Keeping it simple, Ever played Diablo back before Diablo 2? Your in for nostalgia. if you have played Diablo 2 and/or 3 - Its rough. Like wise with any franchises roots originating within the mid 90s, Bluntly, if you are interested within it genuinely to give it a proper chance? Get it. You won't be disappointed. From my quick testing on windows 7, Not an issue it even includes the "original" version without the back-end tweaks, so you can use the original Battlenet. Sweet, the new version, supporting full 1080p (on my set up) rather than the 640x480p resolution. The controls, speed, the framerate (near locked 20FPS) the poor item management and clunky UI. won't win any awards back in the day, but it is functional. Theres a reason, Diablo was popular. I love the story, I love the graphics (Minus the blood outside the cathedral, because I thought the game was glitching so I checked online, and no - that is just what the blood on the floor looked like back in 96) I look forward to "walking" my way through Diablo, Maybe in a live stream or something. Definitive answer - Its slow, choppy, its poor UI and borderline tedious. BUT, it has one of the best stories you have yet to experience, a part of adventure is the mundane and boring. Some heroes can't run infinitely. These ones refuse to run at all, and yet, they can still defeat the lord of the underworld Diablo. We play it and still enjoy it for the darkness, and rewards down below. Because Hell, is it going to be a night.
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.
Excellent voice work, Excellent graphics, soundtrack and art design that is just superb Out of all the games in the franchise, it may very well be the best experience the game that plays the best and is the most polished out of all 5 legacy of kain games, but it is not my favorite. But it is worthy of being called the best the series had ever had to offer. p.s. if you play this game before Blood Omen, theres not much point in playing Blood Omen, SIMPLY because soul reaver 2 is basically everyones recap of blood omen.
