Just another story. You can either follow the portals, follow your objectives, ride along the waves or try to carve out your own way just by instinct alone. Or maybe a combination of it all? Nevertheless, you'll have to dig deep into your list of tricks for this adventure.....
Author: Стас (Россия), 16-02-2025 18:37 эх - Another Story Указано 4 игрока, а в итоге можно играть только за одного, жаль хотели с другом поиграть
Author: Guoshusong (China), 02-01-2025 12:09 Very great and hard map. - Another Story Finished at 11-2-3, met frozen several times and load the save some days before and passed.Little bored last month for gathering Azures.A very good change is DD Magic Scroll only can get from purple portal, that also made me used more time to explore the map.I remembered playing previous versions, got DD from collector quest before to fight with Orange enemy and not understand somethings you made.In a word, very thanks for your great work.
Author: Рашид (Александрия, Украина), 23-12-2024 18:36 Спасибо за запутанную карту! Много узнал нового! - Another Story https://youtu.be/aVagvcgcFqA - здесь сейчас
Что запутанно?
- объекты заменены на карте и замаскированы, просмотр карты очень затруднен... Очевидно - проведена грандиозная работа!
Много нового, что до этого редко видел в других картах!
Я выбрал такую стратегию более быстрого прохождения:
- любимы герой Десса, им достигнуть уровня 50+ и отправится туда где всё по 99 ник дадут - нижний левый угол подземелья
- потом Десса с скилами по 99 посещает провидца, который за каждые 10+ по скилам дает кучу опыта - там сразу становится 66+ уровнем
- в подземелье прыгает в дирижабль и идет выше и уже в этом видео вторая битва там "в космосе" - на видео не стал доигрывать, просто показал каким способом без потерь выйти из битвы. 5000+ потерянных лазурных драконов я бы восстановил за 5000/80 х2 = 125 ходов в битве и около 4000 манны - у Дессы это есть... Но у меня есть еще где набрать Архангелов и пройду эту битву когда больше будет Архангелов...
Что еще можно придумать? Погонщик дирижабля! Т.е. в дирижабль садится ненужный слабый герой и подгоняет его к нужным городам - а там уже сильным героем в него садимся...
Дирижабли дают шансы бытрее закончить карту! Но! Если артефакт(или другой объект) весь окружен скалами и ни одной клетки рядом нет высадится - то бесполезно пытаться например забрать клинки армагедона наверху - они недосягаемы(((
Благодарю автора за интересную карту! Надеюсь пройти её когда-нибудь)
Дирижабли оказывается не обязательно - свиток полета есть за кучей артефактов вверху...
А со свитком полета добываем крылья ангелов и рог бездны - и дальше легко и быстро...
Еще 125 морских волков за 50000+10 руды - очень много раз приходится нажимать ентер)))
Author: Nick (Canada), 22-12-2024 00:20 Good map tho - Another Story I get a crash at 145 from purple grabbing azures and I don't know how to stop it. i did one game and got to month 4 without issues but now on a new game this is being an issue, trying to do anything i can to change it but its not really happening.
Nick (Canada) writes:
22-12-2024 02:17
T - Another Story
After a lot of trial and errors stealing the troops with a cheating DD using hero made me manage to pass the turn but then the next turn they are sitting in their town and the game does infinite load where the hourglass never stops
Author: Guloo (XianChina), 15-12-2024 13:50 Purple is frozen at M2W5D5. - Another Story Dear Author,I played 1.6version at once after your new update, but Purple is frozen several times,I had to load fore save.
Sasha writes:
16-12-2024 03:34
Game freeze - Another Story
It happens to me as well after 5 months.
gosho writes:
17-12-2024 20:51
me too - Another Story
me too
RXD writes:
17-12-2024 21:18
please specify - Another Story
Hello!
Please specify WHO is frozen exactly? which hero, which date? Where?
I cannot find what you guys are referring to ;(.
Guloo writes:
18-12-2024 05:03
Perhaps it is Purple hero {Cosmic} - Another Story
I met many times that the map frozen, then I had to reload save several days before, and it will pass. But on M6W1D2, it can’t pass ever after I have tried again and again.I found it was {Cosmic}who stayed there quietly.Another question:Some heroes of the enemy will not take the way you power them.
phb (Seoul, South Korea) writes:
09-01-2025 03:25
game is frozen - Another Story
me, too
At 1month 2week 3day
when loading purple player, game is frozen.
Author: RXD, 14-12-2024 20:40 Update to 1.6- Another Story - Another Story Dear heroes and friends of might and magic!
I updated the map right now.
Newest version 1.6 will be updated soon.
Changes:
- banned offence and armorer specialty heroes from the map
-starting towns have different spells, less spell research, you are more forced to find spells by trade in the villages
- getting tp scroll is much harder now, you have to rely on the tp gates more often
- deleted some sulfur buildings, apparently they cause problems
- AI strength has been pushed drastically (10ks of mobs added, low lvl for some, some get higher tiers)
- nerfed a lot of pandora boxes and general endgame rewards drastically (less AA, other mobs as reward, lower amount) you have to rely on trades and conversion more
- portal rushing is harder, near impossible, added more exits
- conversion for quests has been optimized so you dont have to click 1000 times
- added a few more key guards to vital points (you need to explore some other places to access cloak etc)
- added new entrance for black portal 2 way
- Heaven has a quest guard now as well as the route to the final boss
- the collector quest no longer gives you dd scroll, other rewards nerfed as well
- added some red border guards, so only the player can access some relevant areas, quests, etc.
- added a shortcut to the tombs (right above Redberry village)
As of now, for all the "100% completionists" out there, this map is now really tedious and not enjoyable. Its just hard, rewards are low, risk is high, fights are heavy, enemies are pushed. I was suprised to see, that most people play this map on such a professional level, like their lifes depend on it. After this 1.6 update, you clearly have to go strategically about this game. Use everything you know about this game.
Kindly, I thank you all for your unwavering support and feedback.
May the stars bless you.
Author: empianes (中国), 19-11-2024 09:21 Beautfil and engaging map - Another Story One of the best map I have ever played, just one problem, when I try to takes over （126,154）the sufur dune properties, the whole hota game crashes, but it does not affect much.
Author: wasilix, 25-10-2024 21:37 Like Playthrough - Another Story https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02MwI3vxw6kfMvNaag8lhHl1U-5xmt8g (remove blanks)
RXD writes:
01-11-2024 17:36
thank you very much - Another Story
much appreciated.
I ll watch parts of them, and try to fix the stuff you told me.
thank youuu!
Author: wasilix, 25-10-2024 21:36 Like Review - Another Story Very beautfil and engaging map, rewarding (but not requiring) fast play.
I've been postponing it for very long because at first I was overwhelmed by too much information when started it. Getting 8 heroes and seemingly full freedom for every one of them gives way to many options for my mind to pick one. Hence I was postponing it several times until I just decided to approach beginning without any attempt of planning. I must say that the beginning is probably intended to be played this way.
Enemies have nice artefacts like spell negation cloaks and rings of oblivion, which is good. No joke they are my favourite, because they provide unique challenge and disable mindless blind/rez strats.
There is a bit of problem with them is that they are impossible to balance around on open-world maps. As a result you will have trouble beating almost anyone at first, but later after plundering several good pandoras you'll be close to winning most fights on autopilot. Not autocombat, still will probably require some accurate play, but generally it's not difficult to find.
In my game I only had to deal with Death when my army didn't have significant number of AAs, which was probably my favourite fight of the map, but in terms of difficulty there no fights that can't be made easy. That is if you try and fail you can just come back later with extra 20k AAs. Death fight was the only one where I felt that I had to take it. It's not a downside of them map though, could be argued that it's the upside because it makes the map approachable for players of all levels making logistical/navigation component more important than tactical.
Those enjoying the power fantasy H3 offers (development curve ending up with a badass hero) will undoubtedly enjoy this map if they manage to finish it, that is.
There is some speedrunning potential in this map too. I finished it on 12-1-3 which is probably about 7-9 month later than potentially possible. DD scroll can be rushed fairly early and if you make all your heroes air experts, you can finish the map in a few days after that. With plentyful pandoras you can make all of your heroes 99 stats all around too. Love this.
Overall a nice journey to take for sure.
There are a few things I'd like to point out though.
1. Too low conversion quests to be useful (e.g., 1 wood -> 1 ore, 1 sulfur -> 1 magic elemental) - too much clicking for very little reward. Realistically, if you want them to be used at all, increase numbers at least x100.
2. This one is subjective: the map is very heavy with object skin modifications and overall decorations, a bit confusing even with map editor, however it's definitely very visually pleasing.
3. Decorations (possibly) seem to cause some hota crashes. Apparently happens when moving mouse over certain tiles. Saw just a few such places and noticed that it's related to the mouse cursor, so it wasn't too big a deal for me, but other players may get annoyed by crashes. For example, if you save around a place causing a crash, your natural mouse movement may end up crossing it every time you load a save making you think that the save itself is corrupted. A couple of examples of these places (move mouse around to reproduce):
215:40:0
173:19:0
Maybe it could be helped by removing some decorations around that place, but sorry I didn't test it.
Probably there are a couple more places around the map, but I don't remember them. These 2 caused me quite a few crashes so I remembered them.
4. Overlaying special ground over underground rocks tricked me so hard a couple of times :D
That's it. Thanks for the map :) Definitely enjoyed it. It's obvious that a great amount of work was put into this map, and result is outstanding!
Author: wasilix, 18-10-2024 08:41 Like - - Another Story Hey! I've finally gotten to playing your map.
So far it's a very interesting and detailed map! Thank you for making it!
I think there might be some minor bugs which I encountered when playing, or at least it seems so.
I know that you mentioned that the map is finished, but in case you are open to addressing some minor feedback I'll post it here:
1. Violet portal at 146:107:1 (with 4 entry points) can't be exited to go top-left (seems like an intended direction to me). Possibly makes sense to change obstacles to make space at 145:106:1 to go top-left, and 145:108:1 to go bottom-left with an obstacle in-between.
2. Not necessarily a bug (possibly intended), but one-way portal labyrinths can be rushed through if you plug all exits with heroes.
PS: I'll write a review when I finish the map
RXD writes:
20-10-2024 20:50
ya - Another Story
Thank you for your input.
Im happy that you found time to play my map wasilix!
I hope it wasnt too tedious...
wasilix writes:
21-10-2024 19:39
- - Another Story
I think, some degree of tediousness is part of a package for a giant map, so it's fine. Your map so far, I'd say, on lower end of it, in fact :)
On contraire, I'm actually at a point when it gets a bit difficult for me (month 8). Number-wise I'm capable of beating most enemies, I think, but all of the stronger ones have anti-resurrect capabilities. These artefacts are a nice touch, I'm gonna have to try some ways to abuse phoenix/coatl. So far I didn't bother with my army composition at all.
A bit unfortunately, I didn't hire and develop Orrin, he would make such fights a tad easier probably.
I'm not complaining about it though :) There are a couple of things that ruffled my feathers a little bit, but they are insignificant in a grand scheme of things.
Overall the map is great for sure, hopefully will finish in in the next couple of weeks.
Author: Marek Hlaváč (Česko), 27-05-2024 11:55 Like Stuck again - Another Story Hello,
great map, however sometimes rly difficult to find something. I am stuck at Portal factory, where there are a couple of quest guards who need me to kill couatls. I have found them in the map editor, but no idea how to access that part of portal labyrinth. Am I even on the right path anyway? Thanks a lot!
Author: Marek Hlaváč (Česko), 17-05-2024 17:51 Like White tent? - Another Story Great map, but I got stuck finding the white tent. I am blocked from all sides with the white gates. Anyone can provide a hint? Thank you!
RXD writes:
18-05-2024 04:35
Hint - Another Story
Dwarven Lands.
Inside the biggest mountain range in the middle, there is an underground cave.
Author: Gamer (N/A), 14-05-2024 03:09 Best map ever - Another Story Guys, this has to be one of (if not THE) favorite map of mine of all times. I enjoyed every minute. What other maps do you guys recommend that are similar?? Thanks
Author: Gamer (N/A), 13-05-2024 20:08 Best map ever - Another Story Guys, this has to be one of (if not THE) favorite map of mine of all times. I enjoyed every minute. What other maps do you guys recommend that are similar?? Thanks
RXD writes:
13-05-2024 23:19
Thanks - Another Story
Thank you, I really appreciate it.
I recommend in no particular order: Crapcore, Purgatory, Fawns Labyrinth, prison Break, kill the gods, Element Land, Chaos and corruption, Skull Island, The Eternal war,
There are like 10 other very good Maps on this Site which names I cant remember right now. I played all those excellent Maps before I made Another Story.
Aaron (Tampa USA) writes:
28-07-2024 20:55
agreed - Another Story
also, war fever is a blast
Author: DanDan (ISRAEL), 01-04-2024 23:37 Like Incredible map! - Another Story Challenging fights, every single thing was well thought out. there are things in the map that i have never seen in other maps (secret routes, mazes etc.)
this was my first time playing the map, very challenging indeed! i had to redo some battles multiple times.also i have never took so long to finish a map! (14 months!!!!!).
This map requires the player to be very organized! I believe it is possible to finish it around month 10-11 if you know the map before.
Some notes:
I dont think "The Chosen" needs navigation skill. i myself would rather he have ArcheryOffense.
I managed to kill all enemy heroes from the quests except "Death" - i haven't seen him all game, and i took all pink castles and they immediately lost - so i don't think he was somewhere to be found.
after finding The Grail i couldnt build it for some reason in any of my towns... they always "lack faith"
Great map, truly incredible!
Thank you so much for all the hard work!
RXD writes:
27-04-2024 15:00
thank you - Another Story
Thank you for your valuable comment. I dont think much more can be done about this map. I mean its complete from my point of view at the moment.
Maybe I will start making another one...
Author: геннадий (Москва), 30-03-2024 19:44 другая история - Another Story Карта интересная, но очень много непроходимых участков, хотя редактор показывает проходимость. Бегать надоело, бросил играть на 7 месяце
Author: RXD, 24-03-2024 13:06 Update to 1.5 - Another Story - Another Story Hello!
I updated the map right now.
Newest version is 1.5
Changes:
- all sirens removed
- added more key guards to vital points (you need to explore some other places to access cloak etc)
- added some magical terrain
- boosted/changed some artifacts of bosses
Thank you all for support.
May the stars bless you.
Author: lucas, 17-03-2024 20:01 another strong purple hero - Another Story and maybe this purple hero in forest that he is standing in place whole time should be replaced by another strong purple moving hero who would be danger as DAMNATION
Author: lucas, 17-03-2024 19:48 suggest - Another Story I dont know if it is possible when you creat the map but this strongest purple hero ,,DAMNATION,, (i think that was his name) should have priority in retaking castles. He was realy close to my castels few times and never took any of them. And I dont know what happen with him but last few weeks I saw whole map I didnt see that he was moving anywhere. I didnt see him at all few last weeks but he was real chalange in this map. Maybe even he should be real target on this map. the fact that it limits the power to one is the real challenge
Author: lucas, 17-03-2024 19:23 GREAT MAP - Another Story Its realy good map. One of the best of all time. Maybe you can make it even harder with stronger Larcin. I didnt take Cloak of the Undead King on purpose becouse with this it would be realy easy on this stage of game. I think that this cloak behind purple tower its to easy to take. When you get scroll spell the process of army grwoth is realy fast but with cloak, I think that I dont even have to fullyuse scroll spell
Author: lucas, 14-03-2024 14:13 Still the same problem with Larcin? - Another Story I have still the same problem as in the late version that I have to kill Larcin to enter the tower gate with kill Larcin request... so how I can finish this map?
Guloo writes:
14-03-2024 15:14
Another Larcin - Another Story
Yes ,there has another Larcin. You should take town Portal Factory, then there has the Portal entrance to this Larcin. Killed him, you can fight the Boss Larcin.
Author: Guloo (Xian,China), 08-03-2024 10:54 Sirens - Another Story If you will upgrade the map to next version，I suggest you delete all Sirens in the map, it’s an old bug of H3.Also I found, enemy’s hero will summon boat and take the Pandora’s box at (159,107,0),but he will stay in the water and never move again.Thanks for your great work.
RXD writes:
10-03-2024 15:08
yes - Another Story
Yes will do it when I update the map!
Thank you very much for the info and for support!
Author: геннадий (Москва), 03-03-2024 13:24 другая история - Another Story В новой версии можно играть одним игроком-красным. Это так задумано или баг?
RXD writes:
03-03-2024 13:44
Да - Another Story
Да, вы можете играть только в красном цвете. Это не ошибка.
Если версия 1.4, то все в порядке.
Author: RXD, 02-03-2024 23:44 Update to 1.4 - Another Story Hello!
I updated the map right now.
Newest version is 1.4
Changes:
AI has been boosted (yet again pls stop winning srsly)
Fixed final teleport where you had to kill Lacrim quest. Now you have to kill the red witch.
Fixed unpassable gate where Lacrim can hide in necro town.
Fiyed unlimited azure dragon reward quest.
Added patrol radiuses for some teal heroes.
Added very few obstacles/guards for some essential artifacts.
Added 2 new quest gates with rewards near purple middle underground lake area.
Now you need to explore almost all major areas in order to progress really good (I hope).
Thank you all for support.
May the stars bless you.
Author: lucas, 15-02-2024 21:02 issue - Another Story Good map but in the end of the 12 month purple hero lost his heroes becouse he didnt have castle and next 3 months i played without purple and suddenly in 15mounth purple had castle again but I have towar guard request for kill Larcin but Larcin is in castel behind tower so I cant kill him. I killed everything on map long time ago and see whole map but I cant kill him underground
Author: Hero, 09-02-2024 18:32 Like maybe a bug - Another Story I think you messed up both Lacrim again :) Look screenshot. Remove this quest guard, otherwise, we wont be able to go to the first Lacrim. Also, I think you should fix the 1K azure quest :)
This version is better. Very balanced and interesting. I like it very very much. May be in top 10 all time heroes 3 map :)
10x :)
Author: arton10, 08-02-2024 13:09 Great map - Another Story Very challenging map, lots of fun, I finished it on 436 days, one of the best maps Ive ever played, version 1.3 rocks :)
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 03-02-2024 13:07 Thanks - Another Story Thank you very much for your effort.As you mentioned, probably some more technical knowledge is needed to solve my case.
barbalei4ov writes:
04-02-2024 23:14
reinstall - Another Story
Work always! Install hota on new folder on new sod instalation
Sulim81 (Poland) writes:
05-02-2024 01:57
Thanks - Another Story
Thanks, will try this solution tomorrow.
Sulim81 (Poland) writes:
18-03-2024 21:11
LOL - Another Story
Funny thing, I updated HD Mod and was thinking this was HotA update :) . Today I updated HotA to 1.7 and voila, map is working.
Author: RXD, 03-02-2024 11:30 weird - Another Story I went yesterday to a friend, downloaded hota with him, downloaded the map and it worked fine
im so sorry I have no idea what it could be
my experience in technical issues in this game is very limited
Author: Sulim81 (Poland), 03-02-2024 00:33 No no no - Another Story It worked the same with previous version, so it is not fullness of map for sure. :(
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