Heroes of Might and Magic 4

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Heroes of Might and Magic 4

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WINDOWS 98 / Me / XP
TEEN (12+)
Some prophecies of doom come true. Escape the flames licking at your back and jump quickly through a portal into another world for only the bold will be allowed to live.

Brand: SOLD-OUT SOFTWARE
Packaging: JEWEL CASE
UPC Code: 5050740021013
Rating: TEEN (12+) (Violence)

Details

Heroes of Might and Magic IV is the highly-anticipated next chapter in the award-winning Heroes series. This stellar new addition combines proven award-winning gameplay with an all-new, state-of-the-art engine. It showcases an all-new highly detailed fantasy world where players will be immersed in a battle for territory and resources.

Rise to the challenge by commanding armies comprising skillful warriors and fantastic creatures. Collect vital resources and artifacts. Fight enemies and capture towns. Strategic planning and tactical cunning are instrumental in your goal to be the undisputed ruler of the new world!

For the first time, your hero personally fights in combat!
Complete quests involving over 400 individual adventure structures.
Choose from 11 starting hero classes, each with unique abilities, and progress to 30 advanced hero classes.
Command over 60 fantastic creatures with extraordinary new combat abilities.
Highly addictive, award-winning combination of exploration, strategy and conquest.

Review:

"The real balance and fabulous background of the game are simply outstanding. Variable hero specialization and army composition even give the campaigns a high replay value. If you're a fan of turn-based or fantasy-themed strategy games, you owe it to yourself to check out Heroes of Might and Magic IV whether you've been following the series or not."
—IGN.COM, 8.7/10

Synopsis:

Some prophecies of doom come true. Escape the flames licking at your back and jump quickly through a portal into another world for only the bold will be allowed to live. Embrace a wondrous new land. Uncover its ancient mysteries, battle its deadly creatures, and explore its forgotten past. Here lies gods who have been silent all too long. Here lies a realm that can only be claimed by the strong, the crafty, or the wise. It is yours to conquer!

It's All New, Period. The Reinvention of the Award Winning Franchise Heroes of Might and Magic IV is more than a sequel—it's a celebration of both the old and the new. with an all-new engine that features a new magic system, new campaigns, new hero-character classes, and gameplay that varies according to how you play, you'll be amazed at how much the Heroes you know and love has improved!

Players familiar with the Heroes series will immediately notice many improvements to the familiar interface and gameplay: Now you can actively lead multiple hero-characters into battle to fight alongside troops for an intense combat experience. You'll encounter all-new heroes and over 60 creatures in 6 massive campaigns and 24 scenarios. with an all-new game engine, lifelike isometric view, breathtaking graphics and richly detailed landscapes, the adventure map comes alive! Heroes IV combines the latest technology with the best features of the classic strategy game. with 48 Hero Classes and all-new skill and magic systems, summon all your strategic insight, tactical cunning and leadership abilities to ascend to the throne of this perilous new world!

Newcomers to Heroes of Might and Magic will find that, while the game includes very detailed scenarios and hero possibilities, the series itself is renowned for its ease of use. Much of your time will be spent exploring the maps and continents, collecting resources, and engaging the enemy in battle. Visit towns, explore forests, raid castles -- each of these places is a new opportunity to build up your army, earn gold, and gain new territory and hero-characters.

Features:

General

For the first time ever, bring hero-characters into battle as super-soldiers in your army!
All-new game engine!
All-new isometric viewpoint and informative interface.
Tweak the new personal scenarios and map editor to make levels and quests for your friends!
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!
All-new magic system - Complete Hero customization at your fingertips.
60 varied creature classes to control.

Adventure Map

More than 300 Adventure Map structures to interact with.
Resource mines appear in multiple states: undeveloped resource deposit, working mine, abandoned mine (guarded by creatures), and run-out mine (no longer producing resources).
New "Fog of War" map effect: clear for recently explored terrain, gray in areas visited in the past, and black for areas not yet visited.
Watch out for Wandering Monsters. If they find any of your armies and they think they can take them out, prepare for battle!
Creature stacks controlled by the player will run away if overpowered, join your army if they feel like it, or fight.
Hero Classes, Creatures and Armies
Each player can control up to 8 armies, each consisting of up to 7 individual hero-characters and/or troops of creatures!
11 starting Hero Classes, each with two starting skills (Barbarians have 3), and 37 advanced Hero Classes. 9 Hero Primary Skills, each with 3 associated Secondary Skills (27 total).
66 types of creatures!
Hero-characters and creatures have similar stats: Damage, Hit Points, Speed, Movement, Spell Points, Shots, Luck, and Morale.
Hero-characters of any class can equip themselves with any artifact.
Creatures have a backpack so that they may carry but not equip artifacts.

Combat

Each combat screen grid can be a different terrain, with associated bonuses and negatives for Hero Classes/Creatures.
Hero Classes can participate in combat; they can move, attack, defend and retaliate just like creatures!
Combatants can face in 8 different directions on the Combat Screen.
In siege combat, Creatures at the base of a town wall can attack defenders at the top of a wall and vice-versa!

Towns

Six town types: Academy, Haven, Preserve, Asylum, Necropolis and Stronghold.
"Outpost" towns may be captured by the player and converted into any of the six town types!
5 Schools of Magic: Life, Order, Death, Chaos, and Nature.

Requirements

Windows System Requirements: