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PostPosted: 04 Mar 2007, 01:15 
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Read Full Detailed Report - Heroes of Annihilated Empires

Heroes of Annihilated Empires is a fantasy-themed RTS/RPG hybrid from GSC. The game features four playable races, twelve neutral races, three hero classes, and gameplay that can be treated as an RTS or an RPG at the player's choice.







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PostPosted: 12 Jul 2008, 23:11 
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I have the retail version of the game (store-bought, not Steam). I ran it with the 1.1 patch applied.

FMVs are displayed in letterboxed format at a fixed resolution. The FMVs are surrounded by a wide, black border on my widescreen monitor.

The game runs in 2560x1600 resolution.


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PostPosted: 13 Jul 2008, 00:16 
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Can you post comparison screenshots?


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PostPosted: 17 Jul 2008, 04:36 
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I'm sorry but I don't have the game installed.

The reason the FMVs are surrounded by a wide, black border is because I have my display settings configured so that 4:3 resolution images are displayed normally rather than stretched to fill the screen. A person viewing the FMVs on a non-widescreen monitor would not see the pillar boxes.


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PostPosted: 08 Jan 2010, 20:10 
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==Version==

1.1


==Singleplayer anomalies==

None found.
(The game supports 16-bit and 24-bit color modes only. For some reason the screen would turn black during FMVs in 24-bit mode on my setup.)


==Cut-scenes==

All FMVs (and menus) are displayed at a forced 1024x768.

In-engine rendered cut-scenes are Hor+ in a decorative 2D frame that stretches.

4:3


16:10


16:9


3x 16:10



==Surround support==

Confirmed native Hor+.
HUD: scales correctly to the sides of the display.
Real-times cut-scenes: Hor+ inside stretched frame.

4:3


16:10


16:9


3x 16:10


4:3, pitching camera


16:10, pitching camera


16:9, pitching camera


3x 16:10, pitching camera


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PostPosted: 11 Jan 2010, 04:56 
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Looks potentially Certified to me...


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PostPosted: 07 Feb 2010, 12:46 
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cranky, does the "retired" status of this game preclude its belated certification ?


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PostPosted: 07 Feb 2010, 17:37 
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Basically, yes.


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PostPosted: 08 Feb 2010, 14:05 
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I suppose it means you won't bother updating your database, but it's still possible to consider it certified and update all Wiki info accordingly, right ? :?


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PostPosted: 08 Feb 2010, 17:35 
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Well, if you want to muck around with the game's wiki page or the MGL "retired" page, feel free. Just don't update any of the "supported" pages with its info.


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