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fheroes2: A recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine

What HN thinks

A room full of mid-thirties strategists insisting their childhood game is not niche, while LLMs lose to it slowly on livestream.

HoMM is beloved, not niche
Many commenters say HoMM2/3 remains widely loved, especially in Eastern Europe, with active tournaments, fan expansions and new official games in development.
AI recreations lack soul
A sidethread debates whether vibe-coded game remakes feel hollow, while others note fheroes2 is years older than that trend and human-made.
LLMs struggle to play old games
Several people built MCP harnesses for models to play HoMM3, Police Quest or Unciv, finding them slow and often weak strategists.

Consensus: Most agree HoMM2/3 hold up as classics with a thriving fan scene, and that fheroes2 is a long-running human hobby project rather than AI slop.

Recommended in the comments

VCMI ↗ (tool): Runs HoMM3 on Linux and Android with mod support including HotA and WoG.
Horn of the Abyss ↗ (product): Its fan factions are considered as good as the originals and were added to the official board game.
The Battle for Wesnoth ↗ (product): Suggested as a deeply tactical game with terrain and day/night mechanics.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era (product): Praised for combining HoMM3 mechanics with an aesthetic close to HoMM2.
Songs of Conquest (product): Recommended as an enjoyable spiritual successor to HoMM3.

Summarised by Claude from the comment thread 15 hours ago.

Points: 200
Comments: 70
Best rank: #1
Posted: 2026-10-25 by tosh
Category: Gaming

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