Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Reviews

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Written by Brother None on April 20th, 2011

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Up to that point it sounds pretty simple. Nonetheless, there are still plenty more options for you to turn the tide in battle. For example, if you remove a soldier from the field, it costs a move, but if, once that soldier is removed and the person behind moves up to create a matching formation, a bonus move is added. If it is possible to match up 2 formations of soldiers before an attack is made, then the two formations are linked together and they will cause extra damage when unleashed. There are plenty of other strategic moves too. Setting up two regular defenders behind a specialized attacker, and then linking them, will put a huge dent in into the nasty demon on the other side. Fusing 6 colored uniforms will produce a defensive line with twice the power as a standard formation. Once you win a battle, all the characters and fighters used will be leveled up.

Although the battling part of Might and Magic is the most interesting, it will only level up the characters and attackers so much. Exploring the land, finding hidden treasures and upgrades, completing side quests or progressing the story is also a lot of fun. In addition, you can buy new attackers, or find new ones while travelling. Each attacker has different traits that can be used in battle.

You have your army on the bottom screen alongside your HP/health and the enemy army is at the top of the screen alongside their HP. The puzzle element comes into play with the turn based battle system, as what you have to do is line up the units of the same colour together in a line to form an attacking unit or you can line up same coloured units to create a defence. The more attacks you make towards your enemy, the higher the chance you have of defeating them. The battle system requires you to think and plan your moves and use a bunch of your own tactics. The battles become very addictive, fun to play and feel rewarding when you gain your personal experience points and attack and defence points for your army afterwards.

You should download the trial via Xbox Live Arcade or PSN and I can guarantee if the story does not hook you the battle system will. Just one more turn. just one more go. okay, seriously after this battle that will be it. Ohhhh, I'll play another one.

The multiplayer offers both offline and online play in either 1v1 or 2v2 battles. Offline players can connect up to 4 controllers and play with their buddies, or you can partake in online matchmaking bouts either alone, or with a buddy. Both private and ranked matches are possible. Sadly there's no ability to connect an extra pad and team up locally with a friend against 2 online players - this would truly have been the icing on the cake. Artifacts earned in the singleplayer campaign carry over to the multiplayer, along with a persistent character level online allowing you to individually level up your favorite heroes by battling other players. Fighting against real life opponents is a whole different experience to the AI, generally human players are much smarter and you'll end up getting into some truly epic strategic matches which can last over half an hour!

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