Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 Bundle includes Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 and its two expansions: Tribes of the East and Hammers of Fate.
Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 is a turn-based strategy game in which you can build cities and besiege them, train troops and slaughter them, and explore new lands...
Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 Bundle includes Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 and its two expansions: Tribes of the East and Hammers of Fate.
Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 is a turn-based strategy game in which you can build cities and besiege them, train troops and slaughter them, and explore new lands – and crush them under your iron heel. You directly command your armies on the battlefield and aid them with your character’s abilities as well as your own strategy skills. With six unique factions to choose from, each with its own set of buildings and creatures, Heroes of Might and Magic® 5 provides gamers with the strategy and detailed graphics that the series has been known for. As you progress through the game your character gains levels of experience that allow him to learn new spells and abilities. All this is set in the magical and enchanting setting of the legendary Might and Magic® universe.
Is there anyway to have this game running while i'm alt-tab'ed out of it?
I hate having to wait for the computer AI to move in multi-player AI matches, and just want to alt-tab out while they move, and come back in when it's my turn.
Any help?
If you're searching for an improved HOMM3 then go ahead and read the reviews to have an opinion on that.
However If you just want a modern fantasy TBS then this is probably the best thing out there. It has so much diversity in races and features, It'll keep you entertained for a very very looong time.
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 The story is hammy as all heck this time around, with wierdly undetailed cutscenes that felt outdated even when it came out.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. <:(
It is a very good game, the only shortcoming is that the game was published in Hungarian, but the game does not include the Hungarian language. The same is true with Heroes of Might and Magic 4 ....