Heroes of Might & Magic IV
- March 25, 2002 00:00 AM PST
Summon the gryphons! Hose down the ramparts! Sack all the sackables! For the Heroes� of Might and Magic return is nigh!
Can you hear it? A storm approaches from the South-South-West�violent and cataclysmic and grand, come to give the fourth installment of 3DO�s rich, fun turn-based strategy series a mighty kick in the magical buttocks. Well, sort of. While HOMM IV will keep the series� elaborate fantasy �board game� foundation, everybody knows that there�s always room for improvement.The most obvious enhancement in the HOMMIV preview build was the graphics. Gone were the cartoony hordes and awkward sideways battles from previous games�HOMM IV features much more detailed, realistic characters and landscapes, and combat takes place in a much more eye-pleasing 3D isometric view. And, for the first time in the series� history, your Heroes actively participated in combat alongside his specialized armies of bone dragons, hydras, and angel warriors.
HOMM IV will feature 60 creature types, six different city styles, 24 individual scenarios (including a map and scenario editor to make your own), five schools of Magic, and 48 different kinds of Heroes to lead your armies into battle. In 1985, Tina Turner told Mel Gibson that we don�t need another hero. In 2002, Tina Turner will at last be proven wrong.
