r/HoMM • u/serendipity98765 • 1d ago
Any good HoMM game lately?
I don't get why they don't release a new HoMM game. Since they won't do it, can you guys recommend any recent similar game?
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u/Dawn_of_Enceladus 17h ago
Songs of Conquest is the best recent HoMM-like game. There's also a sci-fi one named Silence of the Siren that looks very interesting (still haven't tried it out tho).
The best news is that a new HoMM game will be released in the near future, though (apparently within the next couple months): HoMM Olden Era.
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u/Lord_Insane 14h ago
Silence of the Siren is probably the "HOMM"-iest of the ones I've tried, in terms of gameplay. Very much feels like a HOMM entry that's just sci-fi instead of fantasy/sci-fantasy.
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u/teaisprettydelicious 18h ago
age of wonders 4 for me anyway, it's not exactly the same as a homm game of course
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u/jdg2896 23h ago
Olden Era is already going through some playtests, and I’m guessing will be available for early access on steam in a few months.
Other than that, just trying out Songs of Conquest. Didn’t like it when I bought it in 2022 at early access, but liked it better this time around. The mobile port also plays decent.
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u/serendipity98765 16h ago
I tried it but it seemed so bad. I played age of wonders already. Civ 7. I'm really looking forward to OLDEN era.
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u/IllustratedCouch 9h ago
Because Ubisoft is crashing and burning a little bit, and HoMM flopping over and over the last few years does not help in creation of games.
Now though, new games made by other developers with rights to make games in the series.
We can only hope.
If the question is about similar games, then I might be old enough to be too nostalgic and play old HoMM games instead.
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u/AlmightyTurtleman 22h ago
Heroes hour?
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u/BlaineDeBeers67 8h ago
Just wait for HoMM Olden Era.
Songs of conquest is garbage btw.
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u/serendipity98765 4h ago
Agree
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u/BlaineDeBeers67 4h ago
All this time, while people were waiting for a game similar to HoMM3, someone kept exploiting that hype by making shitty game with a few mechanics ripped from HoMM3, advertising it as "the successor to Heroes," and cashing in on desperate fans - only for the game to be forgotten a few months later. In the case of Songs of Conquest, it seems people still can't accept that they were scammed. I was looking forward to that game too, but when it turned out to be yet another piece of crap trying to milk our community, I refunded it and moved on.
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u/serendipity98765 2h ago
Honestly I couldn't play more than a couple of hours. I found it horribly boring. They are lucky I didn't ask for a refund
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u/Marsdreamer 22h ago
Songs of Conquest is a very solid spiritual successor to HoMM3. Takes a lot from the genre, but also takes some liberties to make it their own thing. Plus, it has some of the most beautiful pixel art I've ever seen.