Fact: most fictional media takes place on earth. They clearly mean the lore will be shared.

Songs of Conquest is a spiritual successor you might be interested in checking out. I agree HoMM3 is still great to revisit and SoC doesn’t quite scratch the exact same itch but it’s a good way to get more of the same but with some variety keeping it fresh

And no matter how many protectionist measures that the US implements we’re seeing that they’re losing the global competition. I guess protectionism and oligarchy aren’t the best ways to accomplish the stated goals of a capitalist economy. How soon before China is leading in every industry?

good point! and maybe they’ll have refined the system so there are more saving opportunities. I’ll keep an open mind. It was enjoyable otherwise

I see your point but “better” is subjective, especially in a single player game imo. I hope it’s an option. I don’t play every game for the same reasons, and it’s presumptuous to think I need to treat this game as a challenge.

Coupled with the systemic things the article talks about like your clothing having a big impact on the game, I foresee getting frustrated and having to redo large sections of the game because of some systemic interaction that I couldn’t have predicted.

I’ll wait and see, but being able to save any time I want would have let me opt in to those frustrations rather than having them forced upon me.

The article makes it seem as if they kept the outdated consumable-based save system, that’s too bad.

I suspect most people will consider that a bad take still and I agree rationally but I’m emotionally there with you. In the face of powerlessness (at least at the individual level: organize if you can!), schadenfreude is the next best thing (actually the next best thing would be deleted and investigated)

Fascism and business always go hand in hand, did we all forget? This isn’t any different than at other times in history

yes and no, ray tracing still requires decisions about fidelity, the same poor decisions can be made in either rendering system