"Heroes of Might and Magic: Dynasty" review: The highest degree of restoration heroes invincible mobile game

Compared to the adrenaline rush brought by the head shot in FPS games and the blood rush of Moba games with a set of skills to kill opponents, strategy games often require players to invest more energy and time to get the same positive feedback. High barriers to entry, complex game systems such as technology trees, etc., also discourage many players, which also leads to the number of players in strategy games is always in a state of low.
In addition, the number of players in strategy games is not large enough, and most of them are real-time strategy games (RTS), compared to the longer game cycle, more complex mechanics of turn-based strategy (TBS) games are smaller. But there is no denying that turn-based strategy games with a variety of mechanics are very durable, and players can enjoy the experience of strategetic control in one of them. Also because of the characteristics of TBS game consumption time and variety of gameplay, it has extended the "Civilization" series of "next hundred million rounds" and "shooting P club players are not wronged" and other subcultures.
There are many classic games under the category of strategy games, and today, the mobile game market is becoming larger and larger, many old IP is also revitalized in the new platform, such as Heroes of Might and Magic: Dynasty (hereinafter referred to as HOMAMD) This mobile game is authorized by Ubisoft and independently developed by Dragon Map Games.

This game inherits the world view of the HOMAM series products, and combines SLG play with turn-based battle chess, so that players can feel the charm of the ever-changing battlefield while devising strategies.
A highly restored version of the HOMAM series
After entering the game, players need to choose forces to fight in the world of HOMAMD. The current version of the game only opens two forces, namely the Church and the dungeon, and the stronghold forces are temporarily locked. If you have played the "HOMAM" series of players to see these races must not be unfamiliar, these three forces are basically 5/6/7 generation of the protagonist.
After the selection of the forces is the novice teaching level, which leads to the main story of HOMAMD, which is based on the HOMAM world view - in the world of Ashan, the blood moon comes, and the demons who have been sealed for a long time escape from the Sheogo prison and destroy it all around; The player will take the role of a Lord who has just arrived on the Eakin Peninsula, growing his city and army to fend off evil attacks, and fighting with various lords for domination of the peninsula.
In the teaching level, we can learn that Heroes of Might and Magic: Dynasty restores the most popular strategy play of HOMAM products - the layout round at the beginning, and players need to match their own lineup: For example, the placement of troops, the proportion of arms, etc., after the battle begins, it is a classic turn-based battle chess gameplay.
Players can use the setting of obstacles in the map to defend key gaps and block the opponent's march route, with heroes such as Christian's active skills and sentry skills can greatly improve the defense of the troops, thus providing a safe output environment for the long-range troops in the back row, and the range of the long-range troops is enough to make its opening to the enemy back row.
Secondly, highly mobile forces such as Griffins and angels can directly cross obstacles to attack the opponent's defense line, and the active skills of griffins can allow them to fly out of the map and carry out devastating attacks on the enemy's back row while ensuring their own safety.

"HOMAMD" in the game of chess is very faithful to restore the "HOMAM" series of fun, players can develop different strategies according to the attributes and skills of different arms, the playability of various combinations of arms is completely insufficient to express the text, only in the game to experience the pleasure of victory through platoon formation.
In the following exploration of the game, I found that HOMAMD actually restored many elements of HOMAM in detail. The most intuitive performance in the game is that the two forces click to send the hero role Christian and Sinita are seven generations of the role, in addition to the players in the selection of their own avatar will find that these characters are actually highly restored to the "HOMAM" series of major forces in the classic hero role.
In addition to inherits the mediｅｖａｌ Western magical realism style of the series in the overall picture, the game also restores the subtle aspects of the character painting style.
A dizzying mix of multi-dimensional strategies
HOMAMD's gameplay mechanics can be said to be very complex, first of all, different forces in the game will have different special boosts, such as Church troops have health, gold production, healing speed bonuses; Dungeon has mobile troop health, ore collection speed, medical tent capacity bonus. And each force has up to 7 types of soldiers to recruit, each force has 14 different basic attributes, how to combine these forces to break out the most powerful combat is worth studying for each player.
The second is the match of heroes and troops in the game, each hero has an active skill and three passive skills, and each arm also has an active and passive skill, according to the different positioning of the hero can be formed for different situations. For example, Christian made his troops very suitable for garrisoning due to his own skills, and the defense line formed by the guard swordsmen and other skilled or high defense troops was impregnable.
At the same time, you can also use magic scrolls to unleash magic in battle, dealing damage to enemies or providing benefits to your own side.

However, these are just the tip of the iceberg in the complex gameplay of HOMAMD, and the talent points gained by each hero upgrade allow players to improve the hero's abilities through the talent tree, and in the building, the overall strength of the army can be improved by lighting up the technology tree. When I looked at the talent tree and the technology tree over and over again, I saw the word from inside, and there were two words written all over the page - hardcore!


However, it is also the much more complex mechanism support than other SLG mobile games, so that HOMAMD has the capital to develop a variety of gameplay SAO routine. Some players may see these complex designs will be a big headache, but for HOMAMIP users and players who like strategy games, the brain of war chess strategy and SLG war strategy gameplay will bring them a steady stream of fun and pleasure, and enjoy their creativity. Although the various mechanics of HOMAMD are somewhat complex for SLG mobile games, for players of the HOMAM series, this is the degree of restoration they want.
Too hardcore for new players
Having said the advantages of HOMAMD, let's talk about its disadvantages.
Obviously, if you haven't played the HOMAM series, you probably don't know what the story is. Although HOMAMD has compressed the huge world view into the story of demons breaking free, players united various races to resist demons, and series players may be able to smile when they see familiar characters, but for new players, it is still a little difficult to understand the bonds between these forces, characters, and arms.
In the case of other games to try to simplify the mechanism, "HOMAMD" in the opposite direction, on the basis of SLG strategy play, but also increased the "HOMAM" classic brain-burning battle chess play and a wide variety of arms matching strategy. For new players, it takes a lot of time to get to know the game, and perhaps many new players will be dissuaded in this way.
Sum up
Overall, HOMAMD's restoration is excellent, and the core gameplay of the HOMAM series has not been lost in the combination of mobile play methods. Although in the current SLG mobile game market, "HOMAMD" looks a little retro, but when the game mechanism is improved and the official version is launched, I believe that its playability and fun level will not be lost to any SLG mobile game.