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frostymuaddib

  
    
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posted August 19, 2022 10:48 AM |
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Cancelled HoMM RTS?
It has been a while since I've posted here
Anyway, I was watching a YT video of DesignerDave (guy worked on Warcraft 3 campaign maps in Blizzard) about Ubisoft where he worked. The first question was about HoMM games, and if he worked on it. It seems that he worked on a cancelled HoMM RTS game for consoles. Here is the link for the video, the question is at the very beginning:
Ask DesignerDave : Game Studios (Part 2) - Ubisoft
Another interesting thing is that he posted the docs he had regarding the game that was cancelled. Here is the link:
Cancelled HoMM RTS game documents
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posted August 19, 2022 08:35 PM |
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I think I read something about this before, or I may be misremembering. Interesting find.
Good to see you posting again, Muad'Dib.
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posted August 21, 2022 11:49 AM |
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Edited by NimoStar at 11:50, 21 Aug 2022.
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I could make an heroes 4-based isometric sprite RTS, but I'm afraid it would fade into obscurity.
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posted August 21, 2022 01:19 PM |
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The fact that he mentions specifically the Shanghai studio gives this a lot of credence. Suddenly there's nothing to expect from M&M (not like there was much). Back to limbo.
An RTS though? I'm not familiar with Dave or with whomever he says came from France, so I'm not sure how to interpret the situation. On one hand, RTS seems a bit of a stretch for M&M, while an RPG seems more in line with what the franchise has been historically. On the other, even if that French guy brought a change of vision, why would it lead to the project getting cancelled?
Also, I did check the files, and they are apparently from way back in 2016. That's 6 years ago. Are we somehow talking about the same project? I find it strange that there's such a gap in time.
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posted August 22, 2022 10:18 AM |
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I tried to extract the "documents" but it just said virus
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posted December 31, 2022 07:50 PM |
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How is it a virus?
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posted January 10, 2023 09:03 PM |
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ArdentWyrm said: How is it a virus?
I don't know, the antivirus just detected it as such and woudn't let me open it. That was then.
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posted July 30, 2023 09:10 AM |
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Edited by NimoStar at 09:11, 30 Jul 2023.
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OK, I could open it.
The game is sadly set on Ashan. I cannot comment much more, as I do not like Ashan...

Apparently, you are to have a warcraft-y sexy demon avatar quest-giver, you are a nameless mercenary, and Haven is the strongest faction. How very... ashanite.
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posted July 31, 2023 07:14 PM |
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How does Ashan manage to get worse and worse with every installment? :/
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posted August 27, 2023 11:33 PM |
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Pity. I would love to see an RTS in Ashan setting.
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posted September 08, 2023 09:28 AM |
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Rimgrabber said: How does Ashan manage to get worse and worse with every installment? :/
I thought Worse was Ashan's modus operandi.
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