I understood from the beginning what you wanted to say. But if you create something with minimal effort and minimal support you can't expect it to end up a good product. Almost everyone knows that it has a high chance for it to fail if you do it this way. That is what ppl are asking from Ubilols all the time. Why they can't treat this just the same as all thier other games? Why does this get the sh*tty treatment? I can come up with some answers.
But these practices will always turn ppl away. You can't expect ppl to stay quiet. Especially not after screwing up 2 times already. And end up screwing it up for the 3rd time (yes H5 ended up beeing good after the x-pacs, but they still screwed up initially).
But For Honor and WD2 are still uncertain if it will be any good or that it will last. This has risks too. But to me it looks like they just don't want to take risks with the Might & Magic franchise. And this is what bothers ppl the most. I mean Ubilols has a lot of money. It shouldn't really matter for them if they lose a bit of money. And it's a unwritten rule that if you create a product with minimal effort, it will fail if you sell it for "full" price. Ofcourse it beeing broken won't help either. And i never seen them marketing a Heroes game like they do with most of thier other games. There are a few other franchises that suffer an even worse fate then this franchise atm.
And yes i agree with your statement about action games. This is the same for movies too. Ppl grow up with action and high graphics (. I see so many ppl demanding the best and highest quality regarding action and graphics. While i just want a playable game, with good game mechanics and a high replayability value. Heroes was never about graphics, never about fast paced action (altho fast and smooth gameplay animation is always a plus).
I know i am beeing negative lately. It's just that i hope this will eventually turn out good, but everytime i hear something from Ubilols it's something negative. So when i try to be positive they somehow get me to become angry. It's the way they say things and the way they do things. There have been no information, no patches that fixes the game. There is nothing to talk about (especially positive things). The official site is a disgrace and is dead. The devs only go to Steam forums wich they give info and forget to give this info on official forum (feels like there is no communication with Ubilols). So yeah a lot of negativity. A lot of things to be upset about.
For the simple reason. Most of their AAA games cost huge money. Heroes games would probably not cover the costs, I presume. Maybe they also wish to outdo Rockstar, Bethesda etc.? They will not achieve that with Heroes games, especially not in the US.Why they can't treat this just the same as all thier other games? Why does this get the sh*tty treatment?
If you had watched E2015 and E2016 UBI shows, you'd have known that there is no such risk as in the case of Heroes. It's the same analogical rule to yours. If you create something with maximal effort and resources, you can expect it to end up with a good outcome.But For Honor and WD2 are still uncertain if it will be any good or that it will last. This has risks too.
Those games do not cost "a bit of money". This is a lot of money, in fact, so it does matter.It shouldn't really matter for them if they lose a bit of money.
I have made a post about the graphics here in other thread. But let me add a word.Heroes was never about graphics
In the past there was no "beautiful" graphics, so it did not matter that much. Games need to follow with the current standards, so they cannot look like a game from 2005 or something. Many people do care about the graphics if this was the case. Of course, I know what you mean - strategy games rely on gameplay mechanics etc., which is true. This is what those games are about, but the graphics, which can cost a lot of money, cannot be ignored. This would be equally bad treatment of the franchise.
There are also people that lack creativity, experience or skills. And they miss the point with their own "vision" argument. It's because they do not have a better one, but they need one.
They killed the only place where people would actually come on regular basis. I personally barely come here at all, mostly I drop by at HC to check up on things. Not that anything happens that really interests me, though. Trial by Fire is coming, and I'm just wainting for it to go online. The SC days are done, my involvement in this whole series is no longer needed I guess.