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Platform: Mac
  • New darker heroic fantasy universe - Discover a completely revamped and more mature universe that features 6 unique factions and over 80 different creatures
  • Live the adventure in a complete strategy experience - during 6 campaigns and over 30 missions, experience the finest blend of adventure, strategy, tactics, management and role play ever brewed
  • Grasping storyline features special objectives, numerous side quests and plot twists -- in a user-friendly yet deep turn-based system
  • Competitive, intense multiplayer - New options allow you to play simultaneously -- when it's not your turn
  • Exclusive new Duel mode - Challenge your opponent in fierce battles where only the slyest shall prevail

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  • ASIN: B000KJ9GG0
  • Item Weight: 9 ounces
  • Media: DVD
  • Release Date: December 14, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,607 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)


Product Description

Platform: Mac

Heroes Of Might & Magic V DVD takes turn-based strategy games one step further with next-generation 3D visuals groundbreaking strategic combat innovative multiplayer features and addictive RPG elements. Discover the perilous world of Ashan and ultimately lead your armies and Heroes to victory. Choose from over 200 skills 170 creatures' abilities and 40 spells to build up your heroes and their armies.Features:New darker heroic fantasy universe - Discover a completely revamped and more mature universe that features 6 unique factions and over 80 different creaturesLive the adventure in a complete strategy experience - during 6 campaigns and over 30 missions experience the finest blend of adventure strategy tactics management and role play ever brewedGrasping storyline features special objectives numerous side quests and plot twists -- in a user-friendly yet deep turn-based systemCompetitive intense multiplayer - New options allow you to play simultaneously -- when it's not your turnExclusive new Duel mode - Challenge your opponent in fierce battles where only the slyest shall prevailSystem Requirements:Intel-based Macs Only Mac OS X 10.4.1 or Later 512 MB of RAM DVD-ROM drive 2 gigabyte of Hard Drive space.Format: MAC 10.4 OR LATER Genre: ENTERTAINMENT Rating: T - Teen UPC: 080627060021 Manufacturer No: 6002

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Resource hog but otherwise great game, August 28, 2007
= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Heroes Of Might And Magic V (DVD)
Disclosure: I'm a huge fan of all the Heroes of Might & Magic (HoMM) games going back to HoMM1, AND, I'm a huge fan of Macs, so much so that I don't use a Windows machine at home. For me, I *had* to buy this game simply to "vote with my dollars" and encourage future Mac HoMM development. But, I will try to put aside my biases and rate the game on its own merits.

If you are unfamiliar with HoMM games, stop reading this review and *run* to buy HoMM2 and HoMM3 immediately for the Windows platform. (Why not get them for Mac? More on this later.) I won't get too involved in describing the games, as there are plenty of sites with great descriptions. HoMM games are turn-based strategy in a fantasy setting. The player manages heroes, armies, castles, resources, artifacts, spells, and quests, and competes with other human or AI players to conquer the map. As heroes gain experience, their primary stats improve, and they can learn specialty skills that help them in unique ways. This description hardly does them justice, but suffice it to say, HoMM games are incredibly addictive. Over the years, I've returned to HoMM2 and HoMM3 many times, as they are among the best games ever made, and highly replayable.

In fact, all I really want is HoMM2 and/or HoMM3 ported to work natively under OS X. I would pay dearly for such a privilege. This would allow me to avoid the hassle of Windows and still have access to some of the best games of all time. True, HoMM2 and HoMM3 are both available for Mac, but both are pre-OS X, so you need to run them in Classic mode. That would be acceptable, except for the fact that Apple doesn't support Classic for modern, Intel-based Macs, and is phasing Classic out entirely under their upcoming operating system Leopard. Though I haven't tried this yet, I recommend just using the Windows versions of both classic games and running them under Parallels/Fusion/Boot Camp, hence my earlier recommendation. (HoMM4 was written natively for OS X. Unfortunately, it's also the worst of the entire series and doesn't compel replay years later.)

This left a hole in the Mac HoMM experience. HoMM5 fills that hole nicely. First off, HoMM5 undid some of the failed experiments of HoMM4. Your hero no longer can fight and die directly in battle, you can't have a band of all heroes, and you can't have a band of just monster units. This restores the most interesting gameplay aspects of HoMM2 and HoMM3. It's been said that HoMM5 is just HoMM3 in 3D -- so far, I concur. HoMM5 has all the interesting exploration, empire building, skill-acquiring, and great mini-game combat of the earlier classics. I'm particularly intrigued by HoMM5's interesting primary and secondary skill system. With the release of the v1.5 patch, the game is plenty stable enough.

I downgraded the game to 4 stars because of the steep system requirements. I have a maxed out Mac mini, I've turned the game down to its very minimum settings, and still the game is tediously slow to respond. Frankly, I would have preferred a 2D version of the game if it meant the game would run well on normal hardware.

But overall, a very strong game and worthy successor to the classics of HoMM2 and HoMM3, and it's native OS X to boot.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Fun, Just not Perfectly Tuned, May 25, 2007
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Heroes Of Might And Magic V (DVD)
Heroes of Might and Magic V (HOMM5) is an amazing game. Its everything you would expect from a HOMM game and more, although the Mac version is somewhat lacking. Of primary concern is the fact that the game doesn't come with a Map Editor since the PC version of the game didn't have one either while the game was being ported to the Mac. It is still possible to use maps made by PC users that are posted online, but it would still be nice to be able to create/edit your own.

Another large problem with the game is that it likes to crash. A lot. It doesn't matter what your computers specs are, the game is going to crash after prolonged periods of play. In my case it usually happens every two hours or so. Of course all you have to do is start up the game again and continue from the last autosave so you never really lose that much, but it is still definitely a hassle that makes the game somewhat less enjoyable.

Ignoring the downsides, the game has an excellent storyline carried out through a series of six campaigns, each focusing on one of the new factions that the game was divided into. For multiplayer the game of course has Hotseat as well as connection with other players via the internet. However, since the Mac version and the PC version are currently different it makes internet PvP only possible with other Mac users.

No patches have been released for the Mac version yet, although Freeverse has stated that they are working on it. All in all the game is still quite enjoyable and I'm very glad that it was ported to the Macintosh, something I thought would never happen.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great game but a little glitchy, August 8, 2007
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Heroes Of Might And Magic V (DVD)
This is a very fun game. It almost never gets old. The only problem that I have come across is that the game has a proclivity to crash during gameplay. But luckily it auto-saves frequently so you don't lose that much of your gameplay. The only time this becomes a problem is if it freezes you lose all of your saved information for that mission or map so you have to completely redo it.

************UPDATE******************
The developers for Heroes of Might and Magic have released a patch that fixes all the bugs including the crashing and freezing.
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