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Jasmine Gould-Wilson

"Attrition is the core of the game": Original Heroes of Might and Magic creator's "Fun AI" approach is helping Olden Era developer Unfrozen balance PvE difficulty

A big hero v hero fight in Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era between a Schism and Necropolis faction.

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era's Early Access launch is imminent, and developer Unfrozen kept some wise words in mind when rebalancing the smash hit Steam Next Fest demo's difficulty.

Community manager Bart Podress-Leszek tells GamesRadar+ of the changes players can expect in the Early Access build, including some guided by the advice given from original Heroes of Might and Magic creator, Jon Van Caneghem. "When he was working on the Heroes games, and when they were designing the [PvE] AI as a team, they used this term called Fun AI, where the AI is meant to be smart, but not too smart."

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