Heroes of Might and Magic V
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Heroes of Might and Magic V is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Nival Interactive, released 16 May 2006 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 39.5 hrs to finish.
What Heroes of Might and Magic V is
Heroes of Might and Magic V is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Nival Interactive and released in 2006. It was published by Freeverse Software. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Silent Storm Engine. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
There are six factions in the game: Haven, Inferno, Necropolis, Dungeon, Sylvan and Academy. Haven Campaign Haven is a faction populated by humans and ruled by religious warlords, the Holy Griffin Empire propagates "Law and Order" and faith in Elrath, the Dragon of Light, as their supreme goals. Arising from their military tradition, they have the ability to train their soldiers, promoting them from one level to another. They are the primary protagonists of the game's campaign missions. Their main Heroes are young Queen Isabel and faithful Godric, the king's uncle and the top general for the Griffin Empire. An unexpected demon invasion interrupts the wedding of King Nicolai of the Griffin…
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 is the 36th of 56 entries we hold in the Might and Magic series. It arrived 2 years after Might and Magic Mobile. The next entry was Dark Messiah of Might and Magic in 2006. Its critic score of 82 is 9 points above 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 holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 266 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 39.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 1.5 GHz (Pentium® 4 2.4 GHz recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM and DirectX® 9 compliant w/ 64MB RAM (128 MB recommended) (see supported list*). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Heroes of Might and Magic V launched on 16 May 2006, within three weeks of Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money and Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money, Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Heroes of Might and Magic V yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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