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Remember though that you saw dynasties in action in a pretty terrible game.  Done right in LH, they could be great.

64 bit with improved graphics sounds good to me.

Is there any news to share about this whole topic? I'd absolutely love a remake of War of Magic.

We're not really thinking a remake of WOM.  Rather, should be invest in updating what we have and making it available on Steam?  It would gain the engine updates that LH/SK have but it wouldn't be a new game.

The question is, was WOM "fun" enough as a concept to justify this work?

This.

I'd be willing to get an updated rerelease of the game, mostly because I recall liking the game enough to play it often.

Please correct me if I'm mistaken but didn't Stardock already have plans to make a further patch to Legendary Heroes which might include Dynasties?

An Updated War of Magic runs the risk of looking like Legendary Heroes under a different name. The main purpose behind Stardock bringing out FE & LH as I understand was to replace Elemental but I can understand as the CEO if you still feel a nagging desire to make Elemental what it was intended to be so if you're going to do it at least make sure that it plays differently from LH although my preference is for more development on LH. 

And given that Fe:LH is so much further developed than Elemental but still with a lot of room for improvement why not follow up LH with another patch or mini expansion through some DLC content. 

I still feel like LH could do with some more work

-graphics improvements

-AI improvement

-overhaul to the civic and economic system. More specialized buildings, more resources, more Wonders, more unique map features. 

One thing needed for instance is a Capital City choice for 1 and only 1 of your cities (as a an addition to the usual town/conclave/fort options that would serve as a jack of all trades function). Partly because some maps and start locations don't provide a lot of expansion sites to cities and to make a capital city have a special part of your empire; both for roleplaying purposes and strategy if for instance you lose your expansion and you get boxed in by the AI or alternatively if your map only gives you a handful of sites to place cities. 

I think to sum it up, we all would like to see dynasties, but I'm not sure what else from the original WoM anyone has any interest in that was not carried over in the sequels.

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Sorcerer King's artwork is looking fantastic! Legendary Heroes was a good game, with v ugly graphics (e.g. those leader portraits ). So what I'd like to see is Legendary Heroes (or at least a synchronous fantasy 4X by any name) remade with Sorcerer King style graphics.

Absolutely!

But even more than the graphics, I'd love to have the Sorcerer King stability! It just feels so much more solid while playing. Playing LH I have the feeling I'm tip-toeing around the engine.

For all its faults, I have such  an emotional attachment to WOM (hundreds of hours playing BETA's, initial release, and fixes) that I'd feel compelled to buy an updated version.

I don't know what your break-even point would be on a project like this but as long as it doesn't interfere with development of new games/sequels I say go for it.

Something a bit more in line with dominions 3-4, liked how the domains in that works. Death or growth, heat or cold etc. Liked the dynasty stuff from WoM. Even the combat from Dominions might be great if it didn't require so much micro to setup.

Kinda want something thats Ck2, Majesty, MoM & dominions. Remember there needs to be OP hellhounds and other things that melt stuff because its magical. AoWs really failed to get the OP done correctly and the fact the AI took an insane amount of time across all the games was ridiculous.

I regret playing the beta of EoW and it really put me off even playing FE, at least something was learned from it. Now remember Multiplayer is a requirement and by email or by someother form that allows people to play their turn and give it to the server because thats what made Dominions stick out.

To reinforce my earlier post, I tried to reinstall the game (had a bit of a hankering to play it recently)...and I wasn't able to get it to work, so I would definitely support this again.