Icestorm9999 Post #57 Heroes of Might and Magic & other News
Saturday, 28. November 2009, 14:30:48
Heroes of Might and Magic I,II&III are currently being sold at Gog.com and are updated Windows XP & Vista compatible downloadable versions which are only $9.99 each. HoMMII is the gold version which includes its expansion "Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty". & HoMMIII is the Complete Collectors Edition which includes ts two expansions: “Armageddon's Blade” and “The Shadow of Death”. Downloadable content of the manuals, creature tables and other goodies are included. Thank you Gog.com!!
Although the Heroes of Might and Magic games are in the strategy game genre, I have listed them on the icestorm9999 crpg directory because well...they are excellent games and I like them. Fantasy + Turn Based + Strategy = Massive fun and hours upon hours of the kind of "having so much fun that you forgot to have dinner" or "forgot to go to work" kind of thing. So definitely check it out, especially if you have never played them before, or if you have played them before and want to download them and play them all over again. The Heroes of Might and Magic games are not the only games in the strategic genre to appear on the directory however...Panzer General, The Battle for Wesnoth, and Strateg are also listed.
I was reading some posts over at Cheek.Org (the home of the Bard's Tale IV petition), which seems is in the process of relocating to a new host at troycheek.org. The petition is not yet moved onto its new location, but I found that there is an eye of the beholder/wizardry type game that is currently under development using the game maker program. The game is called "The Secret of Lamidia". I know, it kind of sounds like some evil sexually transmitted disease or something of that freaky nature, but hey its good to see people are still interested in developing games similar to the old classic crpg's. If I can take a quote from Sub (the developer)...
features: you can make a group of adventurers, explore the first dungeon area and local forests, fight monsters, maybe even get a magic item from a treasure chest, there are some quests added now, and other game content (a trading post, training hall, tavern, inn, etc, so you can maintain a group of adventurers) .. the game is being developed with more quests etc * make groups of up to 6 party members * diverse items and equipment (and being expanded) * 4 basic char classes, with advanced classes on the way * 6 char races, having different sizes (and being expanded) * fully working inventory system (and being expanded) * some magic spells, skills already developed * magic item generation is already supported future features: lots.. [suggestions welcome]
It is still a work in progress and you can find more about the game at the link below.
The Secret of Lamidia
Another update from Leomar let me know that there is a more up to date Ultima archive & reconstruction set located at Ultima: Aiera. Thanks again Leomar!
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WIDGETIZE