About My Hero Mania:
A fantastic fresh take on HOMM series. It seems that the developer is not only a hardworking genius but also passionate, witty, and devoted. A work of art for those with nostalgia. Even though there is auto-battling, there is a massive amount of impact you have on battles with your hero spells and so the auto-battling really streamlines the slower boring bits of HOMM3 and lets you focus on the most fun aspects: managing your hero armies, your towns, and laying waste with ridiculous spells. It’s like HOMM, but isn’t quite there yet. I like all the stuff they took from HOMM and added some of their own ideas to it. Especially the little carts that move to your town is a very cool idea. The auto-battle is unfortunately a deal breaker here. It was one of the best points in HOMM and designed like a game of chess where you had to made strategic choices. there’s an absence of an opportunity to influence the battle as you just wait for it to be over. And yes I know you can cast spells, but that’s just isn’t enough. I really like that someone wants to make a game that is inspired by the old HOMM series and want to encourage them, but this game is missing too much to be seen as an successor. Therefore it’s a middle thumb for me that is rounded down because I doubt I’ll play this over an old HOMM.
