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Dhruin
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HoMM 5: Preview @ GamersInfo

GamersInfo has a <a href="http://www.gamersinfo.net/index.php?art/id:867" target="_blank">preview</a> of Heroes of Might & Magic V, based on the recent MP beta. It gives a reasonable overview of the beta, although the author dubiously refers to it as an "RTS" in the summary. Here's the intro:<blockquote><em>Having long been a fan of the Heroes of Might & Magic (HoMM) Series I was extremely disappointed in HoMM 4 - the last release of a then floundering 3DO and New World Computing. The game was however given a new lease on life when almost three years ago 3DO Declared bankruptcy and put the franchise up for sale. In steps, French publisher Ubisoft, purchased the franchise and turned the game over to Nival Interactive, a Russian developer best know for their WWII games Blitzkrieg and Silent Storm. Fans like me have waited with baited breath since the announcement that a new chapter of the story would be released in 2006 to see if the franchise could be given new life. A few weeks ago it became clear that that wait was nearly over when Ubisoft released the HoMM 5 Open Beta. We eagerly queued up to download the beta, and found that it was only a multiplayer beta!. Undeterred, I dug deeper in to the game, and found a gem, but like a gem it has its flaws.</em></blockquote>

Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:31 pm

xSamhainx
Paws of Doom

Joined: 11 Sep 2002
Posts: 2192
Location: San Diego

I've stayed away from this series because of the turn-based biz, but it's looking like this very well may be the chapter that reels me in. Key parts of this preview for me is

" I can attest there are hours upon hours of exploring and adventuring that can be done on even the smallest of maps. Thankfully, this game has retained the flavor that makes HoMM so much fun to play with artifacts, dungeons, monsters, and resources scattered though out the map the player always can find something new to discover."

and

"..first and my personal favorite is the rotate feature. This allows the player to rotate the maps and opens up all those hidden items that in days past would have gone missed."

The R word, I'm all about 3D rotation in games ='.'=
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Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:33 pm

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