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  • FREE GAME: King's Bounty: the Legend

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 1 10:12:01 2023
    Because... you can never have enough cheesy strategy titles, I guess?
    Thanks GOG.

    * King's Bounty: The Legend https://www.gog.com/en/game/kings_bounty_the_legend
    Essentially a not-so-good "Heroes of Might & Magic" (and yes, I'm
    aware the franchise preceded the HOMM series by some years). Honestly,
    it's biggest selling points these days seem to be the... well, go look
    at the linked page and you'll immediately see them. They're not in the
    games, but they always are prominently featured on the box art. ;-)

    But free is free. You have three days to claim the games.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Sep 1 09:55:19 2023
    On Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:12:01 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    Because... you can never have enough cheesy strategy titles, I guess?
    Thanks GOG.

    * King's Bounty: The Legend >https://www.gog.com/en/game/kings_bounty_the_legend
    Essentially a not-so-good "Heroes of Might & Magic" (and yes, I'm
    aware the franchise preceded the HOMM series by some years). Honestly,
    it's biggest selling points these days seem to be the... well, go look
    at the linked page and you'll immediately see them. They're not in the
    games, but they always are prominently featured on the box art. ;-)

    But free is free. You have three days to claim the games.

    I'm all "meh"ed out. This game is ooooold.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri Sep 1 14:16:28 2023
    On Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:12:01 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    But free is free. You have three days to claim the games.

    I am bit more excited for this one then Zag is. Thank you Spalls.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Sep 2 05:13:20 2023
    On Friday, September 1, 2023 at 7:12:08 AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Because... you can never have enough cheesy strategy titles, I guess?
    Thanks GOG.

    * King's Bounty: The Legend https://www.gog.com/en/game/kings_bounty_the_legend
    Essentially a not-so-good "Heroes of Might & Magic" (and yes, I'm
    aware the franchise preceded the HOMM series by some years). Honestly,
    it's biggest selling points these days seem to be the... well, go look
    at the linked page and you'll immediately see them. They're not in the games, but they always are prominently featured on the box art. ;-)

    But free is free. You have three days to claim the games.

    Thank you, I added the game's 'assets' to my collection. I might even give it
    a go at some point.

    I know I played one of the HoMM games and enjoyed it, I still don't know
    why I never bothered to play another.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to justisaur@gmail.com on Sat Sep 2 09:07:07 2023
    On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 05:13:20 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    I know I played one of the HoMM games and enjoyed it, I still don't know
    why I never bothered to play another.

    - Justisaur

    Perhaps you played HoMM 3 which was the best in the entire franchise
    so maybe you decided why bother with any of the others?

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 2 10:58:54 2023
    On Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:07:07 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 05:13:20 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    I know I played one of the HoMM games and enjoyed it, I still don't know >>why I never bothered to play another.

    - Justisaur

    Perhaps you played HoMM 3 which was the best in the entire franchise
    so maybe you decided why bother with any of the others?

    I don't know if HoMM3 was the best of the series

    (I'm not saying it wasn't; I honestly can't remember)

    but I think it is just as likely that there was so little
    differentiation between the various iterations of that franchise that
    it seemed pointless to keep at it. It's sort of like the "Assassin
    Creed" or "Far Cry" games in that regard.

    Hmmm. I wonder if there's any sort of relationship between those
    franchises... ;-)

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Sat Sep 2 14:08:23 2023
    On Sat, 02 Sep 2023 10:58:54 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    but I think it is just as likely that there was so little
    differentiation between the various iterations of that franchise that
    it seemed pointless to keep at it. It's sort of like the "Assassin
    Creed" or "Far Cry" games in that regard.

    HoMM 3 was a bigger version of 2 which itself was a bigger version of
    HoMM 1. HoMM 5 was just HoMM 3 in 3d instead of 2d.

    What I am trying to say is.... you aren't wrong.

    With that said, HoMM 4 was different from the other games but it was
    not well received.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Sat Sep 2 17:10:25 2023
    On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 6:07:10 AM UTC-7, Mike S. wrote:
    On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 05:13:20 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <just...@gmail.com> wrote:

    I know I played one of the HoMM games and enjoyed it, I still don't know >why I never bothered to play another.


    Perhaps you played HoMM 3 which was the best in the entire franchise
    so maybe you decided why bother with any of the others?

    Probably was 3. It was around 1999-2000, when HoMM 3 came out, and
    someone loaned it to me (not a game I would've bought new.) I had
    just started a new job and had to travel for training, was set up in some corporate long-term hotel and brought my giant desktop and a small
    monitor so I'd have something to do after work. Unfortunately the travel ended up with me having a serious ear infection with 104 degree fever
    and the worst pain I've ever experienced (and I was paralyzed with back
    pain for some time years before.) The hospital gave me a large dose of Vicodin (and antibiotics) which just made me feel like I was going to die
    if I went to sleep and didn't really do anything for the pain. I was in no shape to work so ended up playing it for several days with little sleep
    and high as a kite. That may have influenced my opinion of it and
    also my reluctance to play another.

    It got me through a hard time, but would the others live up to that without
    the medication and fever? The memory was painful as well, so maybe
    association like touching a hot stove.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sun Sep 3 12:57:56 2023
    On Sat, 02 Sep 2023 10:58:54 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    On Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:07:07 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 05:13:20 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    I know I played one of the HoMM games and enjoyed it, I still don't know >>>why I never bothered to play another.

    - Justisaur

    Perhaps you played HoMM 3 which was the best in the entire franchise
    so maybe you decided why bother with any of the others?

    I honestly found 2 more enjoyable. The HoMMs after that were far too
    fiddly and made the factions were made more generic. And the Redbook
    opera music in 2 was amazing.

    The original HoMM has too few options; HoMM 3 has, IMO, too many and
    surface and underground maps added, IMO, unneeded complexity. HoMM 2 is
    baby bear for me.

    It is also the first one I played, though. Nostalgia may be getting the
    better of me.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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