Developer Unfrozen, the studio behind the upcoming turn-based strategy Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, have shared a new blog post dedicated to lore and subjectivity. In it, the developers dive into the complicated history of the franchise, and its varied lore. Including Kreegans being space aliens instead of the usual demons, and the community’s reaction to Heroes’ techno fantasy roots.
“Naturally, this split the community. Some people enjoy the techno fantasy aspect. Others treat it as a sort of easter egg! But there are also people who heavily dislike the “techno” part — they rebelled against the original (unreleased) Forge faction in HoMM3, which was meant to represent this more technological aspect. A significant portion of the Heroes of Might and Magic fans view it as pure fantasy. Which is one of the reasons the series moved to more traditional worlds in later installments.”
The team then goes into detail as to how they approach the subject in the game, utilizing unreliable narrators and in-world beliefs. Different people of Jadame may have different ideas on where magic comes from. Or how the world began. Or whether gods exist and what they do. Or what the movement of stars means. Instead of giving a definitive answer, the developers use these different and often conflicting interpretations to their advantage.
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