HOMM3 focuses on the Tactical combat.ĪoW:SM has absolutely gorgeous map graphics, but plastic figurine-like unit sprites. There is more to tell about it, but I wrote just the biggest differences I could remember.ĪoW:SM better touches on all the traditional elements of 4X gameplay. Only way to defeat a hero (save for his surrender or fleeing from battle) is to kill all his units. Only units fight, heroes just cast spells (one per combat round, until their mana lasts) and add his attack/defense skills to those of their creatures'. Towns have some upgradable defenses, heroes have catapults to break walls. They have 4 primary skills (attack skill, defense skill, spell power and knowledge) and secondary skills (up to 8, so you are forced to choose).Ĭombat. Only they lead your armies and only they can cast spells. Want new spells? Visit shrines on the adventure maps (if the map has them) for level 1-3 spells, or conquer new towns. Every town has Mage Guild, which can be upgraded up to 4 times and each upgrade adds new spells of higher level. Speaking of towns, they do not grow (there is nothing like population in AoW), also you cannot migrate them to other race (since there are no races, only town types, 4 in HoMM1, 6 in HoMM2 and 8+1 in HoMM3). You cannot create new towns, only fight for those existing ones. I just think it's in there because someone with pull wanted a game-wide levelling system shoved in somewhere, and all it does is introduce a fairly pointless chore to access arbitrary parts of content that have no reason to not just be free.HoMM has 7 resources (gold, two basic and 4 precious).
You could kind of make a case for chosen destroyers or that one-city trait, but even then it'd be weak.Īlternately, fully cosmetic progression as part of an evolving race, taken into the breach again and again by the same godir would work, but your race and leader customizations are locked on race creation(you can edit every time you start but it doesn't save), which destroys that sense of progress. A different starting combat spell just doesn't count.
I'm down for progression when it's necessary, usually when there are advanced concepts that really should be held back OR just a lot to take in at once: Darkest Dungeon 2 holding most hero options back for unlocks is a good recent example.
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