OT: HOMM V

DonCorazon · #1 May 30th, 2008, 05:30 PM

Happy Friday. Any thoughts on Heroes of Might and Magic 5? I recall the earlier games being pretty fun. I guess HOMM V came out a while back but I might be ready for some lighter fare to supplement my hearty Dom 3 diet.

HoneyBadger · #2 May 30th, 2008, 05:33 PM

I know there's a HOMM browser based game coming out (supposedly) this year. I hope it'll be better than I think it's going to be...

Edi · #3 May 30th, 2008, 05:48 PM

If you intend to get HoMM V, either get he Gold Edition which has all the goods, or then just Tribes of the East, as it's a standalone expansion that has most of the problems of the base HoMM V ironed out. Biggest problem is that the base campaigns aren't in that expansion.

I liked the campaign storylines, but playing on Heroic, got stuck on the Warlcok campaign's third scenario, which is utterly ridiculous and requires cheats to get anywhere on the Heroic difficulty.

HoMM V is thematically much closer to HoMM3 than to HoMM4, which was too much of a crossover into AoW mechanics. Pity they did not keep the old HoMM3 world.

HoneyBadger · #4 May 30th, 2008, 06:23 PM

HoMM3 was great all around, and the music was amazing. Even my mother commented on how good it was, and she's about as distant from the average video game as any given African Bushman over the age of 50 or so.

Psycho · #5 May 30th, 2008, 06:33 PM

Yes, HOMM3 was an excellent game (HOMM1 and HOMM2 as well for their time), but HOMM4 and HOMM5 were complete disappointments for me.

IndyPendant · #6 May 30th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Hmm, really? I heard that HoMM V sucked, primarily because the AI was terrible and they tried to get around it by flooding the game with hordes of enemies, and also because of lack of creativity in the overall map and campaign design.

I would love to learn I am wrong though, so if so please let me know!

--IndyPendant, old fan of HoMM II and III...

sansanjuan · #7 May 30th, 2008, 06:44 PM

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DonCorazon said:
Happy Friday. Any thoughts on Heroes of Might and Magic 5? I recall the earlier games being pretty fun. I guess HOMM V came out a while back but I might be ready for some lighter fare to supplement my hearty Dom 3 diet.

DC,

I've owned HOMM 1,2,3,4,5 and all their expansions. Sadly, HOMM5 has abysmal multiplayer support. The magic system and graphics are new and refreshing but... crash crash crash MP. My wife and I still play HOMM3 Shadow of Death occasionally as allies. For SP I'd buy it. Etherlords is another one by the same devs. I enjoyed that ~2.5 of 5 stars.

-SSJ

DonCorazon · #8 May 30th, 2008, 06:57 PM

Thanks all.

SSJ - I am mostly interested in SP anyway. I find Dom 3 MP so much more enjoyable than Dom SP, that I can barely play the SP � it just pales in comparison and I race through moves without any real deliberation until I get bored in about ~ 20 turns. So I was actually interested in finding some lighter fare for SP. I downloaded the HOMM 5 demo last night so will give it a try. BTW that is pretty cool your wife will play HOMM with you!

NTJedi · #9 May 30th, 2008, 07:15 PM

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DonCorazon said:
BTW that is pretty cool your wife will play HOMM with you!

I agree... most females lean towards the usual "I'm too kool for computer games". My wife doesn't play any PC games, but I've been lucky to convince her to play a few Wii games. Maybe after 5 years or 10 years I can convince her to try a PC game.

djo · #10 May 30th, 2008, 07:27 PM

I found HOMM V to be amusing enough. Sadly, though, if you have a Mac, it has some performance, stability, and bug issues. I find it basically playable on a 2-yr old MacBook Pro, if you're patient.