OT: HOMM V

[DonCorazon]

Wii may be the gateway platform for wifes. My wife will also play and wails on me in the boxing game.

[Ironhawk]

DC: I bought and played HOMMV for the same reasons as you. I was getting my fill on Dom3 MP, but I just wanted a little something to play SP when there were no turns around or I wanted a change of pace.

I found the game to be overall reasonably fun and quick to learn. The campaign stories were also pretty good and the characters ok if a little stereotyped. The one problem I had with it tho was that the missions are, for the most part, designed to be longer and bigger rather than more interesting. That said, I did eventually finish the game, even tho I had to put it down for about 6mos at one point for my interest to come back.

[S.R. Krol]

I recently reinstalled HOMM1 and 3 (can't find my 2 CDs at the moment) and have gotten sucked back into it. Man, I used to play those games on a daily basis for years. Anyone remember the Astral Wizard site? That was a great place for scenarios.

I found V pretty good (once patched) and hated HATED IV.

The only problem I've found with the HOMM series has always been it boils down to the killer stack. I wish you could have free form armies without heroes, that may change the way it is played.

[sansanjuan]

DonCorazon said:
Thanks all.

BTW that is pretty cool your wife will play HOMM with you!

Indeed. She also plays CIV 4 and Supreme Commander (RTS) with me and the boys. It's nice to earn quality time points (AKA spousal capital) and have fun to boot. We always play as allies. Head to head vs the spouse is bad mojo..
-SSJ