Amazon Maximum Age: 240 months
Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: 3DO
EAN: 0719546186306
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Label: 3DO
Manufacturer: 3DO
Model: 5071-01-005
Packaged Height: 125 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 42 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 525 hundredths-inches
Platform: Windows 98
Platform: Windows 2000
Platform: Windows Me
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: 3DO
Release Date: 2002-03-29
Studio: 3DO
Feature:
- 60 varied creature classes to control
- Tweak the new personal scenarios and map editor to make levels and quests
- 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
- More than 300 Adventure Map structures to interact with
Product Description:
Heroes of Might and Magic IV Complete provides players with three strategy games in one collection. Heroes of Might and Magic IV is a highly detailed fantasy world where players will be immersed in a battle for territory and resources. Also includes Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm expansion pack broadens the magical world along with Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War where players assume the roles of five conquerors, each staging his own uniquely driven invasion, before facing a showdown for ultimate control.
Customer Reviews:
 The worst link in the HOMM series, 2008-10-29
If you are a die hard fan of HOMM III (like me), then you might get a short term kick out of this game.
Otherwise, Heroes II, Heroes III, Heroes V are all superior games. So I recommend you go with that route.
My personal favorites are the old school ones (II and III). But there are some good new features in V as well.
Now the review:
Improvements: (Not many, and most of them have a downside)
-The new spell system is cool
-I like some of the new interesting creatures (although there are a lot of great ones missing)
-It also can be a fun dynamic to have the heroes be able to be in the match (yet at times this can be a huge pain as well with people killing off the heroes before any monsters in cheap single shot kills).
Failures:
-The new 3D graphics somehow manage to look worse than the 2D ones in HOMM III
-Missing a lot of elements that made the previous games great
-Way to many bug issues in this game.
-Some combat functionality issues aren't thought through, the hex system is seriously needed here...
-Overall, far fewer creatures and different paths to take for victory.
As a whole, the game is a quick kick. But if you don't get sick of it after a week then you must be too high to notice that the game ultimately sucks...
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