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| Heroes of Might & Magic 5 | 
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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 1362
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: 100722
Model: 68292
UPC: 008888682929
EAN: 0008888682929
ASIN: B000BYQJC8
Release Date: May 23, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Open Packaging
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| Customer Reviews:
 Heroes of Might & Magic 5 January 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game was good until the updates came.
If you do not know the Might and Magic system it will be hard to play.
 A great *FIRST* for those not familiar with (STRATEDGY GAMES) or the "HEROES" series....... December 24, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you can look beyond the jaded comments of some of the other reviewers who refuse to let go of HEROES III, you'll find a pretty fun game in HEROES V. Gone are the some of the SNOOZE-FILLED hours of micro-managing that usually turns off most gamers (even RPG FANS like myself)...it's basically a pick-up and play game for anyone and you really don't need a (P.H.D) in the lore of the heroes saga to enjoy it.., the beginning movie just about says it all. I've played HEROES IV which also got a few whines from the die-hard fans and enjoyed it, but then again, I'm not one to really take the opinion of others when it comes to games....we all dance to the beat of a different drummer in that aspect. Heroes V took me about a 1/2 hour to pick up and i was off slaying the enemies. If you've ever even aspired or played at least one game of chess, you'll get into this title 'toot-sweet'. The interface is simple-(there are many help windows just point at anything and the explanation is right there), the graphics are good (thier 3-D) compared to previous heroes games(2-D battlefields) and the fun factor in my opinion...gets 5 stars. I guess because this one isn't as complex as the others, many of fans are snarling about it, but as for me-(YES,I'M A NEWBEE to the HEROES SERIES, but a long-time FAN of the 'MIGHT and MAGIC series..I OWN THEM ALL)- so far, I'm enjoying my money's worth and plan to buy the expansion pak soon. Lot's of fun. A 5 STAR game. B.T.W- Iv'e expierenced no bugs at all that others wrote about (so far) and I'm running it on an old DELL DIMENSION 2400-1GB of ram and (get this) a Visiontek (PCI) 128mb Radeon 9250 videocard and it runs pretty well w/ graphic settings at just about medium. But as another reviewer wrote, it could be that the more HIGH-END your machine..the more problems your'e likely to run into. Well..I'm going to test it on my high-end and see what happens. ENJOY THE GAME !!-Darvius9
 Heroes 3 with a pretty cover December 24, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I played Heroes III and loved it. I've played Heroes V for about 6 hours now; below is a list of the differences I have noticed so far:
the combat maps are grids rather than hexes
the graphics are 3d instead of 2d
That's it. I am using the exact same tactics I used in Heroes III. The units are all the same, the unit upgrade progression is the same, the buildings are the same. All the little things to find on the world map are the same. The hero's skills are the same.
The graphics are better than Heroes III. We get 3d graphics which look like they were ripped off from Warcraft III...which were pretty slick in 2002. Not exactly state-of-the-art right now.
About the plot. You've got 6 scenarios, and the idea is you play through them in sequential order. You click on the first one and are taken to a subscreen where it lists out the five subcampaigns to the scenario. The problem is that just by reading the subcampaign names and the single-sentence description of each map you now know exactly what all the "plot twists" are going to be. It's a miserable way to tell a story. Let me give you an example: ***WARNING, SPOILERS BELOW***
the first scenario description "a king falls, a queen rises'. Okay, straightforward enough. Then, for the next 5 subplots, the whole big drama is over your main character trying to get reinforcements to the king in time to save him. Not very dramatic, in my opinion, since you knew the guy was doomed the second you started the game.
Or let's take subplot #4, 'The Trap'. This subplot starts off with a little cutscene of your character meeting a priest on the road. Priest says 'Oh hey, you don't know any magic! If you head just a little bit out of your way and go to the chapel over there, you'll learn magic. It could help you save your king." Hmm. What could possibly happen? Could it be...a trap? Nah.
In closing, I think that Ubisoft took Heroes III, slapped some ripoff graphics on top, and called it a new game. The only reason I gave this game a second star is because Heroes III was a very good game...so if you never got a chance to play that one, you might find this interesting. If you already have the other game, save yourself the money and reload the old one.
Heroes 5 - Dumbed Down, Made Pretty December 21, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Note: This review is for the single player game. Multi player might be a whole other story.
I gave this game only 3 stars even though I played the entire campaign.
The Good:
* Gorgeous graphics.
* Interesting story line
* Good finish - more often than not, games don't have an appropriate ending for whatever reason. Heroes 5 has an adequate ending.
* Interesting characters - the campaign shows the story from different view points.
The Bad:
* There are basically no strategy elements to this game. Run through, build all you can build - that's all there is to know about strategy. You can play through in your sleep on "normal" difficulty level without having to think too much. I think there was one challenging battle in the entire campaign.
* No feedback for tactics, eg what to do on the battlefield. There are a lot of spells that improve your creatures. But what improved and how much? No idea, because the creature stats don't show spell effects. That's bad and makes tactics guesswork.
* Removed caravans instead of improving them. The old Warlords 2 game had a way better caravan system than any of the heroes games. I want to be able to set up supply lines to get the armies to where I need them. In a way though it's not necessary - see the first point.
The Ugly:
* The cut-scenes are terrible. The characters' movements have nothing to do with what they are saying. Just plain awful. I endured them only because I wanted to follow the story line.
* Boring situations - I don't want to spoil but at one point you have to send your heroes all over the map to collect more armies to defeat one enemy. The thing is, you have all the time you want for this, so it's not a challenge at all. The more you wait the better off you are. It's just boring - wait long enough until you have enough cash and armies produced, then send out heroes to collect them.
3 stars - a thoroughly mixed bag.
 The game that i was expecting when i bought HoMM4 December 1, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you loved HoMM3 and thought that HoMM4 was a flop, you will not be disappointed in HoMM5. The artwork is phenominal. The animation is solid. The implmentation of a 3d engine is near perfect. The game play is wonderful. Then i got to the story. The diologue in the cut scenes made me want to cry and vomit at the same time. The only other thing that erked me was that it did not come with a random level generator, but my suspicion is that they were not finished with it when it was released. The expasion, which is sitting next to me, but not installed comes with a random map generator.
So to summerize, if you are looking for a gripping story with deep character development, and an intellegent plot, don't even consider this game. However, if you love turn based stratagy games, or HoMM 1 through 3 (and maybe some people liked HoMM4) prepare your self. Be aware (at least to my knowlage) you will have to buy the expasion to get the random map generator.
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