Description
Today a marriage is to be celebrated: the Griffin Empire celebrates Emperor Nicolai and the tomboy-like Isabel who are soon to be united. But... something goes wrong and Demons emerge from the darkness, interrupting this joyous celebration! So, now Nicolai has to lead his army to war; while Isabel is carried away and treated like a poor defenseless girl.
She cannot sit still for long, so she breaks free from her escorts at the first opportunity and tries to seek some help for her Nicolai.
While her escort, Godric, leaves to seek the powerful mages of the Shining Cities; Beatrice tries to contact the Elven armies of Irollan.
Will she succeed in bringing help to her soon to be husband, Nicolai? Will Godric convince the mages to help the Griffin Empire?
This is the first Heroes of Might & Magic to feature 3D graphics and Multiplayer options. The turn-based system for tactical battles has been entirely re-written to be more scalable. It also features an entirely new plot, along with new spells, new units and new creatures skills.
Alternate Titles
- "魔法门之英雄无敌5" -- Chinese title (simplified)
- "魔法門英雄無敵五" -- Chinese title (traditional)
- "HoMM5" -- Common abbreviation
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Strategy Informer |
Windows |
Jun 23, 2006 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Fragland.net |
Windows |
Jun 19, 2006 |
90.8 out of 100 |
91 |
| Game Chronicles |
Windows |
Jul 04, 2006 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| PC Powerplay |
Windows |
May 31, 2006 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Windows |
Jun, 2006 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| GamesFire |
Windows |
Jun 12, 2006 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| Playback |
Windows |
Jul, 2006 |
8.33 out of 10 |
83 |
| GameSpot |
Windows |
May 23, 2006 |
8.2 out of 10 |
82 |
| IGN |
Windows |
May 26, 2006 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
| Macworld |
Macintosh |
Sep 24, 2007 |
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70 |
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Trivia
Prior to the release, scheduled for 3rd April 2006, there was an open beta. The overall quality was perceived poor, and major fan sites decided to launch the "Save Heroes" movement at
saveheroes.org (now also
wesavedheroes.org) to persuade Ubisoft with a petition to push back the release to fix all the major bugs first.
A news entry by GameSpot, however, revealed that the game had already been delayed before the beta test even started. This is what the movement wanted, but as it had happened silently, they signed a "News Suppression Pact" to not post about the game anymore until Ubisoft would publicly announce the delay.
The postponement was eventually announced, but afterwards it was suggested, yet unproven, that the delay and the Save Heroes movement was an orchestrated Ubisoft PR tactic to draw attention to the game.
