30周年回顾 第五章 更高标准

Chapter Five

"Setting the High Bar"

On the twentieth anniversary of its release in 2019, lead designer Greg Fulton noted his astonishment while watching a Twitch stream for Heroes of Might & Magic III. "Just last week, I saw over 12,500 people, largely Russian, watching HoMM3 multiplayer games on Twitch," Fulton recounted in a GoodGame.ru interview. "It absolutely blows me away, when a twenty-year-old game I designed creeps into the modern Twitch Top Twenty. I knew HoMM had Russian fans, but I had no idea the base was so large, so dedicated, and so passionate."

在 2019 年《魔法门之英雄无敌3》发行 20 周年之际，首席设计师格雷格·富尔顿在观看该游戏的 Twitch 直播时，表示自己感到十分惊讶。“就在上周，我看到超过 12500 人（主要是俄罗斯人）在 Twitch 上观看《魔法门之英雄无敌3》的多人游戏。”富尔顿在接受 GoodGame.ru 的采访时这样说道，“一款我设计了 20 年的游戏竟然能进入现代 Twitch 直播的前 20 名，这简直让我震惊不已。我知道《英雄无敌》有俄罗斯粉丝，但我没想到这个粉丝群体会如此庞大、如此忠实、如此热情。”

Five years after Fulton's comments, the Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete Edition is listed as the top-selling game of all time on GOG.com, a major online retailer specializing in classic games. KilgOre_TrOut, the screen name for one of GOG.com's official Twitch streamers, wasn't at all surprised by its popularity. "The HoMM games are massively addictive, and the hours just fly by. I think the key to its ongoing success and popularity is how it's a deep, detailed strategy game hidden in the guise of a very basic-looking fantasy RPG." Whether measured by critical acclaim, YouTube