Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree
The World Tree is the fifth part of Heroes Chronicles, following Clash of the Dragons and preceding The Fiery Moon. As a Barbarian, Tarnum defends the World Tree in northeastern Antagarich from evil Barbarians…
Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree is a strategy developed by New World Computing, released 27 September 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree is
Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree is a strategy game developed by New World Computing and released in 2000. It was published by The 3DO Company. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In The World Tree, Tarnum hears a voice in his dreams telling him to "Save the World Tree!" He travels hundreds of miles northeast to an ancient cave and joins the remnants of a barbarian tribe apparently meant to protect it. Recently, necromancers have invaded the cavern, so Tarnum assumes that the Ancestors send him here to stop the necromancers from destroying the World Tree. He learns from five shamans in the area that the World Tree brings life to all things. However, he still doesn't know where or what it is. Deeper in the caverns, Tarnum finds a barbarian tribe which is working with the necromancers. They claim to follow Vorr, one of the three Ancestors who has turned into a…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Might and Magic series
Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree is the 21st of 56 entries we hold in the Might and Magic series. The next entry was Heroes Chronicles: All Chapters in 2000.
What it launched against
Heroes Chronicles: The World Tree launched on 27 September 2000, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2 and Zeus: Master of Olympus.
Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, Dino Crisis 2, Zeus: Master of Olympus.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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