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Heroes of Might and Magic V

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Written by AW from Walterboro

Apr 26, 2009

2 Stars Given

Pros:
Great graffics. If you liked HOMM3, this is very similar. Changed names and base creatures to races.

Cons:
No custom maps as far as custom games. Crash problem MUST be fixed.

Overall, I would not purchase this product until they fixed the stability issues.

15 of 17 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Works perfectly fine on my 2006 (black) mac book

Written by RS from MOUNT JACKSON

Apr 24, 2009

I've been a huge fan of the previous hero games, and this one beats them by far. When I first got the game, I only have 1 gig on memory, and it would run fine for 3-5 hrs, then it would get laggy. But once I upgraded to 2 gig memory, it runs perfectly fine. I've never had the game crash on me, even when I had 1 gig of memory. This is highly addicted once you get going, be aware.

18 of 20 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Once You Download the Patch, This is an Awesome game!

Written by RS from Seven Hills

Aug 9, 2008

I have been a fan of Heroes of Might & Magic since Heroes II. This latest version is excellent after you download the patch.

Since this game is fairly mature I am disappointed the copy I just bought in July of 2008 does not have the latest most up-to-date version. I hate downloading patches! Patches are for Windows gamers! Grrr.

44 of 47 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Fun even though it crashes.

Written by BT from Santa Cruz

Jun 25, 2008

I really liked this game. I could play it for hours and hours and hours if it didn't crash so often. I noticed it works a lot better and lasts a lot longer on a MacBook Pro than on a MacBook, for some reason. Overall the game is difficult and I definitely lost way more rounds against the computer than I won. The graphics are cool and the animations are fun and the battle type is pretty spectacular if you up all the effects to max. I only ever had problems on it randomly crashing every once in a while, I just suggest playing it and saving often.

22 of 25 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Great Game- how to fix the flaw!

Written by BS

Apr 30, 2008

Lots of people complain that this game crashes, erases their files, etc.... These are serious problems that Freeverse needs to deal with, especially if they release the sequels, and I hope they do.

However, I found a solution to the above problems with the current 1.51 version. All the crashes on my computer happened after 2 hours of play. The last 6 months I've been testing my theory. I have confirmed it. On my computer a new, but only mid range Mac, if I just save and quit after two hours I have no problems with files, crashing, or anything. Try it. You might play a little less, or a little slower, but hey, people say that's good for you. I've found that I savor the game more this way.

59 of 85 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

No Major Problems But Not Flawless

Written by DB from GLASGOW

Apr 27, 2008

I'm currently running the MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz and I've had little to no problems with running this game. The graphics are great, the game play is addictive but little to no development in game play variety. For what Heroes is, I'd recommend it to others who like games such as Age of Empires or Command and Conquer.

The problems i have faced though are when you minimise the game to read emails or something else, it will either crash or the opposing teams will stop moving. It also randomly crashes if your processor gets too warm but you just turn your fan up on your computer to solve that problem.

All in all, Thumps up to this.

39 of 69 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Fun but destroys itself

Written by SC from grinnell

Apr 25, 2008

Had fun right up until it crashed miserably. Then the support on it failed to help me at all do not purchase it.

39 of 74 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Might & Magic V

Written by MS from White Plains

Feb 22, 2008

In order to be playable you must download the update. Still occasionally problematic but probably worth it to people who enjoyed the previous versions.

69 of 115 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Heroes V

Written by JU from Upland

Dec 8, 2007

Despite the bugs that are still being worked out, and hopefully will be fixed in patches, Heroes V remains a fantastic game. The graphics, the game play, and the storyline are all top notch. I am very happy with this game and wait expectantly for the expansions to arrive for Mac.

83 of 168 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

better than other reviews suggest

Written by NM from New Orleans

Dec 8, 2007

Yes its a return in many respects to HOMM III, but thats an all time great game, and this is a much better game than HOMM IV. Its beautiful, and plays without the crashes others describe on my intel imac. OSX 10.4.11. There are many downloadable scenarios on the web.

95 of 167 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

save problem?!?

Written by RR

Nov 30, 2007

This game is really fun to play but i have a problem with saving the game. I've played the first level like 4 times already and it wont let me save. Ive even downloaded the patch on the website and it still doesn't help. can someone help me out?

70 of 152 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Not that kind of game....

Written by MM

Nov 23, 2007

I looked at this game for a long time, wondering if I would like it. The pictures on the back and in the open up cover, lead you to think it's a World of WarCraft style of game. This is what caught my attention.

I was sorely disappointed when I bought the game, and ran it to find it was a tactics based RPG.

Now, a lot of people I know love tactics games, but I personally find them slow and after 30 minutes of playing I have to do something else. If you are unsure of what tactics games are, imagine a giant grid, where you can only move and attack to the spaces adjacent to you. You spend half the battle moving around like a game of chess before you actually get to attack, which in the end is just a click of a button where all the actions take place on their own. You just tell the game what to do.

I am not saying this is a bad game, but I don't want others spending a chunk of their paycheck for what they thought was something else.

18 of 53 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

buggy buggy buggy disappointment

Written by NT from Denver

Nov 17, 2007

I bought this game shortly after buying my new Mac Pro to have a NEW game running on my lovely new Mac. HoMM is an awesome game, but this port of HoMM is a HUGE disappointment because it is more buggy than any game I have ever played on the Mac platform - 15 years. It is rare that I give a bad public review because I don't want bad programming to reflect on Macs in general or provide less incentive for new Mac games, but this really is NOT at all acceptable for a game to crash like this on the top desktop Mac with 5G of RAM. The 1.5 patch is only a band-aid. The game continues to be substandard. I don't recommend it to anyone but the very desperate - unless you know programming and can teach Freeverse how to fix the many many bugs. Now I know better - I will never buy another port when they are first released even though I'm sure that discourages future Mac games. But it's not worth it to choose from thousands of buggy games that you pay full price for. There are freeware and inexpensive shareware games available that are very stable, so I will support those developers.

31 of 48 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Fun and Stable with 1.5 patch

Written by DG from Ladera Ranch

Nov 13, 2007

I recently purchased the game, I was a little reluctant because of the bad reviews but I'm glad I did now. It is a fun turn based strategy game. The game supports several different resolution settings and I have had no problems playing so far after several days of gameplay. Have yet to try online play but plan to do so soon. The campaigns are a little dry but the instant modes are fun.

27 of 42 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Worst Strategy Game Ever

Written by AB from BRONXVILLE

Nov 11, 2007

I'm really not sure how anyone could find this game remotely entertaining. Every action is a chore (even battles) none of the controls are intuitive, it runs slowly, and none of the progress you make in one level carries over to the next. You spend all this time developing and progressing your Heroes (the title of the game, for crying out loud) and none of that progress is recognized in the next mission. With only a handful of games out there available for Mac, how is it that such a terrible game made the cut? You can download free games off the internet that are much, much better. What's the return policy on this tripe?

21 of 47 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

IT MAKES ME MAD!

Written by ST

Aug 24, 2007

I love all the Heroes games and was extremely excited for five to come out. But when I played it and it gliched I was agrivated. So I download this patch that supposedly will help with files corrupting. I go to play a loaded game and the file was corrupted! I mean come on! Freeverse! How could you possibly mess up something so awesome as heroes!

82 of 145 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Premature releases are now common

Written by WT from New Castle

Aug 21, 2007

This game has wonderful turn based strategy, excellent graphics and design. When Heroes IV came out it had terrible crashes, many bugs, and other problems. Eventually (it took about 16 months) the game was fully patched and ran great. There were no problems that I recall with Heroes III. Potentially awesome games are being released too soon perhaps to meet the payroll. There is no other game that can compare with this game in this genre.

One of the greatest strategy games that I have ever played is now available for MAC ! When this game is fully patched, I am sure it will be worth 5 stars.

18 of 42 people found this useful

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Not worth the money

Written by RH from Chatsworth

Jul 21, 2007

The game looks great and is actually fun when it works. However, Freeverse seem to have done a rather poor job of porting it. To make matters worse, it seems they have no desire or perhaps lack of talent in correcting the issues that currently plague it.

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