Which Faction has the Coolest Looking Town?

[blizzardboy]

Vote away. Which is the coolest looking town when it's all said and done?

And btw, don't take into account the background music. That will be a seperate poll.

[Asheera]

Sylvan is very nice, but I like Dungeon more... the dark atmosphere and magic sparks and the buildings are nice

[blizzardboy]

I vote Academy. Haven and Sylvan get honorable mentions because the sunset atmosphere looks really cool in both of them.

Fortress gets the worst on this one. It's a big hole in the ground, and you can only view it angled directly above the hole. Honestly, in real life, that would be the most indefensible town in the universe. Once those tiny looking walls were breached, the enemy could just use the rubble to throw down on the town which is built on the sides of a pit with lava at the bottom.

[Fewtger]

Very though pick between Haven and Academy.

Both have a very recognisable setting. Only reason I picked Academy is because I like the Arabian setting better.

[Asheera]

I get a feeling Haven and Academy will get the most votes, since they're populated by Humans.

People, just use your imagination - you're whatever you want to be, not necessarily a human

[blizzardboy]

I get a feeling Haven and Academy will get the most votes, since they're populated by Humans.

People, just use your imagination - you're whatever you want to be, not necessarily a human

We can be dark elves as we fall to our deaths because our town was built upside down and there was an earthquake

Seriously though, dungeon is pretty cool looking, but you can never get a good view of the town because of the upside down thing.
Although it gets points for having a giant half naked girl statue that's larger than the castle itself.

[KiOwA]

Without a doubt, Academy. A city floating in the clouds - I think the designers pulled it off superbly.

[Elvin]

Not hard to guess my vote

[Metathron]

Umm...The...Broken...Sword...town??

[Elvin]

you imply that I like playing broken factions? Nah that would be academy but I suppose I have not posted much about them here

[Roman]

Academy has the coolest look.

[Lord Lakely]

Ditto Acadmy, then Haven, Then Necroplis and Stronghold

Weakest is Fortress imo.

[Mirez]

acadamy (though I feel sorry for the guy living in the house with no stairs to the rest of the town, he's trapped forever :'( )

second is haven with fortess

stronghold is okay though some buildings like cyclops dwelling look a bit unnatural and it's a little empty on some spaces

I hate necropolis and inferno since the buildings make no sence, I mean how on earth are those wraiths supposed to get to land when their dwelling is stuck on a floating island, I don't like inferno because all the dwellings are like levitating in front of the central pillar, they should be inside the pillar and all the dwellings look pretty ugly anyways (except for pitlord and devil spawn)

I think dungeon has a great atmosphere but it's 2 bad that a lot of the buildings are hardly visible and have no originality 'jeez how would a hydra dwelling look like? I know! a stalactite with hydra heads on it, but what about dragon dwelling? I know! a stalactite with a dragon head on it' <_<

wut I hate most is sylvan, elves life in forests like in H3 not on islands around a big tree (why is it standing in water anyways?) also I hate the treant and unicorn dwellings and the Christmas decoration

[Wolfsburg]

Here comes old Wolfsburg with his irritating HV devotion.

I think the developers were very fortunate with their concept choices for all cities. They are not only solid concepts but differ enormously from each other. If there is something a fan cannot contest is how particular every faction is.

I think Inferno is stupendous with its colliseum-like structures floating sadly over a boiling core, attached to each other by heavy chains. It kinda reproduce infernos philosophy, empty greatness, inhuman conditions, no ways to dettach yourself or to flee from the central power.

Necropolis gives me exactly that hollow feeling of the grave. Its like a world that is a distorted reproduction of proud and imponent pinacles and towers but swollowed by darkness and silence. Which also reproduces their philosophy. Life is turmoil and chaos, death is eternal beauty and silence. The moon and the cloudy sky are a perfect complement.

wut I hate most is sylvan, elves life in forests like in H3 not on islands around a big tree (why is it standing in water anyways?) also I hate the treant and unicorn dwellings and the Christmas decoration

It gets kinda hard for the developers, dont you think? If they try out a new concept the fans say it should be like HIII, if they keep the same, they bash the developers calling the game HII 3D.

I particularly think its a lovely city. The idea of an island strenghtens the idea of elves as an insular nation, and the fact that they are built around a single ancient tree, reflects a little bit their elder-centered, druidic mentality, without losing that supernatural spark. Plus it really gives them that "Ultimate Defenders of Sylanna" feeling. Sunsent complements this city nicely.

I could go on with the others, but in order not to piss off the other voters, I'll go straight to my favourite. Haven. Although I dont like playing them at all, I think the developers have suceeded with perfection to reproduce a fantasy composition loaded with monumental buildings, influenced by an equally fantastic church-like architecture, but without losing that feeling of a simple medieval town where the nobles and clerics are allocated among the clouds not to face the peasants down bellow. Also, a human-like trait.

[Mirez]

I don't mind that there's a big tree but I still think they should life in a forest, since they are the protectors of it, and I don't mind it's different then h3 but they should have made the same kinda atmosphere, cuz I don't find this fitting with elves at all

[Metathron]

Well, there are many different kinds of elves depending which author or folklore you go by. I like the Sylvan town of HoMM V, I imagine the elves being guardians of a great forest which surrounds the like.

[KiOwA]

It does bear some resemblance to the Tree of Eternity in Warcraft 3... which got ripped off from the Norweigan mythical tree, Yggdrasil.

Personally I think the idea is a tad over-done.