Songs of Conquest - 1.0 Release - A Worthy Successor to Heroes 3?

[@nathanhajek9039]

I used to play the HOMM3 demo over and over and over. Never got old, always enchanting.

[@Wazgrel]

Finally! Somehow I missed the entire Heroes subgenre throughout the years. Can't wait to try out 1.0!!!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

I can also say this is a really good game - Luke

[@dirtyizzy8566]

same I randomly just came across a twitter post by them , dont follow them and thought it was a phone game ad, glad i looked at their page and found this! homm 2 was one of my fav games growing up this is a mythic random find for me at 4 am LUL

[@LTGamingYoutube]

@wazgrel You won the key draw mate! Are you in the discord?

[@mysticmerlin1297]

So happy to see this project hit 1.0!! Great review

[@plubog]

HoMM3 still the King. I appreciate a lot in this game but it has nowhere near the replay value as Heroes 3

[@DragoonBoom]

Gonna be honest, once you learn how to build around essence and how to build your heroes (theres a hidden fixed passive tree, look it up), it blows homm3 out of the water. I mean it doesn't, the two do their own things really well side by side but there's mechanical depth and complexity where there just isn't in homm3.

[@SpruceBruce8]

For someone who didn't get into HOMM3 until just a few years ago, this looks very exciting and perfect timing!

[@kizzagaming6523]

I'm so exciiiiiited! I absolutely loved HOMM3 (I'm an old head) and nothing has quite replicated it as close as what this game seems to do, I did see some complaints about a few things but to me they somewhat look like potential improvements. Anyway, very excited, can't wait.

[@ahabbota3876]

Nice review. I also feel that this game needs more creatures, especially neutral ones scattered across the map. Spells also feel not powerful enough but I am only dozen hours into game so I do not yet understand the magic system. Anyway, town development and unit distribution in the army slots are very smart and well thought (there are no such thing as placing thousand and thousands of units in one slot, way smarter thing than HoMM's unit distributing).

[@aenima]

Oh how I loved HoMM 2 and 3, really looking forward to this!

[@BlightJJ]

This game actually looks pretty good!

[@bcm-n7244]

This ... feels like the true ovation to heroes 3 .... + the sprinkles and curves that ads itself to the gameplay rezolve many of HEROES 3 problems ... like the 1 HERO ( MAJOR ARMY PROBLEM) + the essence system give such a great choice on the battlefield for supplying your spells with power by choice of attack ... and ofcourse the city building and outpost system feels so great. The story and art ... are another strong point. This is what we needed .... i thank the small team at LAVA POTION for this .. andi repeat i like the fact that they fixed the 1 ONE MAJOR HERO PROBLEM.

[@bcm-n7244]

P.s. we need more.non faction units and dungeons with rewards.

[@sagittariusa9012]

Things that i don't like compared to HoMM3(complete): -Buildings/Buildingspaces, I like the HoMM3 Version much more. The Buildingspaces just look not "natural". HoMM Cities were just much more cinematic. -Limited Armybuilding. I'm not a fan of the limited stacks of each Unit. In the end, it feels like strong units spam is much stronger while in HoMM3 you had just massive low tier Stacks, which also works. -In my opinion, 4 Factions are not enough. Neutral: -Artstyle, I really can't fall in love with it. I'm just not a fan of Pixelart. Maps look still good, but not the Units/"Heroes" Positiv: -Magic System, It feels nice to generate "Mana"(Essence) with Units. Still hope there will be more Spells and i also agree that some of them are just boring. Still positiv for me. -Works on Steam Deck (And yes, I know you can also make HoMM3 work on Steam deck) :) -Significantly better accessibility Overall I like it. Didn't play the campaigns much so can't say anything about it. That also includes HoMM3 campaign, I always played random maps :)

[@BunnyBun11]

This game looks absolutely beautiful! Can't wait to dip my toes into it! 🎉

[@Paramour1701]

Thank you for such a generous giveaway! HOMM3 is easily in my Top 3 of all-time and this looks like it'll finally scratch that long-awaited itch!

[@illu45]

As an old HoMM 3 fan, this looks really interesting! Definitely on my list!

[@TECC73]

I supported the game/developer during the early access phase by purchasing the game. I only took a brief look at it then, and now I'm finally ready to play it fully with the 1.0 release.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Yes same I bought upon release as it looked such a cool project, enjoy it mate! - Tom

[@TECC73]

@@LTGamingKZbin I will, thanks 😃

[@rosskelly4618]

Love the art style looks so slick . Great review

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Much appreciated mate! - Tom

[@evilmanmark]

Always been fond of nostalgic projects like this, these games are pure love letters to the gaming community. Was interested to see a review or anything like such on this game, and I appreciated your take on it!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Cheers mate, much appreciated - Tom

[@sunekoo]

Been playing this in early access for a while it’s really fun

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Agreed, I love it! - Tom

[@samihamouri]

this brings back so much memories! cant wait to try it!

[@shellyhorse]

Awesome review! Was looking looking for a review for 1.0 and this did the trick

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Glad I could help!

[@jonny5_]

The clean art style is excellent and the heroes-style fun will be immersive! Nice review!

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thank you kindly! - Tom

[@trax1794]

Love this game, happy it is back on the channel.

[@davecooke4631]

Thanks for the great review! I have been sitting on the fence with this one for quite a while, and I have been waiting for the post 1.0 reviews before I took the plunge... I appreciate the opportunity to win a free copy! Keep up the good work! :)

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thanks for the kind words! - Tom

[@rjlarry8865]

Well Thought out review, explained in detail to even those not curently gaming in this Genre.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thank you mate - Tom

[@collinedwardsjr5542]

definitely looking to check this out at some point

[@banjothefox9263]

Goddamn this looks so good, I normally don't like grid based games but this looks really promising.

[@overlordpe3066]

Im huge Heroes fan...will look into this,looks promising

[@LordJaroh]

I still have HOMM3 Complete on my computer. Love the game, and none of the sequels have managed to capture the charm of it. I hadn't even heard of this game until I saw this video, and I definitely will be buying it once I get a job again, heh (being laid off for a couple of months puts a strain on funds, that's for sure).

[@thegreycount]

Finally a 1.0 release, an excellent review on an excellent game 😊

[@StreetFighter2142]

I have been watching this game for a while now. Just reminds me soo much to my HOMM 3 days

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Agreed I love it - Tom

[@Anthony-fr5fy]

Game looks really interesting, excited to play it

[@leonardovillane1109]

This game looks very good! Can't wait to try multiplayer with friends

[@dobermann1068]

Very good video, keep up doing them! I really liked Heroes 3 and wanted a spiritual successor for a long time.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Same here and I think with the community generated content this could be an immense game - Tom

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Hey mate you won a key! I will contact you in the discord!

[@dobermann1068]

@@LTGamingKZbin Amazing, thanks :)

[@neutralside1]

I'm a hardcore heroes 3 fan so I'll definitely give it a chance! great video tho :)

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Cheers bud, if you like H3 you will connect with it - Tom

[@saltypeanut__sunny]

This game looks amazing! Can't wait to play it. Awesome review

[@LinkinParkForever18]

Thanks for the ending summary! It really helps us with shorter attention spans! 😂😂😂

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Happy to be of service mate! - Tom

[@Spruehwuerstl]

Even the SP is surprisingly good in this game! Did not expect such a good story :)

[@michaelmaddox8801]

Looks exciting! How are the random maps? What software did you use to create your video with? thanks

[@rico2615]

I loved hero3, and this game looks pretty good

[@ezunino1711]

i've been playing a lot lately, i thought the same of the magic system, and i still agree specially on offensive spells, they do close to no damage, but the buffs are gamechangers, specially stacking defensive one, you can make a weak lvl 1 unit tank everything with a couple of buffs, sure you still need to generate a lot of essence,

[@DragoonBoom]

Offensive spells absolutely do work, you just need to build around it. It's about building the right team composition so you can cast your offensive spell every 1-2 turns, then stacking spell damage bonuses. Stuff like magic level/damage skills and the innate bonuses that some heroes have is key to utilising it well. Add equipment that boosts your spell damage on top of that and you'll be unstoppable... so long as the enemy team doesn't have any heroes with magic resist. If you rush it with the right wielders, you can absolutely break the game by defeating enemies far larger than your army. Buffs and unit-based skills require your army to be strong; damage spells only require single unit stacks to generate essence.

[@Joeeye123]

I wish they'd bring these games to android. Such a great game to play on a tablet.

[@Choooobo]

Heroes 3 had underground world, outside of the "normal" world on maps. Do you think the lack of this feature hurts Songs of Conquest gameplay?

[@DragoonBoom]

I'd say the underground world is one of those things that made homm3 clunky and annoying to play, alongside boats. I'm glad it's gone tbh but others may feel differently.

[@Choooobo]

@@DragoonBoom I agree with boats - annoying as hell, they should have been revamped by fans. Yet, I partialy disagree with your underground statement, based of experience in HoMM 3 & 5 and Age of Wonders. Underworld expands the map further and give "z" parameter to "xy" game. You need more strategy, because you need to stay alert due to fog of war in a region close to you that you haven't got time to explore... yet. Outside of campaign, most maps uses this mechanic badly, and the feeling is mostly clunky and annoying. But, in this game, you don't have main hero but main heroes. You could defend few different side of your region. I think that would be somewhat interesting.

[@King_Cosmic]

Great review, thank you.

[@I_am_Locutus_of_Borg]

A very nice game with good support from the devs, I like it! Thanks :) I'm really not into pixel art but this is an exception, it's just beautiful. I agree with your criticism though, let's hope the devs will keep improving this gem.

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Thanks for the comment mate. I agree it is a great looking game and excited to see it continue to develop. - Tom

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Hey mate you won a key. You in the discord?

[@I_am_Locutus_of_Borg]

@@LTGamingKZbin Wow, nice! I'm not but I can join. Thanks! Edit: Done, name's "Locutus" :)

[@galiskner7497]

This looks amazing!

[@BiscuitBoi936]

Yeah I got HoMM vibes the minute I saw this. Hope payday comes soon I really fancy this one!

[@randomhuman4405]

"We need more creatures, because it will enchanse the game's balance" Even a little bit more creatures cause tons of new balance issues (graph theory), this is why to top competitive games, like chess and StarCraft have the least amount of different units.

[@lilgio111]

Long Live the King!!

[@PsychCaptain]

Really, I felt like Heroes 5 was a worthy successful for Heroes 3. Especially Tribes of the North

[@cerealkillo2813]

been waiting for this to leave early access.

[@George-gp2vt]

I really dig the art style and wondering how the game is in an ultra wide monitor?

[@LTGamingYoutube]

It looks great!

[@michup86]

Long live the King.

[@00HoODBoy]

looks fantastic

[@MultiFallguy]

How is the AI? Is there a challenge or are they predictive and sometimes illogical?

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Much improved, makes better decisions and now seven difficulties to choose from. - Tom

[@corbla]

The game is soooooo pretty

[@ElcomeSoft]

It looked good in early EA so I picked it up and ended up refunding it quite quickly, which is a shame. Reading through the updates over the years, I just never saw it getting any closer to something that I wanted.

[@TheRojoLobo]

Hyped for songs of conquest. Hope I win

[@angelgonzalezboix7883]

hi, Will the game have new factions in the future?

[@Harashique]

Looks great

[@FilmGamerHUN]

PLay against a Magic based wielder HUman player and you will see magic is OP

[@johnjr90]

This game looks amazing

[@guyrose2239]

Put simply … jolly good review 👍🏻❤️🐸

[@mayaicydragonbreath]

the game looks really amazing and fun :3

[@duaneclark7108]

The pixel art is too pixelated imo but each to his own

[@OrangeNash]

Yep. Got it because it does look pretty. But found the chunky pixellation makes the map difficult to scan and hard to play. Check out a screen shot of HOMM2 or even HOMM1 next to SOC and you see the older games are far less pixelated and make the map so much easier to read. I suspect a fair few people will buy it, attracted to the art style, then give it up after just a few hours and go back ot HOMM 1 - 4 as they all have far more content and are more playable. And 2- 4 look as good, better IMHO.

[@wilandersantana4864]

First time seem the this game, it look great

[@Gaze73]

Why didn't they buff spells? I've been hearing problems about them 2 years ago. That's what early access is for.

[@JP-dc4zm]

I bought this in early access but hardly played it due to the lack of a Wait feature in combat punishing units with high initiative and the wonky Magic system didn't allow spell use until later rounds in combat (at least in early game).

[@bauboshelis]

so LT gaming Lt stands for? did they upgraded Ai or is it still 3 yo level ? :) other than that really hope this game does well

[@flowerfairy6196]

In fact，many players believe the AI of this game is too high

[@LTGamingYoutube]

Luke & Tom - LT Gaming

[@LTGamingYoutube]

It has been improved quite a bit and now there are seven difficulty levels. LT = Luke & Tom, our names 😁

[@bauboshelis]

It looks like time to get back to the game 👍

[@Ealaniel]

I dont understand why people are so excited about this pixelart style. To me, it just looks like a game from the last century. Why not make pretty graphics like in Age of Wonders 3? Is it much harder to do or is it a deliberate choice to make it look old and pixellated?

[@DragoonBoom]

Man you couldn't be more wrong about spells lacking impact, it's likely you haven't figured out how to utilise them yet... SO the way you use spells properly is to create a team composition that maximises the gain of one or two essences while levelling up the hero skills for them. That way you get to consistently cast the spells of those colours every turn, multiple times per turn if they're cheap enough (this is the big difference between homm3 and SoC, multiple spell casts per turn). If you know what you're doing, you can absolutely break the game in half or hard counter otherwise strong compositions.

[@GENESIS.50-20]

What a great game this is . Takes me back alot of years . Playing ps5 and runs perfect.

[@prosteteddys]

no new faction? yikes

[@diggerocean2000]

Not impressed with the rollout at this time. It lacks the finish its predecessors had. They were significantly better games.

[@sybmike]

Being as good as Heroes 3 isn't really that big a challenge. The question is whether it is as good as Heroes 5.