Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
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Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nival Interactive, released 14 November 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate is
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nival Interactive and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Silent Storm Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story continues some time after the story in Heroes of Might and Magic V. Queen Isabel has returned to her empire, but the people speak of a changed queen, not the same one that went to Sheogh. Freyda, the daughter of Godric, is sent of to stop "rebels" as Queen Isabel calls them. Freyda is tasked to retrieve the young prince Andrei, and is sent on a chase to the home of the Dwarves, Tor-Hrall. There, Laszlo, Freyda's ally attacks the Dwarves while Freyda is at council with them. However, because of Wulfstan's kind heart, Freyda is let free. From this point on, Freyda no longer fights for her queen. She learns that her father has been kidnapped and rallies the help of Duncan, who assist…
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. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Might and Magic series
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate is the 38th of 56 entries we hold in the Might and Magic series. The next entry was Might and Magic Mobile II in 2007. Its critic score of 50 is 23 points below 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 V: Hammers of Fate holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 5% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz, 512 MB of RAM and DirectX 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate launched on 14 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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