Posted on: March 4, 2013

eldrono84

Games: 9 Reviews: 1

Don't believe the "Hype"

Being a fan of HoMM3, I was convinced by a few great reviews of this game to give it a try. So I'll be blunt on my experience. If you've come to look for a decent fresh turn based RPG/strategy game. You could do worse, but you could do better as well. Now if you are aware of how awesome HoMM 3 was(and will always be) and how terrible HoMM4 was, you could still do better. While a great improvement over the 4th, I found this game(possibly because it was taken over by another company) tedious, and obnoxious. It takes the basic game mechanics, gave it a cheesy 3D makeover ala Warcraft 3 and....really that's it. It plays very slow(due to ridiculous neutral monster pop ups),the game world feels small and exploration is weak, the artistry and descriptive dialogue from the 3rd is gone, and replaced with cheap 3D and absolutely terrible dialogue cut scenes. I won't lie, I gave the campaign a good 4 quest run and never played it again. The game just seemed dumbed down in looks, game play, and over all feel. If your a fan of HoMM3, this latest installment won't feel right. If your not, you might enjoy it for a little bit... Maybe. As a game stand alone, it's decent, but not spectacular. It's hard to give this game love because of bias. So upon that recognition, It will be awarded 3 meek stars.

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Posted on: December 24, 2018

Ravenwoods

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Games: 244 Reviews: 12

Fantastic!

I need to start by saying two things. One, I love HOMM 2 and 3 but I am one of the worst players of the either game. I do not mind 6 either (more on this later). And the second thing is, when I first played HOMM 5, back around the time it had recently came out, I remember hating it. No lip sync, the textures felt ugly, the camera control was hopeless, story seemed cheesy. I uninstalled very quickly. Fast forward to 12 years later, I am having such a blast with this game. Before I played any of these games, however, I played number 6. I still love the unit and animations of 6. Some of the units in 5 are same as 6 - but of course much lower res-, however, some are super experimental. Some of the designs are hit, some are misses for me. So, I tend to prefer HOMM 6 personally. Having said that, the way they approached to map building and story feels fresh and really awesome. It feels more like a grounded world rather than a playground; so not a boardgame board with pieces if you will. I really hope they try this type of approach, if ever, in the future they make another title. Another weird thing about this game is, I have played HOMM through to number 6 bar number 4, and this game's campaign at "easy" is easier than easy. Like, other HOMM game's easy actually kick my ass. I cannot even beat them! Having said that, I am in too early of the campaign, perhaps, it will get harder. Or, for the first time in HOMM game, I may have to increase the difficulty! *gasp* All in all, I'd say this is an awesome edition to the series. I would say it competes the number 1 spot for HOMM3 for me personally. I still like some of the design choices of number 3, so it still kind of remains number 1 for me haha. But then HOMM 5 cutting sooo close. If you are looking to dip your toes into the series, and you don't mind some old gfx (still look decent at highest setting with AA etc.) this is the perfect place to start! Highly recommend!

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Posted on: November 16, 2015

Dantuin

Verified owner

Games: 30 Reviews: 1

Could not understand all the hype.

Having never played Might and Magic but having many years of game play and a great love of RPG, I was willing to give this a try. I was all excited after reading the grand reviews and thought it was a good bet. I was very disappointed and could not even get past the first battle scenes. I found it very non intuitive and was not even liking the character that I supposed to be. For the price I guess I cant complain but I will not be playing this game. I really cant see what others see that is so good about this game. Really wanted to like it.

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Posted on: July 22, 2017

Tornado8

Verified owner

Games: 231 Reviews: 3

Five to be Alive

Heroes V is a turn-based strategy game, within the "board game-esk" franchise, known for strategic planning and mathematical calculations. If you have played any of the franchise, original, second third forth, sixth seventh? - There's no surprises, it is at its core "the same game". However, its like Grand Theft Auto - Its the same missions, different intro, ending and layout. but its the same game at heart, with the same formula. Heroes V I wont compare in this review to prior games, as someone who went from 3 and 4 to 5, but not really playing the games extensively. I found myself picking this up on sale, for 5 pounds. After I found myself rather enjoying how powerful you could become in Heroes 3 - heroes 4 I vaguely touched, so V no really surprises. The campaign exists, Probably "not worth" going through it. (I do intend to go through at some point myself) the Skirmish is where the game proper shines. VS the a.i. and other players, great - However the a.i. is slow, they take a few seconds to calculate their moves in full and when you have 4 or more players in a match, the times between your moves can seem to really drag. More so within this game. However - the game looks quite nice for a game released over a decade ago - And despite its age and how poor the a.i. speed can be, the game is "well optimized" I have tried running it on my "gaming rig" (cheap I may add) Runs like trying to cook food in an oven, Not on an open fire. Tried running it on a NON gaming laptop - Runs very well, some hiccups, and with the graphics turned back. Still great frame rates. Should you be thinking "I might not be able to run this" because X, Y and Z. - As long as you really have a moderate computer that vaguely matches the specs on the store page? You can run it. I had a early 2000s computer, XP, slow 60gb hard-drive. 64mb graphics card. Ran just as well as a computer with a 100+ quid graphics card, in a computer built last year. I would recommend without questions.

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Posted on: April 13, 2023

Der_Richter

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Games: 687 Reviews: 1

A good game, an awful implementation

It's a very good design, reminescent of HOMM3 and it has all the good stuff you would expect. However, the technical implementation of the game is abysmal. And not even a modern PC is enough to brute force through that. A state of the art 2023 PC will still net you 3-5 frames per second when zooming out in certain areas, despite the GPU and CPU remaining almost unused. Frame rates in many parts are not only dropping but unplaybly low, going sub 10 fps. This was the case back at release and it's still the case now.

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