Posted October 20, 2021
CatherineBr: Would it be feasible to add links to the first post, to make finding those games easier? I totally understand if you don't want to (as it is time consuming), just thought I would ask.
Also,these are potential additions
Heroes of Might and Magic 1: The barbarian faction has wolves as one of their units, though it seems like the rest of the units are more fantasy (unicorns, dragons, etc..) than not.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Wizards have Boars, and the Barbarians from 1 return with their wolves.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Inferno Town can create 'Hellhounds', though it seems like the rest are basically reduced to 'mounts' rather than actual units in their own rights (like wolf riders instead of just wolves). Not sure if this would be enough to include it, and it has been a while since I played it, so can't quite remember whether or not there were 'animal' recruitment through non-town areas. Ah, the expansion brought back Boars as non-aligned creatures
Heroes of Might and Magic 4: One of the towns has 'Nightmares' which are based upon horses, the 'Preserve' town has Wolves and White tigers, and Mantis as well.
Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Academy has 'Rakshasa', Inferno has Hellhounds and Hell Chargers, though that seems all for the official towns, there may be true creatures available through non-town aligned recruitment, but again, it has been a while since I played it (and was honestly disappointed in this one, due to it being so far from the previous games storyline/characters and it was laggy on my previous computer)
Edit: Forgot this one:
Mad Max: It has a dog that you can save, and while it isn't a true companion in the way Dogmeat is in the Fallout series, it does have a further use and you can 'travel' with it. (I am not finished with this game, so if it becomes more important later on, I haven't gotten to that point yet.)
Thanks for your suggestions! Regarding the links to the games in the first post, I had thought about it, but didn't add them for two reasons: Also,these are potential additions
Heroes of Might and Magic 1: The barbarian faction has wolves as one of their units, though it seems like the rest of the units are more fantasy (unicorns, dragons, etc..) than not.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2: Wizards have Boars, and the Barbarians from 1 return with their wolves.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3: The Inferno Town can create 'Hellhounds', though it seems like the rest are basically reduced to 'mounts' rather than actual units in their own rights (like wolf riders instead of just wolves). Not sure if this would be enough to include it, and it has been a while since I played it, so can't quite remember whether or not there were 'animal' recruitment through non-town areas. Ah, the expansion brought back Boars as non-aligned creatures
Heroes of Might and Magic 4: One of the towns has 'Nightmares' which are based upon horses, the 'Preserve' town has Wolves and White tigers, and Mantis as well.
Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Academy has 'Rakshasa', Inferno has Hellhounds and Hell Chargers, though that seems all for the official towns, there may be true creatures available through non-town aligned recruitment, but again, it has been a while since I played it (and was honestly disappointed in this one, due to it being so far from the previous games storyline/characters and it was laggy on my previous computer)
Edit: Forgot this one:
Mad Max: It has a dog that you can save, and while it isn't a true companion in the way Dogmeat is in the Fallout series, it does have a further use and you can 'travel' with it. (I am not finished with this game, so if it becomes more important later on, I haven't gotten to that point yet.)
1 - It actually takes a lot of time.
2 - The links use a lot of extra characters, and as a result I would have probably already run out of space in the post and would have to start breaking up the list, which would cause other organization problems.
I'll keep this in mind for future edits though.
As for the Heroes of Might and Magic games, from the description you give of them the animals would seem very few and relegated to very minor roles. So I would rule them out, except maybe Heroes of Might and Magic 4 which seems to have more animals as active enemies.
If Mad Max's dog remains a companion for all or most of the game instead it would be perfect for the list, so I've added it for now. Let me know if there are any developments. You reminded me to add Fallout 3 as well, thanks!
I also added Ring of Pain and A Plague Tale: Innocence as suggested in previous posts.
Post edited October 20, 2021 by Alexim