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General discussion (archive)Release: Heroes of Might and Magic V Bundle(135 posts)(135 posts)
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Posted April 05, 2012
V is for Valor, Vigor, VVizardry, and Virtuous Victory

Heroes of Might and Magic V Bundle, which includes both of the game’s expansions (Hammer of Fate and Tribes of the East), is a glorious return to classic fantasy turn-based strategy that every HoMM-fan will love and is now available on GOG.com--for a limited time!--buy one, get one free with Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut for a total of $19.99.

This is one of the two new “Premium Edition” games that GOG.com is offering; they are a slightly higher price--but they come packed with value and we’re encouraging you to try them out with this buy one, get one free promotion that’s running until 12 April at 4.59 PM GMT.

Rumors of the fifth part of the famous series created by a new developer under the wings of a new publisher caused quite a stir among die-hard fans of Angles, Dragons, and Titans. Luckily, the developers made sure that the old concepts which made the series successful in the first place were maintained. Heroes of Might and Magic V returns to familiar territory; the charm of the classic game is omnipresent, the gameplay is addictive, and the execution is splendid.

We return to well-known world of HoMM in control of Haven, Inferno, Necropolis, Dungeon, Sylvan, Academy, Fortress, or Stronghold. The game features a completely new scenario, arguably the most interesting in the series, along with new spells, new units and new creatures skills. The towns now look majestic and grand in full 3D, the units move and attack beautifully, huge spells convey a sense of massively destructive power, and the combat is great fun to play and crafted to perfection; even tiny details like splashing water on the shore are apparent in the game. The music adapts to the situation perfectly, and sound is filled with the little touches that show the care the developers lavished on this game, touches like shouts of joy, screams of death, and the sadistic laughter of demons.

Heroes of Might and Magic V is surely the version you’ve been waiting for a long time, and it’s finally here on GOG.com with more than 170 minutes of soundtracks, an official artbook, wallpapers, avatars, design sketches, and more. Its full price is $19.99, but pick it up for a limited time together with Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition on a special introductory buy one, get one free sale!
Posted April 05, 2012
Instabuy btw!

I was holding back, back and back... Until Heroes 5 released DRM-Free. Now a dream became true...Thank you very much GOG!
Posted April 05, 2012
Great release. Will definitely buy it someday.
Posted April 05, 2012
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TomNook: So, is this game any good?
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Vestin: It is. It's more user-friendly than 3 by offering tooltips for expected results of a given strike and keeping track of monster retaliations for you while offering a novel approach to turn-based sequence (namely: a creature doesn't act once per turn but once every initiative-based value).
The AI could have been better but as long as you accept it for what it is, in all its scripted and "cheating" goodness, it can be a very enjoyable game... Assuming, of course, the series or TBSes in general are your "thing".
Confused... HOMM3 offered expected damage results for all attacks (if you turned the option on). Were you not aware of this?
Posted April 05, 2012
25 EUR on Steam, but it includes not just Heroes V + 2 expansions, but Dark Messiah Might and Magic as well. (Dark Messiah is action-RPG, not strategy game.)

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Immoli: No demo available for this game...

So, what type of game is this?

Also, not sure if I like that they are charging $20 for games from 2006 now. Granted it may very well be that if they didn't Ubisoft wouldn't have released it on GOG.
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kavazovangel: It is 25 EUR on Steam.
Posted April 05, 2012
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Bubble181: @Pheace: comparing a Steam SALZE price to a GOG NORMAL price is unfair. On Steam it's €25 base price; here it'll be $20 - that's a LOT less.
Sale vs sale, well, we'll see. GOG often has 50% or more off sales too, after all.
Why do you think I mentioned it could use a sale? O_o
Posted April 05, 2012
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Hillsy_: Nice price for those who are interested, but I always thought Assassin Creed 1 was over-rated rubbish. Similiar to Heroes V too, nice graphics and setting but poor gameplay. Worst of the Assassin Creed games bundled with the worst of the Heroes games. Just my opinion. I'll pass...
Pass it my way ;D

I also thought Assasin's Creed 1 was horrible overrated, can't stand the first one myself. I have yet to play Heroes V yet and if it's anything like the others, my Minecraft addiction will have to step aside
Posted April 05, 2012
I took advantage of the HoMM V + AC offer, mainly for the HoMM package.
Now I have two observations to make:

1) I did not received a "This is your order summary (...)" confirmation email as usual. Is this changed since the new site update? Can anyone else confirm?

2) Now I see on my shelf, if I expand the newly added HoMM V game, a new section "My serial number" where are listed three serial numbers. That means GOG implemented an automatic serial distribution system? If so, why my older games that have serials assigned do not have this section added? I'm sure GOG has a database with what serials were assigned to whom so it shouldn't be hard to merge that with the site database.
Posted April 05, 2012
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iuliand: 1) I did not received a "This is your order summary (...)" confirmation email as usual. Is this changed since the new site update? Can anyone else confirm?
Probably because of high traffic today on site (free Fallout is also sending receipts probably).

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iuliand: 2) Now I see on my shelf, if I expand the newly added HoMM V game, a new section "My serial number" where are listed three serial numbers. That means GOG implemented an automatic serial distribution system? If so, why my older games that have serials assigned do not have this section added? I'm sure GOG has a database with what serials were assigned to whom so it shouldn't be hard to merge that with the site database.
Today I've read in the other topic that they are working over serials distribution - so probably it isn't fully done yet but will change in future.
Posted April 05, 2012
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iuliand: 1) I did not received a "This is your order summary (...)" confirmation email as usual. Is this changed since the new site update? Can anyone else confirm?
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Lexor: Probably because of high traffic today on site (free Fallout is also sending receipts probably).
Most likely. We cannot and have not disabled sending order confirmation e-mails.

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iuliand: 2) Now I see on my shelf, if I expand the newly added HoMM V game, a new section "My serial number" where are listed three serial numbers. That means GOG implemented an automatic serial distribution system? If so, why my older games that have serials assigned do not have this section added? I'm sure GOG has a database with what serials were assigned to whom so it shouldn't be hard to merge that with the site database.
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Lexor: Today I've read in the other topic that they are working over serials distribution - so probably it isn't fully done yet but will change in future.
We will add as many games as we can into this system. Not all can be added due to considerations I cannot go too much into, so the rest will still rely on Support sending keys. We will make this process a lot more convenient to the users, though.
Post edited April 05, 2012 by Firek
Posted April 05, 2012
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Firek: We will add as many games as we can into this system. Not all can be added due to considerations I cannot go too much into, so the rest will still rely on Support sending keys. We will make this process a lot more convenient to the users, though.
Ah, yes, it was your response I've read earlier today :)

Just a quick question about "older games" - do you have a list what serial was sent to which user in the past? If not, maybe it could be good idea to create "blank place" to let users fill it themselves from mails in the past?

On the other side - little warning: so far there wasn't any such kind of key information available to display on GOG's account. So, in case of hacked account it wasn't any big loss for its legitimate account owner - he/she could just use support to bring his/her account back. But in case when keys are displayed on the account then potential hacker could use them before / at the same time as legitimate owner to block or even ban him/her - that could result in big loss for account's owner.
Posted April 05, 2012
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Lexor: ... maybe it could be good idea to create "blank place" to let users fill it themselves from mails in the past?
Just my thought about this! A "note" field for every game on the shelf would be a very good idea. There we can put the serials from emails or even put notes about the game like "has split screen mp" or "this is not working in win 7" or "finished / in progress" or "bought for 2.99$"... etc, useful personal reminders in general.
Posted April 05, 2012
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yyahoo: Confused... HOMM3 offered expected damage results for all attacks (if you turned the option on). Were you not aware of this?
Indeed. That's probably because I've spend the most time with the second installment and the least with the fourth and third :|. Which, to a Heroes veteran, likely strips me of any credentials ;P.
Posted April 05, 2012
This topic clearly has "blue text" in it but it does not appear as such in the forum list. There is no exclamation mark near the topic name.
Posted April 05, 2012
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Vestin: It is. It's more user-friendly than 3 by offering tooltips for expected results of a given strike and keeping track of monster retaliations for you while offering a novel approach to turn-based sequence (namely: a creature doesn't act once per turn but once every initiative-based value).
The AI could have been better but as long as you accept it for what it is, in all its scripted and "cheating" goodness, it can be a very enjoyable game... Assuming, of course, the series or TBSes in general are your "thing".
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yyahoo: Confused... HOMM3 offered expected damage results for all attacks (if you turned the option on). Were you not aware of this?
I have owned Heroes of Might and Magic 3 several times now and have put numerous hours into it and yet not even I knew about this. Care to elaborate? Where do I find these settings? I don't remember them being made obvious anywhere.
Posted April 05, 2012
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iuliand: This topic clearly has "blue text" in it but it does not appear as such in the forum list. There is no exclamation mark near the topic name.
well at least http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/release_heroes_of_might_and_magic_v/?staff=yes seems to work :D
But, it is indeed weird situation :)
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