Yahoo Reviews Heroes V

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 23 May 2006, 14:34

Tom Chick reviewed Heroes of Might and Magic V for <a href="/http://videogames.yahoo.com/gamereview? ... ">Yahoo</a>. He praises the graphics, the single-player mode (<i>"single-player is, by and large, right on the money"</i>) and the aggressivity of the computer player. However, the lack of a map editor, the tiny printed documentation and the badly-written in-game help hurt the game's final score. The state of the multiplayer component was a disappointment to the author:

<i>"As of a week after the game's release in Europe, multiplayer support is in an awful state. Games fall out of sync and the ghost tricks seem to break the game more than they help it."</i>

While we wait for the Gamespot and GameSpy reviews, we will work on a summary of all the reviews we missed until now. This will give everyone a better idea of Heroes V's critical success so far.

If you would like to take a look at the original page visit this link:
https://www.celestialheavens.com/1148394892

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 23 May 2006, 15:03

Ah,a decent review,finally.No "OMG!This is the best game ever",nor the"Worst trash after trash can".Just pure facts.Game is good,but needs more work.Simple as that.

Veldrynus · Unread postby **Veldrynus** » 23 May 2006, 15:35

DaemianLucifer wrote:Game is good,but needs more work.

Good ? Maybe it is more fun than playing in sand with a bucket and shovel, but that's not good enough.

Campaigner · Unread postby **Campaigner** » 23 May 2006, 19:20

Awful multiplayer. No surprise there. HoMM isn't multiplayer friendly.

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 23 May 2006, 21:26

Funny, I got the impresion most people here were more into MP then SP.

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 24 May 2006, 00:30

I'd say it's the opposite.

asandir · Unread postby **asandir** » 24 May 2006, 01:05

agree with AS

SP ftw!

dragonn · Unread postby **dragonn** » 24 May 2006, 10:01

Gamespot has H5 review on their site...

anakha · Unread postby **anakha** » 24 May 2006, 11:34

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/her ... eview.html

Kalidor · Unread postby **Kalidor** » 25 May 2006, 11:08

I may be in the minority here...but for YEARS now my wife and I have played single player and hot-seat only. We really enjoy hot-seat or LAN, either way as our only MP experience. I have never played other MP options.

SP and Hot-Seat are my necessities and they are included! Yeah!

No map editor/generator though?!

What gives with that?

Also missing...High Score Listings...? I can't find them anywhere...

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 25 May 2006, 11:37

There is no highscore table.Although some say they found it in game,but its being disabled.Maybe it will be enabled via a pacth.And the editor will come soon.

Cleanpea · Unread postby **Cleanpea** » 31 May 2006, 06:33

I want random map generator, as in H2 & H3. They were funny enough in the long run. Did the yahoo-guy say there were no random generator in earlier games? And yeah - hotseat is the best, safest way. Or direct linking. And to all of you complaining about a three-days-wait: My computer is far to weak to play H5, I have to wait till autumn... And buy a new one then

ThunderTitan · Unread postby **ThunderTitan** » 31 May 2006, 10:08

As I recal RMG's were expansion features in the previous HoMM games.

Qurqirish Dragon · Unread postby **Qurqirish Dragon** » 31 May 2006, 13:52

ThunderTitan wrote:As I recal RMG's were expansion features in the previous HoMM games.

Yes, the RMG came with AB in heroes 3, and I think it came with PoL for heroes 2. I don't think H1 had an RMG.

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