Heroes of Might & Magic is having a moment. Not only are publishers Hooded Horse and Ubisoft backing the development of Unfrozen's Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, the first new game in the series in more than a decade, but Ubisoft have revealed they're completely remaking the series' best-regarded entry: Heroes of Might & Magic 3.
While there are many quality of life improvements in the remake, Ubisoft aims to keep its spirit as close to the original as possible. There is a new three-mission prelude to get you into the story and teach you the game's systems but, after that, you're into the thick of the original campaign and its two expansions – Armageddon's Blade and The Shadow of Death. This also means you'll have all nine factions to play with.
I've played the remake for a few hours already and I'll get into my thoughts on that in a moment. But, the most telling thing about the remake is that it supports all the custom maps and campaigns players have made for the past 25 years. Ubisoft showed how you can import any original map file into Might & Magic 3 Remake's map creator and it will build a modern-looking level from the old data. It's a wonderful way to support the Heroes of Might & Magic 3 players who are still playing decades on from its release.
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I'm not a fan of Heroes of Might & Magic 3, but I can recognise that Ubisoft have done a faithful job of recreating the much-loved turn-based strategy RPG
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Metro 2039 is a game about war that actually has something to say
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Solving A 1,600-Year-Old Roman Mystery: Parchment Fragments That Surprisingly Survived In The Egyptian Sands
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Roman law expert from the University of Cincinnati has edited and translated a Latin legal text that was pieced together from fragments buried in the Egyptian sands for more than 1,600 years. The text deals with taxes. Left: Possible head portrait of Constantius II found in modern al-Bab, Syria (Penn […]
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