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Card_Ximinez
Famous Hero
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posted March 25, 2008 10:45 AM |
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It's ok Spectrum. I corrected it later. Added the heroes and stuff. That's all I had lost. The sudden decline in quality is due to something else. 
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wtf this still exists
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Momo
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted March 25, 2008 11:38 AM |
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Edited by Momo at 17:47, 27 Mar 2008.
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My review of this faction:
Cohesiveness: 9/10 bunch of birds in the sky; simple and clear. I also like how they make they counter-point for the way too many creatures in HoMM history that are affine to fire. Still, perhaps the creatures are too homogeneous to make it a masterpiece in cohesiveness.
Imagination: 13/15 I'm always hesitant to give a 15/15 for imagination for a race of beastmen - it's not a virgin territory for sure. Still the work is overall good, and thank god you didn't put air dragon as the lvl7 creature (but rather the good old roc we sorely missed in Heroes V). Not quite as happy with the racial skill, which is essentially just another school of magic which (unlike runes and warcries) doesn't even have a peculiar functioning. A second thumb down goes for not even attemtping to describe the buildings.
Back story: 10/10 origins, check, ties to Ashan's storyline, check, campaign described, check, hero biographies, check.
Battle facets: 6/10 uh-oh. I know I'm repeating this to death in my reviews, but it's very important: this faction hasn't a unique enough playstyle that defines it. Something is hinted - the "flying" theme, and the trend to slow down the opponent by freezing him, stunning him or become unreachable with battle dive; the potential for a unique gameplay is there but... it's not developed.
Discretionary: 3/5 liked the theme and the developement of the theme, but I see some effort lacking. I feel the OP could have done much more and didn't for some reason.
Overall: 40/50
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GenieLord
Honorable
Legendary Hero
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posted March 25, 2008 09:17 PM |
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Cohesiveness: 10 / 10
Imagination/creativity/originality/wow factor: 12 / 15
Back story: 9 / 10
Battle facets: 5 / 10 - A serious lack of your own original creature abilities. Most are taken from H5.
Discretionary: 5 / 5 - for nice building names, and a good development of the racial skill.
Overall score: 41
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sith_of_ziost
Promising
Supreme Hero
Scouting the Multiverse
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posted March 25, 2008 09:32 PM |
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Cohesiveness- 9/10. You're creatures and hero works well in melody. Slightly off when focusing on the Racial.
Wow Factor - 11/15. Nothing really stands out very well. The adaptation of the Avian language really adds to the flavor, but having too many units with those names takes away from its pretige. The Racial wasn't too surprising either.
Back Story - 4/10. It was very simple, with next to nothing in the ways of explanation. The history was short and bland, with not much to go on.
Battle Facettes - 5/10. It seems very monotonous, meaning nothing really gives it a unique gameplay. It has special Lore, but all the other units seem pulled from other existing creatures. Some abilities surprised me, like the Tier 7 units.
Discretionary - 4/5. I was tempted to give you full points, but you just had too little ingenuity. You put effort into it. And that I applaud.
Total Score: 33/50
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Snatch
Promising
Known Hero
Proud Kappa
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posted March 29, 2008 06:10 PM |
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Edited by Snatch at 21:20, 31 Mar 2008.
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Cohesiveness: 10/10 (all fits well)
Imagination: 12/15 (as far as a cloud faction goes, abilities are rather conservative, but some good ideas)
Back story: 8/10 (very brief, I would appreciate to know what happenend between 48 and 985 and what exactly is the reason that they start war again)
Battle facets: 6/10 (the alternative upgrades offer some variety, but the balancing could be polished a bit, windrider starts with 7 ability-points whereas Heroes 5 heroes always start with only 5, 'gathering of the clouds' is dull, it hampers one of the main magics of its own faction, sky magic is a nice addition but nothing more, you introduce a new layer but don't explain it)
Discretionary: 1/5 (several good approaches but some rework is needed and in my opinion cloudlings are a bit too gruesome for a good race, parasites are fitting better in horror films and dark races)
37/50
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Tobius
Adventuring Hero
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posted March 31, 2008 09:11 PM |
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Edited by Tobius at 21:12, 31 Mar 2008.
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The Tower
Cohesiveness(4+3)=7 Well, many flying creatures in the sky may fit together, but I miss written compatibility with HoMM in form of more background
Imagination(4+2+3)=9 You tried to find creative ideas (new magic lore), but overall it's quiet conventional (abilities) as my previous speakers already said
Back Story(3+0)=3 You expand on the universe, but your history is - i agree with sith of ziost - next to nothing and more an alibi than a real background
Battle Facets(3+2)=5 The only thing which gives this faction a unique feeling is the flying theme, but there are other factions that really alter the known battle mechanics. Besides your abilities are somehow uninspired
Discretionary: +1 for heroes
Total Score=25
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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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted April 12, 2008 07:04 AM |
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The Tower:
FriendofGunnar
cohesiveness 10/10
originality 13/15 it's disappointing to see a roc at the top of such an interesting faction.
backstory 6/10
battle facets 7/10
discretionary 3/5
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Kookastar
Cohesiveness: 9 points
Imagination/creativity/originality/wow factor: 11 points
Back story: 7 points
Battle facets: 6 points - so many fliers would be a battlefield unevenness. How would the "cloud terrain" be for the other factions?
Discretionary: 3 points
Total 36
TDL
Cohesiveness(max 10) : 6
Creativity (max 10): 10
Backstory (max 10): 7
Battle Facets (max 15): 9
additional (max 5): 1
windrider hero illogical, sky magic interesting but plain, much less than expected from an avian race… would not work in homm
Total (max 50):33
Guest Judge's Score : 35.20 (Judges grades are weighed differently depending on how many factions they graded)
Judges Score: (39 + 36 + 33) / 3 = 36.00
Final Score: 35.60
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