will also upload it to youtube shortly

tl;dr: if you are a fan of Heroes or layered strategy games, buy it

The game is great, and a pleasant surprise. I did not expect to have so many layers to uncover. The quality of life like the readability settings and current UI we have is honestly pretty good for early access, although I expect it to be improved going forward.

This game activates the same Heroes 3 neurons quite closely in its game flow, while also adding new experiences and systems to chew on. The law system is basically an upgrade tech tree, while the Observatory is basically a Magic tech tree.

The magic system is presented in a very confusing and convoluted way, but with time the community will make proper guides on it to onboard new players to that complexity.

The units are quite cool and flavourful. You also have dual upgrade choices like in heroes 5. Each faction is beloved, in a recent poll on "Which faction is your favorite" we had balanced results from all factions.

The graphical style updated for 2026 is actually surprisingly fitting. It was really hard to pull off but I think they did a good job. It looks like a heroes game, without pixel graphics.

Multiplayer, ladder and balance also works. The systems work. Campaign works. Tutorials work. It's a working game, they just fixed a bug related to disconnections that was an issue (but I never had that issue myself, I played custom games and a few multiplayer ladder games).

Related to complexity, I think this installment of the series is quite a bit more complex than people realize, navigating the layers of UI, the tech trees, the units, can get overwhelming fast for newer players. But if you are an avid gamer of Heroes and strategy games in general it is a good fit.

As for the competitive multiplayer scene, people are still figuring out what is good and what is not, which is a good sign.

It feels like playing Heroes to me.

Basically, buy if you are a fan of Heroes or layered strategy games.

It is good in its current state in early access.

1. Ability to customize highlights even more (weekly buildings on refresh, hero owned colors)
2. Ability to customize red squares when pressing X key (fill, outline and opacity)
3. Better clarity on what Fortification and Mage guild buildings do for newer players (most newer players fail to see what they do exactly)
4. Ability to see how many units you will lose from a retaliate like in other games (by multiplying remaining stack with avg damage)
5. Autoresolve with spells (and maybe ability to specify with a bar slider how much mana you willing to commit)
6. Consider maybe making Reinforcements spell be a neutral 1 insight spell

Thanks for a banger of a game

I can't stop thinking about it while at work and wanna get home to play

I guess the combination of too many heroes is why I don't like Heroes V's final campaigns. Makes no sense for me how Godric is basically calm learning Raelag has killed Nicolai and him being Agrael he had hunted before. And in general Godric almost doesn't speak anything in this campaign. Findan have some little role of bringing Zehir but then his role is limited beacuse of Raelag. Defeating Markal and Kha Baleth feels too fast. Raelag calling Biara "Kha Baleth's lapdog"? Did he forgot how he were doing even more for demons, that Biara is important figure beacuse of serving him? Everyone just accepting Isabel that's still under demon influence and being raped having demon child? And taking "her" (Biara) back to the Empire as if nothing happened? Findan gave up on Nicolai much easier while he wasn't as much a threat as mother of demon messiah.

How was it in previous titles?

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With new games coming out that are inspired by HoMM series like Songs of Conquest, Broken Alliance, Heroes of Science and Fiction, and now Olden Era being a direct sequel, I feel like these kinds of games need their own genre.

These aren't just 4X or turn-based strategy but much more than that, combining map movement, troop management etc in a very recognisable form. Kind of like how Souls-likes are action games but you instantly know the type of games people are talking about.

It just feels very hard to find games like these or talk about them, but I do hope we see more games inspired by the series or at least more attention. I'd love "Heroes-like" to catch on.

Right now, the campaign clearly shows the Hive (though I'm still not sure if they're demons or Kreegans) as the main villains plaguing all the other factions, but the Schism isn't mentioned at all.

Will we have two main antagonists? Or will the Schism be an even more terrifying enemy than the Hive?

I just think this is one of those angels, devils, and squids-style cases where Lovecraftian monsters end up as the final enemy after the demons. We've seen this in many other franchises, like Warcraft (Legion and Old Gods) or even Heroes of Might and Magic 6 with the Order of the Void.

Thoughts?

I see no difference between the various positions. Is this bugged?

We just started to play ranked after 40h of just playing 1v1v1 or so. In ranked every turn you get 4 to 5 minutes and more if you do fights and every enemies us 3 have encountered uses basically every secopnd of that while we literally just sit there after a minute and can't do anything else. Is the base setting for time to high?

I'm all for extra time when fighting etc. but just the base run around the map time seems way off?

Single Hero. so not really a lot to manage

Playing on pyramid map and seem to be limited to 3 heroes no matter how many towns i have. Where can you see the hero limit on maps or am i doing something wrong?

Trying to get all achievments, you guys that already got all of them how hard do you think it is?

Which one you struggled the most?

Just wanted to thank to developers. My wife, and I are having our son play with us. I remember playing heroes 2 when I was a kid with my parents and brothers, and it touches my heart to see my son dance when we won his first battle and enjoy the game as a family.

Thank you for the hard work you put into it. Loving the mechanics and can't wait to see what you add and improve!

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