Heroes of Might and Magic II

by 3DO

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• ASIN: B000056N27
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: December 6, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,112 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Ingenious Strategy/RPG Game Implemented Well on the GBC, January 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Heroes of Might and Magic II (Game Cartridge)

First and foremost I'd like to say that if you enjoy the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series at all, then you are going to love playing this game. I never played the original on the GBC because I thought that it lacked some key features that make the game. Fortunately, 3DO realized their mistakes and seem to have taken care of it in this release. There are 25 Scenarios for you to battle in, but more importantly a Campaign has been added to the game. I was hoping for some pretty cutscenes between missions but was sorely let down. It's not that bad though, they do provide you with a nice story and some decent pictures. Plus I think they make up for it when you beat the campaign.

When I first got the game I could not put it down until I finished the campaign... which actually took some time. The graphics are beautiful and the sound really helps set the mood for the game.

Unfortunately, it seems 3DO still made some mistakes which I felt could have been handled better. First, you can choose between 40 different characters, which is pretty awesome, but it is a bit misleading. For each "race" you can choose basically a warrior or a magician, but each of these classes have the same skills... such as the Human Knights all have pathfinding and offense, and the Human Clerics all have wisdom and logistics. Thus the only difference in these heroes is their picture and name. Sort of a let down when your character isn't very unique. Another thing I did not like is that your starting castle is not necessarily in accordance with your race, it appears to be random. I found this to be a real pain because I would start out with different units then the ones that I could train.

Don't get me wrong, this is a great game. And as I said earlier, if you like the "Heroes" series at all you will love this. I just hope that if 3DO plans to produce a third in the series that they address the faults that still lie in the game.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the first one, November 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Heroes of Might and Magic II (Game Cartridge)

As the first heroes seemed to be a combination of the first two PC versions, the second one for game boy is more like a combo of heroes 2 and 3. I like that the creature system got an overhaul from that of Heroes I for Gameboy, but it lacks very important aspects which made the PC version fun (i.e.--opening the castle doors to let your creatures out in a siege). Although you can play with them in the scenarios, the dragons are inaccesible in the campaign game, which takes away from the fun a little and makes it more like heroes 1 and 2 where you only had 6 creature classes instead of 7. I would have to say though that if you are a heroes fan then you will love this game when you are away from the PC and can deal with the arrow keys instead of a mouse.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great alternative to the PC version, November 9, 2008

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Mrs Sass Buckets (Tucson, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Heroes of Might and Magic II (Game Cartridge)

If you loved this game on pc but cant quite get it to run on Vista, give this a try - it's not quite as great on the tiny screen but it'll give you your HeroesII fix.