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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!
I have no interest in Assassin's Creed so I won't be paying $20 for this, but I WILL be getting Heroes V from Gog for the "Tribes of the East" version. TotE was the only version of Heroes V that was any good IMO and that was largely because of the alternate upgrades feature and new Orc faction(but CENTAURS as orcs now? Stupid!).

Heroes III was not by any stretch a perfect game...numerous design errors and balance issues and such, but it remains(along with Heroes II) the most popular of the Heroes games for many reasons. Better graphics, better interface, the brilliant feature of having both 'Might' and 'Magic' classes for each faction(sadly Heroes V missed the boat big time on expanding on this idea), etc.
I only want to say - this is one of the moments I was waiting for.
Too bad I have no free cash at the moment but I'll try to get it.
HOMM V is quite good. It's not quite the classic III, way too campy and too exagerated; but it's a heck of a lot better than the pile of crap that was HOMM IV.
Alas, I already own the game and both expansions, so.... No sale for me, either.
I think that a LOT of people who want this, already have it (it's been available on Steam and DD for some €10 as well), and bought the earleir ones here because they can't be bought elsewhere.
Bringing out actual new games, even at full price, and I'd buy them. Bringing out classics that I can't get elsewhere, I'll more than gladly buy them. Bringing out semi-new games that I've bought less than two years ago? Eh. Mind you, I'd gladly buy this here if I didn't already own it, it's still a worthy addition to GOG in my mind :-)
I Wrote a very detailed review of this game on it's Gamepage

Hope this will help some people unfamiliar with it, check it out!
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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Immoli: No demo available for this game...
Heroes of Might and Magic V demo
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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.
It is 25 EUR on Steam.
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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.
A turn-based strategy game

As I said, I wrote a review for people that are unfamiliar with the game, have a look at it on the Gamepage, should explain many things :)
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Immoli: No demo available for this game...
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CowboyBebop: Heroes of Might and Magic V demo
Oh thank you. I checked Steam figuring if they had one it would be on Steam, but guess I was wrong.
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Immoli: Oh thank you. I checked Steam figuring if they had one it would be on Steam, but guess I was wrong.
No prob. I usually keep an up to date list of demo links on the gogwiki but I've gotten a bit behind and haven't updated it this week. I'll update it either today or tomorrow.
Post edited April 05, 2012 by CowboyBebop
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kavazovangel: It is 25 EUR on Steam.
It's gone on sale for $4.99/€6.25 a number of times already though. Game here could use a 75% off sale ^^ (for us EU 50% off is already close though)
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Immoli: No demo available for this game...

So, what type of game is this?
You can't be serious...
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...
Heroes 5 had issues (most notable freezing after few hours of gameplay), but only at the beginning. They has been solved after few patches. How many? Six I think. I have original discs (basic game, HoF and TotE). Unfortunately, unlike my copy, GOG version does not have Polish language.
@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.