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AcidDragon
Promising
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who lost his body somehow...
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posted November 03, 2016 06:31 PM |
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Duel of Champions 2 - interview
Hi,
As a treat for all Duel of Champions fans we present probably the last interview concerning the game. We got in touch with Théo Gallego, Might & Magic Game Director at Ubisoft. He shared with us his thoughts and plans for the game's further development, including plans for a cancelled sequel as well as some very early card projects.
The interview is here:
"The fate of Duel of Champions"
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AlHazin
Promising
Supreme Hero
النور
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posted November 03, 2016 06:45 PM |
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The reviewing of the cards system is a good thing, thanks to that we might hope for some more factions to show up.
Just hope the game won't disappear.
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Nothing of value disappears from this world, it will reappear in some shape or form ^^ - Elvin
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 03, 2016 06:50 PM |
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Edited by Stevie at 18:51, 03 Nov 2016.
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And here I thought we'd see DoC 2 for a second, but the article talks about a sequel that never saw the light of day. Early concepts were ripped from the compendium, changes removed most of the previous mechanics from the original DoC. Explains some of the circumstances surrounding the game in 2014-2015 and hints at the possibility that DoC might resurface again in the future.
Basically close to nothing.
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The Young Traveler
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AcidDragon
Promising
Famous Hero
who lost his body somehow...
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posted November 03, 2016 06:55 PM |
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Well, I wouldn't say it's "close to nothing", but yes, those plans are cancelled (I added this word to my first post) and the interview only shows what could have been. The game has no further future as of now - at least nothing I'm aware of.
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 03, 2016 06:58 PM |
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted November 03, 2016 07:03 PM |
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EnergyZ
Legendary Hero
President of MM Wiki
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posted November 03, 2016 07:20 PM |
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It's sad, really. It isn't a surprise they failed to do more with that game, considering this Blue Byte was also behind the game. In short, it is a wasted opportunity.
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Zenithale
Promising
Famous Hero
Zen Mind
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posted November 03, 2016 08:23 PM |
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verriker
Honorable
Legendary Hero
We don't need another 'eroes
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posted November 03, 2016 11:05 PM |
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nice interview man,
well that's the way it is with these always online games unfortunately,
even if somewhat fun and polished they always wind up disposed of in the garbage junkyard at the end of the day, wish they weren't so dependent on servers to be able to play them forever but that's the publishers want, drink the money well dry then set it on fire lol
anyway, wouldn't he be the ex-Might & Magic Game Director rather, since Might & Magic games are no longer produced lol
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted November 04, 2016 08:14 AM |
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I was not aware of a planned second title. What a pity, the changes looked so good too.
Fewer faction cards was the right call if they wanted to introduce new factions and fortune/building cards never felt needed. Might and magic is the core theme anyway and magic would have benefited from expanding the schools that can be used. Focus on neutral cards would also be a sound plan and make the release of new sets easier. But I liked attack and retaliation values being separate in the original, it made haven more unique.
PS dryad artwork looks great, they should have gone with that in H7.
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GenyaArikado
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
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posted November 12, 2016 11:58 PM |
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So Hearthstone and the card game trend it started basically smoothered them at a crucial point. A shame
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Mediczero
Famous Hero
Warlord of the sea
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posted November 13, 2016 09:34 PM |
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Such a shame the sequel never became anything (yet), I really enjoyed that game.
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Minastir
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Famous Hero
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posted November 13, 2016 09:59 PM |
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Yeah it really is a shame, I really enjoyed this game at first, then they started to complicate some stuff with buildings for example, there was also soo many cards and yeah fortune cards kind of felt redundant. I like the direction they were going for DoC 2 and there would be Sylvan!
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watcher83
Supreme Hero
Child of Malassa
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posted December 09, 2016 07:39 AM |
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As a person who played DoC everyday for 2 years straight at a high lv, 1550+ or champion 3 after or whatever it was called, I can tell u for certain that a DoC 2 game would have been just another cash grab that after 2-3 expansions and only half the races and content that would have been promised to be in the game, it would have gone straight to the dumbster like every other m&m ubi project.
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted July 29, 2017 05:45 PM |
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Coming back to this, it's quite astounding how a billion dollars company such as Ubisoft got so scared by Heartstone that they abandoned their DoC IP completely, all while smaller publishers like CD Projekt Red and Bethesda release GWENT and TESL respectively to enter a growing market. This is insane to me. They had a head start, an established IP and even the better card game and just bailed. Classic Ubisoft.
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The Young Traveler
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted July 29, 2017 07:24 PM |
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And yet I believe watcher's prediction wouldn't be off the mark. Pfeh, they had such a good thing going.
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