Heroes of Might and Magic 5 (PC)

Heroes of Might and Magic. An infamous franchise whose cult following simply couldn't support it anymore. After 3DO sold the company and game rights to Ubisoft HoMM5 was the result. Though i'm a big fan of Ubisoft's work, this time around they completely missed the mark. The biggest flaw was step one. The game was released way before it was ready. Messy and often lethal glitches, horrific screw ups and with those glitches carrying over to online play, a rather sour experience the first time around, which likely failed to bring in lots of new fans to the franchise. The second mistake was the 3d take on the game. The 2d lush sprite work which is an ...

Heroes of Might and Magic V is a massive game which keeps the spirit of earlier games in the series and a virtually identical interface, but it's presented with more style and much more impressive graphics. It stars off with the marriage of Emperor Nicolai and Lady Isabel - but those pesky demons in the land can always be relied on to try and ruin things, and sure enough along comes an evil beast to break up the happy couple. With Nicolai taking the battle to the demons far away, Isabel is much too feisty to just sit around and wait for him to return, and sets off on a journey to gather an army and rush to his side. In the Single Player mode - I fear never ...