“Heroes of Destroyed Empires” is a strategy inreal time from the developers of the cult "Stalker". This game was released in 2006 only on personal computers. Acquainted with the strategy, you can understand what the Ukrainian studio was doing until the release of their main project. In this article, read the full review of the game.
History of creation
In those days, nothing was expected of GSCspecial in terms of releasing good games. While the issue with the release and development of "Stalker" was in limbo, the studio decided to release its own strategy. The forecasts for the project were dubious - in the European region it was planned to sell no more than 60 thousand copies of the game.
The strategy was based on the series of heroesDestroyed Empires: Blood Magic ”by Ilya Novak. He also took part in writing a full-fledged script for this game. Because of this, many were skeptical about the future strategy. However, success in a game depends not only on the history, but also on the game mechanics, gameplay, and so on. Therefore, the strategy turned out better than anyone could have imagined.
What is the game about?
Although the project turned out better than all expectations,Most of the promised innovations and opportunities were not implemented by the developers in the final version. The player will choose one of four races: elves, cryo, gnomes or undead. Each side has its own characteristics and abilities. Because of this, for all races, you have to choose different strategies and styles of play. For example, playing for the undead, it is preferable to take the enemy quantity. Elves prefer stealth and contactless combat, gnomes - craftsmen in dealing with weapons, and the gang of cryo prefers to deal with enemies with the help of fighting animals and communication with nature. In each race, there are three initial characters that form the backbone of your squad throughout the passage.
The game "Heroes of Destroyed Empires" does not offernothing new to the genre. It is all ordinary and as old as the world. All divisions into races, characteristics, etc. under the net are copied from older strategies. Was it worth the GSC studio talking so loudly about innovations in the genre and the revolutionary mixing of the RTS and RPG? Most likely no.
Plot
The whole story revolves around the first three books.Novak. In theory, the developers planned to create a whole franchise in this universe, but due to the low popularity they were forced to abandon this venture. In addition, after the strategy was released, the company plunged headlong into the Stalker.
The story is a banal fantasya fairy tale. Confronting the good with the bad leads the world almost to death. It is the player who will decide the fate of the world and choose the side that is preferable to him. The whole plot is filled with stamps. However, the claim is not to present to the developers of the game, but to the writers and the author of a series of books.
Unfulfilled promises
The developers of the game “Heroes of Destroyed Empires” persistently convinced the entire gaming community that their game would be one of the most innovative in the genre. What did we get in the end? Consider in order.
The first thing the creators promised was an interesting one.a mixture of genres RTS and RPG. In fact, players got a set of borrowed ideas from other projects. All the so-called innovations were present and were successfully implemented in SpellForce.
Secondly, the developers promised fullterraforming (changing the landscape of the map). In the release version, everything was pretty sad. Terraforming in the game works as follows. For each race there is a special type of landscape. When the base is established in a new place, over time the earth begins to acquire a characteristic shape and shade. At this all changes at their discretion in the game end.
Passage
In the game "Heroes of Destroyed Empires" you willPass 15 missions. Among them will come across as interesting and dynamic tasks, and prolonged. The story is served between quests and tasks in the form of pictures with inscriptions. The artists who worked on the project, tried hard. The design of the game was very colorful and elaborate.
By gameplay and interesting strategy"Heroes of the destroyed empires" constantly sags. Bleeding characters is nothing curious. It seems that the creators tried to make the development system as simple as possible and overdone. The development in the game turned out to be absolutely uninteresting.
The result
However, in one game was good.This strategy is the first domestic project in a long time, in which you can spend time without tears. And the game is good from a nostalgic point of view. Unfortunately, it did not come to the project "Heroes of Destroyed Empires 2". Perhaps, in the new part, the developers would correct the errors, however, no one will return to this series. Studio GSC broke up after the release of the three parts of the "Stalker", and the rest of the domestic igroprom is engaged in all things, but not the revival of good and classic series of favorite projects and universes.
