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Unread postby Angelspit » 01 Aug 2007, 13:50

A few days the publication of the <a href="/http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/civilization-4 ... vilization IV: Beyond the Sword review</a> (the title is describes as a great expansion), GameSpy's Heroes specialist Allen Rausch posts a <a href="/http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/heroes-of-migh ... l">preview of the Tribes of the East expansion</a>. He tries the Shatter ability and wonders what kind of impact it will have on the game's balance:



<i>"As Orc leaders level up, they'll gain access to special "Shatter" abilities that weaken or even altogether block certain kinds of magic. Enough money and sacrificial victims on the altar and I had enough "Shatter Magic" levels on my hero that I was able to run over a bunch of powerful human mages like they were just a group of old guys in silly robes. The problem, of course, is one of balance. Factions that rely on suppressing others' abilities often become either unstoppable or road kill, so it should be interesting to see how the team at Nival deals with the Orcs."</i>



Also of interest is the fact that the Orc town is once again called "Bastion" in the article (GameSpot did the same thing if I remember correctly), and GameSpy mentions September 25 as the release date. Now that the major previews are done with, I guess there are only a few weeks left before the last Heroes V expansion goes gold.

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Unread postby rdeford » 01 Aug 2007, 14:27

I hope we won't need three patches to fix game balance.



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Unread postby Arveragus » 01 Aug 2007, 16:38

A local online retailer here in the Netherlands has the release date set for September 27th.

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Unread postby Orfinn » 01 Aug 2007, 23:05

around september 25-27? oh my! its when Halo 3 are realesed!! Damn! Two great games... its almost a tie who Im gonna buy!

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Unread postby jeff » 01 Aug 2007, 23:56

rdeford wrote:I hope we won't need three patches to fix game balance.

Note to Nival: Build it with quality first and the revenue will come.
Well they'll go gold on the first patch by the end of the month. ;| Yeah right :disagree:
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Unread postby winterfate » 02 Aug 2007, 00:10

Deft edit jeff! :tongue:

From the article:
This provided an interesting strategic dilemma during my play time.
Interesting?

Oh no...I think I'm starting to hope. Someone stop me please! :beg:
If TotE bombs, I don't even want to think about what I'll do, after all of the good reviews it's getting.

C'mon Nival! Don't you dare disappoint me...or else. :devil:
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Unread postby jeff » 02 Aug 2007, 00:24

winterfate wrote:Deft edit jeff! :tongue:
Yeah I decided it might be over the top. :devil:
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Unread postby Omega_Destroyer » 02 Aug 2007, 00:33

winterfate wrote: If TotE bombs, I don't even want to think about what I'll do, after all of the good reviews it's getting.
You aren't going to let a little thing like reviews get in your way are you Fate?
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Unread postby winterfate » 02 Aug 2007, 00:37

:lolu:

(I wasn't being sarcastic about the reviews...they do seem pretty good :))

As for the expansion...well, I HAVE to give this a chance, don't I?

Wait, what am I saying?! :|

You little...[Nival bashing censored]...why are you so cruel? :cry:
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Unread postby ywhtptgtfo » 02 Aug 2007, 03:43

> I hope we won't need three patches to fix game balance.

Because they can just leave the game in a rotten state and not bother to patch it.

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Unread postby jeff » 02 Aug 2007, 03:45

For all my complaining I'll probably end up buying it, but I am holding out a little in hopes the editor is improved. Wait a minute not improved recreated as opposed to that almost binary piece of ******* they call an editor. :mad:
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Unread postby infael » 02 Aug 2007, 12:28

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Unread postby ywhtptgtfo » 02 Aug 2007, 21:09

I am in the process of making a mod, so I hope they don't rework the file system or I am screwed.



>For all my complaining I'll probably end up buying it, but I am holding out a little in hopes the editor is improved. Wait a minute not improved recreated as opposed to that almost binary piece of ******* they call an editor. :mad:

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Unread postby jeff » 02 Aug 2007, 21:20

ywhtptgtfo wrote:I am in the process of making a mod, so I hope they don't rework the file system or I am screwed.
I hate to break it to you, but I do not believe the mods for H-V worked with HOF (may be wrong) and even some of the patches broke many of the mods. So unless your releasing them like now, you might want to wait until after especially since it's less than 2 months from the rumored release date. ;)
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Unread postby Wraith » 03 Aug 2007, 09:04

my Quess reviews give scores like 7-9 or 3-5 stars.Depending of course,how good campaign is
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Unread postby rdeford » 05 Aug 2007, 17:02

Oh, I'm going to buy it despite the uncertainty and doubt. Gotta keep tossing logs on the fire or it will go out, and I really, really desire to see HOMM6 someday.
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Unread postby Panda Tar » 10 Aug 2007, 18:36

So, the final ability is called "immortality"?
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