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A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
Heroes of Science and Fiction is a early access, 4x and base-building game
developed and published by Oxymoron Games.
Released on September 30th 2024 is available on Windows and Linux
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.
It has received 332 reviews of which 309 were positive and 23 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i3, Ryzen 3
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated: with 4 GB VRAM or a modern AMD integrated GPU
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD recommended.
Linux
- Processor: i3, Ryzen 3
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated: with 4 GB VRAM or a modern AMD integrated GPU
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD recommended.
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At the time of writing this review this game is in EA up to the PSY UPDATE , so everything before Q4 in this [url=https://i.imgur.com/TCZuC9H.png] Game Roadmap Image Silence of the Siren is a shameless [url=https://www.gog.com/en/game/heroes\_of\_might\_and\_magic\_3\_complete\_edition] Heroe of Might and Magic 3 clone. In fact Sirens has recently renamed itself to Heroes of Science and Fiction , I guess to make it easier to see the link to the Heroes games at a glance from just the title. There is a reason for this, this game is a clone. Now being a clone is not a bad thing. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/867210/Songs\_of\_Conquest/] Songs of Conquest , another Heroes-Like game, actually got a lot of hate for being too far from Heroes3 by the Heroes3 Fans. There is a fine line in making a clone. It can't be exactly the same, but it also can't really be that different either. Songs of Conquest is just too far removed from Heroes3, particularly in the combat, town and magic system, for Heroes3 fans, in all the ways that matter, it is a very different game, but this game..... well it is so overt with being a faithful clone of Heroes3 that it really hits that spot for fans. This is Heroes3, but new. That is not to say that there are not differences. Despite changing the setting to science fiction from fantasy. While much of the game is nearly identical, there are still a load of significant differences. Curiously, and unlike Songs of Conquest , they never make it not feel like Heroes3. One of the big differences is that most items can be stored in the hero's inventory. So imagine in Heroes3 you pick up a chest, you then have a choice of taking XP or Gold. In this game you can simply place it in your inventory to open later. Maybe saving them until you trade them to another low level hero. Most items in the game work like this. There are also ways to modify the world map. Mines can be upgraded to increase output. You can build outposts, and other assorted objects like auto turret or a tower (to clear fog of war), there is a fog of war lol. There are a host of cool new buildings like a training ground, a place to do virtual combats without any attrition to your armies. A building to remove a skill, clearing a slot to fill later. There is a host of other cool things as well. Like a "camping" mode where your hero can hold position and slowly gain XP, even if you never activate them. In fact one of the fun little things about the game is finding these small little tweaks to the way Heroes3 plays. An item that allows you to use the same site a second time in one week is a cool example of this. The unit roster is awesome. As are the neutrals. There are some very new abilities, particularly in the spells, so a new player will need some time to adjust to that, but all in all I think the combat is really fun and satisfying. The GFX look great. I have had a mate say it was a little hard to read the adventure map, but I think that is because the map has the ability to zoom way out. Just zoom into the map a little and I think it is not only very readable, it also looks cool AF. So what we have here is an extremely faithful love letter to Heroes3 in a new unique setting. With some spicy new ideas, but nothing that oversteps the mark and makes this game feel vastly unlike its namesake. Basically if you like Heroes of Might and Magic, particularly Heroes3, this is probably the very best game you could get to capture that same feeling. A feeling that Songs of Conquest or [url=https://thingonitsown.itch.io/heros-hour] Heroes Hour will just not give you. This is a clone of Heroes3, it is not shy about it, and this is one of the reasons the game is so darn good.
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This is a very competent Heroes of Might & Magic clone in a sci-fi setting. The art style is gorgeous, the unit and faction design shows a lot of creativity and the game has a sense of humour. An easy recommendation for any HoMM enthusiast. I like this game even more than Hero's Hour and Songs of Conquest (which you should also check out, if you are looking for other HoMM-likes).
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Clearly a love letter to HoMM3. Shows a lot of promise though there is still work left to do. If you're a fan of Heroes 3 but ran out of content, this is a must-try. If you like sci-fi themed turn based strategy games with RPG elements, again, a must-try. In the 4X genre, this game is more like Heroes 3 than any other, and that's a big compliment. Some constructive criticism (keeping in mind the game is under development): The city soundtracks in this game are on-point, but the overworld and battle tracks leave much to be desired. The Fossorian unique ability is busted, it makes them by far the strongest option in an otherwise fairly balanced game. The AI on the hardest setting is still rather inept (just like in Heroes 3) The idea of the stratosphere is neat, like the Heroes underground area, but it feels underutilized. Overall a lot of fun and well worth the price. Keep it up devs!
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Great game. The only thing I have issues with is that it is impossible to read the red and dark blue text on the black backgrounds. A colorblind version would help.
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I've found this game by accident, tried the demo and bought it. Good chance and good decision. Basically, it uses a tried and tested Heroes III chassis to build upon, ending up (or rather - WILL end up) with something considerably better than everything else that tried to simulate, emulate or downright copy-paste the classic over the years. Even though the game is similar to HoMM in many ways, it's not a clone, it has its own ideas - and they are good ideas too! Even though it's still not finished in terms of content, it's very much playable and enjoyable. Why it's not simply a HoMM copy? First of all - it has its own setting, which manages to be both subtly hilarious and well-thought out. That's no sci-fi, it's more like futuristic fantasy (which by the way the HoMM universe also is, although under cover, but let's not get into that now) with dictatorial militaristic moles, zealous cyber-bugs, over-the-top 80's style humans from the future and so on. The dialogue in the campaign is fun to read. Aesthetically, the creatures are interesting to look at, the animations are nice and the map, although cartoonish in general, is quite readable after you get used to it. The balance seems to be all over the place right now, but that's to be expected. Certain creature abilities are quite original. I love the "artillery" type of units. The "spells"... I can't quite figure out how effective they are yet - some of them seem to do quite a good job, others - not so much. As for the heroes - there's a good range of abilities to choose from and so far they all make some sense, but it looks like each hero is just a portrait and a short background - no specialization (at least I couldn't find any) that would make him/her/it unique gameplay-wise. Maybe this is something, which will be implemented later (hopefully). If you're a potential buyer - at the moment the game has one campaign, some pre-made maps outside of it, 3 playable factions (a fourth one is expected soon, from what I read) and seemingly all, or at least most of its core mechanics in place. From what I've seen, it can easily keep you entertained for at least 40-50 hours with that content alone and that number will raise drastically when other campaigns, factions and so on appear. It's worth it. in short. One suggestion to the devs (apart from the hero specialization mentioned above) - the concept of building support structures on the map is a nice one, but could use some more flavour. The sentry guns for example can't stop anything but the weakest enemy army - why not add an option to upgrade them? Same with the other types of buildings. Also - it will be nice to have the option to build roads. All in all, I'm fairly optimistic that the fully baked game will be a worthy Heroes successor, likely surpassing the upcoming new Heroes game from Ubisoft.
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Heroes of Science and Fiction is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.
Heroes of Science and Fiction is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.
Heroes of Science and Fiction received 309 positive votes out of a total of 332 achieving a rating of 8.56.
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Heroes of Science and Fiction was developed and published by Oxymoron Games.
Heroes of Science and Fiction is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Heroes of Science and Fiction is not playable on MacOS.
Heroes of Science and Fiction is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Heroes of Science and Fiction offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Heroes of Science and Fiction offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There is a DLC available for Heroes of Science and Fiction. Explore additional content available for Heroes of Science and Fiction on Steam.
Heroes of Science and Fiction does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
10
Developer
Oxymoron Games
Publisher
Oxymoron Games
Release
30 Sep 2024
Platforms
Remote Play