Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era - Exploration and Combat Preview

Take a look at an early build of the upcoming Heroes of MIght and Magic: Olden Era, showcasing the overworld map and a little combat between the Humans and Undead factions. What's your opinion on this new art style?

Since these videos did not come with music, I used HOMM 3 music, by Paul Romero. Footage provided by Ubisoft. Footage is from an early build and is not representative of the final product.

Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era is coming to PC in Q2 2025.

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[oskarbabel]

Huge yes for going back to heroes 3 style... So many years it takes them to understand...

[Spectans]

The 1st thing that ppl will do with this game is modding it with Romeros music genius.

[SvenS]

When this comes out I'm so gonna mod HoMM3 and HoMM4 music into it <3

[petervlcko]

I like so far, I am at 3 min mark, that map looks like paper and has burned edges how you progress to reveal into new territory. Touches like this make soothing experience during play. Nice

[toramaru]

guys please read description, UBISOFT DONT provide ANY music in this play, someone else did omg. try reading before saying missleading stuff.

[brotherandythesage]

WOW!!! Please don't forget to include hot seat multiplayer!

[emdeeee]

This is amazing, so happy right now! I thought this would never happen, thank you!
I really hope that we can see a few more factions.

[Forioous]

Looks like HOMM3 and HOMM 5 with some mechanic from newest Heroes. Graphic style is great for me, love it! Cannot wait for release!

[jdpillar]

I would play the hell out of this. Looks so good. The HoMM3 music works so well too.

[mandatorycorpaccount]

Exploration looks pretty neat. But there's still some improvements that could be made. For example it was hard to tell at a glance if a structure was captured or not (e.g. the coal mine in the beginging - a tree was hiding the flag, and many more instances like that)

[BigdaddyDalaodie]

I'm not a big fan of the art style, but if the gameplay aspect is good, I could accept it.

[TheLeaderr]

good old memories...spent hundreds of hours playing HoMM 3 :D... will surely buy it once it comes out!

[gergelygergely]

Please Ubisoft and Unfrozen make a plenty of contents after the release of this fantastic game! The Heroes fans all over the world want plenty of factions, plenty of creatures and plenty of maps and excellent stories of the campaigns.

[orbitaljunkie]

As a huge HoMM3 fan, I love this art style (and the use of classic music) - that said, I jumped back and forth between the video and H3 and one thing I really appreciate in the older games is the vibrancy of the colors, but that could also be Youtube compression. The second terrain/decoration art looks a bit washed out, if I was to nitpick.

[lusians]

everything looked good tough I hope flags showing mines ownership will be little more visible. 1:02 is good example of lacking visibility of said mines ownership

[Brodsmoler]

Looks good, but I find it a bit soulless? I think what made HOMM3 and older games so great was the best graphics available: our imagination. Paired with the music and those mysterious sounds, it created an immersive experience powered by our minds. I love the old sounds, like the Resurrection spell—a raw sound that feels like it's tearing through the fabric of time.

[MyGavric]

they should add Heroes Orchestra concerts into soundtrack

[breemstone]

Been playing HOMM3 for almost 25 years... actually just finished a match this evening with my brother and a few mates. The HD version on steam is outstanding. The art style and everything else is just perfect. Even though it's old and outdated, the realistic look is what helped it stand the test of time. Stick to that formula and you can't go wrong. It's what we all fell in love with, for a reason.

A remake which stays true to the source material would be a guaranteed win. Like those UE5 town showcase videos on YouTube. That.... That's what we need please.... 🙏

[mehenra]

It is nice to see them going back on some aspects, the battle feels more like homm3 compared to homm4+. Although i was never a fan of the world of warcraft type art style. Would be nice if they would emulate the homm3 art style as close as possible.

[jkhee]

Looks nice and clean, which is what I was hoping. If only they would add in a 3-5X combat/exploration speed.