Meh?
another day another bundle - hell no, not this one :-D
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Only 500 bundles sold in 15 minutes. Need I say more? :D
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That 'more games coming soon' is going to have to turn out to be pretty spectacular for me to buy this one...
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I have the Heroes V collection (every HOMM 1,2,3,4,5+ all expansions) and I would buy it again just to support 3DO, but 3DO is no more, so I wouldn't
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For god sake, why Ubisoft didn't give both Steam and ushit keys for this bundle? Even EA gives both keys for games in their bundle
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not true. most keys were for origin, not steam.
and this one is worth it only if it will get the H5 expenasions
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[1] EA was smart enough to give mostly Steam (in addition to Origin) keys in their 1st bundle.
[2] EA was also smart enough to give all the money to charity to convince even those who don't like them.
[3] Even EA is not Ubisoft (but close).
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So you can play the games while running two clients at once? Smart thinking =))
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lol@Mastery
I always think the same,why do people demand to have games on steam that will require Uplay or other to run,you still have to have the other client installed and running just to play it.
I do give credit to Social Club at least now it launches with each game so no need to have it open like you use to just to play.
If people want it on Steam that is fine,i just find it silly to run two clients for one game just for the sake of having it on steam.Just more clutter and junk running in the background.
Sometimes though it can not be helped as some times it is on sale for steam key,but still need uplay but usually in that case i just run it from Uplay.
Anyhow back to the topic of games,i can not say either way on this bundle as i do not like the games nor do i play them so i do not know how good they are.
Maybe the next bundle will be one i like but only time will tell
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No thanks, i don't need more games on U(CAN'T)play. I already have GOG versions of most of the older ones, HoMM 6 is crap and Legacy looks disappointing.
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The sad thing is 'Heroes 6' was the closest to 'Heroes 3' feeling-wise.
Well, maybe 7 will be worth something. I still won't get it on UPlay, but maybe on GOG or something.
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Uhm i don't know, i don't see it that way. It was the most dumbed-down of the lot. I'd say HoMM 5 is so far the best one since 3 and the closest to it in terms of gameplay.
As for 7 i have absolutely 0 expectations for it and from what i'v seen i might skip it entirely since it would probably only serve to make me hate Ubisoft even more for running this great franchise into the ground. If only they'd not tried to fuck over Nival after HoMM 5.... oh well...
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Are you sure "Might & Magic Heroes VI - Gold Edition (Steam)" gives a Steam key ? It looks like an Uplay logo to me ...
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Yeah, because everyone loves monopolies that can force things like paid mods on consumers!
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You'd still have to use uPlay to play most of these games even if they were for Steam.
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I recently posted a thread about trying to open things up more and there wasn't much response. Unfortunately, I think services like Uplay and Origin - which exist primarily for the benefit of Ubi/EA - have put people off the idea of other potential, genuine alternatives to Steam.
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LOL, there are people who absolutely never gonna be happy about anything. xD
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Have you actually read the announcement? It's pretty clear from it that the paid mods idea is not dead.
Skyrim was probably not the right place to start iterating. We think this made us miss the mark pretty badly, even though we believe there's a useful feature somewhere here.
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Honestly Skyrim is one of the only games this could have worked on. Big, open world game with a built-in SDK. I honestly can't think of a good candidate for this system unless people start making games specifically for paid-for mods.
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Well, sure, which is why the next Elder Scrolls will have paid mods from the outset. Unfortunately.
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They gave up from paid mods because of people protesting against that.
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That's funny. Just causually reading what people had to say about Might and Magic to see if it's worth it and BAM! a funny comment out of no where. Good stuff, my friend. Good stuff.
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I'm not really a fan of monopolies, so a good competitor to Steam would be welcome. However, uPlay isn't a good competitor in my opinion.
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why??
i mean, really H6 was fun (have it on steam and still Uplay)
waiting for H7, but won't pay 50$ for beta.
this bundle? if it has all H5 expension i will buy it.
i promist to give yo H6 if i do, so you can try. deal?
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I bought it. Had two of the BTA games on my wishlist. Only realized after buying that most of it is Uplay. Welp :'(
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Actually I went ahead and decided to ask HumbleBundle to refund me this bundle, as Uplay really sucks.
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When clicking the support button it was the top comment in the Top 20 FAQ
Worth a try, I thought.
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If the one you were interested on is VI, then, unfortunately, even if you get a Steam version at some point it requires Uplay so for that particular game at least, it's the same thing since the Steam version launches Uplay.
Good luck with the refund! Just in case you don't succeed, at least I haven't had any problems with them on Uplay (except once ages ago that I lost a save, but I've had that happen with Steam Cloud, too).
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I wish they'd give GOG keys in addition to the uPlay keys.
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Might & Magic Heroes VI - Gold Edition (Steam)
Your thread is incorrect. The title is listed as uPlay only.
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Tier 1 is a great buy for me - I won everything from tier 2, M&M X would be intresting, but not 15-$-intresting :D
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MacGameStore has had the deluxe edition on sale for $5 many times. It's for Steam and comes with M&M6.
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Thanks for the info, seems like I need to follow another store in the future :P
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It doesn't say it includes H6 in any form/version/platform.
Optional steam key :-)
What I don't know is if Might and Magic games are on steam as a link to upla or they're any better.
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I didn't mean Heroes VI. Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven is the game I was talking about.
M&M X still uses uPlay on Steam.
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Still, doesn't say it's included.
What I mean is, if activating on steam, the only thing that does is loading it on uplay and losing all the features on steam: screenshots, videos, community with shift tab, achievements, inviting to users to play with you,... then it's pointless to activate on steam.
Trying to figure out if it's better to purchase it inside steam or just add a link manually to uplay.
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The Steam store page for M&M X mentions the free M&M VI in the Deluxe Edition.
Don't know about the other M&M games, but M&M X doesn't have Steam achievements. All other Steam features should work fine though with the exception of inviting others to play with you, which is impossible since it's a single player game.
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If Heroes III HD would only be in the low tier or a cheaper BTA... I own all the other games, Uplay is a damn mess of a service I'd stay away from it.
One of my favorite franchises, many great games - wrong platform and too high prices.
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no. i love H3. spent hours on it.
but the HD remake is crap. they did nothing. and worse, it's only the vanille. buy the gold edition from GOG with the HD patch and be done with it.
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I know H3 HD is shit, and no expansions too. It's just my OCD that I need to own ALL the might and magic games on Steam :3
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+1.
@Laptoprocker, even if the game is on HB, its always better to read the reviews.
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Ubi knew what they were doing when they put Homm3 in the highest tier I am sure.
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oh... Lucky I didn't buy it yet and I have found this topic right in time... THANKS!
I don't have uplay and generaly not wishing to change it for the place of steam... I thought those are steam keys...
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So much hate towards uplay... Have you even use it lately?
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GF used it on last saturday - and she's still having problem connecting to cloud to update her rayman saves. Been 2 months since she got error for the 1st time, got reply they're working on it and ticket closed. Nothing fixed so far, each run of game starts with the same error and in case we llost local save files all progress will be lost.
Indeed, so much ignorance.
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I'm not saying it's perfect but we know well enough that numerous people love talking shit about Origin/UPlay just for the sake of shit talking. UPlay has come a long way and it's better than before, that's for sure. And connection/server errors happen even on Steam.
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idk what you know, but I know that UP is still utter shit ;p First of all it's not some connection/server problem. It's continuous error that appears every time she launches the game (she plays it 2-3 times a week) for over 2 months. Not connecting to cloud, not registering personal records, achievments and saves. If it's connection/server error it means that server that is responsible for it must be offline for over 2 months... With all Steam-goes-offline errors I don't remember it being offline for longer than a day ;p
Going on - UP is horribly optimized, even after recent updates (yay, it no longer eats 75% of CPU usage just for launching it leaving 25% for game) it still uses up much more resources compared to Steam or Origin, while giving user less options, more laggy experience etc.
Also idk why you mentioned Origin, as I never talked about it ;p With all my hate towards EA, that is totally based on their business practices, killing off IPs and studios, I won't say a bad thing about Origin client - it's stable, has great support and very small impact on PC performance. But UPlay client is simply bad - it was bad before and it remains bad now. Comparing it to it's competition they are years behind.
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I hear you but I personally never experienced any problems with UPlay and I've beaten a few games there during the years. So I can't really relate to any of that.
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Then lucky you ;) I also managed to finish quite a few games (Valiant Hearts, Prince of Persia TFS, FC3, 3 AC games) without bigger problems (despite usual UPlay taking additional CPU), but also had at least 3 cases of problems - mentioned Rayman not connecting to Cloud and not recording times/achievments/other rewards, AC4 not connecting to online features at some times and lately loosing ~1 chapter progress in Child of Light (but it may be due to the fact that I had a power shortage and game closed because of that).
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You'd think people would be more tolerant towards platforms other than Steam after recent events.
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I'd be tolerant to GOG. I'd be tolerant to Desura, in a pinch. uPlay is not even mildly deserving of tolerance.
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This. I like GOG, and while I don't use Desura much, it seems to be alright. Uplay is in GFWL tier.
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That might work in general, but strangely I find that problems with Steam don't make me any more tolerant of uPlay and all its damn server errors and random crashes...
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Yes, and i regret that i do this. This garbage can't be fixed, even Origin is better than uplay
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Yes. It spiked my CPU to 100% usage because it wanted to update a game. It has a memory leak. It refuses to remember what games I actually own on Steam, even though it's the same account. It refuses to log me in half the times due to server errors. Most of the games I own that use it are simply unplayable because of it.
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I finished Child of Light earlier this month, so I had to use it. As much as I hated GFWL for being a clunky piece of crap that barely did its job, at least it didn't cause crashes for no reason while in online mode.
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Yep, is the only platform so awful that I only played one game in it and decided to avoid it after I was done.
I'm not a steam fanatic, I also have accounts in other services like Origin, GOG, Desura, etc.
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BTA is too high IMO. If it was around 4-5$ as usual I'd take it. So I'm buying 1$ tier only. It's worth it though, great games in tier 1.
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Mostly Uplay keys, only 3 steam keys in total, BTA price artificially increased by 3rd tier and the 1st tier is bad. Thanks for helping me save money HB. :D
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Why u play? omg I don't like might and magic anyway!
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I loved Might and magic 6-8 growing up. I've only played heroes 1-3 (although I have 1-5). I'll have to turn this down as I have most from GOG.
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Never played any of the Might & Magc series. I'll probably pick the dollar tier up to see what all the fuss is about. Maybe BTA if it lowers. Time to beef up the Uplay collection!
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Might and Magic (Not heroes)1-6 are classics. Awesome games. Some of my personal favorites. If you like them, then get 7 and 8 off GoG.
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I'll do that. Thanks for the info BHTrellis! After watching some videos I'm a little bit excited to start them.
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Linky
Edit: They brought it back but now as a weekly and $5 less on top tier.
PWYW:
Heroes of Might & Magic II: Gold Edition (DRM-Free)
Heroes of Might & Magic IV: Complete Edition (Uplay)
Might & Magic 1 to 6 Collection (Uplay)
Might & Magic Heroes Online Angel Starter Pack
Might & Magic Heroes VII Beta Key (uplay)
BTA:
Heroes of Might & Magic V (Uplay)
Might & Magic Heroes VI - Gold Edition (Uplay)
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic (Steam)
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes + I Am the Boss DLC (Steam)
$10:
Might & Magic X - Legacy (uplay)
Might & Magic X - Legacy - The Falcon & The Unicorn DLC (Uplay)
Heroes of Might & Magic 3 - HD Edition (Steam)
Might & Magic Heroes VI - Shades of Darkness (Uplay)
Might & Magic Duel of Champions – Starter Pack
Edit: Be aware that Ubisoft gets a big chunk by default, so adjust where your money goes if you do buy it.
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