As the Griffin Empire prepares to celebrate the marriage of Emperor Nicolai and the young Isabel all hell breaks out (literally) as demons burst into the church and stop the proceedings. After dispatching the arty crashers Nicolai takes his army and leads it into the fray. But as the war turns worse by the day Isabel and her escort decide to save the empire by employing the help of the other races in the world of Heroes.
Don't bother looking any further, this latest episode of the huge Heroes of Might and Magic series is the modern reference in turn based strategy. This time around it's got an updated graphics engine in full 3D which along with the traditional manic colour style really makes for a great heroes world. The 3D system applies to both the map view (letting you get a better look at what you're heading to) and to the combat sections. And with some glorious animations and some magical eye-candy the combat sections couldn't look much better.
Of course the battles remain giant tactical and strategic hot beds. But thanks to an easy to use system and an intelligent tutorial, both hardcore heroes fans and new-comers to the genre get exactly what they want.
Through the combat the "Dynamic Battle System" lets you build up your hero how you want with a branching tree of progression including 200 special abilities, 170 skills and 40 different fates for your soldiers and creatures as well as 8 magical objects through the 6 campaigns in 30 distinct missions. Definitely enough for an evening or two.
And if that's not enough for you than you can take on the game with some mates in Hotseat and over the internet in either the classic match or the new Duel mode, where on the best tactician will survive.

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