Castle of Heroes
| Castle of Heroes | |
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| Original title | 英雄 之 城 |
| Studio | Suzhou Snail Electronic Co., Ltd. |
| Publisher | Gala-Net |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
March 3, 2010 October 22, 2009 
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| platform | platform independent |
| genre | Browser game & MMORPG |
| Subject | Building a kingdom |
| Game mode | Multiplayer |
| control | Keyboard , mouse |
| system advantages preconditions |
Web browser, Adobe Flash Player 10.0, Internet access |
| language | German, English, French, Polish, Italian |
Castle of Heroes (OT: Chinese 英雄之城 , Pinyin YingXiong zhi cheng ) is a browser -based Fantasy - MMORPG and strategy game , which the Chinese developer Suzhou Snail Electronic Co., Ltd. (Snail Games) and is distributed in Europe by Gala-Net via the gPotato portal. In the USA the game was published under the name Heroes of Gaia and is distributed there by Snail Games USA.
Game scenario
At the beginning of the game, players are asked which race they want to choose. You can choose from elves , humans , orcs or undead . Each race has different advantages for players - for example, humans can train ranged combat units very early on and the units of the undead can be trained more cost-effectively than those of other races. In the further course of the game there are other people-specific advantages to be discovered. After the race is selected, the player is given the choice to play through a brief introduction that introduces them to the game, walks them through the basic steps of the game, and explains how to erect buildings, train units, and take on daily quests . Once the introduction is over, each player starts with a blue hero (who has the same name as the player's character). Further and above all higher-value heroes can be hired in the tavern for the game currency gold , as soon as it has been set up.
When you first enter the game world Gaia the player initially a single castle is made of the chosen people available that only one Palas has, which serves as the administrative center of the castle. Further castles from other races can be captured as the game progresses. In order to train units, increase raw material production, take part in battles and hire additional heroes, the player must erect various buildings. Every building has a maximum level of 10 and increasingly requires more time and resources to be built. There are 5 resources in the game that are used to build buildings and train units: gold, wood, ore, sulfur and quartz. The resources are automatically regenerated, but the process can be increased by capturing mines and researching spells. Other browser games that use a similar model of building construction include Caesary and Travian , among others . A similar game principle can be found in the PC game Heroes of Might and Magic , among others .
All actions that are carried out outside a castle require so-called action points (AP). Action points regenerate at a rate of 10% of maximum AP per hour. The maximum number of Action Points can be increased by increasing Fame. Fame is the most decisive factor in the ranking system of Castle of Heroes. It is mainly increased through battles and the construction of buildings and units. After the appropriate amount of fame has been accumulated, a player receives a new rank, which increases the maximum action points and, accordingly, the hourly regeneration of these. Castle of Heroes is an MMORPG and a server typically has between several hundred to several thousand active players. Like most MMORPGs, Castle of Heroes has a consistent game world. Units will continue to be built and buildings will continue to be built even if players are logged out.
Combat system
Most of the content in Castle of Heroes is battle based. Combat is necessary to acquire equipment and experience, fight against NPC monsters, conquer new castles and mines, attack enemy players and defend yourself against them. The hero is assigned units by the player, after which he is sent to attack monsters, players or other objects on the world map. The more powerful the player's hero is, the greater the advantage that the units he commands get. Heroes can also be equipped with equipment to increase attributes of him or his units, as well as be equipped with spells to support the units in battle.
Once the fight begins, a 20 second countdown begins , giving the player the chance to command the fight themselves or let the game's AI fight. A hero has 3 minutes after the countdown to destroy the enemy units. The combat interface contains a limited number of commands such as “attack”, “retreat”, “focus” (only the selected unit is attacked) and “wait” (the unit stops / waits). Players can also use so-called spells that can be learned beforehand in the mage tower and then taught to the hero. The hero can only have a certain number of spells at the same time. In the event of a victory, the hero receives experience points based on the number of enemy units defeated, and possibly items or resources, depending on the enemy defeated. If the hero's units fail to destroy the enemy units, the battle is counted as lost and the hero receives nothing. In both cases, 60–80% of the defeated units are revived in the hospital (part of the arena building) and can be healed for a small amount of gold.
Goal of the game
In Castle of Heroes there are several goals to achieve depending on the player's preference. In the early stages of the game, players initially aim to reach 1,000,000 fame in order to get the maximum number of heroes, mines (which produce raw materials) and action points. Players are also measured by the total size of their army (unit size), the hero with the best combat attributes and the number of enemy troops destroyed. For many players, the most important goal is to be part of a large / powerful guild and control most of the capital cities.
Guilds
In Castle of Heroes, the teamwork between the players is promoted with so-called guilds. Each guild starts at level 1 and moves up as the members of the guild increase their own fame. As a member of a guild you can conquer the five major capitals of Castle of Heroes together with your guild friends and protect them from other guilds. In addition, major wars often take place between the individual guilds in order to weaken the dominance of the enemy player alliances or to consolidate his own. As part of a guild you can defend yourself against enemy attacks against the heroes or castles of members, which benefits the community effect of such a game.
Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel is a world building that each player can enter once a day. The tower was introduced as part of the Babel expansion. In the tower, heroes of level 30 or higher can fight their way through 40 floors of the tower, with a stronger opponent waiting for the hero on each floor. With every fight won, the player is rewarded with experience points and every 10 floors he receives a valuable piece of equipment. Each floor is more difficult for the hero to survive and more and more dangerous monsters lurk the higher he climbs the tower. After each mastered encounter, the player can decide to leave the tower or to visit the next floor. But if the hero is defeated in one of the fights before he leaves the tower, then he loses all experience points and items that have been collected in the tower up to that point.
Reviews and awards
In 2009 Castle of Heroes received the Jing Ling award for "best browser game" in China.
- Thirteen1.com : Score 12/13
- Onrpg.com Score 8.0 / 10
- Ben Biggs: Castle Of Heroes. for: Total PC Gaming # 30/2010, p. 68.
See also
Web links
- Official Castle of Heroes website
- Official website to Heroes of Gaia (English)
- German wiki about Castle of Heroes
- Castle of Hero at the Chinese developer Snail Game (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.onlinewelten.com/games/castle-of-heroes/news/offizialen-start-erhaben-75079/
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- ↑ http://www.free2play.de/castle-of-heroes/babel-erweiterung- geht-an-den-start-news-39676 /
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