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For some reason, HOMM* games never had any appeal to it, but I've sunk hours in an obscure trading/exploration game Merchant Prince and similarly obscure Hammer
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
For some reason, HOMM* games never had any appeal to it, but I've sunk hours in an obscure trading/exploration game Merchant Prince and similarly obscure Hammer of the Gods.
Only recently I've learned, that these games were direct predecessors of HoMM made by the same studio, bridging the gap between earlier King's Bounty (which I also played quite a lot).
- BuckRogers 5y agoI remember when Hammer of the Gods came out, at the time it wasn't obscure, but it's definitely forgotten today as it didn't spawn a franchise. I didn't buy the game, but it was a nice addition to King's Bounty. HOMM1 was where I bought into New World Computing's masterpieces. I'm shocked to see a discussion, anywhere, on the web today on these games. They've all remained special to me all these years later, and I'm shocked at seeing a mention of a title like Hammer of the Gods.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoHotG and the Merchant Prince had one thing in common that was really going for me: the shroud on an undiscovered map was done perfectly, giving you some very vague ideas about far away lands, resembling all those medieval maps. Of these two, I preferred Merchant Prince, because HotG had glaring balance issues, which gave Troll faction great advantage with those regenerating trolls, and the Pope/Doge elections mechanics was really fun.