Heroes of Might and Magic IV
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002. The…
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a role-playing (rpg) developed by New World Computing, released 28 March 2002 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Heroes of Might and Magic IV is
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by New World Computing and released in 2002. It was published by The 3DO Company. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Following the events of Heroes Chronicles: The Sword of Frost, Gelu, the leader of AvLee's Forest Guard and wielder of Armageddon's Blade, attacks Kilgor, the Barbarian King of Krewlod, in an attempt to claim and destroy the Sword of Frost. As foretold by a prophecy, when Armageddon's Blade and the Sword of Frost clash in battle, the result is a massive explosion (known as the Reckoning), which destroys the world of Enroth. Many of the inhabitants of the planet, however, manage to escape through mysterious portals that appear during the Reckoning which lead them to another world, called Axeoth - also the setting for Might and Magic IX. Included among the refugees are many of the heroes of…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Single player.
Where it sits in the Might and Magic series
Heroes of Might and Magic IV is the 31st of 56 entries we hold in the Might and Magic series. It arrived 9 months after Legends of Might and Magic. The next entry was Might and Magic IX in 2002. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia at 91.
How it was received
Heroes of Might and Magic IV holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 198 votes.
What it launched against
Heroes of Might and Magic IV launched on 28 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Spider-Man. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Spider-Man.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Heroes of Might and Magic IV yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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