CAP_H'S PROFILE

author=Marrend
I feel like I'm missing something when people say Heroes 3 was the bomb, because my jam is totally Heroes 2. Though, one could blame my propensity to hack save files. Heroes 2 was, after all, THE GAME where I saw, first-hand, what a "negative Armageddon" was capable of doing.

*Edit: Also, and maybe it's just me, but, Heroes 3 has a lot more magic-resistant units in it than 2. Like, the Conflux faction that Shadow of Death adds in? That's a really dumb faction for me, since, there's like, maybe, three units that Armageddon affects?

author=Marrend
Did somebody say Might and Magic!?To be honest, Heroes of Might and Magic 5 was the most recent game in that series that played, and I don't even play it that often. Though, there is the small anecdote that, the last time I tried to play/install it, I was able to play exactly one session's worth. Afterwords, I kept getting an error message that the disc I was using was not a legit disc. Despite the fact that it was the same disc I used last time? Weird stuff!

Anyway, more to the point. I would tend toward the "nay" side of this equation. Mostly because I'd be perfectly happy with my current copy of Heroes 3 Complete. Also, the only reason I see to get the HD/Steam copy (I keep assuming "Steamworks" means "get in on Steam") is that it would be a more convenient way to play over the 'net. Which I tend to stay way from in regards to Heroes 3. Though, I will also totally admit that most of my fun-factor is in hacking save-files, and using ModHOMM3 to allow Armageddon to deal negative damage (Which is, seriously, where 99% of my fun-factor is).

author=Kylaila
Why is there no "I wanna go play the original HoMaM 3"-option?
The third is my favorite in the series and an awesome game.

I wonder how it would benefit from HD. I will most likely pass, unless some decent servers come to play on with it. I will continue to worship the third one either way.

author=alterego
I'm glad there's no restrictions regarding the use of resources. I was worried all the assets had to be done from scratch since that seems to be one of the golas of "GameJams"? I'm don't know... I'm still a bit worried about this "theme" we're all waiting for, though. How flexible is it going to be? I know half the purpose of revealing a theme at a later date is so nobody gets a head start, but can't we just trust each other? I'm usually against "themes" in general because they tend to limit artistic freedom, and if that's the case here then I guess I'll have to drop out. But as long as it's nothing too specific then I suppose we can always work our ways around it.