mixing them, warping them, essentially transforming something people liked in something people don't like (see: Infernopolis).

Sum A+B+C and you get a game wich, with all the interesting innovations wich make gameplay perhaps even more interesting than in H3, can't overcome the feeling of betrayal of its very own fanbase.
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okrane
okrane


Famous Hero
posted February 09, 2008 03:13 PM

I mainly agree.

But I would like to add that the gameplay was superior to H3 and Ithink it easily competes with heroes 5

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magnomagus
magnomagus


Admirable
Legendary Hero
modding wizard
posted February 09, 2008 04:55 PM
Edited by magnomagus at 17:00, 09 Feb 2008.

The first time I played Heroes 4 I hated it like most other people.
This was because I wanted to see: h3 + a lot more and better. I played a couple of games trying to play it like h3 = one hero + creatures. I do now realise the reason I didn't like it was just because I didn't understand how to play it.

Almost a year later I gave it a second chance (probably because I was very bored and didn't know anything else to do). I played some rpg custom maps and discovered how much fun it was to create armies with multiple heroes in it. The fact they could all follow different development paths and carry different artifacts made it a lot of fun.

Today I think heroes 4 is conceptually the most brilliant turn-based strategy game ever created. RPG has never been mixed so perfectly with classic heroes 1-3 gameplay. I do not agree it was poorly developed (besides expansions) because the amount of content in it was really overwhelming. H5 TOE still has not half the amount of adventure buildings, spells, artifacts and decorative objects from h4, and the editor from h4 is 100 times better. This has caused the adventure map in h4 to be much more interesting then other heroes games.
At the same time the game was just so deep and complex it must have been impossible for the developers to create a good AI for it and overcome all the bugs. And we all know that is it's main weakness.
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ElectricBunny
ElectricBunny


Known Hero
Pimp My Box
posted February 09, 2008 05:39 PM

Hear hear. Well explained, magnomag. But 'the most brilliant turn-based strategy game ever'? Nah.

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magnomagus
magnomagus


Admirable
Legendary Hero
modding wizard
posted February 09, 2008 06:04 PM
Edited by magnomagus at 18:05, 09 Feb 2008.

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Hear hear. Well explained, magnomag. But 'the most brilliant turn-based strategy game ever'? Nah.


Only conceptually!! not in practice
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roy-algriffin
roy-algriffin


Supreme Hero
Chocolate ice cream zealot
posted February 10, 2008 12:40 AM

It wasnt succesful.
NWC didnt make enough money to keep 3DO Afloat after (3DOS) various mistakes and poorly thought out and made games.
Not even in relation to sales and the game itself, it wasnt succesful
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magnomagus
magnomagus


Admirable
Legendary Hero
modding wizard
posted February 10, 2008 01:11 AM

You're right: H4 failed, because otherwise 3DO/NWC would have created H5.

The problem of this poll is that the first 2 response choices
are answer to the question: was it succesful? and the next 3 response choices are answer to the question: what do think of h4?
and the discussion seems to go in the direction of the second question.
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ByteBandit
ByteBandit


Promising
Famous Hero
Soul Merchant
posted February 10, 2008 04:00 AM

I've played H3/WoG for soooo long. Recently. I got the H4 standard game, Updated it with patches and Equilibrus. I like the looks of the game. I like the spell system and Caravans. However, the AI, for H4, is not up to par with H3. Many times I found well fortified heroes avoiding me, even though, on paper, they could beat me. Now this does'nt mean I don't like making maps for H4. I love using the H4 utility to make maps. The utility tool is what keeps me interested in H4. Otherwise, it's not as entertaining as it should've been.

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Jelze
Jelze


Adventuring Hero
of Electromancy
posted February 10, 2008 08:42 AM

I think it is. It is different from other heroes, but I like the choice system of creatures and not just limited to upgrade and no choice. I also really like how you can move creatures in a group without hero, so you don't need to hire another hero just to bring creatures to you. I think if it wasn't successful tribes of the east wouldn't have happened, considering it also has a choice of creature system.

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andy_dandy
andy_dandy


Adventuring Hero
posted February 12, 2008 09:39 AM

I must say I love Heroes 4. I have Heroes 5 and 3 too, and never plays the fifth. Heroes 4 is the one with the most strategy and choices. No doubt the best Heroes game ever, then followed by Heroes 3. Heroes 5 is the worst heroes game ever, can't understand anybody liking it.

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Momo
Momo


Promising
Famous Hero
posted February 12, 2008 10:22 AM

There are many traits one would like to save from H4. And yes, for many aspects it competes with the fifth chapter or even surpass it. But gameplay alone doesn't grant success. Actually, such changes in gameplay should go with a great respect for the long-time fans, to balance the effect. Wich didn't happen.

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JoonasTo
JoonasTo


Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
posted February 12, 2008 10:36 AM

The biggest problem with H4 for me was the hero deveplopment.
It's great in campaigns but when playing one map games, even if they are extra large, the hero development is frustratingly slow. With good luck you'll be having one grandmaster magics at the end of the map.
The heroes become average units so to say.
There is a solution to this however. We used to give the heroes another skill with athena when playing. That way the advance is doubled and heroes are meaningful again.

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andy_dandy
andy_dandy


Adventuring Hero
posted February 12, 2008 10:48 AM
Edited by andy_dandy at 10:49, 12 Feb 2008.

Quote:
The biggest problem with H4 for me was the hero deveplopment.
It's great in campaigns but when playing one map games, even if they are extra large, the hero development is frustratingly slow. With good luck you'll be having one grandmaster magics at the end of the map.
The heroes become average units so to say.
There is a solution to this however. We used to give the heroes another skill with athena when playing. That way the advance is doubled and heroes are meaningful again.



The hero development is one of the things that makes Heroes 4 the ultimate Heroes game in my opinion. You have so many ways to create an unique hero. Heroes 5 is the worst game on this. No hero classes at all?

Another thing. I like the slow development in Heroes 4. Especially I like XL maps, hardest difficulty starting with no money. This way every little choice you make is vital, and you really have to balance long term and short term thinking/strategy.

It's of course a lack of good XL maps for Heroes 4, the only official XL map is Zanfa's Challenge, a very good one by the way. I have made 2 good XL maps, almost finnished testing and balancing them, made in the same spirit/dogma as Zanfa's. Just let me know if you want them, they are really good for both single and multiplayer.

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magnomagus
magnomagus


Admirable
Legendary Hero
modding wizard
posted February 12, 2008 11:55 AM

Quote:
The biggest problem with H4 for me was the hero deveplopment.
It's great in campaigns but when playing one map games, even if they are extra large, the hero development is frustratingly slow. With good luck you'll be having one grandmaster magics at the end of the map.


Quote:
The hero development is one of the things that makes Heroes 4 the ultimate Heroes game in my opinion. You have so many ways to create an unique hero. Heroes 5 is the worst game on this. No hero classes at all?


You are both right, the problem with hero development in heroes 4 is that a lot of maps are too small for it and large maps are very difficult to balance for it. There are actually quite a lot of xl maps available for h4 (look on celestialheavens) but a lot of them simply don't work right in end game, because neutrals are too weak and the Ai is also too weak. So when you have finally created your team of super heroes there is not enough time and battles to enjoy them.

@Andy Dandy:I enjoyed zanfas challenge also very much, but not before heavily modifying it in the mapeditor. If you have your maps ready i would surely like to see them. I don't believe you played h5 more then a few times because H5 has the most complex skill systems so far and is definately enjoyable to play. The problem is the creators of h5 never implemented good ingame info about the skill system so an ingame skillwheel mod is a must have.





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gallow
gallow


Bad-mannered
Known Hero
Avenger
posted February 12, 2008 01:46 PM

I remember i bought this game,but i gave it back and changed for other,was very different from the other heroes and didnt like it at all,no upgrades in creatures,battle map like "too small" in less words it sucks.

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flackmandan
flackmandan


Known Hero
Veni,Vidi,Vichi
posted February 12, 2008 02:15 PM

h4

i hate it h2 is better then it(h2 is a good game anyway)even heroes quest 4 the dragon bone staff is better never heard of it visit my server

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