Hero's Hour

Clearly inspired by HoMM but brings a modern interface, style and game play that goes beyond the oniginal inspiration to create its own game.

This game rules! I love autobattlers but could never get into HoMM-likes before, but now I have the perfect game. Thanks!!!!

The game is quite fun and has good strategy elements without overcomplicating things. Games only take a couple hours instead of like, 2 weeks with more complex games like Stellaris and WH3. That isn't to say it lacks depth, you can achieve some truly hilarious combinations of abilities, which can get even funnier with the RNG from shrines and stuff that give you spells from other factions

Gaming, like politics these days, seems to be full of extremists. HH makes HOMM seem like a dumbed down mobile game. AI cheats and the game will crush you if you aren't playing optimally 100% of the time. But instead of turn based actions it's real time, sort of like an autobattler. It appeals to a very niche, hardcore type that seemingly could solve all of humanity's problems with their apparent level of mental capabilities but instead choose to play this game. A lot of it boils down to just playing so much or looking up a guide to figuring out the perfect composition... if RNG is on your side as well. The graphics are extremely basic, no real character to the game visually or with audio. It's a spreadsheet with a thin veneer of colorful pixels overlaid on top. Seems novel at first, but probably won't appeal to most people.

Not too far in yet but the game has kept my attention, is entertaining, and fun for what it is.