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Elvin
Elvin


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Endless Revival
posted May 25, 2013 02:26 PM

SoD unfairly hard? Please.. Mind you there will be times where you have to guard yourself from opponents coming from various directions but that's nothing you can't solve with a bit of strategy.
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NamelessOrder
NamelessOrder


Famous Hero
posted May 25, 2013 11:15 PM

I've noticed some changes in units, spells and abilities in SoD:
- anathema lasts 4 turns
- griffins have 90 HP
- you can no longer choose tha ability "shield to the bloodless" +10/+10 def to vamps, which is good b/c it was clearly OP
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jhb
jhb


Famous Hero
posted May 27, 2013 12:36 PM

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Hey ppl! So the xpack is out.. It's looking nice imo, but idk if i'll get it right now, cos I'm with very little time for playing.
But.. anyone know if there is any news, possibilities or rumors of a new xpack? =S or they'll stop here?


Well, judging by the hype and popularity on various online shops (top 10 sales lists etc), at least in my country the sales were good. But don't know if it was enough to satisfy Ubi...

Tell you what: wait at least until E3, because there could be some announcements there, either a next expansion or Heroes 7


thx, I'll keep an eye out!

Still missing my trees and my hippie elves :´(

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DoubleDeck
DoubleDeck


Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
posted May 27, 2013 03:40 PM

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But from what I'm hearing, SoD is unfairly hard at times...

Huh? Are you talking about the campaign? Because the campaign on hard is very easy!

Wish they had campaign maps like the last one from H5 tribes where you have to get Talonguard back.....jeez like, that WAS difficult.

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blob2
blob2


Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
posted May 28, 2013 01:08 PM
Edited by blob2 at 13:10, 28 May 2013.

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Huh? Are you talking about the campaign? Because the campaign on hard is very easy!


The devs think otherwise

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Storm-Giant
Storm-Giant


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On the Other Side!
posted June 04, 2013 02:25 AM

Patch 2.1 release- feedback thread on the official forum has 100 pages, in 1 month lol.

Just curious, there hasn't been any news on a new patch, right?
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dale
dale


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posted July 20, 2013 06:38 PM

where to buy?

I've now played through all of the HOMM6 campaigns and single player maps, including downloads from web sites.  Maybe ready to get SoD and the other additions.  I read that there is a combined version on Steam.  BUT, I like having the disks for games in hand -- so where can I buy these expansion items in DVD form, not download?
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looom
looom


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posted July 31, 2013 10:03 PM

I've been reading bits and pieces about this new release - people do complain about bugs and stuff in reviews. Is it buggy then, does the game crash or anything? Have there been fix-patches released?

I'm considering buying SoD (Shadow of death xDDDDDD) Shades of Darkness, but is it worth it or is the game incomplete?

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Nelgirith
Nelgirith


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posted August 01, 2013 06:23 AM
Edited by Nelgirith at 06:24, 01 Aug 2013.

looom said:
people do complain about bugs and stuff in reviews.

Yeah, people tend to do that A LOT, but if you read the bugs topic, there's almost nothing other than a few video drivers issues that can be easily solved.

Also, most complaints you'll read about SoD are linked to its catastrophic launch.


looom said:
I'm considering buying SoD (Shadow of death xDDDDDD) Shades of Darkness, but is it worth it or is the game incomplete?

The game in itself is stable, the story is much better than the original and you get a new faction. If you find it at an interesting price, it can be a worthy purchase ... though I still think that the add-on (and both DLCs) are way overpriced.

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NamelessOrder
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posted August 01, 2013 08:01 AM

Nelgirith said:
looom said:
people do complain about bugs and stuff in reviews.

Yeah, people tend to do that A LOT, but if you read the bugs topic, there's almost nothing other than a few video drivers issues that can be easily solved.

Also, most complaints you'll read about SoD are linked to its catastrophic launch.



i'm sry but i cannot agree to that. The game is still ridiculously bugged, but i have to acknowledge that they fixed a lot. The reason why i don't report bugs any longer is b/c i don't believe in another major patch.

Anyway, almost every day when i play i encounter bugs. Most of them are  older ones (some of them even from the very beginning) but there is so many issues with the new faction: Dungeon.

(btw. i play only duels, so my observations refer to battles exclusively)

looom said:
I'm considering buying SoD (Shadow of death xDDDDDD) Shades of Darkness, but is it worth it or is the game incomplete?

The game in itself is stable, the story is much better than the original and you get a new faction. If you find it at an interesting price, it can be a worthy purchase ... though I still think that the add-on (and both DLCs) are way overpriced.


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adriancat
adriancat


Famous Hero
Protector Of The Peace
posted August 03, 2013 08:27 PM

Hello . I want to ask if it will be a duel map for SoD like the one for the original game

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Elvin
Elvin


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Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
posted August 03, 2013 09:14 PM

I'll have to pass on that I'm afraid. The H6 map editor is a pain in the @ss and I have no motivation to play anymore.
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Haregar
Haregar


Famous Hero
of destruction
posted August 07, 2015 02:08 AM
Edited by Haregar at 02:08, 07 Aug 2015.

I don't like necroing an old thread, although this one is not that old and can be a suitable one for my question.

I'd like to buy a Might&Magic game from UbiShop, because it allows to play next round of Heroes 7's Beta. I was thinking about buying something from Heroes 6. Last time I played it was long ago, when its beta was on. I didn't play it much due to some circumstances in private life, but I enjoyed it.

I was thinking what is better? Let's say like this: Shadows of Darkness is over 2x cheaper than basic Heroes 6. Will it be hard to master new features (real new and scrapped-resources ones) in SoD when I didn't play basic Heroes 6?

I'd like also to ask about the story. Will I be able to have fun by starting from Shadows of Darkness, or is playing earlier campaigns from basic Heroes 6 and its "adventure packs" compulsory?

Thanks for your help. I have time to Sunday to make my decission.

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Elvin
Elvin


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Endless Revival
posted August 10, 2015 07:10 AM

Shades only has a dungeon and a necro campaign so if you want the original campaigns you'll also need the original H6. But it's no worth it imo. Just get shades that has all races playable. The story of the original is unrelated to the campaigns in shades so that won't detract from your experience. Adventure packs are rather short standalone stories but enjoyable so I'd get them if I got a bargain.
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Haregar
Haregar


Famous Hero
of destruction
posted August 17, 2015 05:56 PM

Thank you for your response, Elvin. It's been a while since I asked my question, but I didn't have time to answer. I was able to read it in time, though.

Eventually I resigned from buying this game in time and get access to the Heroes 7's Beta (second round). I wouldn't have time to try out that beta anyway.

About buying Shadows of Darkness, I read some oppinions about it (including your post; I considered it as one of the highest quality ones) and they ensured me that I should wait for a release containing Heroes 6 (basic version)+adventure packs+Shadows of Darkness standalone.

I like enjoying the story and even if SoD's story is not related to Heroes 6 (basic), I'd like to see basic campaigns first and try out castles. I am awared that the differences between factions are small which gives you a feel as if you played the same faction with different look (that people said, personally I dunno how it looks like in reality).

Same goes with bugs or bad optimalization - I read some negative oppinions about these important technical elements in the Shadows of Darkness.

So, considering all pros and cons, I will wait for a pack with fine price and then buy it and experience everything myself.

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LucPatenaude
LucPatenaude


Famous Hero
Owning all 7 Heroes games
posted January 25, 2016 02:12 AM

To add more to this, somewhat revived thread...

is that the standalone expansion has been literally redone by another developing company called: Virtuos.

How do I know all of this? Simple, I just bought it via the Uplay's Ubishop for a mere 15$ + taxes of the respected countries(Canadian ones when it came for me).

Yes, it is highly recommended to buy the DLC packs in order to enable the scenario like maps that acted as campaigns maps in those expansion DLC at the time of their releases(4 to 5 years ago as of now-2016).

It comes fully patched to version 2.1 upon installation and, first launch of it, also. The Conflux online news and chat functions are, still, fully functional, as this very moment.

Did not know that when it comes to create your favorite hero, you had a huge, free, 30 points to use for rendering that chosen hero of yours, into a full fledge champion hero(must use them wisely through the five classes of secondary skills that this game has to offer).

Has to go to the main folder of Ubisoft's directory of your own HDD to get and send the launching Icon of the game onto the Desktop window of your current in-use O.S., though.

Now, as I am posting this, get to wonder if Mods are already done for this really well done standalone expansion release.


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LucPatenaude
LucPatenaude


Famous Hero
Owning all 7 Heroes games
posted July 06, 2018 08:59 PM

The probability of launching this game via Win. 10 Home version 1803(clean install)

I still can install the Complete edition of the title Heroes 6 but, can no longer launch + play such strategy game.

Is there a possibility at somewhat be able to fool Uplay at not mixing up the vanilla version to the Stand-alone expansion of Shades of Darkness?

Not only I get to want to be able to play the original game but, getting the game to launch on my newest clean install of the latest version of Win. 10 Home seems to be to no avail.

Is there a modder patcher that can deal with this B.S.O.D. of this title? Hint: When attempting to launch the game, I get the Virtuos logo of Heroes VI then, it is replaced with a Black Screen showing that the game is, indeed, trying to load itself but, jams in a some sort of loading blockage that refuses to show the main menu page of the game.


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frostymuaddib
frostymuaddib


Promising
Supreme Hero
育碧是白痴
posted July 06, 2018 09:58 PM

That is the exact issue I had with latest patch. IIRC that is a bug that appears on machinec with nVidia graphics (some of them). Devs never fixed it and game remained unplayable for some of players.
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Stevie
Stevie


Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
posted July 06, 2018 10:07 PM

It's a reported problem on Steam since forever.
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Galaad
Galaad

Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
posted July 07, 2018 02:10 PM

I was (un)lucky enough to not experience that bug but I read the fix was to roll back drivers from your graphic card.
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