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fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine

50 points tosh 2 hours ago 18 comments

imeanwhatdoikno 1 hour ago | parent

Thank you (edit: and/or devs) for doing this! HOMM2 was amazing

cyrusmg 1 hour ago | parent

Oh, I loved HOMAM 3 - and this made me google a bit and there is also an engine for it for Linux: https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi

quibono 52 minutes ago | parent

For HOMAM3 there’s also the amazing HotA: https://h3hota.com/en/documentation

aidanhs 32 minutes ago | parent

I also loved 3, "Songs of Conquest" has been an enjoyable spiritual successor for me recently even if the base game is quite limited on factions and a number of mechanics differ. I'm also keeping an eye on "Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era" when it eventually releases.

Kuxe 16 minutes ago | parent

VCMI is also available for Android. Mod support. New factions. Not that the depth or homm3 leaves anything to be desired, but it's really fun nonetheless to try new stuff :)

Kalanos 54 minutes ago | parent

how can i play multiplayer online?

loglog 51 minutes ago | parent

The added features look like a comprehensive back port of Heroes 3.

quibono 49 minutes ago | parent

Not quite HOMAM2 but.

I have such fond memories of HOMAM3 and playing it in hot seat mode as a kid.

Interestingly the game is still massively popular in ex-Warsaw Pact countries. Although I think it’s having a resurgence in the US too.

skolos 42 minutes ago | parent

Interesting that this is on front page. I thought HOMM is quite niche right now. I'm still spending some time on HOMM3 and recently created mcp for Claude Code (with opus 5.5) to play it - you can look at short playthrough here: https://www.youtube.com/live/uU-vvTOZFQY

It is not good at it! And very slow! I tried to improve, teach strategies, write some analysis scripts, etc. Did not help much.

txdv 33 minutes ago | parent

I think HOMM2/3 is pretty well known to mid thirties.

nicce 27 minutes ago | parent

The best games when you were around 10-12 years old.

Waterluvian 32 minutes ago | parent

There’s not one but two major HOMM games in late development right now.

sgt 20 minutes ago | parent

I see a lot of people doing recreations of games (or simply new ones) but I've noticed that there's just some ick-factor (hard to explain), in addition to performance issues, and just plain old bugs.

It's amazing what can be built using vibe-coding, but it still feels far away from actually being able to create proper games with soul.

Or am I wrong?

futune 11 minutes ago | parent

I'm not sure if meant to ask if this project is an ai-recreation. I just wanted to say that the fheroes2 project is much older than that. I was playing with it during covid (if I remember right).

I suppose it's possible that they have changed development practices recently, but I think you can probably enjoy it without guilt if that worries you!

trollbridge 7 minutes ago | parent

fheroes2 predates the era of vibed AI recreations which get abandoned in a week or two.

RivieraKid 37 minutes ago | parent

I wish someone would create new faction.