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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is now coming to Xbox Live and PSN
Musan
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So, while looking around review scores, I've found out that Edge gave this small DS game called Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes a 9, which I've found somewhat unusual. Reading more about it, it appears to be a mix of many genres like RPG, strategy, and puzzle. I'm on a bit on a turn-based strategy fix since playing King's Bounty, so I'll probably pick this up. I really curious if anyone else knows more about the game, since previews make it sound a little complex.
For a better description, here's a lengthy preview from Eurogamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/might-and-magic-clash-of-heroes-review?page=2
And IGN do have some videos up: http://ds.ign.com/articles/100/1004030p1.html
For a better description, here's a lengthy preview from Eurogamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/might-and-magic-clash-of-heroes-review?page=2
And IGN do have some videos up: http://ds.ign.com/articles/100/1004030p1.html
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"I took it from room to room yesterday in the office - like a wandering monk in possession of a mysterious relic, the agent of its gentle profundity."
I cooked dinner, Vegetable Soup with Vietnamese style Pork Chops(marinade and all), playing M&M:CoH all the while.
Saw this at E3 and been waiting ever since. Great fun.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
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But yeah, super great game. [canadian]I win with bears and deers.[/canadian]
As for impressions, it's basically a standard falling block puzzle game but with the twists that:
A: There's another falling block puzzle game being played above yours and it hates you
B: Every block that falls has a special ability.
You have 3 kinds of Core Units, 2 kinds of Elite units and 2 kinds of Mighty Units. Core units are basic attackers and if you line up three of the same color vertically, they form an army and attack after a certain amount of turns. If you line them up horizontally, they turn into walls (and each army has a different wall effect: elves' walls regenerate; undead walls appear wherever units die.) Elite units work if you line up two corresponding color Core units behind them and Mighty units need 4 Core units. Mighty take some work to get off but they are CRAZY powerful. Units level up the more battles you use them in. Core units are unlimited but you have to buy Elite and Mighty.
Before a battle you get to decide which units to take; you can take 3 Core units and 2 Elite or Mighty. You can even double equip some units to get them to show up more often. This helps with Links and Fusions, which happen when similar colored units are ready to go in the same number of turns. You also have one artifact you can equip to give you a passive special effect.
In any case, even with the staggering amount of options, you're basically trying to get your units to the top of the screen where they damage the other commander. Kill them and you win. Lots of the fights have an extra puzzle element tho, such as trying to hit two specific targets that keep moving or to NOT hit a prisoner that keeps moving.
Downsides: The story is lame and there doesn't seem to be any place to go to just level up.
GAME IS FUN
The reviews had also piqued my interest (from "never heard of it" to "must have"). I've put in a few hours and I can say it's great fun but not perfect. The basic set up is that you roam around a node-based map to acquire info, quests and additional units, then get into battles. The battling is a surprising "match three" type of system, with horizontal matches forming walls and vertical matches forming impending attacks. Each unit has a certain number of turns it takes before the attack is unleashed.
The two main problems are in that IGN review: there's no "info pane" on your units so it's really hard to tell what they'll be able to do or how well they can defend themselves until you fight a few battles with them. Secondly, there are a LOT of bounty battles/random "hey you wanna fight?" type of encounters where you can't tell you're outmatched until you actually start the fight. Other minor concerns are that many of the battles go on too long and luck can be a bitch sometimes (you are under her mercy with regard to what units you have at the start and how reinforcements fall in). Oh and one other minor thing: many of my battles so far have been more about surviving until my uber attacks are ready than actual strategies. This can make victory feel a little cheap sometimes.
One thing the IGN review doesn't really touch on his how creative the battle conditions can get. Sure the majority are "reduce opponents HP to 0" but there are lots of others were positioning, attacking key units or other situations occur. I love it when games do that (mess with the formula, so to speak).
I was surprised that within the first 2 hours my units started reaching their level cap. I was further surprised to then learn that it's because
So far it's a pretty great game, maybe a little more challenging than I was expecting, and one that I'm fairly confident will simply get better as it goes. Definitely, definitely worth $20.
That's weird, IGN is high. They're all pretty easy to remember and there's always a little number saying what their current strength is so you know just by looking at them how much they can defend themselves.
And I actually think there's not enough random battles. Even if you lose the surprise harder fights (which DO seem to be all of them), you can just continue with no unit loss so it's hardly a problem.
I guess I'm high too since I agreed
Also thread title should be "Take these Bears to help you on your journey."
"You have received Bears".
Also, I don't think the story is lame. It's a puzzle/strategy/RPG game for the DS. What the hell are people expecting, Uncharted 2?
PSN/XBL: dragoniemx
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I pretty much abandoned the pixies though, archers and bears were much more to my liking.
I was hoping to save it for the plane when i fly home for x-mas but i can see that aint happening.
Maybe zelda for plane.
3DS FC: 0817-3759-2788
I'd be like "How do I equip Bears?"
Game is clicking nicely with me; the first few battles are just completely random, but I'm starting to see more of a rhythm here now.
I don't even own the game and reviewers/previewers have been wrong before, but everyone says there's no way and that it's a critical flaw in the game.
Ah, bum. It's not too terrible because if you really feel anal, it seems like you can save before going into every battle anyway, so it's just a matter of resetting if you're worried about losing gold/materials (which you do if you retreat from battle). I'm about an hour in, and going into a battle that's way over my head has happened a few times but I've also been able to beat an enemy that's statistically more powerful than me, so long as I enact my Deer Rush policy.
The game has a very Magic: The Gathering feel to it, particularly when you're setting up attacks and balancing where your attackers are with where you place units or walls to defend from other attacks. Not to mention that calling in reinforcements is sort of akin to the random luck of the draw with a card shuffle, and you can pick your unit loadout, which is like creating your own deck.
As for the various units, units can only fuse and link with other units of the same color so it doesn't matter too much if you have multiple different unit types out.
I tend to play two different types of units normally 2 of the strongest unit and 1 unit that is the fastest charging. Then I add one champion and one elite unit. Fused elite unit attacks can do some serious damage.
That might happen, but it would likely be a year or more before that would happen. It's retailing at $30 now (I know, $20 at BB), so given the current price points on the iPhone, it may be a little while.
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(Minor start game spoilers)
Aforementioned gameplay video
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Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
This is not terribly thread-relevant, but is necessary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB9lhfJeu2U
Also: I suck at the puzzles in these games. I'm good for about the first 3 or 4 and then my brain just doesn't work like that. The various ways that the units can combine doesn't help either.
edit : holy crap the music sounds 1000x better on that video through my computer speakers.
Pretty much what I did yesterday too. So worth it.
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Oh my God. Mind? Blown. This will help SOO much.
This game is so good, I think I might go buy a DSLite to upgrade from my DS. It's only $85 cause I work for Nintendo now, wheeeeeee.
PSN/XBL: dragoniemx