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Tobius
Adventuring Hero
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posted March 30, 2008 03:14 PM |
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Edited by Tobius at 21:26, 31 Mar 2008.
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The Palace
Cohesiveness(4+4)=8 The creatures are mostly already known and have been seen in HoMM - so it fits well, but lacks an in-depth description
Imagination(5+4+3)=12 Definitely more interesting than your Burrow's and more creative, though a naga faction is not that original
Back Story(1+2)=3 It's the same problem alike your Burrow's you rewrite the past instead of expanding on the HoMM universe
Battle Facets(4+4)=8 I really like the idea of moulting!
Discretionary: +5 for the description of outward appearance, heroes, the great idea of moulting, and the general alteration of game mechanics; -1 for no emblem
Total Score=35
EDIT: You've got 2 extra point for innovations and battle inventives! I've read over the differences of your creature system to the one's of Heroes 4.
How I graded these:
Cohesiveness (Internal Coherence [1-5]+HoMM Compatibility [1-5])
Imagination (Creativity [1-5]+Innovations [1-5]+Originality[1-5])
Back Story (How well it expands on one of the HoMM universes [1-5]+How interesting it was to me [1-5])
Battle Facets (Variety [1-5]+Inventive Aspects [1-5])
Discretionary (Bonus for exceptional efforts[1-5])
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted March 31, 2008 06:45 AM |
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Cohesiveness: 10/10 Can't argue with the cohesiveness. These do work well together.
Imagination: 11/15 Ok now here is one area I have a small problem. While most of your ideas are fresh and innovative, a few are a bit on the 'overused side' (sorry!).
Back story: 8/10 Now I know I said that secretive is ok, but I would like to have them fleshed out a little more. Sort of a catch 22 with a secretive race.
Battle facets: 10/10 I love the Moult ability. Very inventive and creative. Gives some interesting possibilities.
Discretionary: 4/5 Despite my problems listed above great work. Only - 1 point because I believe you could have done more.
Since my scores in some areas are lower then normal I had to explain why 
43/50
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Message received.
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Momo
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted April 01, 2008 10:53 AM |
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Quote:
Imagination: 11/15 Ok now here is one area I have a small problem. While most of your ideas are fresh and innovative, a few are a bit on the 'overused side' (sorry!).
Interesting, what ideas specifically?
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Back story: 8/10 Now I know I said that secretive is ok, but I would like to have them fleshed out a little more. Sort of a catch 22 with a secretive race.
Help my partial comprehension of english, what does "catch 22" means, usually?
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted April 12, 2008 06:35 AM |
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The Palace:
FriendofGunnar
cohesiveness 7/10
originality 11/15 most of these creatures have appeared before
backstory 7/10
battle facets 7/10
"the Palace grow more and more powerful when forces wait in town, doing nothing." errr, this is kind of the opposite of what homm is about.
Moult is an nice idea, though it doesn't fit well with the creatures.
discretionary 2/5 no pics
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Kookastar
Cohesiveness: 9 points
Imagination/creativity/originality/wow factor: 13 points – nagas and lizards  some original ideas in game set up.
Back story how well it expands on one of the HOMM universes: 9 points
Battle facets 9 – I like the creature system 
Discretionary: 4 points. I want to play it!
Total 44
TDL
Cohesiveness(max 10) : 8
Creativity (max 10): 9
Backstory (max 10): 8
Battle Facets (max 15): 12
additional (max 5): 4
probably the best naga faction I've encountered this far in the contest  I liked it, although I found the racial a bit strange
Total (max 50):41
Guest Judge's Score : 41.75 (Judges grades are weighed differently depending on how many factions they graded)
Judges Score: (34 + 44 + 41) / 3 = 39.67
Final Score: 40.71
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