I was just thinking the same thing.. Pretty much looked exactly like a HOMM remake (which I am very happy about).. Didn't really have much in common with BG3 in my opinion.
@@Cormano980 I don't know how you review a game in a genre that you're supposed to be qualified/competent to review and have not heard of it. This is basic gaming history of the genre he is reviewing. The last game in the Heroes franchise was only 2015 - it's not that old. The broader franchise has been around since 1986 - we're talking gaming roots here. Honestly, I think a gaming journalist reviewing a specific genre of games should be knowledgeable about the history of said genre. They are supposed to be experts, maybe not in PLAYING the game but at least in the knowledge of it. This person has neither. I don't know how you review a spiritual successor to a game franchise while not even knowing about the franchise the game is succeeding. It's like reviewing Pillars of Eternity and not mentioning Baldur's Gate, or reviewing Bloodstained and not mentioning Castlevania, or reviewing Yooka-Laylee and not mentioning Banjo-Kazooie, or reviewing Mighty No. 9 and not mentioning Mega Man, or reviewing The Messenger and not mentioning Ninja Gaidan, and on and on.
@@Katie-hb8iq I personally don't acknowledge game journos, everyone is capable to make his own mind about a game with someone else telling him his biased opinion, these platforms are a publicity stunt, they pose as independent but they only survive on paid shilling
@@YuriDSC you dont even need to be 30+ to know about Heroes 3. Its like not knowing about Warcraft 3 or Diablo 2. For you 9 year old those games came before a game called World of Warcraft, thats where your parents met doing Erp in Goldshire🤭🤣
ah yes, "the gamer" doesn't know that this game is a HoMM3 remake, but instead compares it to Fire Emblem and Octopath, you know, the LEGENDS of this genre :DDDD dude wtf
@@Jezedeth I think you misunderstand the situation here boyo, I'm not mad that someone doesn't played HOMM3 , I mad that he's not done his basic research
It's clear why both of those game were mentioned, especially if you played console games, JRPGs or Nintendo rather than Heroes of Might and Magic or PC
>Not a single mention of HoMM >Town building """elements""" >Calls Wielders "Weavers" Jesus Christ, have you even played the game, there were joke reviews more in-depth than this
Very uninformative review. You just gave a very generic overview of features. But no details. Like you mention the game has tactical battles. But how do those tactical battles work? What is good or bad about them? Do units earn experience? Can they be upgraded? Does terrain affect combat? Is there flanking? Can one army reinforce another?
🙃🙃🙃 Was thinking the same when watching this. I appreciate that it's difficult to make review videos, but the video was just spending time talking and saying nothing of substance
how do those tactical battles work Every unit has an abilty, and every unit generates mana for spellcasting, but the amount of spell options and how powerful they are depends on their weilder. Do units earn experience? No. The weilder that controls the units does gain experience though, and when it goes up in levels it makes all of the units it's controlling stronger. Can they be upgraded? Yes, with gold and occasional other resources, if you have the required building. Does terrain affect combat? Yes. There's impassable terrain and elevation. Higher units deal more damage, take less damage, and have a longer ranger than lower units. Is there flanking? Also yes. As well as zones of control and attack of oppurtunity. Can one army reinforce another? Yes, with the caveat that maximum army size can be exremely limited until you upgrade weilder's command skills.
@@TheVanillatechpoint is none of them were mentioned which I find extremely odd as Kings Bounty, AOW and HOMM were instantly what I thought of when I first saw this game
@@architech007 Earlier today as a matter of fact! XD HOMM2 is still installed on my main PC, ever since 1996. All the HOMM games are on this current PC!
I have an eye on that since it hits early access and just waited till 1.0 since I dont like to play early access games. Cant wait to play it when I got my salary xD
I honestly appreciated your take on this. I have played HoMM3, and it's a good game. But I'm not going to fault you for not having played it like these other commenters. Thank you for the solid review from your perspective!
I find it quite funny how many people mention HoMM3 and pixelart, although HoMM 3 wasn't a pixelart game, ffs HoMM1 and 2 were pixelart games, HoMM 3 and 4 were made with prerendered and cleaned 3D models, the rest was pure 3D.
You're one of those 30-40+ year old people who refuse to recognise any HoMM games past the third one exist and love to tell EVERYONE that HoMM 3 is the best game ever made, aren't you?
I think it's super worth it. Best game in its genre since Heroes. The only issue I have with it is they keep on nerfing all the broken ways to abuse the AI in favor of multiplayer balance. I don't care about multiplayer. I just want to crush the AI. Let me cover the entire map in thorns and give my dragons 15 attacks in a row again.
I was wondering what this game is and never really searched a video about it until today. And honestly it was the most well made video about video game review and explanation I've watched for a while. Good job ! PS : I bought the game.
Heroes Of Might And Magic. do you know about it? if not, then you're just reading a script other people wrote for you. you have no place "reviewing" this game.
Pixel art is a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE turn-off for me. I understand this game is awesomely good looking at all the reviews about it. But this pixel art idiocy is putting my purchase on hold. I don't know, I cannot bring myself to purchase a low res pixel graphic game in this current century. If they can add in a setting option to use pixel art or normal graphic so that player has a choice, I will buy it straightaway.
Heroes of Might and Magic rip off, however with somehow much worse graphics, how is this possible, if it was with no 18bit graphics I might have give it a go.
I like the graphics style, though it looks nowhere near as good as HOMM2 and 3. The music, however, seems pretty bland from what I've heard, which is a shame considering HOMM had such amazing OSTs.
Man.. I have played Heroes III since I was around 9-10 yo till today (35 yo) and let me tell you something, this game is crack, played around 24 hours just the last weekend!! Try it, videos makes not justice it's one of a kind
Actually, the graphics level is pre- HOMM1. I like pixel art for what it is, but Songs of Conquest I find is so blocky it makes the map so hard to read and spoils the gameplay. Just too pixelated for its own good. Also, there seems far less variety in unit types compared to HOMM series. Fewer factions, too, when I thought the whole point of pixel art was that you could design more units way faster than in 3D.
How are you not mentioning Heroes of Might and Magic, but mention Baldur's Gate? Wtf...
Don't think he heard about Heroes
I was just thinking the same thing.. Pretty much looked exactly like a HOMM remake (which I am very happy about).. Didn't really have much in common with BG3 in my opinion.
@@Cormano980 I agree. He has NEVER heard of Heroes of Might and Magic. It's impossible to review this game and not mention it even once if you have.
@@Cormano980 I don't know how you review a game in a genre that you're supposed to be qualified/competent to review and have not heard of it. This is basic gaming history of the genre he is reviewing. The last game in the Heroes franchise was only 2015 - it's not that old. The broader franchise has been around since 1986 - we're talking gaming roots here.
Honestly, I think a gaming journalist reviewing a specific genre of games should be knowledgeable about the history of said genre. They are supposed to be experts, maybe not in PLAYING the game but at least in the knowledge of it. This person has neither. I don't know how you review a spiritual successor to a game franchise while not even knowing about the franchise the game is succeeding. It's like reviewing Pillars of Eternity and not mentioning Baldur's Gate, or reviewing Bloodstained and not mentioning Castlevania, or reviewing Yooka-Laylee and not mentioning Banjo-Kazooie, or reviewing Mighty No. 9 and not mentioning Mega Man, or reviewing The Messenger and not mentioning Ninja Gaidan, and on and on.
@@Katie-hb8iq I personally don't acknowledge game journos, everyone is capable to make his own mind about a game with someone else telling him his biased opinion, these platforms are a publicity stunt, they pose as independent but they only survive on paid shilling
Did you seriously never play Heroes 3 xD
Not everyone is 30+ just because you are...
@@YuriDSC Damn, you're right, sorry bruh, welcome to the genre then I guess :D
@@YuriDSCNot everyone plays Roblox just because you're twelve.
@YuriDSC ignorance is no excuse little boy
@@YuriDSC you dont even need to be 30+ to know about Heroes 3. Its like not knowing about Warcraft 3 or Diablo 2. For you 9 year old those games came before a game called World of Warcraft, thats where your parents met doing Erp in Goldshire🤭🤣
ah yes, "the gamer" doesn't know that this game is a HoMM3 remake, but instead compares it to Fire Emblem and Octopath, you know, the LEGENDS of this genre :DDDD dude wtf
Wow, I had to google Fire Emblem and Octopath, how does he compare that to the epic HoMM series.
Why's everyone mad he's never played HOMM, you 40 year olds have to accept games will be reviewed by people who haven't played your ancient games
@@Jezedeth I think you misunderstand the situation here boyo, I'm not mad that someone doesn't played HOMM3 , I mad that he's not done his basic research
It's clear why both of those game were mentioned, especially if you played console games, JRPGs or Nintendo rather than Heroes of Might and Magic or PC
How is it an remakr?
>Not a single mention of HoMM
>Town building """elements"""
>Calls Wielders "Weavers"
Jesus Christ, have you even played the game, there were joke reviews more in-depth than this
Welcome to TH-cam, where ANYONE can be a games journalist!
Very uninformative review. You just gave a very generic overview of features. But no details.
Like you mention the game has tactical battles. But how do those tactical battles work? What is good or bad about them? Do units earn experience? Can they be upgraded? Does terrain affect combat? Is there flanking? Can one army reinforce another?
🙃🙃🙃 Was thinking the same when watching this. I appreciate that it's difficult to make review videos, but the video was just spending time talking and saying nothing of substance
how do those tactical battles work
Every unit has an abilty, and every unit generates mana for spellcasting, but the amount of spell options and how powerful they are depends on their weilder.
Do units earn experience?
No. The weilder that controls the units does gain experience though, and when it goes up in levels it makes all of the units it's controlling stronger.
Can they be upgraded?
Yes, with gold and occasional other resources, if you have the required building.
Does terrain affect combat?
Yes. There's impassable terrain and elevation. Higher units deal more damage, take less damage, and have a longer ranger than lower units.
Is there flanking?
Also yes. As well as zones of control and attack of oppurtunity.
Can one army reinforce another?
Yes, with the caveat that maximum army size can be exremely limited until you upgrade weilder's command skills.
All these folks talking about "how did you not mention HoMM?" "Looks Like HoMM". "just a H3 remake"...
None of you ever play AoW?
EXACTLY! They all think HOMM is the only game of this type. Songs has far more in common with AOW and Kings Bounty than HOMM series.
@@TheVanillatechpoint is none of them were mentioned which I find extremely odd as Kings Bounty, AOW and HOMM were instantly what I thought of when I first saw this game
How could you comit the cardinal sin and forego mentioning Heroes of Might and Magic'?🤯
cause it sucks lol
What an amazing Heroes 3 remake :3
Hardly. Have you even played both HOMM3 and Songs of Conquest?
@@TheVanillatech Even played HOMM 5
@@architech007 Earlier today as a matter of fact! XD
HOMM2 is still installed on my main PC, ever since 1996. All the HOMM games are on this current PC!
I have an eye on that since it hits early access and just waited till 1.0 since I dont like to play early access games. Cant wait to play it when I got my salary xD
I honestly appreciated your take on this. I have played HoMM3, and it's a good game. But I'm not going to fault you for not having played it like these other commenters. Thank you for the solid review from your perspective!
I find it quite funny how many people mention HoMM3 and pixelart, although HoMM 3 wasn't a pixelart game, ffs
HoMM1 and 2 were pixelart games, HoMM 3 and 4 were made with prerendered and cleaned 3D models, the rest was pure 3D.
Still dont think this will outgame Heroes 3 ! The atmosphere of heroes 3 is not replacable :)
Way superior and better than Heroes 3.
@@richardpress9551 really ? :O
@@janisbalcuns89nostalgia is hell of a drug
You're one of those 30-40+ year old people who refuse to recognise any HoMM games past the third one exist and love to tell EVERYONE that HoMM 3 is the best game ever made, aren't you?
@@kindatim it definetly is the best heroes game, there's a reason it still has the biggest playerbase
I think it's super worth it. Best game in its genre since Heroes. The only issue I have with it is they keep on nerfing all the broken ways to abuse the AI in favor of multiplayer balance. I don't care about multiplayer. I just want to crush the AI. Let me cover the entire map in thorns and give my dragons 15 attacks in a row again.
Do you have any chapters past 10 for the resident evil 4 remake
DUDE its Heroes of might and magic 3 inspiered... ghaad how can you not know this.. octopath
I was wondering what this game is and never really searched a video about it until today. And honestly it was the most well made video about video game review and explanation I've watched for a while. Good job !
PS : I bought the game.
Lots of salt in the youtube comments, honestly glad to welcome a new gamer to the HoMM like universe.
It's crazy honestly
isn't this more like kings bounty
Which in turn is a blatant Heroes of Might and Magic ripoff, so he could might as well mention the Heroes series as the source.
@@Kandisz_nora Untrue, Kings Bounty came first then Heroes of might and magic. There a reason it was included in the OG HOMM 1& 2 combo collection
@@ScryeTheMindless you are right, and I stand corrected. I knew about only the newer King's Bounty games made by a different company. My bad.
@@Kandisz_nora New KB games are not "a blatant Heroes of Might and Magic ripoff". Completely different experience.
the last half of this was definitely a script given by the studio lool
how a "gamer" make a review of this game and show such an staggering level of ignorance of the genre
How does this person has 1.76 M subscribers??? This review was on such an amateur level it's insane.
The new Heroes game looks good
Go back and learn about Heroes of Might and Magic please.
Heroes Of Might And Magic. do you know about it? if not, then you're just reading a script other people wrote for you. you have no place "reviewing" this game.
Lower the music next time by like 10-15%
The music playing throughout this video is horrendous.
I appreciated it
Daaaammnn, how could you miss HoMM so blatantly??? Tragic
people who don't like turn based strategy are just *dumb* 😂
Baldurs Gate is ass
Great video! Looking to possibly pick this game up
Change your channel to the worst gamer not mentioning HOMM 3 which is probably the best game of this style… fire emblem and baldurs gate… 💀
This game is really making want a steam deck finally.
It looks like it plays better with mouse and keyboard though
@@matuzaato It's verified for the Steam Deck and we spent a loooong time optimizing for gamepad controls!
@@SongsofConquest Amazing news, well done on your hard work :) I am buying your game today
Reviews can come from any walk of life. Once a gamer, always a gamer. No matter when or where you start your journey. Keep up the good work!
simp
Wish this was a mobile game.
Some manager: Let's use pixel art graphic, it will set the right atmosphere
Narrator: it didn't and it looked awful
Only reason I'm even considering it is the pixel art
Pixel art is a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE turn-off for me. I understand this game is awesomely good looking at all the reviews about it. But this pixel art idiocy is putting my purchase on hold. I don't know, I cannot bring myself to purchase a low res pixel graphic game in this current century. If they can add in a setting option to use pixel art or normal graphic so that player has a choice, I will buy it straightaway.
I seriously hate pixel art, I didn't buy an awesome GPU to run that crap. Mind you, I don't ask for realism, just for sharp graphics.
Pixel art is the best. You just got no taste. :P
you could also not have reacted :)
The game is very light for potato pc@@hopoheikki00
I'm with you on that 😅
But some people like it, so
whatever snowflake
Heroes of Might and Magic rip off, however with somehow much worse graphics, how is this possible, if it was with no 18bit graphics I might have give it a go.
Nah, it looks beautiful
Ummmm, what?
Same... Hate this pixel art graphic style. Pass, will go play Age of Wonders 4 instead
I like the graphics style, though it looks nowhere near as good as HOMM2 and 3. The music, however, seems pretty bland from what I've heard, which is a shame considering HOMM had such amazing OSTs.
Man.. I have played Heroes III since I was around 9-10 yo till today (35 yo) and let me tell you something, this game is crack, played around 24 hours just the last weekend!! Try it, videos makes not justice it's one of a kind
Why are the graphics are so bad?!?! 1994?
This game isnt for you.
graphics level is circa pre homm3 meaning simply AWFULL just curious how did they manage to make it look so ugly :( or is it intentional???
dude you edited your troll message, shameful
Actually, the graphics level is pre- HOMM1. I like pixel art for what it is, but Songs of Conquest I find is so blocky it makes the map so hard to read and spoils the gameplay. Just too pixelated for its own good. Also, there seems far less variety in unit types compared to HOMM series. Fewer factions, too, when I thought the whole point of pixel art was that you could design more units way faster than in 3D.
@@OrangeNashpress alt noob
This game isn't for you.
First😊
All these folks talking about "how did you not mention HoMM?" "Looks Like HoMM". "just a H3 remake"...
None of you ever play AoW?
Devs themselves mention HoMM as a source of inspiration and completely ignore AoW existence.