A few years ago, most hardcore turn-based strategy gamers were genuinely worried that Heroes of Might & Magic had become extinct. That was before Nival and Ubisoft resurrected the franchise with TheSpitfired. • 4 yr. ago. I think 7 is pretty fun, I got into the HoMM series this year and ended up buying 5, 6 and 7 in a sale after enjoying 3. I still haven't played 6 (need to dig down and figure out why it won't play) but I think 7 is pretty fun. I like the visual look of it, and while I've heard hotseat mutliplayer is the way to go I The only really contentious aspect of Heroes of Might and Magic V is what might be seen as a dumbing down of game content by the fantasy turn-based hardcore. Thanks to its stunning presentation Heroes of Might and Magic V News. May 14, 2008 - Nine games added to Valve's digital distribution service. Apr 11, 2008 - A brand new column focusing on the weird, wide, wonderful world of Despite how derivative it is, Heroes of Might and Magic V is still a good, addictive game. It just isn’t a very new one. It just isn’t a very new one. Snazzy new graphics The Archmages ablity, Energy Channel, is also much beter then the battle mages sap magic. See, the Archmage means you hero has cheaper spells, while the Battle Mage reduces the amount of damage hostile magics do, but most of your army has SOME kind of magic resistence or immunity, so it does not mean as much as you might thing. Final Score: 5/10 If you add it up, the average just barely rounds up to a 5. But the game isn't really all that bad. But the game isn't really all that bad. It's still entertaining, at least for a while, and some of the bugs are sporadic and might not affect everybody. Heroes of Might and Magic 5.5 UH is a rebalance of Heroes 5.5 Frax. The whole mod is based on the amazing work of the author of Frax, and I changed only the creature balance. Their mod can be found on homm5.5 discord. One day I thought It would be fun to play the game with a bigger amount of abilities and to make units more special and that is Diehard Heroes fans will find other things to nitpick about in this latest game in the series, but taken on its own merits, Heroes of Might and Magic V is a big, deep, lavishly produced turn-based The truth is that the development of heroes of Might and Magic V (Ubisoft) (2006) was incredibly difficult, tedious and oftentimes - dangerous. Many of the staff behind HoMMV's development did not manage to survive the tale, as the conditions of the Siberian gulag from which Nival Entertainment operated - were hardly humane. Many of the staff - didn't make it. Let this wiki article serve as ezM2fu.