Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East

Tribes of the East is the second expansion pack to the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic V. For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as…

60 11 October 2007

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Fantasy

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nival Interactive, released 11 October 2007 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 26.5 hrs to finish.

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What Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East is

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nival Interactive and released in 2007. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Silent Storm Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rage of the Tribes The story begins after a Griffin Empire raid that results in the capture of several Orcs which causes the character Quroq, an Orc chief, to conquer a renegade Haven city, which rouses the attention of the false Queen Isabel. The queen sends forth her most trusted servant, the zealous Archbishop Alaric to ward off the Orc invasion. The events that happen between this and the next time we see the Orcs are unknown, though Quroq is killed by Alaric at some point. The Will of Asha Meanwhile, the Necromancer Arantir is driven by his master, the Goddess Asha, to fight against the demonic corruption in the Haven cities. He meets up with a novice Dark Knight named Ornella…

Description from the publisher · source

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: Tribes of the East is the 40th of 56 entries we hold in the Might and Magic series. The next entry was Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements in 2008. Its critic score of 60 is 13 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia at 91.

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How it was received

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Players rate it 71, 11 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 26.5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon, 1 GB of RAM and 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant video card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East launched on 11 October 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Halo 3 and The Witcher. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Halo 3, The Witcher.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East gameplay screenshot

Parents

Heroes of Might and Magic V

16 May 2006

Quick answers

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East — frequently asked questions

When did Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East come out?

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East was released on 11 October 2007 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East?

At minimum, Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East needs 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon, 1 GB of RAM, 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant video card graphics, 3 GB free hard disk space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East?

The main story of Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East takes around 26.5 hrs, or 24 hrs for 100% completion.

How many GB is Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East?

The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB free hard disk space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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