Might & Magic Heroes VII - Preview @ RPGFan

If I saw one flaw, it was a lack of streamlining and conveyance for the player. There were several times where I blew past map objectives because I did not realize they were necessary to my quest. Menus could also be a pain to navigate or find relevant information. For instance, when I got my fortress, I noticed that I could assign a hero to act as governor and provide a bonus effect, but I had to exit out to the hero menu to learn what that hero's governor ability did. At one point, I spent at least a minute trying to figure out how to exit another menu. When I was a kid, I would have solved this problem by reading the instruction manual after unboxing the game, but those days are long gone. I don't want hand holding, but players need certain basic information in order to enjoy the more rewarding gameplay aspects.

I am confident that Limbic can fix these problems before the game ships. I am also confident that Heroes VII at least has the potential to make the franchise relevant again outside the diehard fan base. This means welcoming new players with no exposure to the storied franchise, as well as older players like me who have lost touch. Ubisoft and Limbic seem to understand that creating a "Best of Heroes" experience is more than simply Frankensteining popular game mechanics together into a graphical update. Rather, it is about capturing that ineffable, engrossing quality of the old and making it relevant to the new. It is no easy task, but so far, I like what I see.

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Hastar said:

I have played every HoMM but the last one. I think I will jump back with HoMMVII. I was happy with M&MX so they will get my business for HoMM.

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joxer said:

Heroes 6 is a good game. Not great, not awsome, not a masterpiece, but good.
The only thing you'll want to remove from it is uPlay.

I'm still unsure why Ubi still insists on uPlay. From what I've seen it didn't stop piracy at all and it's annoying as hell. Yes I did get a bit used to it, so I do buy Ubi games, but some titles I refused to buy just because I didn't want another uPlay game.

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Vitirr said:

Yes make you a favour and skip Heroes VI. There's nothing that you can't actually miss there (and a lot that you should).

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Humanity has risen! said:

I don't see the problem with stuff like UPlay. Computers have so much RAM nowadays. If you were Ubisoft, why would you give away 30% of all your profits to Steam? It's a poor business decision. It's easy to understand why UPlay exists.

It certainly shouldn't deter anyone.

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Gilliatt said:

I never played a game that needed UPlay so I may be wrong, but doesn't it require a permanent connection and cloud saves for certain games ? I believe I remember people complain they lost their saves due to server problems. IMO, everything that penalizes legitimate buyers should be avoided.

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