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I 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

I 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 ago
HotG 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.