Posted on: March 10, 2013

Kamashii

Games: 253 Reviews: 10

Not worth it.

I started off playing this series back with number 2, was hooked from then. Loved 3 but never did play 4. But this game, its good on some levels, alot better. But the neutral creatures killed it for me. I always was slow to build up at the start, normally have nothing defending my base. I saw some neutral mob pop up right outside my castle, too strong for me. Though "whatever I get build up and smash it down". A month later my army was nice, that neutral mob was massive, I dont even remember if there was a cap. Got through it fine to see about another 50 neutral guys had spawned, all had 1000s within their armies. In the third one it used to take neutral mobs years to get into the 1000s, yet a month and they were everywhere and very powerful. I couldnt even get anywhere close to anything. One simple thing destroyed the game completely. Simply, if you are a die hard fan, you will probably love it. If you dont like to grind out neutral mobs all night then you will probably hate it.

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Posted on: June 5, 2016

Greggrogg

Verified owner

Games: 123 Reviews: 4

All HoMM 3 had to offer, and more!

Now, I know this is a controversial opinion, but I think HoMM 5 surpassed all of its predecessors, including HoMM 3, in every way. The storyline is well thought through, rich in narrative and full of plot twists. The heroes are likable and unique, they're not just stats and a profile pic anymore. The creatures are more diverse and all posess some particular abilities, many unique. The towns are lovingly crafted, the 3d and the possibility to move your camera around them makes you feel like you actually enter a city, not a store with buildings lined up on the shelves. You can pick one of 4 skills while levelling, instead of two. To reach some abilities you first have to unlock some very specific skills in the intricate skill tree. Even after years of playing i still find new ones. The entire world is fully 3d, so you can move your camera freely in all angles and directions. The combat system is greatly enhanced, since more unit stacks are allowed onto the battlefield, which also increased in size. You'll notice that the queue of turns is now visible, which makes it possible to create more complex strategies. Each faction plays COMPLETELY differently, and using the same strategy for different ones will result in failure. Overall, the game introduced improvements to all aspects of previous games and brought in some new things, making both the campaign and the multiplayer incredibly fun.

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Posted on: November 19, 2020

heyimnavy

Verified owner

Games: 100 Reviews: 10

Fun times with friends

Been playing for a while now, it's great to play with friends over the internet or in the same room through Hot-seat. This way there's no tactical advantage and everyone is more involved. Game itself is a little dated but still looks pretty good. It could be overwhelming in the beginning, but at the end there aren't really many different approaches so it might become a tad boring :)

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Posted on: December 18, 2021

topgwim

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Games: 185 Reviews: 13

The only HOMM worth playing outside of 3

Wasn't a huge fan when it came out, but it has since grown on me enough to subplant HoMM2 from it's 2nd place into 3rd. So now it's HoMM3>HoMM5>HoMM2>The rest. So to those who are familiar with HoMM 1-3 universe, this isn't it, like 4th, they decided to scrap everything and begin anew, although in this case there's no cool lore explanation like we had in 4, so you just have to roll with it. The Lore byitself is less of a mess than originals, but also more cliche. The only bad thing was that it lacked those elaborate novels written in the game - I rather enjoyed them which was a bit of a bummer. Anyway, so gameplay is changed in the regard to speed, because now speed isn't the only thing that decides who goes first because they have also introduced "Initiative". I'm not a huge fan to this day, but it does add an element of complexity that 3rd lacked - but overall it doesn't matter enough since fast units have usually good initiative - with notable exceptions. The AI is retarded and on top of that takes forever with its turns, on top of that you can't "alt-tab" because the game freezes til you come back allowing you witness those extra seconds tick by as the meter fills up. This is a huge issue for me on custom maps, but in campaigh its tolerable since a lot of it is scripted to a point where it seems smart. Campaign by itself is a bit of a hit or miss in terms of story/lore, but it does offer some interesting challenges down the line. Playing this on max difficulty heroic has been a trial which I enjoyed. Hero & Hero skillwheel; so yeah first and foremost you can now attack units with hero. I think it's a bad change personally but yeah, it does grow on you. Skillwheel is more balanced than HoMM3 and 4, and there are more useful abilities. There are also ultimately abilities you can acquire once you unlock specific skills, but I usually skip them since most of them are not worth it - with notable exceptions. Theres a mod that fixes most of the issues btw.

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Posted on: May 12, 2023

FeliGabiLecchini

Verified owner

Games: 30 Reviews: 10

Super buggy. Hardware runs too hot too.

First of all, let me say i'm a huge fan of HoMM series. The second and third instalments are the best by far (and most people on the internet agrees with this). But...this instalment is the worst in terms of the campaign. It's plagued with bugs that literally won't let you advance. Trigger events that don't happen it's the most frequent bug. You need to either restart the mission or use the console's cheat code to either trigger the event or just outright type @Win() and be done with that sucker ! In terms of AI the enemy lacks intelligence and strategy. I feel like playing a match of chess with my pet goldfish and I think that will squeeze more "smartness" than this game. The graphics drips with colours and special effects just for the "eye candy" effect. But for the game play it only gets in the way, the camera is too clumsy and some objects are hidden behind trees and rocks. And at some point you have to reduce your setting because FPS goes down for no reason. The spells are awful, they don't feel powerful at all. The fireball and meteor shower kills only a few enemies and ONLY if they are not immune to fire. The resurrections and blessing feel like a waste of mana too. All the units feel weak, once i was fighting a bunch of peasants with some of my soldiers and it took me like 20 effing turns to kill them. The skill tree progressing sucks, you never know the entire set of skills to plan your hero build ahead. And even after learning the entire skill tree on some fan-made web you still can't build your ideal hero because your hero will choose RANDOMLY a set of skills to advance for you. LAME ! There's plenty of other reasons to hate this game, but those were the main reasons (and they should be enough for you to STAY AWAY from this game). Buy Homm2 or 3 or buy this one and prepare yourself to use the cheat console A LOT !!!

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