Heroes Of Might & Magic V Epic Collection |  | From: Encore Software
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 233
Format: DVD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: Role Playing Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: DVD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: 17250
Model: 17251
UPC: 705381172505
EAN: 0705381172505
ASIN: B0028GY640
Release Date: May 13, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Become a Hero. Defend your land from demonic influence with strategic combat missions | | • | Expand Gameplay with new Missions, Spells, and Abilities | | • | Use the Random Map Generators for Endless Challenges | | • | Play as the Dwarf or Orc Factions |
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Product Description
An Epic Story An Awesome Trilogy Collect Them All! If this is the future of turn-based strategy games bring it on. -VideoGamer.comExplore the dark and sophisticated Heroes of Might & Magic fantasy universe in the 5th Edition of this legendary franchise! Includes Heroes of Might & Magic V and it s two expansion packs: Hammers of Fate and Tribes of the East.Features: Become a Hero. Defend your land from demonic influence with strategic combat missions Expand Gameplay with new Missions Spells and Abilities Use the Random Map Generators for Endless Challenges Play as the Dwarf or Orc FactionsSystem Requirements: Supported OS: Windows® XP SP3 (Only) Processor: 1.5 GHz Pentium® 4 or Athlon™ or higher (Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher recommended) RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended) Video Card: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c compliant video card (256 MB recommended) (*See supported list) Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant sound card DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (included on disc) DVD-ROM: 4x DVD-ROM or better Hard Drive Space: 7 GB Peripherals Supported: Windows compatible mouse keyboard Multiplayer: 128 kbps upstream or faster broadband connection *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release NVIDIA GeForce® 4 Ti / FX / 6 / 7 / 8 series (Geforce 4 MX NOT supported ATI Radeon™ 8500 / 9 / X series Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported. Administrator privileges are required to properly install the program on Windows XP. User is responsible for all Internet access fees and phone charges. Note: Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East is Windows Vista compatible. Format: WIN XP Genre: ENTERTAINMENT Rating: T Age: 705381172505 UPC: 705381172505 Manufacturer No: 17250
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 good game October 2, 2009
Stephanie G. Barrett
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Got the game and got started on it. It's a fun game. Better graphics then the ones before it. The campaigns go through all the available players involved. Do recommend it.
A good game that is not without its flaws September 28, 2009
P. Robertson (Chicago)
An in depth strategy game that is loads of fun. The only down sides are that the game takes forever and a day to complete even one map. Another downside is that the AI cheats a little bit to give itself extra resources and that the game really isn't any fun unless you play with friend(s). But if you can get some people together and play hot seat the game really shows its strength. I recommend this game for someone with friends that enjoy similar games but if you're just going to play by yourself look elsewhere.
 Heroes of Pop Culture Ehterlords September 5, 2009
waterbowl
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been a big fan of the Might and Magic universe since I played Heroes of Might and Magic 2 when it first came out. The universe has had it's ups and downs, but many of the games have been just awesome. I am very disappointed in Heroes of Might and Magic 5, it's another one that subtracts from the universe of Might and Magic.
The graphics in the previous games were, and still are, just perfect. The graphics in this one just absolutely suck. Why do they suck? They don't take influences from the previous games to create it. Imagine having 4 previous games, all with some great artwork and designs, and not using any of it. Instead, they took influence from pop culture. Remember the Gremlins movie? Gremlins in this game look just like the ones in the movie. Watch Anime? Yup, there's loads of Anime looking characters, instead of Elves having realistic ears, they have ears that are as long as a leg. Seen Pokemon? There's a Pokemon tree too. What would Might and Magic be without Pokemon making it better? Like hairspray? Some of the units like to use a lot of hair spray, they're bringing big hair back.
Because I love the graphics of the previous games, I won't stop there. Whether or not you liked having Heroes on the battlefield in the 4th one, at least the women looked like women. In this one, if you pick a female hero, they look like a man. I want to see a female hero represented as a woman in the game, not as a big man. The women even sound like men, how distracting is that. They couldn't even add women in the 2 expansions they made.
What else sucks? They made this game from the Etherlords game engine. If you never played Etherlords, it won't bug you, but I feel like I'm playing Etherlords 3. Doesn't Heroes of Might and Magic deserve a better and new game engine? I think so. I believe they even used one of the same mounts from Etherlords. Once again, showing that they don't have the sense to take influence from any of the previous 4 Heroes games.
What is good about this game is the combat. It took them many expansions and patches to do it, but they finally got the combat right, even if everything else sucks. Like the combat in Heroes 3? Then you'll like the combat here. I liked everything about the previous Heroes games, not just the combat, so having horribly looking units detracts from the game a lot for me.
The music feels a little like Might and Magic music, that's the only other good thing about the game. It is not as good as the old music, but it is still OK.
On the back of the box, it states that if this is the future of turn-based games, then bring it on. Really? Is that how people feel? If this is the future of turn-based games, I say you need to have your head examined.
Good combat, decent music, sucky everything else.
One other thing I'm disappointed about, this collection does not come patched. It came out after the patches were finished, but they couldn't patch the game for us. So make sure you patch your game if you buy the collection. One reason I buy collections, is because they are always patched up, not so here.
 Enjoyable Title August 18, 2009
Vyperboy (NC)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've played several of the HOMM games and this one did not disappoint me. I found it to be quite enjoyable and rich in graphics and story. I'm still playing it and looking forward to trying out all the different paths and options.
Problems with installation August 16, 2009
J. Osborne
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, I have to say this is the first review I have ever completed, and it is not a positive one. Original Heroes 5 loaded, but crashes constantly. It is not the system, playing games with much higher requirments without problems. Hammers of fate, so far no problems. Tribes of the east? Can't even get it to the load screen.
Even after patching only Hammer of Fate works decently. Support still has yet to get back to me. It shipped and arrived when they said it would, and everything they said was going to be in it was in it. Other then that.....
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