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Erathia restored
19 years ago
"I have to ask you the same question people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back? Forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems, at home."
Well, after one last long session, I've finally finished the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 campaign.
Ironically, despite the time I put into it (mostly character-building since I could carry the same heroes on) on the last couple scenarios, the final scenario was a bit anti-climactic. Frankly that whole final section of the campaign was a bit anti-climactic difficulty-wise compared to a couple of the previous ones.
You start out on a medium-size map, with three partially-built cities to their two. I had most of the rest of the structures finished by the end of Week 1.(Though they were about as far along too.)
Two of my three "main" heroes from the previous two scenarios were what really clinched it in a way. One of them had a specialty that made him move very fast overworld, and the other had a spell that with his skills allowed him to teleport between any of my cities.
On the third week the computer was starting to poke its nose into my territory, at the same time I decided to take my Rampart(think elves and forest critters) ramrod and shove it up their cities. Blew through the token garrison, and took the city the next day.
I've got no clue where the rest of the computer's forces were, because after a day to consolidate, and one more day where I ran out of movement just short, I had its remaining city as well, and it never counterattacked either of them. I only ever saw two heroes on the surface during that time, when I know there were at least three or four.
In the end, all I saw within the week, before it lost due to lack of cities, was a single attack against one of my original cities. That ended up soundly defeated thanks to a warped-in battle force by my secondary hero. It was kind of disappointing since I know there was a stronger force out there somewhere.
On the upside, the ending movie had a very nice twist to it. Very ironic, but fun.
... and strangely I never noticed how Erathia is a play on the word Earth before now. o.o
Ironically, despite the time I put into it (mostly character-building since I could carry the same heroes on) on the last couple scenarios, the final scenario was a bit anti-climactic. Frankly that whole final section of the campaign was a bit anti-climactic difficulty-wise compared to a couple of the previous ones.
You start out on a medium-size map, with three partially-built cities to their two. I had most of the rest of the structures finished by the end of Week 1.(Though they were about as far along too.)
Two of my three "main" heroes from the previous two scenarios were what really clinched it in a way. One of them had a specialty that made him move very fast overworld, and the other had a spell that with his skills allowed him to teleport between any of my cities.
On the third week the computer was starting to poke its nose into my territory, at the same time I decided to take my Rampart(think elves and forest critters) ramrod and shove it up their cities. Blew through the token garrison, and took the city the next day.
I've got no clue where the rest of the computer's forces were, because after a day to consolidate, and one more day where I ran out of movement just short, I had its remaining city as well, and it never counterattacked either of them. I only ever saw two heroes on the surface during that time, when I know there were at least three or four.
In the end, all I saw within the week, before it lost due to lack of cities, was a single attack against one of my original cities. That ended up soundly defeated thanks to a warped-in battle force by my secondary hero. It was kind of disappointing since I know there was a stronger force out there somewhere.
On the upside, the ending movie had a very nice twist to it. Very ironic, but fun.
... and strangely I never noticed how Erathia is a play on the word Earth before now. o.o
"No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes, and - all of this - all of this - was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars."
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Unluckily(or luckily ;3) I don't have the expansions, so it can't suck any more of my time up. On the other hand I do have unfinished Oblivion business if I ever get back to that....