Heroes of Might and Magic 4

List Price: $49.99 Discount Price: $5.77

Features:

• 60 varied creature classes to control
• Tweak the new personal scenarios and map editor to make levels and quests
• Over 140 hours of gameplay and 6 unique campaigns
• 11 starting Hero classes, 37 advanced classes - choose the specific classes of each member in your army
• More than 300 Adventure Map structures to interact with

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

HOMM IV falls way short [Posted on 2005-10-05]
First of this is not the US game. THey are selling a knock off UK version. Secondly it does not have Multi Player support, not even hot seat, even though it says it does. You can upgrade it py patching all the way to v3.0 and get multi but most places with the patch are pay sites since 3DO is no longer in business.

I'll compare it to other non HoM games. (someone needs to) [Posted on 2005-11-05]
This was my first PC game ever, on;y 3 years latter did I finnaly get to own my own copy (last compy would have required too many pricy replacements & the install caused a tottal memory loss crash) I've played so many games in those between years, but they were all lacking heavily. This game makes other games boring fast because it offers MORE of everything, but it still has it's downsides. I agree with the pros, though I really don't like those annoying grids from earlier games. The cons for me were the amount of buildings you could create & the restrictions that went with them (you have to give up one type to another) & there just erentenough maps & campaignes. Luckily, the expansion packs should fix that nicely. The combat & magic sound FX were cute, but other games made me somewhat annoyed at the lack of BG music. & that's about it. Technicle support is available on Ubisoft forums, patches can be downloaded anywhere (for technicle fixes), & if you need them, cheats & walkthroughs are plentiful, but even the newest of newbies shouldn't need a walkthrough on this.

A disappointing sequel [Posted on 2006-04-12]
Heroes IV was a much awaited sequel of one of the best strategy games ever, Heroes III. The latter, by the way, is a golden game in terms of gameplay. It's so much fun that it was the primary game I was playing for years.

Heroes IV, though features improved graphics and such, lacks any gameplay fun whatsoever. I gave it 2 stars only because I assume that some people can actually enjoy it, despite my opinion. The AI (computer) is not challenging at all. It simply sits in its castles, rarely attacking you, and your whole game consists in basically exploring the map, fighting the monsters (not the AI) until you have enough forces to break the AI in its castles, where he sits accumulating troops. Not much fun if you know how Heroes III feels, where AI constantly challenges you, is aggressive, attacks your in your own castles, etc.

For me, Heroes IV is much more boring because the AI is simply stupid, and AI was the main thing that made Heroes series so much fun to play. Some may say that graphics was not good in previous titles, but graphics were never an issue, i.e. it was always good enough.

In summary, Heroes IV has improved graphics and many new ideas, but poor gameplay (stupid, as if absent AI) and very few maps. If you enjoy turn-based strategies, buy Heroes III, you'll have fun. Of note, heroes V is coming up, and the main hope is that it will resemble heroes III in terms of gameplay.

Knock off [Posted on 2006-05-14]
The amazon company sends you the wrong product. They send you a cheap Ubisoft product when it is suppose to be 3DO. So you cannot get expansions for the ubisoft software for this game. Amazon needs to send the correct 3DO version of this game as shown and told to be.

Great game for the money! [Posted on 2006-11-03]
This is a great version of the series although I have been told the new one is AWESOME! If you like Heroes and just want play, get it. If you don't mind spending the money, get the new one if your computer can handle it.

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