I think this will be the king of the HoMM-likes when all is said and done (even after I played the 1 map demo, I was convinced it will be better than Songs of Conquest, which isn't a half bad game in its own right). Every design choice is amazing, the devs are clearly veterans of the genre. They know exactly what to change and what not to mess with. The innovations are all really great and make a ton of sense but it's still got the heart of a HoMM game
I really want to like SoC, but it just doesnt have much content. Every unit in terms of ability feels same, no real neutral units on the map etc. Even HoMM 4 had like 10x times more stuff going on... I played demo and already liked it more than SoC.
This game looks amazing. The art direction especially is impressive. I am actually excited for a HOMM reimagining for the first time in a long while. Appreciate the video Splat.
Yeah we played Hot seat online with Parsec :) later will come online mode too also 2 more faction for this 3, and later in DLC-s 2-3 more. Also a new Psy ability school and soon Faction commander skills too.More terrain types, artifacts etc Orbit layer now in EA game but underground will be too in final! :) Sovereign Fleet are the space pirates. The Empire will be the normal Human faction. Also the Alienish faction will appear. Also it seems on different planets you can play on different long of weeks (cycle here). Later they will ad more planets too.
Orbital layer is in the game on that map too you can teleport up! :) Underground layer will be in the final game or near it in EA. Also 2 more factions etc faction skills, more artifacts, maps and different planets with different cycle times.
Weird, TH-cam was recommending me your old video on this today in the morning. I didn’t payed attention on how old the video was and was very confused when I now saw the new video that is very similar but also not the same. Weirdest feeling of dejavu.
Ironic that 80-90's games are making a resurgence. Seems folks have a penchant for the games of yesteryear, but with a modern twist and the like. Thanks SplatterCat 👍
@@kacperszafranski2983 Not even that. The Dredges in Guild Wars 2 are mole-men... and aggressively xenophobic. And they've been around for over 10 years at this point.
This looks so sick. I first played heroes 3 when I was a little kid and it's still one of my favorite games. SoC was the first game that appeared to have the potential to reinvigorate homm 3 with a fresh take. SoC was good but didn't really take that much inspiration from homm3 and there is very little content even after full release.
Small dev teams who know how to build an attractive and legible UI is a rarity. This game looks great, appears to play great as well and they got a demo for download. Thanks for putting this one on the radar.
Looks promising. Initial knee-jerk reaction to the artwork was, "looks like a mobile game", but it seems more complex than most of that hot phone garbage, so I'm kinda up in the air on this one. Hope the best for them, though. We need more games in this lane
Looks like HoMM3 with a weird sci-fi skin and more balanced (not hard to do) so as long as AI is good it should be great. The number of faction is a bit low for this kind of games though
I have eagerly awaited Songs of Silence for its gorgeousness... But having compared demos it aeems like this one will eat more hours for me.... Or ill just start up another map on Homm III HD mod, who knows
One of the things that I loved about the HOMM games was the music. I even added some of the songs to my music playlist. But I did not like this music. The game itself is fine, but I guess I prefer fantasy style music.
Its really weird how they locked the maps and thats the worst thing i can currently say. I am still trying to convince someone to actually play it with me lmao
my Jedi senses are telling me a very good game is in the making somewhere out there. Not this game though, I like this game but my senses are not pointing at this one.
I love me some HoMM, one of my favorite series of all time (read: 3 and 5), so I pretty much want to try anything new in the genre. But this one feels aesthetically like it's straight out of some mobile game ad... I don't think I could play it for longer than an hour.
We played hot seat online here with Parsec its really great! More tactical than H3 and more skills for units, heroes and spells also. And even there will be more factions and spell branchs and underground layer too , orbital layer now in! Also faction hero skills also there soon
These factions are unique to each other. Different type of Warfare units, different boost for starter Herose in a building, different marketplace upradge for selling this or that etc also the troops too different
@@FilmGamerHUN They gutted the lore and made the same move as DnD, where race doesn't matter. It's basically the esports of AoW, which makes it utter trash.
Do people really enjoy games like this? Looks like a mindless point and click game. It doesn't help that this dude talking sounds like he hates his life. Urghh
Always appreciate HoMM-likes. Songs of Conquest is great and the genre honestly needs more love.
It reminds me of a sci-fi Songs of Conquest. On my radar for sure.
This is far more similar to H3 than SOC
Beta tester here. Love it. Really all the (sometimes literal) HOMM bells and whistles and a lovely dev team.
HOMM games like are having its renascence
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The original is also getting a new one. This time by a good studio and explicitly as a strict homage to the third (and best) HOMM.
been waiting literally over a decade for indie devs to figure out the untapped goldmine that is HOMM-likes
@@MrPuch82 for me the best was 5, by far. Awesome graphics and literally everything was perfect
@@MrPuch82Agreed. Remake of HOMM3 is needed. Honestly though i really liked heroes hour but i like the control you have with not auto battle
I think this will be the king of the HoMM-likes when all is said and done (even after I played the 1 map demo, I was convinced it will be better than Songs of Conquest, which isn't a half bad game in its own right). Every design choice is amazing, the devs are clearly veterans of the genre. They know exactly what to change and what not to mess with. The innovations are all really great and make a ton of sense but it's still got the heart of a HoMM game
I really want to like SoC, but it just doesnt have much content. Every unit in terms of ability feels same, no real neutral units on the map etc. Even HoMM 4 had like 10x times more stuff going on... I played demo and already liked it more than SoC.
This game looks AMAZING. Love the increased build options per town.
This game looks amazing. The art direction especially is impressive. I am actually excited for a HOMM reimagining for the first time in a long while. Appreciate the video Splat.
Welcome back to the nerd castle!
Looks like a nice HoMM genre game with a really fresh take.
I'm really liking what I see. Good art, nice base building especially with the visual changes, but the text visabilty could be changed a tad.
i'm liking the art design for this game. will put on wishlist to keep an eye on the game.
Yeah we played Hot seat online with Parsec :) later will come online mode too also 2 more faction for this 3, and later in DLC-s 2-3 more. Also a new Psy ability school and soon Faction commander skills too.More terrain types, artifacts etc Orbit layer now in EA game but underground will be too in final! :) Sovereign Fleet are the space pirates. The Empire will be the normal Human faction. Also the Alienish faction will appear. Also it seems on different planets you can play on different long of weeks (cycle here). Later they will ad more planets too.
Used to play a lot of HOMM back in the day, and I have to say this looks pretty well made.
Heroes clones just look better in 2D. I'm liking this game so far.
good stuff, looking forward to release
Wishlisted. Been a big huge fan of HoMM it always puzzled me how someone haven't tried it to sci-fi setting. Cheers Splatty!
Orbital layer is in the game on that map too you can teleport up! :) Underground layer will be in the final game or near it in EA. Also 2 more factions etc faction skills, more artifacts, maps and different planets with different cycle times.
The campaign is like the most important thing for me with HOMM game. Funny to Splatty say it's irrelevant to him
Weird, TH-cam was recommending me your old video on this today in the morning. I didn’t payed attention on how old the video was and was very confused when I now saw the new video that is very similar but also not the same. Weirdest feeling of dejavu.
HoMM Olden Era is coming
This one is looking really good. I really enjoyed the demo.
Space Heroes of Might and Magic XD
Lol yeah
more like Might and Science :D
@@radeksilar543 sufficiently developed science might as well be called magic XD
Heroes of Force and Phasers
Heroes of Saws and Spacecraft
That main menu style is lifted straight outta Rimworld lol
I love the title screen few interesting aliens and a big red flag.
I played the demo some time ago and liked it.
Ironic that 80-90's games are making a resurgence. Seems folks have a penchant for the games of yesteryear, but with a modern twist and the like.
Thanks SplatterCat 👍
Old games are coming back because 99% of new games are trash.
Gaming golden era is behind us. Not much to look forward to.
I buy so many games because of this channel
If brutal authoritarian mole-man despotism doesn't count as doing anything particularly new I'm not sure I want innovation.
The only other game I can think of that lets you play authoritarian space mole people is Stellaris.
I mean, the only original thing about it are the moles themselves. Everything else is as innovative as buttered toast.
They can be easily defeated by a football to the groin.
@@kacperszafranski2983 Not even that. The Dredges in Guild Wars 2 are mole-men... and aggressively xenophobic. And they've been around for over 10 years at this point.
@@kacperszafranski2983 waitaminute...
you can put butter... on toast???
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There is a fast forward button bottom right corner near the end turn button, three speed settings.
ITS AWESOME ! LOVE IT !
It looked like you walked right passed the teleported while it was flashing on the screen.
Yay for townscreens!
The game speed x4 was on the world map above the end turn button.
Great Video
I would love a HOMM + Curious Expedition lovechild.
nice one, well done well done.
Brilliant! Why it took so long for a first non-magic HOMM game to appear? I hope we get more in other settings as well.
i've always wanted sci-fi HoMM
This looks so sick. I first played heroes 3 when I was a little kid and it's still one of my favorite games. SoC was the first game that appeared to have the potential to reinvigorate homm 3 with a fresh take. SoC was good but didn't really take that much inspiration from homm3 and there is very little content even after full release.
At the right down cornder the 1-2-3 speeder setting
The demo seems to have an orbital part, at least as I am starting it now!
(Distant sounds of thoroughly enjoying demo)
Heroes of Machines and Mecha
thx for the warning. unitstacks like in homm *shudder*
Small dev teams who know how to build an attractive and legible UI is a rarity. This game looks great, appears to play great as well and they got a demo for download. Thanks for putting this one on the radar.
excellent!
When you let enemies run do you miss out on the exp they would give?
Looks promising. Initial knee-jerk reaction to the artwork was, "looks like a mobile game", but it seems more complex than most of that hot phone garbage, so I'm kinda up in the air on this one. Hope the best for them, though. We need more games in this lane
'I like it'
I love this tips @Splattercat, and in particular, someone doing space HOMM with an orbital layer - can't wait! Off to the demo we go!
Silence of the Siren, Songs of Silence, Songs of Conquest. What’s up with this genre and the naming conventions?
Is there some kind of Heroes of Might and Magic clone software out there somewhere?
Is this based on the kurt vonnegut book?
I took a look at my Commanders equipment and got courtmartialed!
did you hear of quintfall ints in open beta now
Well then, looks like I found something to do on my days off.
Songs of Conquest
Songs of Silence
Silence of the Siren
All these games with similar play styles and similar names are killing me lol.
Have the lambs stopped screaming, Clarice?
@@plumbthumbs9584 Are you saying the next game will be Sirens of the Lambs?
@@RabidHobbit Only in Japan.
Silent songs of Conquered Siren
Hello darkness my old friend... The Sound of Silence
sci-fi HoMM looking nice =]
Looks like the Orbital map is just a repainted underground map. LOL.
No because Underground layer too come later :)
It's amazing the imagination people have for games like this to constantly be coming out. 😀👍🏼
19 seconds- get in!
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Lol i thought that was a dlc of RimWorld looking at that menu
While it looks nice, the text seems really small and pickups on the map could be more distinct.
Uuuuu Tau like hero...
What I learned today: the Sniper should have less & less clothes as she upgrades, not more.
Ahh so that's why Quiet from Metal Gear barely has any.. xD
Hey Splatt check Iron Meat game, youll feel youg again :D
Looks like HoMM3 with a weird sci-fi skin and more balanced (not hard to do) so as long as AI is good it should be great. The number of faction is a bit low for this kind of games though
I have eagerly awaited Songs of Silence for its gorgeousness... But having compared demos it aeems like this one will eat more hours for me.... Or ill just start up another map on Homm III HD mod, who knows
Interesting
One of the things that I loved about the HOMM games was the music. I even added some of the songs to my music playlist. But I did not like this music. The game itself is fine, but I guess I prefer fantasy style music.
I hope it comes to GOG.
7:20 why does the mortar track him? Smart mortar shells? hm. seems weird idk
I LIKE TO HAVE MORE CONTROL IN COMBAT LIKE TABLE TOP, THIS COMBAT JUST TURNS ME OFF
The graphical style even feels a bit like 'Scavenger's Reign HOMM', which is just ++
Homm 3 is the best game
HoMM
Its really weird how they locked the maps and thats the worst thing i can currently say. I am still trying to convince someone to actually play it with me lmao
Exactly the kind of game that, if it isn't on GOG, I'll never buy
Looks like a game you’re gonna be pulled out and have to watch an ad to get more gems.
Comment for the comment god!
This game is a must get for me, but I HATE all these early access games
I do like that it builds on the original HOMM concept but breaks out of the 5/10 buildings, 2/3 levels format.
I played the demo for this a while back. I had about the same assessment as Splatty. It's fine, but it doesn't excite me.
Hey Splat, so you don't cover bad games? But letting us know about trash games is a good thing, isn't it?
No random maps. Deal breaker.
The UI particularly in the town screen just looks bad.
My name is Tj
my Jedi senses are telling me a very good game is in the making somewhere out there.
Not this game though, I like this game but my senses are not pointing at this one.
HoMM 2-III-IV are peak. The series progressively weakens after V. Mild hopes that Olden Era will be a return to form
I love me some HoMM, one of my favorite series of all time (read: 3 and 5), so I pretty much want to try anything new in the genre. But this one feels aesthetically like it's straight out of some mobile game ad... I don't think I could play it for longer than an hour.
We played hot seat online here with Parsec its really great! More tactical than H3 and more skills for units, heroes and spells also. And even there will be more factions and spell branchs and underground layer too , orbital layer now in! Also faction hero skills also there soon
Neah... Pass for me. If you gonna make a HOMM clone, at least make some interesting factions and badass graphics.
Heroes of Uninspired Artstyle.
I really dig the art style, too bad they couldn't come up with original gameplay.
yeah, homam remake, trying to be
At least it’s not another god awful pixel art game hiding behind the “it’s classic and beautiful pixel art style” trope
first mfs!!!!!
eat the L!
WokeHOMM
The girl in the thumbnail almost put me off , very hipster looking, but the game seems fine
Looks way too generic. HOMM lives on the graphical style and uniqueness of the factions with iconic units.
These factions are unique to each other. Different type of Warfare units, different boost for starter Herose in a building, different marketplace upradge for selling this or that etc also the troops too different
This looks generic but HoMM fantasy creatures you've seen everywhere aren't ? That's a weird take
So it's Age of Wonders Planetfall only not as good. (Not an insult, it'd be hard to be as good.)
Planetfall didnt really feel like a Age of Wonders game, as a stand alone it is good.
Planetfall was garbage. AoW1 to AoW3 were the only good ones.
@@JustASuscriber Ok champ.
@@JustASuscriber AOW4 is good too
@@FilmGamerHUN They gutted the lore and made the same move as DnD, where race doesn't matter. It's basically the esports of AoW, which makes it utter trash.
I dont like this game
Do people really enjoy games like this? Looks like a mindless point and click game. It doesn't help that this dude talking sounds like he hates his life. Urghh