Posted on: February 18, 2019
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Split map pool lowers longevity
As others have said Heroes 5 is hardly a good game, but it does not entirely feel like a heroes game either. The 3D is frankly kind of ugly, and the maps as one user puts it "feels small", especially compared to the scope of the earlier titles, where the vastness of the world was conveyed a lot better. The story is hammy as all heck this time around, with wierdly undetailed cutscenes that felt outdated even when it came out. By the looks of things, this applies to the expansion campaigns as well. If they ever get better I have no idea, as I very unproudly have to confess I never finished any one of the three on offer. Usually I like this sort of crazy bad stuff, but not when it takes up space in the franchise that gave us Heroes 3. Disregarding the wonky graphics and story, the gameplay is definately OK enough to enjoy. Especially the third game's very interesting upgrade system that lets you somewhat customize your armies (by one of two, rather than just the one upgrade tree). This can add to the mileage of your experience quite a lot. However. All this aside, mileage being the operative word of what ends up a sandbox title, Heroes games need a big healthy map-pool to really get into its own. Again, comparing 5 unfavorably to 3 is low, but the 100 (more?) maps available there has kept me coming back for over ten years now. Here, 5's meagre 10 (give or take) are a comparatively paltry display that severely lowers longevity and fun factor. Add to that however the reason why I felt compelled to write this review in the first place, and I am not sure I at all can recommend the game over others of its type: The game, even as it is considered 1 game and 2 expansions, are launched separately, with maps from previous expansions being unavailable to players when launching the final expansion, but earlier maps being unavailable to players who want to play with new factions or features. This effectively reduces the map pool to only Tribes of the east (final exp) maps. <:(
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