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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.

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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.

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Heroes of Might and Magic V

Great game but currently buggy

Written by EM from Bremerton

Jun 12, 2007

Heroes of Might and Magic V is a fun game and a worthy addition to the series. For those who don't usually play turn-based strategy games, I can think of no better game to get them started on the genre, and those who do probably already have their copy by now. Until the v1.5 patch is released it's going to be a bit frustrating considering the stability issues (it crashes all of the time), so it might be best to wait to get your copy until they're fixed. Once they are fixed, HoMMV will definitely be a worthy addition to anyone's gaming library.

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Heroes of Might and Magic V

Fun, but -- no fun

Written by DT from Murrysville

Jun 9, 2007

I'm a die hard Heroes fan who waited a long time for this one to come to the Mac. But I'm afraid it came too soon. Freeverse is not up front (before you buy) about features to disable to help alleviate (not altogether get rid of) all the crashes. And they've known about them for a long time (go to the Freeverse forums and read all about it). There *are* work-arounds to help some, but even after knowing them, the program still crashes. If you *do* buy the game, be sure to check out the forums first to prepare yourself.

Nevertheless, it's a beautiful game and (are you listening Apple?!!) one of the better games for a Mac, as bad as it is.

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