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Finally, I had a chance to play the 5th installment over the weekend...
A little background so you can assess the objectivity of my review (or perhaps its subjectivity).
I started playing Heroes before the 2nd part was released, meaning I thoroughly explored the 1st game on a 75 Pentium :-).
When the second game came out, I was completely thrilled, and I became even less visible at school than before (about twice a week). The third game was also enjoyable, but it didn't evoke the same level of excitement as the second, which didn't prevent it from becoming a permanent fixture on my computer. And then, excuse my language, DAMN!!! the long-awaited 4th part was released. After installing it, I honestly tried for a week to understand what the developers were trying to convey, but it just didn't click... Although, I think half of the fans felt the same way, and NWC's bankruptcy is further proof of that.
I didn't even plan on buying the 5th part, but after reading a few reviews, I decided to take a chance.
Impressions:
First, I was worried that the game wouldn't run with 512 MB of RAM. I don't know, maybe the people who wrote that bought useless configurations at M-Video, but I easily set the maximum settings, and everything runs perfectly....
Second, everything is really beautiful, and the controls, after getting used to them, are simply fantastic. I liked absolutely everything, except for the absurdity with the cursor in the form of a horse on the world map, i.e., it rears up when you pick something up and when you hover over a path - it's confusing, and I think it would be very useful to fix this. Otherwise, it's super. I even really liked the camera; you can set it to the maximum zoom and look up, and you play as if it were a regular 2D Heroes game, and if you need to, you can rotate it, and I even like that.
Third, the gameplay - hooray! Hello - all the good things from the 3rd and 4th parts, and goodbye to all the bad things from the 4th. The development is very interesting, and I liked almost everything. Some people criticize the art style of the characters, but I, as a fan, really liked it.
In short, as an epilogue - if you played the first 3 games and liked them, you definitely need to buy this one
A little background so you can assess the objectivity of my review (or perhaps its subjectivity).
I started playing Heroes before the 2nd part was released, meaning I thoroughly explored the 1st game on a 75 Pentium :-).
When the second game came out, I was completely thrilled, and I became even less visible at school than before (about twice a week). The third game was also enjoyable, but it didn't evoke the same level of excitement as the second, which didn't prevent it from becoming a permanent fixture on my computer. And then, excuse my language, DAMN!!! the long-awaited 4th part was released. After installing it, I honestly tried for a week to understand what the developers were trying to convey, but it just didn't click... Although, I think half of the fans felt the same way, and NWC's bankruptcy is further proof of that.
I didn't even plan on buying the 5th part, but after reading a few reviews, I decided to take a chance.
Impressions:
First, I was worried that the game wouldn't run with 512 MB of RAM. I don't know, maybe the people who wrote that bought useless configurations at M-Video, but I easily set the maximum settings, and everything runs perfectly....
Second, everything is really beautiful, and the controls, after getting used to them, are simply fantastic. I liked absolutely everything, except for the absurdity with the cursor in the form of a horse on the world map, i.e., it rears up when you pick something up and when you hover over a path - it's confusing, and I think it would be very useful to fix this. Otherwise, it's super. I even really liked the camera; you can set it to the maximum zoom and look up, and you play as if it were a regular 2D Heroes game, and if you need to, you can rotate it, and I even like that.
Third, the gameplay - hooray! Hello - all the good things from the 3rd and 4th parts, and goodbye to all the bad things from the 4th. The development is very interesting, and I liked almost everything. Some people criticize the art style of the characters, but I, as a fan, really liked it.
In short, as an epilogue - if you played the first 3 games and liked them, you definitely need to buy this one