Heroes of Might and Magic 5

[Theben]

That's why it's in quotes.

[General Ludd]

It also happens to be the subject of a comparison.

Or where you trying to say that you didn't like the graphics shown for HoMM5?

[Theben]

Im saying that graphics alone wont save HOMM5.

[vmxa1]

Maybe we can't say Homm4 was pretty, but the graphics looked better than previous ones.

I am not fond of 3d, but will wait and see.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by vmxa1
Maybe we can't say Homm4 was pretty, but the graphics looked better than previous ones.

Er, no. HoMM4 had the worst graphics in the series.

I'd rate them as such, from best to worst:

HoMM2
HoMM1
HoMM3
HoMM4

[DrSpike]

It's quite obviously 4, 3, 2, 1. Remember, GL has an odd taste in graphics, as we've seen in the past.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DrSpike
It's quite obviously 4, 3, 2, 1. Remember, GL has an odd taste in graphics, as we've seen in the past.

4's graphcis where bland, blocky, and awkward. 3's graphics where just bland, 2's was comparitevly rich and vibrant and 1's was on par with 4 and 3, despite being much older.

[DrSpike]

A case in point.

[General Ludd]

HoMM1:

All things considered, the graphics aren't that bad for it being the oldest of the bunch.

HoMM2:

The graphics in HoMM2 had an appealing softness to them and a lush pallet that gave it life.


HoMM3 had similiar graphics to the secod one, but it lost the soft vibrance that made HoMM2 so appealing.


HoMM4 had some potential, but there was a great number of things that stuck out like a sore thumb, such as towns that where a collection of clean-cut generic buildings with no detail and monstrously awkward block-walls. (and not to mention the ocasional graphic ripped out of one of the previous games and ploped down in a completely new graphical environment)

[Kuciwalker]

I agree with Ludd

IMO the graphics progress from 1 to 3, but at 4 they take a turn for the worse.

[DrSpike]

Looks like a clear progression to me.

The statement that 1 is better than 4 is simply ludicrous.

[General Ludd]

I give 1 bonus points for when it was made. It's the oldest one and yet still comparable to all the others.

[Urban Ranger]

HoMM 4 definitely looks... strange. It doesn't look actually bad, but the various elements just don't fit together.

[Theben]

I will say that HOMM2 had the best soundtrack. There was one terrain... I think it was sand or cracked- that made an excellent eerie background noise. I played it when playing other games that benefitted from such a mood.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I give 1 bonus points for when it was made.

You can't really do that now - your statements earlier were absolute statements not statements about graphics relative to the standards of the day.

Originally posted by General Ludd

Er, no. HoMM4 had the worst graphics in the series.

Originally posted by General Ludd

1's was on par with 4 and 3, despite being much older.

I agree 1 and 2 were nice for their time, but that's not the point, and not what you claimed. 4 looks better than 1 period, and you can't credibly claim otherwise.