Player voice · Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era
The patterns long-haul reviewers keep returning to.
What players love
The classic HoMM3 feel combined with alternate unit upgrades and single hero mode keeps long-time fans engaged despite early access flaws.
Reviews behind this:
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"The best game ever"
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"Very good game overall! Best parts of Heroes 3 while adding ideas from newer games, like alternate unit upgrades and subskill that make the game more interesting. The single Hero mode is also a great addition for people who don't want to deal with hero shuffling, I always liked to play heroes 3 as "
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"I'm in a weird spot trying to rate this game. Technically, it's good, but hard to enjoy. Single-player is boring because the AI is horrible. It cheats (even on difficulties that are supposed to play fair), but it's extremely stupid... You pretty much get 1 good fight early on, where it has a signif"
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What frustrates them
AI behavior—both cheating and stupidity—makes single-player feel unrewarding for high-hour players, alongside game-crashing bugs.
Reviews behind this:
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"This game has all the potential to be good eventually. I understand its EA, but it has too many game crashing bugs at the moment. And i tried, really tried to get past them, but currently its too much frustration. The game itself build solidly on HoMM III vibes, and polishes certain mechanics. Ho"
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"The game has made very little progress since the open beta. This is very disapointing considering the massive fans feedback and support. Moreover since early access the update doesn't match the 500 K peoples purchasing the game. the game has a lot of potential. But the very slow updates doesn't"
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"this is the elden ring of HoMMs (very promising but not funny yet)"
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