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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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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

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

boo!

Written by WR from Santa Ana

May 2, 2007

crash, crash, crash. don't buy until they release a patch!!! otw, fun game, nice graphics. WHEN IT DOESN'T CRASH.

152 of 271 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

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

While the game play is excellent

Written by BK from Helena

May 10, 2007

I have to agree with the other review. It's so crash prone, it makes gameplay unenjoyable. I did find the crashes were less frequent after I upgraded to 3GBs of RAM, but still, they're happening a lot more than they should.

33 of 46 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

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

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.

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Heroes of Might and Magic V

avoid this game

Written by JW from forest city

Jul 13, 2007

While I'll agree with other reviews that say this game has the potential to be a fine RPG, the fact alone that it constantly crashes makes it a bad purchase. Beyond that, after I made it to the third campaign it again crashed and along with being unable to open ANY saved games, auto or otherwise, it now closes out everytime I try to even open the campaign mode. This makes the game unplayable, literally. I implore everyone out there not to give money to people who make inferior products, we only encourage them.

By the way, I'm giving this ridiculous waste of money 1 star because it won't allow me to give it none.

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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.

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Heroes of Might and Magic V

HOMMV

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Heroes of Might and Magic V

Five months and no patch

Written by JB from Atlantic Highlands

Jul 16, 2007

Don't even consider this great game until the idiots who run Freeverse, the company that attempted to port it to Mac (and brilliantly only for Intel machines), sends out a patch to fix the multitude of bugs and crashes.

I have been playing the game with all sorts of jury rigs for five months waiting for them to get a patch out.

Truly sad.

They have changed the layout and graphics of their website, but can't get a patch out to people who paid $50.00 for their product.

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Heroes of Might and Magic V

So cool!

Written by PK

May 10, 2007

This game is supa awesome.

38 of 67 people found this useful