HomeNewsHeroes Of Might & Magic: Olden Era
Ubisoft announce new back-to-roots Heroes of Might & Magic game with the Iratus devs in chargeYou’re only as olden as you feel
You’re only as olden as you feel
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era – Official Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era – Official Reveal Trailer
The game includes a new solo campaign, the option to wage one-off clashes on single maps, and a map generator capable of “limitless” scenarios. I can fall over in “limitless” ways, Ubisoft, and I don’t go around writing press releases about it. Hmmm, maybe I should?
There’s also co-op and competitive multiplayer – each mode has its own matchmaking system, ratings and leaderboards – plus a map and campaign editor. It’s all glossily adorned with a revamped visual style that “harks back to the vibrant and magical beginnings of the saga”. The AI has also been overhauled, and you can expect difficulty settings designed for both those steeped in Might & Magic and peasant newcomers like me, who are barely Mighty or Magical at all.
New mechanics include active abilities for heroes and creatures, plus a faction-based perk system, Faction Laws, for more granular sculpting of playstyles. The currently announced factions are the old school Knights of Temple, the teeming bloodsuckers and braineaters ofNecropolis, the hipster faeriefolk of Sylvan, the surly dark elves and other subterranean stinkers of Dungeon, and the horrible demon bugs of Hive. There’s at least one more faction waiting to be revealed.
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Frivolous closing note: I find “Olden Era” quite funny inasmuch as they could have subtitled it “Old Era”, but that would have just made the game sound old, even though “old” is modern usage, while “olden” is an archaism. Language is a delightful beast. Perhaps this is the next conversational fallback position for people who insist that they’re “middle-aged”, even after they turn 60? I’m not old, you cheeky whippersnappers, I’m olden! If you’re over 60, feel free to split that hair when you’re next talking to a grandchild or medical professional.
