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Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Peter Johnson
Several months ago, we reported that TQdigital, one of the largest game developers in China, together with UBI Soft was designing a very classical strategy game: Heroes of Might and Magic Online. Just a few days ago, TQdigital announced that the game was now in Open Beta stage in mainland China. It has a great impact for Chinese MMORPG market: 1st, HMM series is one of the most popular game types in China, just like warcraft III from Blizzard; 2nd, a MMO with SLG element fills up a gap between MMO and Browser Games (In china, browser games are normally SLG while client based games are MMO).
10 years has passed since 3DO released Heroes of Might and Magic III. TQdigital has spent almost 5 years, using its same old 2D map + 3D character engine to present the game to the world. To us, we think if TQdigital uses 3D engine, just like Heroes of Might and Magic 5, it will fail. 2.5 D is still the best engine for SLG type of games.
First Impression
We have to compare this online version with HMM3(Heroes of Might and Magic III). This online version of Heroes of Might and Magic inherted the best of the best in HMM3. Races, magic, skills, armies…they are almost the same to HMM3. The only difference are the images. But the online version has ripped off the low level of the armies. Take the human race for example, they have lv.1 spearman and halberdman. But in online version, we only have halberdman for human race.
Not like in other MMORPG, you are not playing a role of normal warrior. Every player here is a lord. Each one of them has their own castle and they can hire different soldiers from their castle. But the game also has MMO elements as well. You will find the game interface looks like Eudemons Online’s interface as well. You can also find a lot of settings inherted from Eudemons Online as well.
Online Version Creation
Since the game is an online version, the game designers bring a great communication system to the game. If you are a fan of TQdigital games, you will know that the chat part is a masterpiece of their games. When you are not in battle, you can trade resources with other players in market; you can also find important NPCs in the city to get new quests. Most important, when you are doing epic quests over lvl 30, you need other players to assist you to complete the quests – this is what we need for online version.
After creation, you are set for a race. But if you want to hire other races, what do you need? You need to create a new castle to hire different races’ soldiers. Of course, it will cost you a lot of time and money to do so – that is how the money will be generated from this game as well.
In HMM3, treasure can be hunted during battles. In online version, players can create different treasures themselves to enhance the power of the hero. Sure, real money is needed to purchase materials to create them.
PVP part
After you reach lv 40, you can PVP with other players. There are three modes for PVP: Duel, PVP and Brutal PK. In duel mode, you and your opponent will not consume a single soldier; In PVP mode it’s a real PK mode. Deaths within your army reducing your forces to 10% will be regarded as a failure.
Brutal PK is the most interesting part of the game. It is held in the Arena. When you reach lv 70, you can make a Brutal PK with other players over 70. If your opponent accepts your challenge, you will spend 30 minutes to complete the whole process of Brutal PK. The winner will gain Honor Points, which can be used to exchange valuable items in the Honor Shop.
Epic Quests
Epic quests are the core content of the online version. You can upgrade your heroes, gain materials and equipments in completing Epic Quests. There are three types of Epic Quests you can take: Single, Multiple and Unit. What’s the difference between Multiple and Unit? In multiple quest, all players are in a same map while in unit quest, players are scatterred into different maps to complete different tasks. Unit Epic Quest will cost players a lot of time to reach their goal, but it’s the most interesting part of the epic quests.
It’s very simple to start epic quests: Just like in other casual games, all you need is to create a gaming room, invite other players to join this room and start epic quests with you.
Conclusion
If you are a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic, you should have a try of this online version made by a Chinese developer. It will remind you of the days you spent on Heroes of Might and Magic III. If you want to say something, feel free to comment and if you want to have a try on the game, we can make accounts for you.
Official website: http://yx.91.com
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February 2nd, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Hi Peter!
Can You add more detailed description about this game?
Interface,gameplay,etc?