These are not RTS (Real Time Strategy) games, these are TBS (Turn Based Strategy) games. RTS actually needs all units and factions to be easily recognizable at all times, so they tend to look more uniform for design reasons, so when you look at a Swordsman and an Archer, you can both tell they belong to the same faction easily. RTS games also focus a lot more on team colour.
And its sad. In HoMM 3 there were a really cool and unic Dungeon and an awesome Fortess. I loved the design. In HoMM 5 Dungeon and sexy elvens were my fav but still, the unic Heroes athmosphere is gone.,..
My theory has long been that the assets for HoMM5 were originally intended for a Warhammer Fantasy game; then Ubisoft bought the rights to Might and Magic (or GW didn't give Ubisoft the rights to Warhammer) so they just scrapped the Warhammer game and recycled most, if not all, assets. It honestly doesn't make sense that this game could have such good graphics for the time with the short development time that it had. We also know that Assassin's Creed was going to be a Prince of Persia game, but they couldn't get the rights to that series so Ubisoft made their own game. Wouldn't be too shocked if the same sort of thing happened with Heroes 5.
if this franchise had made an MMORPG with art/lore based on this installment, I would've play the shit out of it. my 27 year old ass once tried to get into WoW but I just couldn't bring myself to like the art style and the childish/memey plot. had a few things going for it but I gave up after 2 months
I love how the units aren't styled in some specific art style that would make them all the same, sure they are made in an art style, but they all look unique and how they should look. You can tell easily what they are without having to read the name. It just feels like you're playing in a fairytale story, as it should
someone needs to remake this game (AKA not necessarily remaking it but keep the HoMM franchise living and making new campaigns) as imo this is the best game of all
This brings a strong feeling of nostalgia. I loved these units' design and animation so much! The cities' design is so great, too! I remember using a cheat program (a 'trainer', if I recall correctly) to break the 1 building per day limit and build everything available at once only to watch animations of flying around all this beauty. I was mesmerized, and the game's awesome soundtrack made this experience even greater!
T6 units are some of the best looking, imo. Wraiths, Pit fiends, Rakshasas, Treants, Paladins, Thanes all look amazing. Half of T7 are just dragons over and over. Btw, the Treant model from HOMM 5.5 was the first original one designed for the game, If I remember correctly, Nival changed it because of some copyright issues, and the mod brought back the old one. I like the skinny, tall one more personally.
The inscription on the bottom of all the Angels skirt reads "Die Heiligkeit", german for "the Holyness". Though as a german I wish they used something in Latin like "prima inter sanctitae"
the one thing i hate the most in homm5 is the gargoyals. piece of slab that is somehow able to fly and flies bloody slooooow. homm3 gargoyals look intimidating and flies like a demon
@@Ragnar-id8kx It was a complete overpowered unit in 1 and 2. A level 2 creature that can instantly reach oppopnent and has good stats on top of it? Lol Then again, the difference in Powerlevel was absurd in 1 and 2. Black Dragons 300 hp, Zyclops 80, Phoenix 100 and so on. Do i need to say more?
While it was super neat and nostalgic to see all these units again easy in one video, I wish you'd showed each unit for longer, 1.5 seconds per unit is just too damn short for how great they look... it's not like anyone watching this video is in a hurry and got a plane to catch
A shame Ubisoft didn't fund patches and put in all that DRM as I still rather enjoy 7, and more people would if not for all that hate over those two things. I never particularly cared for the tone and style of 5 even if it does have good gameplay.
Can you reup this vid in 4k 60fps w/o the UI if possible? Also I'm wondering why there isn't any particular tribute videos made about this game. Shame.
I'm afraid I can't do either of those 2 things currently. I'm not able to upload in a resolution over 1080p and I don't think it's possible to disable the UI.
I personally don't have that problem. For most people (including me), the reason why all Heroes games are so good is that they are always fun to replay. Maybe you could multiplayer if you already didn't :).
@@makmapping4127 i did but i play for fun while evryone try hard and game end under 30 minutes ... meh i like when game have something like camping that make me want play all day but ... after this i have only wsingle player and multi left
@@bartolcherry2200 I'm afraid that I can't help you in that case. Maybe you should try casual multiplayer. There's a great Heroes 5 Discord server with an active multiplayer community, including me :). Here's the link: discord.gg/ytbKWF
Ugh, how I hated the dwarven fortress, no monsters just boring dwarves, can't imagine that somebody really loves that! Also didn't like the Dark Elf whores, rather seen troglodytes and Evil Eyes back.
Orgh I hated Inferno - no monsters just demons I also hated haven - no monsters just boring humans I also hated sylvana - no monsters just boring elves and the dark elves just lore technical better fit for dungeon than only monsters
@@t_Heisenberg inferno-only monsters almost, haven has one, sylvan has 3 and dungeon became dogshit with the four dark elf unit warhammer steal. Dungeon had ONLY cool monster units in homm 3.
The things are really lack of creative ideas in comparison with III. Basically, they adopted total race concepts from DnD. Also, V's art style is crap. III is way more wild and bold about selection of the creatures and offer exquisite depiction for each of them. And stories and story-telling started deteriorating to shit since V.
How egsactly? They come very few per week and in a large scale battle are useless. They can perform one attack before getting ieted out of egsistence by literally anything and aren't even ranged so you can't use then properly in sieges... At least assassins are ranged and poison their targets so they deal damage over time even though their attack is sh*t. Otherwise dungeon tier one is unreliable and weak. I'd rather have f*cking imps. At least they can steal mana...
@@manolgeorgiev9664 I like the peasant.... just keep him on the first lvl and in two weeks he will have payed for himself, and if you get the hero who doubles it he can do it in a week. Also get yourself a Hall of heroes and with your newfound wealth convert 20 of them every week into archers. Thats almost 2 weeks of archers extra.
Poor homm series ended with 5, the other series before homm 5 are so bad.. Damn, how I wish a true hd remake for this game with no changing but graphics
This game should get HD remaster. My No1. Heroes game for sure.
The game still looks really fine in my opinion.
@@makmapping4127 I agree! The game looks so awesome, despite being released in 2007 c:
@@anillenavids 2006.
@@dominblabla yea, 2007 in my country
@@dominblabla Actually, it says 2007 on wiki
Different variations for the same units really shows how there's different factions within each army. Wish more RTS's did that.
Indeed.
These are not RTS (Real Time Strategy) games, these are TBS (Turn Based Strategy) games. RTS actually needs all units and factions to be easily recognizable at all times, so they tend to look more uniform for design reasons, so when you look at a Swordsman and an Archer, you can both tell they belong to the same faction easily. RTS games also focus a lot more on team colour.
I honestly prefer the older design of the Treants than what the mod gives.
Me too
I prefer treants to look like treants instead of wood golems
You can add them back with a patch on the moddb page!
Yes me too actually
I prefer the original design of everything
Units in this game look soo cool.
I agree completely! Heroes 5 has one of the best unit design of all heroes games. It really makes every faction feel unique.
@@makmapping4127 Heroes 7 Units are better
@Why always me ? I beg to differ, I prefer Heroes 5 units. Although Heroes 7 also has great unit design.
@@makmapping4127 IS many Units what i dont like in h5.. but i think H7 IS the best Heroes after 3
@Why always me ? Everyone has their preferences :).
I love Pit Fiends, its the coolest creature from all heroes for me.
Khann I like he shadow witches
I like Rakshasa Kshatra
@@meja-ym9dz i like them too ! They are mine 3rd most favorite, first Is PitFiends And second champions
T6 units are some of the best looking, imo. Wraiths, Pit fiends, Rakshasas, Ents, Paladins, all look amazing.
I like Archdevil
3:50 , this music is in my blood
I feel you.
Ah yes, magic dubai the taxheaven
Forgive us nival....we lost everything
This game is pure nostalgia fuel for me man.
The song of Haven will come with me till the end of my life, really :(
Gives warhammer vibes
Haven-Bretonia
Dungeon-Dark Elves
Sylvan-Wood Elves
Necropolis-Vampire Counts
Academy-Araby
Inferno-Chaos Demons
Stronghold-Norsca and Beastmen
Fortress-Dwarves
yes, specially Dungeon, almost all units there you can find in a Druchii army.
Haven have an empire vibe as well their is literally a warrior priest
And its sad. In HoMM 3 there were a really cool and unic Dungeon and an awesome Fortess. I loved the design. In HoMM 5 Dungeon and sexy elvens were my fav but still, the unic Heroes athmosphere is gone.,..
Stronghold definitly mongol
My theory has long been that the assets for HoMM5 were originally intended for a Warhammer Fantasy game; then Ubisoft bought the rights to Might and Magic (or GW didn't give Ubisoft the rights to Warhammer) so they just scrapped the Warhammer game and recycled most, if not all, assets. It honestly doesn't make sense that this game could have such good graphics for the time with the short development time that it had. We also know that Assassin's Creed was going to be a Prince of Persia game, but they couldn't get the rights to that series so Ubisoft made their own game. Wouldn't be too shocked if the same sort of thing happened with Heroes 5.
I like how the theme of each of the factions fit so well, with the factions themselves.
if this franchise had made an MMORPG with art/lore based on this installment, I would've play the shit out of it. my 27 year old ass once tried to get into WoW but I just couldn't bring myself to like the art style and the childish/memey plot. had a few things going for it but I gave up after 2 months
The company who made Heroes 5 worked on a russian MMO called Allods if you like the arts
I love how the units aren't styled in some specific art style that would make them all the same, sure they are made in an art style, but they all look unique and how they should look. You can tell easily what they are without having to read the name. It just feels like you're playing in a fairytale story, as it should
someone needs to remake this game (AKA not necessarily remaking it but keep the HoMM franchise living and making new campaigns) as imo this is the best game of all
That would be great but unfortunately I don't think Ubisoft will ever remaster Heroes 5. Maybe some third party will..
Well if u want a new campaign try "Legends of the Ancients" Mod, u can find it here heroes3wog.net/heroes-5-legends-of-the-ancients/
Only real attempt at recreating heroes 3 with a twist...
Honestly a great heroes game just needs to combine heroes 3 and 5 and build from there
This brings a strong feeling of nostalgia. I loved these units' design and animation so much! The cities' design is so great, too! I remember using a cheat program (a 'trainer', if I recall correctly) to break the 1 building per day limit and build everything available at once only to watch animations of flying around all this beauty. I was mesmerized, and the game's awesome soundtrack made this experience even greater!
T6 units are some of the best looking, imo. Wraiths, Pit fiends, Rakshasas, Treants, Paladins, Thanes all look amazing. Half of T7 are just dragons over and over.
Btw, the Treant model from HOMM 5.5 was the first original one designed for the game, If I remember correctly, Nival changed it because of some copyright issues, and the mod brought back the old one. I like the skinny, tall one more personally.
Me too, I like skinny/tall version.
Remind to all people here - game was made by russian heroes hardcore fans studio!
The inscription on the bottom of all the Angels skirt reads "Die Heiligkeit", german for "the Holyness".
Though as a german I wish they used something in Latin like "prima inter sanctitae"
the one thing i hate the most in homm5 is the gargoyals. piece of slab that is somehow able to fly and flies bloody slooooow. homm3 gargoyals look intimidating and flies like a demon
Gargoyles were so annoying in Heroes I and II, so they returned to tradition and made them annoying again in Heroes V.
@@Ragnar-id8kx It was a complete overpowered unit in 1 and 2.
A level 2 creature that can instantly reach oppopnent and has good stats on top of it? Lol
Then again, the difference in Powerlevel was absurd in 1 and 2.
Black Dragons 300 hp, Zyclops 80, Phoenix 100 and so on.
Do i need to say more?
Yup. Gargales are so ogly in this game.
@@sagadegeminis9722 no, they are handsome. Gargoyles is something looks like mr. universe in this game
Agreed, from all HoMM series this is my favourite and the best. Make a remake in FHD. The music, the units, the environment all perfect
i cant forget this game music, art style. units. gameplay. one of my favs off all time. it is dated and would still play it over new ones.
Nice! Thanks for uploading this
Necropolis is my favourite by far...
if you have a high spellpower and dark magic is devastating
Vampire lord are the best
@@mattvlad_0563 Agree, my favorite unit of Necropolis
Blood Fury and Earth Daughter all the way!
Those are some ugly Treants
Haha, those Treants are actually quite different from the normal ones since I'm using the Heroes 5.5 mod.
what an amazing and mystical game, brought back childhood memories
Thanks so much!!!
Why did they change only the treants and nothing more
No clue
I'm pretty sure the new model is a official one from the beta so maybe that
While it was super neat and nostalgic to see all these units again easy in one video, I wish you'd showed each unit for longer, 1.5 seconds per unit is just too damn short for how great they look... it's not like anyone watching this video is in a hurry and got a plane to catch
So much memories 😊
The art style of the original upgraded units looks way better to me in terms of their icons
Whose decision was to chamge the treant model tho? And if they took this liberty why change just that unit. I find it so funmy
Good question
i think it look so much better :D
@@kristiankopera its so bad
I still love and miss the hype of this game. Is anyone still playing? Lets play together.
i really wish inferno didn't suck because they look really cool
7-stack succubus seducer that mind controls would like a word with you.
I like h5 a lot but I prefere much more art style design and units placement in H7. I love all homm games ( only 6 one fail a little bit)
A shame Ubisoft didn't fund patches and put in all that DRM as I still rather enjoy 7, and more people would if not for all that hate over those two things. I never particularly cared for the tone and style of 5 even if it does have good gameplay.
I love: Haven, Sylvan and Fortress! What do you like, MakaroniX? :D
My favourite faction is Academy, but I like all factions :).
Dungeon is by far the best especially for the fans of Drizzt Do'urden
@@dustgreylynx Dungeon is quite cool indeed. As for Drizzt Do'urden, I see you are a man of culture as well.
You like that boring dwarven faction? YOu must love humanoids, I hate them.
Necropolis, Elves, Dark Elves
4:11 LMAO WTF
the "taste"... is shining with its absence
Soundtrack ❤❤❤
5:54 who know why Flame Lords are in the second stack instead of the third?
The second and third cost the same. They are at the same level with some variations.
i enjoy this game just as much as heroes 3 !
What do you guys think what is the strongest creature and the strongest faction
Strongest creature is Phoenix. Strongest faction is foking stronghold.
Video is good. My dad is dead.
im sorry
Que carajos tiene que ver uno con lo otro?
Rip your dad
Footmen gang where u at
Squire that's a pretty good unit
ahh tree are better in heroes of might and magic 5 basic
he just has mods
5:51 Watermelon helmet
you got mods right
Yes, I do, the Heroes of Might and Magic 5.5 mod.
ok
Treants look differently on my game .. why
This is because I'm using a mod called Heroes of Might and Magic 5.5 which, among other things, changes the texture of treants.
Can you reup this vid in 4k 60fps w/o the UI if possible? Also I'm wondering why there isn't any particular tribute videos made about this game. Shame.
I'm afraid I can't do either of those 2 things currently. I'm not able to upload in a resolution over 1080p and I don't think it's possible to disable the UI.
I liked terror bird(thunder bird) :(
Flame Lords are so epic!
cant make it to work The application was unable to start correctly 0xc
000007b
Could you elaborate on what isn't working?
Good unit
What ! Red dragon is a higher level than black dragon ? Infedel
Red Dragon isn't necessarily better. It has some benefits over the Black Dragon but also some drawbacks.
No it's not, it's alternative upgrade not next level upgrade
No its weaker but has some advantages like being able to be buffed
why evry heroes become borred after camping just why :/
I personally don't have that problem. For most people (including me), the reason why all Heroes games are so good is that they are always fun to replay. Maybe you could multiplayer if you already didn't :).
@@makmapping4127 i did but i play for fun while evryone try hard and game end under 30 minutes ... meh i like when game have something like camping that make me want play all day but ... after this i have only wsingle player and multi left
@@bartolcherry2200 I'm afraid that I can't help you in that case. Maybe you should try casual multiplayer. There's a great Heroes 5 Discord server with an active multiplayer community, including me :).
Here's the link: discord.gg/ytbKWF
Why there is 3 levels of units?
Because of the Tribes of the East expansion.
@@makmapping4127 Thnks MakaroniX
2 actualy
Those are variants... As in they have different abilities
Some are better for some builds or matchups
1:16 what with treants?
5.5 mod changes their look
@@makmapping4127 i like orginal more
They eat so much weed and became fat
А что с энтами
Объелись самогоном
Yep, I remember that ugly models, where a bow string was like a freaking rope thick.
heroes 3 is my favourite
Ugh, how I hated the dwarven fortress, no monsters just boring dwarves, can't imagine that somebody really loves that! Also didn't like the Dark Elf whores, rather seen troglodytes and Evil Eyes back.
Orgh I hated Inferno - no monsters just demons
I also hated haven - no monsters just boring humans
I also hated sylvana - no monsters just boring elves
and the dark elves just lore technical better fit for dungeon than only monsters
@@t_Heisenberg inferno-only monsters almost, haven has one, sylvan has 3 and dungeon became dogshit with the four dark elf unit warhammer steal. Dungeon had ONLY cool monster units in homm 3.
I agree the dungeon needed more weird monsters
Also i would have added more rune constructs and contraptions to the dwarves
Yes. For me all are the same...
rather seen dark elf whores
The gargoles, hell horses and gryphons with armor are so ugly
The things are really lack of creative ideas in comparison with III. Basically, they adopted total race concepts from DnD. Also, V's art style is crap. III is way more wild and bold about selection of the creatures and offer exquisite depiction for each of them. And stories and story-telling started deteriorating to shit since V.
Seems like you literally alone on this opinion.
Heroes 3 is overrated and really bad game.
They all look unreasonably silly and unrealistic, and their titles are awful.
bad take
@@trexasaurus5322 Yeah.
Wow those were some ugly units. HoMM 2-3 had better character design
Heroes 6 have the best unit design periodt
@Adolf Hitler Yes on both Hitler, go back to your grave
naah i like homm 5 entirely than the other might and magic games including homm3
I honestly don't know how you can compare legitiment 3D models with 2D pictures that look like they were drawn on microsoft paint...
@@manolgeorgiev9664 I'm talking about the concept design, not the actual model in game
When Dungeon lvl 1 unit outperforms most lvl 2 units. Stalkers are beasts.
Fortress lvl 1 are better at times
How egsactly? They come very few per week and in a large scale battle are useless. They can perform one attack before getting ieted out of egsistence by literally anything and aren't even ranged so you can't use then properly in sieges... At least assassins are ranged and poison their targets so they deal damage over time even though their attack is sh*t. Otherwise dungeon tier one is unreliable and weak. I'd rather have f*cking imps. At least they can steal mana...
@@manolgeorgiev9664 stalker good early game with 3 turns invis to cast spells on enemies
@@manolgeorgiev9664 I like the peasant.... just keep him on the first lvl and in two weeks he will have payed for himself, and if you get the hero who doubles it he can do it in a week.
Also get yourself a Hall of heroes and with your newfound wealth convert 20 of them every week into archers. Thats almost 2 weeks of archers extra.
@Dr. Red eye well thats because i played them for like 12
(no i read the wiki)
Poor homm series ended with 5, the other series before homm 5 are so bad.. Damn, how I wish a true hd remake for this game with no changing but graphics
Bruh
Agreed, 5 was the last good HOMM game .
Me at 3:24
FUCKING SLAYEEEER 🤘
Me getting excited for rakshasa being female for once but then the upgraded ones are male so it doesn't matter. Wellp
Inferno was such a weak weak faction
they sucks a lot
Didn't try playing with multiple stacks of succubus sedusers?
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