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Doomforge
Admirable
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posted November 01, 2024 09:23 PM |
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What's wrong with "HoMM8" ?
Why the weird title and not just "HoMM 8" ?
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The_Polyglot
Promising
Supreme Hero
channeling capybara energy
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posted November 01, 2024 09:36 PM |
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They went the extra mile to ensure any abbreviation of it be problematic. HOE? HOMMOE?
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Drakon-Deus
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 01, 2024 09:59 PM |
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Doomforge said:
Why the weird title and not just "HoMM 8" ?
Maybe they wanted people to forget about 6 and 7 and say instead "Hey, Olden Era! Must be something fresh!"
And yes, the abbreviations are... Unfortunate. 
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MurlocAggroB
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posted November 01, 2024 11:44 PM |
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Quoteth TV Tropes:
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* Creators might be embarrassed that they have made so many sequels. Alternatively, they might be trying to help people forget how many sequels they're currently on. And in both cases it's for the same reason: in general, the more sequels there are, the less likely any of them are to be, well, good.
* The plotline of the story is non-linear and there are lots of prequels and midquels.
* The studio might feel that a sequel numbered too high might be avoided by audiences that could perceive a Continuity Lockout.
** Related, often when a video game comes to a new console generation, it will drop the number to attract gamers who didn't play the series on the ''previous'' console generation.
* To avoid bringing up previous numbered installments that most people don't want to acknowledge, perhaps even one where you don't want to ignore every detail. Especially if a Star Trek Movie Curse might lead to people assuming the upcoming installment will be bad.
* Requels, where the original movies are part of the continuity, but characters from original movies are reduced to cameos in favour of a new cast of characters as a soft reboot, will often use the same title as the original movie.
Some or all of these might be relevant.
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TrueMefista
Hired Hero
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posted November 04, 2024 04:17 PM |
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They may also get it mixed up with ERA
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zydar
Adventuring Hero
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posted November 04, 2024 04:29 PM |
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If HOMMOE succes, Ashan will back again in HOMM 8
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Galaad
Hero of Order
Li mort as morz, li vif as vis
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posted November 04, 2024 05:09 PM |
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After all these years, "HoMM8" would just be a gravestone.
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Stevie
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Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 04, 2024 06:03 PM |
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Doomforge said:
Why the weird title and not just "HoMM 8" ?
They forgot the G, secondary language and stuff.
Other than that, it was a conscious decision to not create an Ashan sequel. A very good one.
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Ghost
Undefeatable Hero
Therefore I am
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posted November 04, 2024 09:41 PM |
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Yup! Necropolis Growth (H4 map by me), where is Ashan gate, no one player can pass to Ashan gate, when question gate says only Hexis can pass it, but dead in the Ashan gate zone.. You can see skeleton and puzzled Oracles.. So Avenger is better being, thus MWM3 is coming in H8, if very good or I'm playing H3 & H4.. A good Stevie!
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MurlocAggroB
Adventuring Hero
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posted November 06, 2024 02:26 AM |
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Stevie said:
They forgot the G, secondary language and stuff.
Olden is a real word. The usual parlance would be Olden Age, but Olden Era is perfectly grammatical. It's possible that there's some language barrier wonkiness, but I took it to just be a pun.
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Pollo2002
Famous Hero
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posted November 12, 2024 10:52 PM |
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Golden era Would have been a massively better name, that i think is the point.
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SidEWinDr
Tavern Dweller
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posted November 16, 2024 02:33 PM |
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They're marketing towards people who remember HoMM 3/5 as the golden era of HoMM so they're making it clear it's not a sequel to HoMM 6/7.
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Stevie
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted November 16, 2024 07:41 PM |
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Maybe they were afraid to call it Golden Era because of the sheer audacity of it. The franchise's state is at an all time low thanks to Ubisoft, so imagine them coming out with a new game under that title. They'd only invite criticism, on top of raising the bar so high that people would expect them to fail again. So they played it safe.
It's too bad, because to me this is a missed opportunity. I do want a Golden Era Heroes! If it's not now, then when?
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purerogue3
Known Hero
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posted November 17, 2024 06:13 PM |
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You're asking the reason the francise went crap to correct the problem, that would be suicide or mutiny wouldn't it?
They are French.
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